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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| Photos |  | Sabine Pass Lions Park
Historic Marker 10500 honoring Thomas Court 7th and Broadway Sabine Pass, Texas |
| Documents |  | 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 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 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 Area resident rallied behind Union cause By W. T. BlockReprinted from Beaumont Enterprise, Saturday August 14, 1999. (d) | |
 | 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 James Hayes, Emily Burrell and Matilda Hayes, and others signed by Worthy Patridge, Asst. Marshal | |
 | 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 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 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: 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 BORN OCT. 7, 1828--DIED DEC. 24, 1897 By W. T. Block |
| Headstones |  | 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." --- A Texas veteran and torchbearer of the East Texas wilderness By W. T. Block http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/jacob.htm |
Matches 201 to 300 of 305
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 |  Gentz, Claude* "Claudie" | Dec 1876 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1319 |
| 202 | McGaffey, Homer Tilden | 29 Dec 1876 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22446 |
| 203 | Johnson, Benjamin R | Abt 1877 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22465 |
| 204 | Johnson, J.E. | 1877 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24859 |
| 205 | Johnson, Mary | 1877 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24852 |
| 206 | Pace, Cora | 1877 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I14471 |
| 207 | Rogers, C.O. | 1877 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32064 |
| 208 | Allen, Nettie | 1878 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28887 |
| 209 | Cuniff, Nancy Mehalia | 1878 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24170 |
| 210 | Johnson, Carrie | 1878 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24854 |
| 211 | Johnson, T.B. | 1878 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24860 |
| 212 | Gallier, Helen | 1 Feb 1878 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24143 |
| 213 | Stockholm, Alice | 1 Mar 1878 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32115 |
| 214 | Hemmenway, Emily | 1879 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1532 |
| 215 | Rogers, William A. | 1879 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32065 |
| 216 | McCall, Andrew | Jan 1879 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22459 |
| 217 | Stockholm, Olive Ader | 7 Mar 1879 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32114 |
| 218 | Cuniff, Lizzie | Sep 1879 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24167 |
| 219 | Johnson, Bradley | 29 Sep 1879 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24848 |
| 220 | Maass, Rufus | 22 Nov 1879 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I14254 |
| 221 | Johnson, Harvey F. | Jan 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24861 |
| 222 | Johnson, Sanford B. | 2 Jan 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24855 |
| 223 | Holst, Irene Emma | Mar 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24178 |
| 224 | Cuniff, Brad | 11 Sep 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24821 |
| 225 | Johnson, Ruben | Nov 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I14358 |
| 226 | Hann, Josephine "Josie" | Mar 1882 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I25452 |
| 227 | LeMaire, Ben J. | 06 Oct 1882 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I25071 |
| 228 | Pace, Lewis P | 28 Feb 1883 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22453 |
| 229 | McCall, Anolu (Hareley) (Hollie) | Sep 1883 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28095 |
| 230 | Stewart, Lyda | Feb 1884 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I54122 |
| 231 | Burch, Robert A | May 1884 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22021 |
| 232 | Garner, Marion Earl | 14 May 1884 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33818 |
| 233 | Gentz, Marguerite "Maggie" | 09 Oct 1884 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I6039 |
| 234 | Stewart, Edna Mary Cecile | 1 Jul 1885 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32059 |
| 235 | McReynolds, Laura | 24 Aug 1885 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I98769 |
| 236 | Carey, Mary Elizabeth | 25 Sep 1885 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I44839 |
| 237 | Harris, Kezzie | 1 Dec 1886 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I82827 |
| 238 | Stewart, Robert | Mar 1887 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I54123 |
| 239 | Garner, Hilda (Huldah) | 28 May 1887 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33819 |
| 240 | Gentz, Franklin G. "Frank" | 08 Jul 1887 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1367 |
| 241 | Stewart, William J. Jr. | Abt 1888 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32060 |
| 242 | Johnson, Arthur B. | Jan 1888 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33824 |
| 243 | Maass (Devries), William | 28 Feb 1888 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24120 |
| 244 | Plummer (DeVries), Irena Maass "Rena" | 15 Apr 1889 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24129 |
| 245 | Carey, Richard C. | 11 Jul 1889 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I44835 |
| 246 | Gentz, Gilder "Doc" | Sep 1889 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1368 |
| 247 | Cuniff, Ivy L. | 06 Oct 1889 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24822 |
| 248 | McCall, Eleric | Jul 1890 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28090 |
| 249 | Stewart, Nora Mary Agnes | 26 Dec 1890 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32061 |
| 250 | Stewart, Annie Dora | 20 Jan 1891 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I54106 |
| 251 | Shaw, Etha | Mar 1891 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I99857 |
| 252 | Harris, Gertie (or Mertie) | Apr 1891 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I82828 |
| 253 | DeVries, Percy O | 15 May 1892 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24124 |
| 254 | Bordeman, Rosalie (Rosa Lee) E. | Sep 1892 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I47221 |
| 255 | McGaffey, Charles Arnold | 01 Oct 1892 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22445 |
| 256 | Johnson, Addie C. | Nov 1892 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33825 |
| 257 | Cuniff, Joseph Albert Jr. | 25 Nov 1892 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24825 |
| 258 | McReynolds, Felix Columbus | 28 Jul 1893 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I98759 |
| 259 | Harris, Ethyl Mae | 22 Aug 1893 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I82819 |
| 260 | McCall, Alice | Dec 1893 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28092 |
