Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameCapt. Elisha CLAPP 
470, Capt Elisha Clapp
470, Capt Elisha ClappBirth1803, Tennessee470, Capt Elisha Clapp
Death1856, Houston County, Texas470, Capt Elisha Clapp
BurialElisha Clapp(Clapp Cemetery)Cemetery, Crockett, Houston County, Texas470, Capt Elisha Clapp
FlagsUS Military
FatherAdam CLAPP Sr. (1754-1841)
MotherEmma MARLEY (1760-1798)
Spouses
Death1875470, Rebecca Robbins Clapp
BurialElisha Clapp(Clapp Cemetery)Cemetery, Crockett, Houston County, Texas470, Rebecca Robbins Clapp
FatherNathaniel ROBBINS
MarriageSep 17, 1822, Old Miller, Arkansas470, Capt Elisha Clapp
Obituary Online notes for Capt. Elisha CLAPP
The son of a veteran of the American Revolution, Elisha Clapp was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1822. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Robbins, on 17 September of the same year. The ceremony took place in Old Miller Arkansas, just before there migration to Texas. They raised eight children, six still living at the time of Mr. Clapps death.
He served in the army at San Jacinto in a cavalry company during the Texas revolution. He was in charge of a company of mounted rangers near his home on Mustang Prairie in 1836, and in 1837 was among the petitioners for the organization of Houston County. President Sam Houston
nominated Clapp for a commission as captain and appointment him to the command of a ranger company at Nacogdoches County in 1837. Clapp later returned to
Houston County, where he helped to organize and became one of the first trustees of Trinity College in the Alabama community in 1841.
By 1849, Mr. Clapp and his family had relocated to Leon County where he died in 1851. He raised eight children, six still living at the time of his death. 470, Capt Elisha Clapp
He served in the army at San Jacinto in a cavalry company during the Texas revolution. He was in charge of a company of mounted rangers near his home on Mustang Prairie in 1836, and in 1837 was among the petitioners for the organization of Houston County. President Sam Houston
nominated Clapp for a commission as captain and appointment him to the command of a ranger company at Nacogdoches County in 1837. Clapp later returned to
Houston County, where he helped to organize and became one of the first trustees of Trinity College in the Alabama community in 1841.
By 1849, Mr. Clapp and his family had relocated to Leon County where he died in 1851. He raised eight children, six still living at the time of his death. 470, Capt Elisha Clapp