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Erasmus Giles Collier
Full Name: Erasmus Giles Collier
Date of birth: 1802
Date of death: 1858
Terms of Service top
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District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
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37
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Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
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5th
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Montgomery / Montgomery
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Montgomery
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Collier, age 50, native state Virginia, emigrated from Alabama in 1846, farmer, postoffice Montgomery, Montgomery County.
House Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- Erasmus Giles Collier, born 12/18/1802 in Virginia, died 12/18/1858 in Montgomery County, Texas. Collier Family Tree.
Ancestry.com.
- COLLIER, ERASMUS GILES (1802-1858).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Other Resources
- Census of 1850 - E.G. Collier, Montgomery, Montgomery County, age 48, born circa 1802 in Virginia, hotel keeper, living in household with Sinai Collier.
FamilySearch.
- "Hon. E.G. Collier has broken his leg and his recovery is doubtful." The Texas State Times (Austin, Texas), 2/10/1855, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Included on list of "Texas Whigs Named in Newspapers and Identified From the Census of 1850," Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 30-33.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
Committee Information top
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