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Richard "Dick" Dowling Johnson

Male 1884 - 1946  (62 years)


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  1. 1.  Richard "Dick" Dowling Johnson was born on 19 Feb 1884 (son of Bradley Johnson and Mary Ann Garner); died on 10 Dec 1946; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Bradley Johnson was born in Apr 1841 in Jefferson Co, Texas (son of Benjamin "Berry" Johnson and Rachel Garner); died in Jan 1901; was buried in McGaffey Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 11 Jul 1860, Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 1870, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 14 Jun 1880, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Other-Begin: 12 Oct 1886, Hurricane of 1886, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Census:
    11 Jul 1860 Sabine Pass (Precinct 5) page 60
    Residence 355
    Heminway Edward P 1808 Massachusetts engineer
    Heminway Mary N 43 1817 Massachusetts
    Heminway Sarah L 15 1845 South Carolina
    Heminway William H 10 1850 Texas
    Heminway Franklin T 7 1853 Texas
    Heminway Charles A 4 1856 Texas
    Heminway Eustace 1 1859 Texas

    Residence 356
    Stockholmn Peter D 45 1815 New York pilot steamboat 2500, 300
    Stockholmn Mary 27 1833 Louisiana
    Stockholmn William 12 1848 Texas
    Stockholmn Elisabeth 10 1850 Texas
    Stockholmn Peter D 8 1852 Texas
    Stockholmn George W 5 1855 Texas
    Stockholmn Mary E 6/12 1859 Texas
    Miller Wm 25 1835 New York carpenter
    Keith Ellen 15 1845 Texas student

    Residence 357
    Mass William 40 1820 Germany farmer 1,000; 2,000
    Mass Charlottie 27 1833 Germany
    Mass Sellenah 13 1847 Louisiana
    Mass Almina 11 1849 F Texas
    Mass Charles 8 1852 Texas
    Mass Henry 6 1854 Me Texas
    Mass Roadolph 4 1856 Texas
    Mass Martha 2 1858 Texas
    Mass Jessee 11/12 1859 Texas } twins
    Mass Sarah 11/12 1859 Texas }
    Cha Patrick 18 1842 Ireland laborer

    Residence 358
    Mccall James 29 1831 Illinois laborer 400; 1,000
    Mccall Anny 20 1840 Texas
    Mccall Theresah 3 1857 Texas
    Mccall Jacob 1 1859 Texas
    Hayes Nancy 8 1852 Texas <
    Johnson John 17 1843 Louisiana laborer

    Residence 359
    Garner Jacob 46 1814 Louisiana farmer 3,000; 4,000
    Garner Matilda 43 1817 Louisiana
    Garner Mary A 15 1845 Texas
    Garner Leonard 13 1847 Texas
    Garner Sally A 10 1850 Texas
    Garner Millon 7 1853 Texas
    Garner Alliee 5 1855 Texas

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    residence 359 cont.
    Garner, Bradley 10/12 1859 Texas
    Hayes, Matilda* 10 1850 Texas <


    residence 361
    McCall John 27 1833 Illinois laborer 200; 1,000
    Hayes, Alzina 12 1848 Texas <
    Hayes, Mary 6 1854 Texas <
    Gallier, Mary* 64 1796 Louisiana midwife

    residence 362
    Robert Gibson 30 steam boating England 200
    Ann 18 Louisiana
    Jesse E. 8/12 Texas

    residence: 363
    Morgan, Alvin 21 1839 Louisiana stock minder
    Eliza 17 1843 Texas
    Almond 2 1858
    Leonard 3/12 1860
    Myers, Malissa 15 1845 Texas spinster
    Gallier, Frances 65 1795 Louisiana laborer

    residence 364
    Johnson, Benjamin 1815 Louisiana farmer 200
    Bradley 20 1840 Texas laborer 600; 6,000
    John 17 1843 Texas
    Uriah 14 1846 Texas
    Joseph 13 1847 Texas
    Benjamin 11 1849 Texas
    Isaac 9 1851 Texas
    Elizabeth 7 1853 Texas
    Rachel 5 1855 Texas
    Myers, Matilda 28 1832 Louisiana
    White, George 25 1835 Louisiana laborer

    residence 365
    McGaffey, Neal Jr. 22 farmer 5690; 1,000
    Rachel J. 17
    John W. 1/12
    Sarah McGaffey 57 "lady of Leashure" 2,000; 5,400 Louisiana


