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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 
201 Gentz, Franklin G. "Frank"  08 Jul 1887Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1367
202 Gentz, Edith "Eda"  1874Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1328
203 Gentz, Claude* "Claudie"  Dec 1876Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1319
204 Gentz, Christopher  29 Jun 1867Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1331
205 Garner, Susan  1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I98740
206 Garner, Sarah Ann "Sally"  Dec 1849Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1469
207 Garner, Othneil Arthur  1876Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I33813
208 Garner, Niles  1853Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I60306
209 Garner, Martha Ann  1842Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1466
210 Garner, Marion Earl  14 May 1884Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I33818
211 Garner, Hilda (Huldah)  28 May 1887Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I33819
212 Garner, David K.  4 Sep 1855Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I60305
213 Garner, Claude  1857Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I60307
214 Garner, Allie  1855Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I33859
215 Gallier, William Henry  30 Mar 1875Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24148
216 Gallier, J.H.  1875Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24149
217 Gallier, Helen  1 Feb 1878Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24143
218 Frugia, Clara Nell  8 Sep 1895Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47190
219 Fisher, Louise  Jan 1899Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I25450
220 Ezell, Dorothy May   I82823
221 Dewees, James  1865Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21500
222 Dewees, David J Jr  Jan 1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21508
223 DeVries, Percy O  15 May 1892Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24124
224 DeVries, Martin Christian  22 Mar 1896Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24127
225 DeVries, Henry Lee Sr  10 Apr 1894Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24122
226 DeVries, Archie A  15 Aug 1903Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24121
227 DeBlanc, Odelia  12 Nov 1865Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24565
228 Cuniff, Willie Denice  1873Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24165
229 Cuniff, Sarah Jane  2 Apr 1861Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24171
230 Cuniff, Paul  1874Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24169
231 Cuniff, Oliver Thomas  27 Oct 1876Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24166
232 Cuniff, Nancy Mehalia  1878Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24170
233 Cuniff, Lydia  Jun 1858Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I14392
234 Cuniff, Lizzie  Sep 1879Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24167
235 Cuniff, Leroy  26 Jan 1898Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24846
236 Cuniff, Joseph F.  07 Jul 1853Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24158
237 Cuniff, Joseph Albert Jr.  25 Nov 1892Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24825
238 Cuniff, Ivy L.  06 Oct 1889Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24822
239 Cuniff, Glenn Edward "Blew"  5 Sep 1894Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24845
240 Cuniff, G. Edward  1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24164
241 Cuniff, Ellen  Feb 1852Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24157
242 Cuniff, Elizabeth "Lizzie"  29 Mar 1857Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24161
243 Cuniff, Clara  5 Dec 1855Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24159
244 Cuniff, Brad  11 Sep 1880Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24821
245 Cuniff, Adella (Atley)  5 Dec 1855Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24160
246 Crossman, Benjamin  1872Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I54128
247 Crossman, Albert  1868Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I54121
248 Cronea, William Charles  1855Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47055
249 Cronea, Matilda  14 Feb 1835Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47060
250 Cronea, John P.  1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I85535
251 Cronea, Ann Elizabeth  1849Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47053
252 Courts, Mary Ellen  8 Sep 1852Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I511
253 Courts, Henry Clifton Sr  5 Jul 1854Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I510
254 Courts, Emma Lillian  12 Feb 1897Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I14124
255 Courts, Annie Melinda  18 Sep 1866Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I515
256 Court, Thomas Jefferson  Jan 1843Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I8085
257 Court, (daughter)  Oct 1869Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I43355
258 Cole, Mark  1834Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I13911
259 Clubb, William C.  1846Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28180
260 Clubb, Sarah  1849Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28181
261 Carey, Richard C.  11 Jul 1889Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I44835
262 Carey, Richard Sr.  28 Dec 1862Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28131
263 Carey, Maud  1861Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48502
264 Carey, Mary Elizabeth  25 Sep 1885Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I44839
265 Carey, Macoy K. "Coy"  May 1869Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I33440
266 Carey, Leon  19 Feb 1865Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48506
267 Carey, Ida  30 Dec 1863Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48505
268 Carey, Hattie  1867Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48498
269 Burch, Sherwood  1860Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22697
270 Burch, Sarah  1853Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48956
271 Burch, Robert A  May 1884Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22021
272 Burch, Revilla A.  1869Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48965
273 Burch, Mary M.  1857Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48966
274 Burch, Julia M  1864Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22699
275 Burch, Increase J.  1862Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48964
276 Burch, Harkaway  14 Nov 1864Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21498
277 Burch, Hannah Joanna  23 Nov 1860Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21496
278 Burch, Georgia Laura (Georgiana)  10 Apr 1863Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21497
279 Burch, Elizabeth Jane  8 Jun 1855Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21495
280 Burch, Charles Otis  1855Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22696
281 Burch, Beauregard  1862Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22698
282 Broussard, Mary Odia  Feb 1869Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1778
283 Bordeman, Rosalie (Rosa Lee) E.  Sep 1892Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47221
284 Bordeman, Iria C.  Aug 1897Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47224
285 Bordeman, Bell V.  Oct 1895Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47223
286 Boardman (Bordeman), Gilbert Anderson  Jun 1894Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47222
287 Beular, Edwin Lewis  06 Oct 1905Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22436
288 Bellar (Bellard), Noah  Mar 1863Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47038
289 Bellar (Bellard), Amanda  Apr 1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47040
290 Bellar (Bellard), Albert Richard  20 Apr 1864Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47039
291 Beaumont, Josephine  1842Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I14280
292 Ashworth, Phillip H.  06 Jun 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22671
293 Ashworth, Lydia Ann (Mulatto)  1848Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I85538
294 Allen (Gibson?), Sally (dau?)  1864Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I32057
295 Allen, William P.  1852Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28888
296 Allen, Thomas W.  1842Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28893
297 Allen, Sarah E.  1837Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28904
298 Allen, Nettie  1878Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28887
299 Allen, Martha Ann  1838Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28905
300 Allen, John  1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28896

