Erasmus Giles Collier

Full Name: Erasmus Giles Collier
Date of birth: 1802
Date of death: 1858

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 37 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th     Montgomery / Montgomery   Montgomery

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House District 37
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th  
Home City/County: Montgomery / Montgomery
Counties in district: Montgomery

Biographical Information 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," in "The Whig Party of Texas in the Elections of 1848 and 1852," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 73, Number 1, pp. 30-33, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Committee Information top

5th R.S. - 1853
Federal Relations  
Penitentiary  
Public Buildings  

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