    Census:
    residence 70
    B Johnson 29 Texas
    Mary Ann Johnson 26 Texas
    Theresa Johnson 4 Texas
    Jacob Johnson 2 Texas
    John Johnson 26 1844 Texas
    Jeff Bonds 10 black Texas

    residence 71
    Bellar (Bellard) Paul 42 1828 Louisiana
    Mahala 33 1837 Texas
    Clifton 15 1855 Texas
    Mary 13 1857 Texas
    Adam 9 1861 Texas
    Noa 6 1864 Texas
    Albert 4 1866 Texas
    Amanda 1 1869 Texas

    residence 72
    McGaffey I.W. 23 1847 Texas
    Alice 18 1852 Texas
    Mary H. 11/12 1869 Texas

    residence 73
    I Kenniff 65
    Nancy Kenniff 40
    Mary Kenniff 22
    Thomas Kenniff 20
    Ellen Kenniff 18
    Joseph Kenniff 16
    Atley Kenniff 14
    Clary Kenniff 14
    Elizabeth Kenniff 13
    Liddy Kenniff 11
    Sary Jane Kenniff 8
    Nancy E Kenniff 6
    Edny I Kenniff 2
    I B Meaux 26
    H Belke 24
    Sarah Sealye 44
    H Johnson 21 negro

    residence 74
    King Louis 45 1825 Prussia
    Sarah (Courts) 35 1835 Texas
    Homer 17 abt 1853 Male White Texas
    Hillen 15 abt 1855 Female White Texas
    Neal 13 abt 1857 Male White Texas
    Sanford 10 abt 1860 Male White Texas
    Harris 8 abt 1862 Male White Texas
    Smith Elias 36 abt 1834 Male White Michigan

    residence 75
    Cronia C E 65 1805 Male France
    Alinda 53 1817 Louisiana
    Cronia Elizabeth 22 1848 Texas
    Mary F 18 1852 Texas
    Charles 15 1855 Texas
    Margaret 11 1859 Texas
    James M 9 1861 Texas
    Thomas B 7 1863 Texas
    Mary L 3 1867 Texas



    Census:
    residence 59
    Guidry, Louis
    residence 59 (boarding house)
    Hawkins, Wm 59 1821 widower house carpenter Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky
    Robert 19 1861 Louisiana Kentucky Louisiana

    residence 62
    Johnson Bradley 1841 39 TX LA LA
    Mary wife 1845 TX LA LA
    Theracy 13 1867 dau TX
    Jacob 11 1869 son TX
    Tina 8 1872 dau TX
    Lewis 5 1875 son TX
    Benj 2 1878 son TX
    Gibson Sally 16 1864 asst house keeper TX Eng LA

    residence 67
    Johnson John 35 1844 LA LA LA
    M.A. wife 26 Ohio NY Ohio
    Nina dau 8 1872 TX
    Isaac 4 1876 son TX
    J.E. son 3 1877 TX
    T.B. 2 dau 1878 TX
    H.F. 5 mo, son 1879 TX

    residence 68
    McReynolds. F.C. 44 1836 Tennessee
    Laura 35 1846 Georgia
    R.A. male 1865 Texas
    S.A. female 4 1876 Texas

    residence 69
    Cuniff, Jos. 26 farmer TX Ireland LA
    M.B. 23 wife TX LA LA
    Paul 6 son TX TX TX
    N.M. 2 daughter TX TX TX
    Cimenaux, Lucy 19 single LA LA LA

    residence 70
    Louis King 55 b 1825, Germany, Germany, Germany pilot
    wife: S.A. (Sarah Ann Court) 45, 1825 TX England, LA
    S.T. King, son, b 1861 19, clerk in store.
    H.W. King, son, b 1853 27, married, farmer
    Lucy P King, dau in law - b 1859, age 21,TX Germany Germany
    John Johnson 26 1854 nephew married Norway Norway Germany
    Mary Whiting 44 1836 Germany Germany Germany
    Cora Pace 3 1877 Goddaughter Texas Alabama Texas

    residence 72
    Johnson, Jos 32 TX LA LA
    B.V. wife 21 Ohio NY Ohio
    Carrie 2 dau TX
    S.B. 5/12 January son TX
    A.C. Jackson 26 1854 Texas Georgia Pennsylvania

    residence 73:
    Johnson Benjamin 1850 TX LA LA
    Carrie 27 1853 TX Eng Eng
    Nellie 8 1872 dau TX
    Neily 5 1875 dau TX
    Mary 3 1877 dau TX
    Bradley son 8/12 Sep 1879 TX

    residence 74
    Cuniff, Thomas 30 farmer LA Ireland LA
    Lizzie 29 wife TX Denmark Texas
    G.E. 10 son TX LA TX
    W.D. 8 son TX LA TX
    Tho O 5 son TX LA TX
    Lizzie 9/12 Sept dau TX LA TX


