Captain Elisha Clapp

San Jacinto was one stop in Elisha Clapp's frontier service. Born in Tennessee about 1803, he reached Texas in 1822, rode in Henry Karnes's cavalry company and afterward guarded Mexican prisoners. In September 1836 his neighbors elected him captain of mounted rangers at Mustang Prairie, and Sam Houston ordered the company to patrol between the Brazos and Hall's Trading House on the Trinity. In April 1841 he was among the first eleven trustees of Trinity College at the Houston County community of Alabama. The Handbook of Texas reports his death in 1851 and notes that other sources say 1856.

What the plaque says

Captain Elisha Clapp Captian Elisha Clapp, Participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. Later became a Captain in the Texas Army. Came to Texas in 1822. Died in 1856. His wife Rebecca Robbins Clapp died in 1875.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fort Boggy State Park — 24 mi
  A 1,847-acre park in Leon County named for a settlers' palisade of 1840, with a 15-acre lake, short trails and the story of Tennessee farmers, the Keechi and a Ranger captain.
• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 35 mi
  Three earthen mounds of an ancestral Caddo village and ceremonial center on the old El Camino Real, settled about A.D. 800 and still sacred to Caddo people, with a grass house and visitor center.

More markers nearby

• Collin Aldrich — 1.4 mi
• Porter Springs Community and Cemetery — 2.7 mi
• William Calvert Hallmark — 3.5 mi
• Old Shiloh Methodist Church and Campground — 4.8 mi