ELISHA FLOYD, BORN FEBRUARY 23, 1813 IN TENNESSEE CAME TO TEXAS IN 1836 AND IS FOUND TO BE IN THE GROWING TOWN OF HARRISBURG/HOUSTON TEXAS WHERE IN JUNE OF 1837, HE PURCHASES THE SMITH TAVERN HOTEL FROM MAJOR BENJAMIN FORT SMITH (WHO WAS A SOLDIER AT SAN JACINTO) .
THE HOTEL GOES UNDER A FEW NAME CHANGES, AND ELISHA FLOYD RUNS AND OWNS IT FROM 1837 TO 1838. IN APRIL OF 1838, ELISHA FLOYD HOSTS THE SECOND SAN JACINTO BALL AT HIS HOTEL IN HONOR OF THE MEN AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, AND INVITES SUCH NOTABLE GUESTS AS MIRABEA B. LAMAR, LORENZO DE ZAVALA, FRANCIS R. LUBBOCK, JOHN K. ALLEN (FOUNDER OF HOUSTON) AND THOMAS J. RUSK.
AFTER A FEW BUSINESS PARTNERS, ELISHA FLOYD THEN SELLS THE CITY HOTEL TO A MR. FERDINAND GERLACH AND A MR. HENRY LEVENHAGEN.
IN 1838 ELISHA FLOYD AND HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM T. FLOYD PURCHASE LAND AND MOVE TO GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS, WHERE ELISHA FLOYD BECOMES A FARMER AND RANCHER, AND LATER BECOMES THE GRIMES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR (1850-1852) AND LATER GRIMES COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
ELISHA FLOYD DIES IN 1893 AND IS BURIED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN GRIMES COUNTY
THE HOTEL GOES UNDER A FEW NAME CHANGES, AND ELISHA FLOYD RUNS AND OWNS IT FROM 1837 TO 1838. IN APRIL OF 1838, ELISHA FLOYD HOSTS THE SECOND SAN JACINTO BALL AT HIS HOTEL IN HONOR OF THE MEN AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, AND INVITES SUCH NOTABLE GUESTS AS MIRABEA B. LAMAR, LORENZO DE ZAVALA, FRANCIS R. LUBBOCK, JOHN K. ALLEN (FOUNDER OF HOUSTON) AND THOMAS J. RUSK.
AFTER A FEW BUSINESS PARTNERS, ELISHA FLOYD THEN SELLS THE CITY HOTEL TO A MR. FERDINAND GERLACH AND A MR. HENRY LEVENHAGEN.
IN 1838 ELISHA FLOYD AND HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM T. FLOYD PURCHASE LAND AND MOVE TO GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS, WHERE ELISHA FLOYD BECOMES A FARMER AND RANCHER, AND LATER BECOMES THE GRIMES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR (1850-1852) AND LATER GRIMES COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
ELISHA FLOYD DIES IN 1893 AND IS BURIED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN GRIMES COUNTY
ELISHA FLOYD, BORN FEBRUARY 23, 1813 IN TENNESSEE CAME TO TEXAS IN 1836 AND IS FOUND TO BE IN THE GROWING TOWN OF HARRISBURG/HOUSTON TEXAS WHERE IN JUNE OF 1837, HE PURCHASES THE SMITH TAVERN HOTEL FROM MAJOR BENJAMIN FORT SMITH (WHO WAS A SOLDIER AT SAN JACINTO) .
THE HOTEL GOES UNDER A FEW NAME CHANGES, AND ELISHA FLOYD RUNS AND OWNS IT FROM 1837 TO 1838. IN APRIL OF 1838, ELISHA FLOYD HOSTS THE SECOND SAN JACINTO BALL AT HIS HOTEL IN HONOR OF THE MEN AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, AND INVITES SUCH NOTABLE GUESTS AS MIRABEA B. LAMAR, LORENZO DE ZAVALA, FRANCIS R. LUBBOCK, JOHN K. ALLEN (FOUNDER OF HOUSTON) AND THOMAS J. RUSK.
AFTER A FEW BUSINESS PARTNERS, ELISHA FLOYD THEN SELLS THE CITY HOTEL TO A MR. FERDINAND GERLACH AND A MR. HENRY LEVENHAGEN.
IN 1838 ELISHA FLOYD AND HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM T. FLOYD PURCHASE LAND AND MOVE TO GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS, WHERE ELISHA FLOYD BECOMES A FARMER AND RANCHER, AND LATER BECOMES THE GRIMES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR (1850-1852) AND LATER GRIMES COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
ELISHA FLOYD DIES IN 1893 AND IS BURIED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN GRIMES COUNTY
THE HOTEL GOES UNDER A FEW NAME CHANGES, AND ELISHA FLOYD RUNS AND OWNS IT FROM 1837 TO 1838. IN APRIL OF 1838, ELISHA FLOYD HOSTS THE SECOND SAN JACINTO BALL AT HIS HOTEL IN HONOR OF THE MEN AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, AND INVITES SUCH NOTABLE GUESTS AS MIRABEA B. LAMAR, LORENZO DE ZAVALA, FRANCIS R. LUBBOCK, JOHN K. ALLEN (FOUNDER OF HOUSTON) AND THOMAS J. RUSK.
AFTER A FEW BUSINESS PARTNERS, ELISHA FLOYD THEN SELLS THE CITY HOTEL TO A MR. FERDINAND GERLACH AND A MR. HENRY LEVENHAGEN.
IN 1838 ELISHA FLOYD AND HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM T. FLOYD PURCHASE LAND AND MOVE TO GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS, WHERE ELISHA FLOYD BECOMES A FARMER AND RANCHER, AND LATER BECOMES THE GRIMES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR (1850-1852) AND LATER GRIMES COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
ELISHA FLOYD DIES IN 1893 AND IS BURIED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN GRIMES COUNTY
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