    Other-Begin:
    Galveston Daily News Oct 19, 1886
    "Captain Johnson of Bolivar peninsula, who last Saturday, together with Mr. R.H. Slaughter and others oganized a relief committee at the above place for the Sabine sufferers sailed over to Galveston yesterday morning.....
    We visited all the surrounding country and part of the pass, and found that the damage and destruction were greater in the country than in the city proper. The first house we came to was Mr. Brad Johnson's place. There was hardly anything left of it to tell the tale. The fences had disappeared completely and all the trees and crops were totally annialated. Brad Johnson was raised at the Pass and is about forty-five years old, and stated that the Sabine blow was the severest hurricane he had ever witnessed. Moise Broussard's house was situated just next to Brad Johnson's and had also suffered more or less. A tank which had been scraped out for stock watering purposes was discovered here with the only fresh water left at Sabine Pass. Out of a total of eleven hundred cattle, owned by Mr. Broussard, which were pasturing at the time of the storm five or six miles this side of the Pass, not one animal escaped he waters. The search for dead bodies is still progressing. A young lady was fished from the jetty works on Saturday who was supposed to be Miss Annie McCall, although the body was not positively identified as such. The body of Homer King still remains undiscovered. "

    Bradley married Mary Ann Garner on 8 Jan 1866 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Mary (daughter of Jacob Harmon Garner and Matilda Hayes) was born on 10 Feb 1844 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 05 May 1926; was buried in McGaffey Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Garner was born on 10 Feb 1844 in Jefferson Co, Texas (daughter of Jacob Harmon Garner and Matilda Hayes); died on 05 May 1926; was buried in McGaffey Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 11 Jul 1860, Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Bradley was her first cousin. Mary's sister Anna's obit did not list her as a survivor.

    Census:
    11 Jul 1860 Sabine Pass (Precinct 5) page 60
    Residence 355
    Heminway Edward P 1808 Massachusetts engineer
    Heminway Mary N 43 1817 Massachusetts
    Heminway Sarah L 15 1845 South Carolina
    Heminway William H 10 1850 Texas
    Heminway Franklin T 7 1853 Texas
    Heminway Charles A 4 1856 Texas
    Heminway Eustace 1 1859 Texas

    Residence 356
    Stockholmn Peter D 45 1815 New York pilot steamboat 2500, 300
    Stockholmn Mary 27 1833 Louisiana
    Stockholmn William 12 1848 Texas
    Stockholmn Elisabeth 10 1850 Texas
    Stockholmn Peter D 8 1852 Texas
    Stockholmn George W 5 1855 Texas
    Stockholmn Mary E 6/12 1859 Texas
    Miller Wm 25 1835 New York carpenter
    Keith Ellen 15 1845 Texas student

    Residence 357
    Mass William 40 1820 Germany farmer 1,000; 2,000
    Mass Charlottie 27 1833 Germany
    Mass Sellenah 13 1847 Louisiana
    Mass Almina 11 1849 F Texas
    Mass Charles 8 1852 Texas
    Mass Henry 6 1854 Me Texas
    Mass Roadolph 4 1856 Texas
    Mass Martha 2 1858 Texas
    Mass Jessee 11/12 1859 Texas } twins
    Mass Sarah 11/12 1859 Texas }
    Cha Patrick 18 1842 Ireland laborer

    Residence 358
    Mccall James 29 1831 Illinois laborer 400; 1,000
    Mccall Anny 20 1840 Texas
    Mccall Theresah 3 1857 Texas
    Mccall Jacob 1 1859 Texas
    Hayes Nancy 8 1852 Texas <
    Johnson John 17 1843 Louisiana laborer

