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Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas



 


Notes:
Historical markers in the town note that the first settlers in the area arrived in 1832 (Thomas Court). The next year, Sam Houston assisted Nachogdoches politician Manuel de los Santos Coy in acquiring a land grant. On January 19, 1839, General Houston signed the charter that established the city of Sabine. Houston was active in promoting the sale of 2,060 town lots, and the city soon flourished, developing into a major port. In 1860 the State Legislature approved a new charter for the city and changed its name to Sabine Pass.

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After the war (Civil War) the town grew as the Federal Harbor Act of 1882 led to construction of jetties and the development of inland ports along the Neches and Sabine rivers. In October 1886, Sabine Pass was the second largest town in Jefferson County, boasting a new rail line and an optimistic outlook on continued growth as a major coastal port.



On the afternoon of October 12 that year, just two months after a hurricane had destroyed the Texas port of Indianola, a fierce storm ravaged the town of Sabine Pass. The hurricane's 100 mile-per-hour winds and the swiftly rising water swept homes off their foundations and carried people and animals as far as 25 miles away. Eighty-six people, including entire families, were killed, and only two of 77 houses remained intact after the waters subsided. Stories of survival have been documented by historians, signifying the determination of residents to endure the storm. Rescue and cleanup efforts began promptly, with the citizens of Beaumont, Orange, Galveston and Houston providing boats, rescue teams and financial assistance. Special legislative action provided tax relief for the storm-ravaged area, exempting citizens from payment of state and county taxes in 1886. As one of several difficulties Sabine Pass faced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the 1886 hurricane contributed significantly to the town's decline in the years to come as railway maintenance proved difficult.





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Latitude: 29.733088, Longitude: -93.894417


Media

Photos
Sabine Pass Lions Park
Sabine Pass Lions Park
Historic Marker 10500 honoring Thomas Court
7th and Broadway
Sabine Pass, Texas

Documents
1850 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass, Census
1850 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass, Census
Robert Burrell, Susanne Clark Burrell, Ann Johnson Courts, Marie Johnson Hayes Gallier, and families
1850 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass, Census pg 249
1850 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass, Census pg 249
John Sparks and Melinda Jones Sparks, James Court and Julia Ann Sparks Court, Solomon Sparks and family, and Brewer, Stockholm, Holt, Bludworth families.
1860 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass census
1860 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass census
James and Julia Sparks Court family; John and Melinda Jones Sparks family; and Samuel and Eliza Sparks Lee.
James Gilbert Taylor and Elvina Sophia Chase Abolitionist
James Gilbert Taylor and Elvina Sophia Chase Abolitionist
Area resident rallied behind Union cause By W. T. BlockReprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, Saturday August 14, 1999. (d)
Prussian Immigrants
Prussian Immigrants
A closer look at the Gentz, Maass, Knupple, Koch and Block families in Southeast Texas in 1850. (d)
1850 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass census
1850 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass census
James Hayes, Emily Burrell and Matilda Hayes, and others
signed by Worthy Patridge, Asst. Marshal
Sabine Pass in the Civil War
Sabine Pass in the Civil War
W.T. Block
reprinted from East Texas Historical Journal, Vol. IX No. 2( October 1917), 129-136

http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/civilwar1.htm
Yellow fever plagued area during 1860s
Yellow fever plagued area during 1860s
by W.T. Block
reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, Saturday, August 7, 1999

http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/yellow_fever.htm
Some Notes on the Pioneer McGaffey Families of Sabine Pass, Texas
Some Notes on the Pioneer McGaffey Families of Sabine Pass, Texas
W.T. Block
http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/mcgaffey.htm
The Great Storm of 1886:
A Day of Agony and Death at Sabine Pass, Texas
By W. T. Block
Reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, January 9, 1977
website:
The Great Storm of 1886: A Day of Agony and Death at Sabine Pass, Texas By W. T. Block Reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, January 9, 1977 website:
Great Storm of 1886
By W. T. Block
Reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, January 9, 1977
website: http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/great1.htm
CATHERINE MAGILL DORMAN: CONFEDERATE HEROINE OF SABINE PASS
CATHERINE MAGILL DORMAN: CONFEDERATE HEROINE OF SABINE PASS
BORN OCT. 7, 1828--DIED DEC. 24, 1897
By W. T. Block

Headstones
Sabine Pass Cemetery, Garner, Jacob Harmon
Sabine Pass Cemetery, Garner, Jacob Harmon
Jacob Harmon Garner
"Jacob Harmon Garner, 1814 to 1887. Louisiana native, son of Bradley and Sarah Harmon Garner, settled in Jefferson, a village on Cow Bayou in present-day Orange County, Texas in 1825. In 1835 he took part in the Grass fight and siege of Bexar while serving one of two enlistments in the Texas Army for which he later received land and bounty grants. Veteran Capt. D. Garner's Co. Battle of San Antonio December 1835. Near San Jacinto in Capt. Patterson's Co. April 21, 1936. He married Matilda Hayes in 1838. A prominent citizen of Jefferson County. He served as Jefferson County Justice of the Peace in 1843. District Clerk from 1846 to 1850, Sabine Pass Alderman in 1857, and as a third Lieutenant in the Confederate Army in 1861. Sesquiqentennial of Texas statehood 1845-1995."

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A Texas veteran and torchbearer of the East Texas wilderness
By W. T. Block
http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/jacob.htm

Birth

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
301 Townsend, Caroline "Carrie"  1853Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24850
302 Townsend, George  1860Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I53939
303 Townsend, Henry  1863Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I53940
304 Vandy, Jane  1867Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I53943
305 Vandy, John B.  1868Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I53942

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