| 261 | Johnson, Lea | 1894 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50208 |
| 262 | Johnson, Thomas | 1894 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33832 |
| 263 | DeVries, Henry Lee Sr | 10 Apr 1894 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24122 |
| 264 | Boardman (Bordeman), Gilbert Anderson | Jun 1894 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I47222 |
| 265 | Stewart, David Aloyisus | 10 Aug 1894 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32062 |
| 266 | Hayes, Mark | 27 Aug 1894 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22827 |
| 267 | Cuniff, Glenn Edward "Blew" | 5 Sep 1894 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24845 |
| 268 | Johnson, David J. | Dec 1894 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33826 |
| 269 | Plummer, Carlyle Junker | 26 Jan 1895 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I94131 |
| 270 | Stewart, Vergie | Aug 1895 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I54125 |
| 271 | Frugia, Clara Nell | 8 Sep 1895 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I47190 |
| 272 | Bordeman, Bell V. | Oct 1895 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I47223 |
| 273 | Shaw, Oda | Dec 1895 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I101013 |
| 274 | Johnson, Bennie | 1896 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50209 |
| 275 | DeVries, Martin Christian | 22 Mar 1896 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24127 |
| 276 | Harris, Bertha | Jan 1897 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I82825 |
| 277 | Courts, Emma Lillian | 12 Feb 1897 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I14124 |
| 278 | Bordeman, Iria C. | Aug 1897 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I47224 |
| 279 | Johnson, Valery | 1898 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50210 |
| 280 | Cuniff, Leroy | 26 Jan 1898 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24846 |
| 281 | McCall, Leroy | Feb 1898 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28091 |
| 282 | McCall, Louise | May 1898 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28093 |
| 283 | McCall, Sherwood Pelton Sr. | 10 Jul 1898 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28096 |
| 284 | Fisher, Louise | Jan 1899 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I25450 |
| 285 | Johnson, Felix | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50211 |
| 286 | Stewart, James | Feb 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I54124 |
| 287 | Johnson, Rye | 1902 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33828 |
| 288 | Johnson, Willie | 1902 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50212 |
| 289 | Johnson, Mary Helen "Mamie" | 14 Jul 1902 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50216 |
| 290 | DeVries, Archie A | 15 Aug 1903 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24121 |
| 291 | Johnson, Neal | 1904 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50213 |
| 292 | Beular, Edwin Lewis | 06 Oct 1905 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22436 |
| 293 | Johnson, Belle | 1906 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33829 |
| 294 | Johnson, Katey | 1906 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50214 |
| 295 | Johnson, Emily Taah | 6 Jan 1906 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50217 |
| 296 | Johnson, Joseph | 1908 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33830 |
| 297 | Johnson, Pat | 1908 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50215 |
| 298 | Johnson, Bradley J. | 8 Jun 1908 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50218 |
| 299 | Johnson, Frank F. | 1909 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50221 |
| 300 | Johnson, Carothine W. | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I50219 |
Matches 201 to 234 of 234
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Census |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Johnson, Benjamin J. | 15 Jun 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24847 |
| 202 | Cuniff, Joseph F. | 16 Jun 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24158 |
| 203 | Cuniff, Thomas | 16 Jun 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24162 |
| 204 | Hemmenway, Edward V. "Ned" | 10 Jul 1880 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28063 |
| 205 | Boardman (Bordeman), John Frederick | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I47174 |
| 206 | Carey, Richard Sr. | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28131 |
| 207 | Gilliland, John Joseph Fleming | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I98630 |
| 208 | Harris, John George James | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I82818 |
| 209 | Johnson, Bradley | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24848 |
| 210 | Maass, Martha | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1392 |
| 211 | McCall, James Francis | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1498 |
| 212 | McReynolds, Major Felix C. | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I98767 |
| 213 | Plummer, Capt. Ferdinand Cortez "Cott" | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I94128 |
| 214 | Plummer, Otis | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I98755 |
| 215 | Stewart, Hiram | 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I54105 |
| 216 | Hargraves, Amelia (Sillany) | 19 Jun 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24345 |
| 217 | Cuniff, G. Edward | 20 Jun 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24164 |
| 218 | Garner, Marion Earl | 20 Jun 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33818 |
| 219 | Maass, Rufus | 20 Jun 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I14254 |
| 220 | Garner, Anna Eliza | 28 Jun 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1465 |
| 221 | Garner, Martha Ann | 28 Jun 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1466 |
| 222 | McCall, David Eleric | 28 Jun 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I509 |
| 223 | McCall, Jacob Harmon | 28 Jun 1900 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1497 |
| 224 | Allen, William P. | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I28888 |
| 225 | Boardman (Bordeman), John Frederick | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I47174 |
| 226 | Court, Sarah Ann | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I520 |
| 227 | Cuniff, Glenn Edward "Blew" | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24845 |
| 228 | Garner, Marion Earl | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33818 |
| 229 | Garner, Rachel | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I33812 |
| 230 | Garner, Sarah Ann "Sally" | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1469 |
| 231 | Johnson, Bradley | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24848 |
| 232 | Johnson, John A | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I1458 |
| 233 | Johnson, Sanford B. | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I24855 |
| 234 | McGaffey, Charles Neil | 1910 | Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas | I22444 |