    Residence 359
    Garner Jacob 46 1814 Louisiana farmer 3,000; 4,000
    Garner Matilda 43 1817 Louisiana
    Garner Mary A 15 1845 Texas
    Garner Leonard 13 1847 Texas
    Garner Sally A 10 1850 Texas
    Garner Millon 7 1853 Texas
    Garner Alliee 5 1855 Texas

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    residence 359 cont.
    Garner, Bradley 10/12 1859 Texas
    Hayes, Matilda* 10 1850 Texas <


    residence 361
    McCall John 27 1833 Illinois laborer 200; 1,000
    Hayes, Alzina 12 1848 Texas <
    Hayes, Mary 6 1854 Texas <
    Gallier, Mary* 64 1796 Louisiana midwife

    residence 362
    Robert Gibson 30 steam boating England 200
    Ann 18 Louisiana
    Jesse E. 8/12 Texas

    residence: 363
    Morgan, Alvin 21 1839 Louisiana stock minder
    Eliza 17 1843 Texas
    Almond 2 1858
    Leonard 3/12 1860
    Myers, Malissa 15 1845 Texas spinster
    Gallier, Frances 65 1795 Louisiana laborer

    residence 364
    Johnson, Benjamin 1815 Louisiana farmer 200
    Bradley 20 1840 Texas laborer 600; 6,000
    John 17 1843 Texas
    Uriah 14 1846 Texas
    Joseph 13 1847 Texas
    Benjamin 11 1849 Texas
    Isaac 9 1851 Texas
    Elizabeth 7 1853 Texas
    Rachel 5 1855 Texas
    Myers, Matilda 28 1832 Louisiana
    White, George 25 1835 Louisiana laborer

    residence 365
    McGaffey, Neal Jr. 22 farmer 5690; 1,000
    Rachel J. 17
    John W. 1/12
    Sarah McGaffey 57 "lady of Leashure" 2,000; 5,400 Louisiana

    Children:
    1. Mary Theresa Johnson was born in 1866; died in 1953 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. Jacob W Johnson was born in 1868 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1900.
    3. Tina Josephine Johnson was born on 29 Nov 1872 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 29 Jul 1957 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    4. Lewis Leonard Johnson was born on 06 Oct 1874 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 22 Dec 1944 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 24 Dec 1944 in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    5. Benjamin R Johnson was born about 1877 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1900.
    6. 1. Richard "Dick" Dowling Johnson was born on 19 Feb 1884; died on 10 Dec 1946; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    7. Sidney Austin Johnson was born on 09 Aug 1885; died on 02 Jun 1954; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin "Berry" Johnson was born on 8 Jun 1815 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (son of Moses** Johnson and Nancy** Anna Robert); died in 1872 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1832, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Property: Bef 1 May 1838, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 23 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 11 Jul 1860, Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 1870, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Texas State Historical Association
    (a digital Gateway to Texas History)


    JOHNSON, BENJAMIN

    JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (1815?1872). Benjamin Johnson, soldier, early settler, and son of Moses Johnson and Mary Ann Roberts was born on June 8, 1815, near Edgerly (in present-day Calcasieu Parish), Louisiana. He moved to Texas in 1832 and settled at Jefferson Municipality (present-day Bridge City in Orange County) on Cow Bayou.

    Johnson volunteered to fight in the Texas Revolution and enlisted in the Texas Army on November 12, 1835, under Capt. Willis H. Landrum?s Company. He participated in the Grass Fight and the siege of Bexar later that year. Johnson was given an honorable discharge on January 1, 1836, at the Alamo. After learning of the fall of the Alamo, he re-enlisted in Capt. James Gillaspie?s Company, in the Second Regiment of Texas Volunteers under Col. Sidney Sherman?s command. On April 21, Sherman formed part of the regiment of the left wing and fought in the battle of San Jacinto. On June 30, Johnson served a third enlistment as second sergeant in Capt. John G. W. Pierson?s Company at Washington. He received an honorable discharge on September 30, 1836.

    After service, Johnson received a donation of 320 acres of land for having served in the army. He returned to Jefferson, where on January 24, 1838, he received a 1,440-acre headright from the Jefferson County Board of Land Commissioners.