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Census

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Census    Person ID 
201 Burrell, Emily*  25 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1786
202 Burrell, David  08 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1806
203 Burch, Sherwood Kirkham  18 Jun 1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I48954
204 Burch, Increase Ransom  10 Jul 1860Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22023
205 Burch, Increase Ransom  23 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22023
206 Burch, Hannah Joanna  1860Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21496
207 Burch, Charles Cutler  23 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21493
208 Brewer, William Erastus  24 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21302
209 Boardman (Bordeman), John Frederick  1910Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47174
210 Boardman (Bordeman), John Frederick  1900Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47174
211 Bludworth, William  24 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I33317
212 Bludworth, Milton Houston  24 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28727
213 Bludworth, Benjamin Portevent  24 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I33316
214 Block, Leopold John Martin  14 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I31677
215 Block, George Lewis (or Ludwig)  14 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22689
216 Block, George Frederick  14 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22685
217 Block, Frederick Wilhelm  14 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22687
218 Block, Charles (Carl) Lewis Theodore  14 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22688
219 Block, Albert Joachim Bernard  14 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21400
220 Block, (Mrs. George Frederick)  14 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I22692
221 Bellar (Bellard), Paul  1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I24842
222 Belke, John Henry  1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I47089
223 Beaumont, Josephine  07 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I14280
224 Beaumont, John Adams  07 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I1336
225 Beaumont, Jacob K.  07 Nov 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I14281
226 Barton, William J  24 Sep 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I21343
227 Ashworth, William (Mulatto)  1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I57785
228 Allen (Gibson?), Sally (dau?)  1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I32057
229 Allen, William P.  1910Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28888
230 Allen, William  12 Jun 1880Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28884
231 Allen, William  1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28884
232 Allen, Emma  1870Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I14364
233 Allen, Elizah  07 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28891
234 Allen, Elisha  07 Oct 1850Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas I28897

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