Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas: Our Family History

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1870, Texas, Jefferson County, Sparks Settlement census

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Aurora Remembered (11)
In October 1837, two San Augustine men, H. M. Hanks and Colonel Almonzan Huston, former quartermaster general of the Texas army, teamed up to found the townsite of Aurora at present-day Port Arthur.34 One record indicates that the townsite contained 6,677 lots. Although Huston sold some lots to residents of San Augustine, no more than six transactions are recorded in Jefferson County, and the realty venture was soon abandoned. In time, the townsite’s name was transferred to nearby “Sparks’ Settlement,” at the mouth of Taylor’s Bayou, where John and Solomon Sparks settled in 1841 and operated a ferry.

Chapter VI: A History of Jefferson County, Texas
Early Town-Building and Government
By W. T. Block

Settlement on the Sabine Lake, first known as Sparks Settlement, and is now Port Arthur, where the Sparks, Courts, Gentz, Burrell, Johnson, Clark, Hayes, and other families lived from 1830s until late 1890s when disease, hurricanes, and mosquitos forced the families to abandon their settlement, moving further inland to Port Neches, Groves, and Beaumont.

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Census		Person ID
1	Walea?, Sarah	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I14474
2	Sparks, Worthy Crindon	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I413
3	Sparks, Oscar	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I472
4	Sparks, Joseph Madison	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I503
5	Sparks, John L Sr.	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I454
6	Sparks, James Edwin	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I456
7	Sparks, James Christian (Coleman) Sr	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I412
8	Sparks, Eliza "Elizabeth" Jane	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I407
9	Smith, T.J.	12 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I32163
10	Smith, Martha Caroline	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I452
11	Smith, Electra Jane	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I8333
12	Lee, Samuel (immigrant)	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I415
13	Lee, Emma Ann	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I430
14	Jones, Melinda* (maybe dau?)	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I402
15	Courts, William Thomas	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I508
16	Courts, Samuel* Helmer	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I504
17	Courts, Mary Ellen	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I511
18	Courts, Liza	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I513
19	Courts, Julia Nasebyntha "Norie"	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I428
20	Courts, James Franklin	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I514
21	Courts, Henry Clifton Sr	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I510
22	Courts, Elias Madison "Matt"	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I512
23	Courts, Annie Melinda	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I515
24	Court, Thomas Jefferson	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I8085
25	Court, James* Madison	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I505
26	Brewton, Silas Frank	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I445
27	Brewton, Grace Lee	23 Jun 1870	Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas	I447