    On April 24, 1838, Johnson married Rachel Garner, daughter of Bradley Garner, Sr., and Sarah Rachel Harmon. Rachel was from a family of military service. Her father fought in the Battle of New Orleans, and her brothers David, Isaac, and Jacob Garner fought at the Grass Fight and the Siege of Bexar. Her brother-in-law Claiborne West was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Soon after marriage Johnson and his new wife settled in Sabine Pass on a farm of his sister-in-law Sarah Garner McGaffey. Records show that Benjamin and Rachel Johnson were one of the earliest settlers in Sabine Pass along with John McGaffey, Thomas Courts, and Jacob Garner. Johnson then appeared before the land commissioners and received an additional headright of 3,000 acres, granted to married men. He and Rachel became the parents of at least eight sons and two daughters.

    On July 7, 1838, Johnson was granted an additional 640 acres of donation land for having fought at the battle of San Jacinto. That same year, he was certified as one of fifty-seven jurors to serve in the Jefferson County courts. He was elected a county commissioner on December 2, 1852. He and his family were charter members of the second Baptist Church of Jefferson County.

    Rachel Johnson died in 1856. On July 4, 1861, Johnson married Matilda Myers, whom he had employed as his housekeeper. Later that year in August, Benjamin Johnson joined his three sons, Bradley, John, and Uriah Johnson, and served under Ben McCulloch in the Confederate Army. In addition to his military and public service, Johnson was a farmer, stockman, and patriarch. Benjamin Johnson died at the age of fifty-seven at Sabine Pass on October 13, 1872, and was buried at the Johnson family plot at the Sabine Pass Cemetery in Jefferson County. A Texas Historical Marker was erected in his honor in 1972.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    Herbert C. Banks II, ed., Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album (Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 2001). W.T. Block, ?Benjamin Johnson: Veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto?

    (http;//www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/BenjaminJohnson.htm), accessed July 1, 2010. W. T. Block, A History of Jefferson County, Texas, from Wilderness to Reconstruction (M.A. thesis, Lamar University, 1974; Nederland, Texas: Nederland Publishing, 1976). Historical Marker Files, Texas Historical Commission, Austin. Republic of Texas Claims, Archives and Manuscripts Division, Texas State Library and Archives, Austin.
    Jimmy Johnson

    The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
    Jimmy Johnson, "JOHNSON, BENJAMIN," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fjoda), accessed February 07, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
    http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fjoda

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    Benjamin Johnson - Sabine Pass, Jefferson County, Texas
    Address:
    Directions: Sabine Pass Cemetery, off SH 870
    Marker #: 5245010538
    Year Dedicated: 1972
    Size, type: 24" x 18"
    Last reported condition: Fair
    Benjamin Johnson - (1815-1872) Born in Louisiana; settled in Texas in 1832. Fought in victorious Texas Army at Bexar, Dec. 1835; in Capt. James Gillaspie's company, 2nd Regiment, Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. Married (1) 1838, Rachel Garner, who died 1856; (2) 1861, Matilda Myers. Esteemed and respected, he was a farmer, stockman, patriarch.
    Decimal degrees: N 29.717963 W -93.904609
    Degrees, minutes: N 29 43.078 W 093 54.277
    UTM: Zone 15, Easting 412505, Northing 3287876



    http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5245010538#


    Sabine Pass Cemetery - The oldest continually used cemetery in Jefferson County, This graveyard has served the citizens of the Sabine Pass area since the 1840s. The earliest documented grave is that of a 12-year-old John A. Dashiell, son of William V.C. and Mary Dashiell, who died on August 27, 1847. The large site now known as Sabine Pass Cemetery represents a combination of five formerly distinct burial grounds. Included in what was once called "The Colored Peoples Cemetery" is the unmarked grave of 108-year-old Louis Williams. Born a slave in Mississippi in 1813, Williams died on June 23, 1921. Among the burials in this historic graveyard are those of many distinguished military veterans. Able Coffin (1792-1862) and Burwell Jackson (1783-1864) fought in the War of 1812. Jacob Harmon Garner (1814-1887), Benjamin Johnson (1815-1872) and Niles F. Smith (1800-1858) were Texas Revolution veterans. Soldiers and sailors from both the Union and Confederate forces of the Civil War also are interred here. The two Union sailors Patrick Ferlin and Albert W. Marshall, died of wounds sustained during the offshore naval encounter on January 21, 1863, while serving on the ship Morning Light. A number of Confederate veterans rest in the cemetery, as does Kate Dorman, dubbed "the heroine of Sabine Pass" for her assistance of the southern troops. A number of graves have been specially marked with military or state historical markers. Maintained by Jefferson County and cared for by local volunteer organizations, the Sabine Pass Cemetery remains in use by citizens of the area. Its historic gravestones and monuments provide a unique component of the cultural history of Jefferson County. (1999)

