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- listed as Jacques Garneaux & Elise Stermot of English America
Note: Elected district clerk of Jefferson Co, TX.
Event: Milit-Beg OCT 1835
Note: Enlisted under his brother David in the Texas Revolution. "When the Texas General Land Office burned at Austin in 1855, all original muster rolls of the Texas Revolution also burned. What exists there today as muster rolls were written down from the memories of Texas veterans who were still alive. Sadly as well was the fact that the muster rolls of some companies of Southeast Texas were not reconstructed at all, and Jacob H. Garner served 90-day enlistments in two such companies." 4
Death: OCT 1886
Note: Caught pneumonia as a result of exposure from a hurricane which killed Sabine Pass on 12 Oct 1886. He died a week later. 4
Event: Note 1871
Note: Applied for a 1,280-acre land grant, available to all surviving Texas veterans. 4
Event: Milit_Serv 04 MAR 1836 Old Jefferson, Orange Co, Texas
Note: Mustered in Capt. Wm. Milspaugh's compnay. 4
Event: Milit-Beg 03 AUG 1861
Note: Enlisted in the TX state militia, elected 3rd Lieutenant in a cavalry company, styled the "Ben McColloch Coast Guard". 4
Event: Note 1865
Note: He emancipated his two slaves (prob. inherited from his father). 4
Event: Note 02 OCT 1835
Note: The first battle of the Texas Revolution took place on October 2, 1835 as American settlers defeated a Mexican cavalry near the Guadalupe River.
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