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Elisha Henry Robert Wallis

Male 1788 - 1846  (58 years)


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  • Name Elisha Henry Robert Wallis 
    Born 1788  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Jul 1846  Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I303552  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2012 

    Father Frederick Wallis,   b. 1758, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1855  (Age 97 years) 
    Mother Gilleny Roberts,   b. cir 1760,   d. 1860  (Age ~ 100 years) 
    Family ID F119201  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Barrow,   b. 1796, Opelousas, St Landry Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1841, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 17 Oct 1814  Opelousas, St Landry Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Francis Marion Wallis,   b. 29 Sep 1843, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1917, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F119200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • lisville was settled in 1825 by Elisha H.R. Wallis, a pioneer from Georgia, on land in the Joseph Vehlein grant, a contractor working to place colonists in Texas. Chambers County was organized in 1858 and Wallisville was made the county seat, which in turn was making the town a thriving retail market. A courthouse fire in 1875 destroyed the wooden structure along with all of the records inside. This resulted in the building of a brick and stone courthouse with a jail and an execution tower in 1886. This structure was also destroyed by fire. By 1900, the town had 728 people, a shipyard, a lumber yard, a cotton gin, a skating rink, several stores, an export house and Chambers County's first newspaper "The Wallisville Age". In 1908, though, the courthouse was moved to Anahuac after the famous "County Seat Hog War," over the issue of letting animals roam at large.