LIGHT CROWD FOR GHOST WATCH
He told how Chambers settled here in the early 1830’s and amassed a large quantity of land through Spanish Land Grants. Following Texas’ independence from Mexico, disputes began to arise when Texas began issuing Land Grants which superceded the Spanish Grants.
One such dispute concerned the land around Anahuac upon which the Chambers home sat. This dispute ended up in the Texas Court System when Charles Willcox, also an early settler, sued Chambers in order to claim his Texas Land Grant.
Before the suit was settled, Chambers was assassinated while sitting in the upstairs bedroom of the Chambers Home in 1865. Chambers had made many enemies and his assassin was never identified. The Court finally ruled in Willcox’s favor and he then purchased the home from Mrs. Chambers. She then moved to Galveston and had Gen. Chambers’ body moved there as well.
As the story ended, the crowd became silent as they gazed at the upstairs window. Suddenly a shot rang out and a loud scream was heard as a dim light flashed across the window. No one knows for sure, but maybe it was the Ghost of Gen. Chambers.
However, the near full moon and owls hooting in the nearby trees set the scene for Chair Bob Wheat to spin the yarns of the life and death of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers.
CCHC Chairman Bob Wheat speaking to the crowd
Article and Photo by CCHC Publicity Chairman Pudge Willcox
October 31, 2009
Chambers County Historical Commission News
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