    http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5245011949

    First Settlers of Jefferson Co, Texas by Gifford White
    Land Grants in Texas: 45th Applicant: Benjamin Johnson took and Subscribed to the oath required by the 12th Secretary of Land Law that he emigrated to Texas in 1832. It was proven that he was a citizen of Texas at the date of the Declaration of Independence by the oath of Bradley Garner and Jacob Garner.
    166th Applicant: (returns for more since he married 24 Apr 1838, which increased his entitlement)
    _________
    Texas Revolution Page 9 p 16
    Jefferson County Heroes of San Jacinto
    Johnson, Benjamin: Benjamin Johnson enlisted as a private in Captain James Gillaspie's Company, Second Regiment. Texas Volunteers, Sixth Company, Infantry.
    Benjamin Johnson, born June 8, 1815, died October 13, 1872, is buried in Sabine Pass Cemetery, Jefferson County. He has received a Texas Historical Commission marker. (see also Yellowed Pages, Vol II, No. 6-10 for biographical data by W.Tck - MSW)"
    __________
    1850 Census, also living in his household were John Hill, 23 (b 1827) a carpenter from England; and William Harris 36 (b 1814), a cabinet maker, also from England, and RACHEL COURT, age 13 (b 1837). Rachel's father THOMAS COURT had recently drowned.
    _________
    The 1860 Sabine Pass census listed Benjamin Johnson with his 8 children.
    Also listed in the household was MATILDA MYERS 28 House Keeper
    and George White 25 Laborer LA.
    _________
    1870 Census - Sabine Pass, also living in his household was E. Gibson age 78 born MS (brother)
    (this is prob Uriah Gibson, bro-in law)
    _________
    Listed: Sabine Pass Cemetery, page 4
    Johnson, Benjamin, Historical marker erected Oct 14, 1972, original stone stolen "1815-1872 Born in Louisiana; settled in Texas in 1832. Fought in victorious Texas Army at Bexar, Dec. 1835; In Capt. James Gillaspie's Company, 2nd Regiment, Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. Married (1) 1838, Rachel Garner, who died 1856; (2) 1861, Matilda Myers. Esteemed and respected, he was a farmer, stockman, Patriarch. recorded - 1972."

    Matilda applied for as a widow for Benjamin's Confederate Pension.

    Property:
    Benjamin Johnson two thirds of league and Labor
    immigrated to Texas in 1832

    Census:
    res 210 Jacob H Garner 36 LA
    Matilda (Hayes) Garner 22 LA
    Anna Garner 10 1840 TX
    Martha Ann Garner 8 1842 TX
    Leonard Garner 3 1947 TX
    Mary Ann Garner 6 1844 TX
    Sally Ann Garner 0 1850 TX
    Sarah Ann Court 16 1834 TX Sarah and Matilda 1st cousis. Their mothers were sisters. Sarah and Rachel were sisters.

    res 208
    Johnson Berry 35 1815 LA
    Rachel 33 1817 LA
    Wesley 10 1840 TX
    Bradley 9 1841 TX
    John 7 1843 TX
    Uriah 4 1846 TX
    Joseph 2 1848 TX
    Berry Amin 1 1849 TX
    Court, Rachel 13 1813 niece, her mother was Berry's sister.


    Census:
    11 Jul 1860 Sabine Pass (Precinct 5) page 60
    Residence 355
    Heminway Edward P 1808 Massachusetts engineer
    Heminway Mary N 43 1817 Massachusetts
    Heminway Sarah L 15 1845 South Carolina
    Heminway William H 10 1850 Texas
    Heminway Franklin T 7 1853 Texas
    Heminway Charles A 4 1856 Texas
    Heminway Eustace 1 1859 Texas

    Residence 356
    Stockholmn Peter D 45 1815 New York pilot steamboat 2500, 300
    Stockholmn Mary 27 1833 Louisiana
    Stockholmn William 12 1848 Texas
    Stockholmn Elisabeth 10 1850 Texas
    Stockholmn Peter D 8 1852 Texas
    Stockholmn George W 5 1855 Texas
    Stockholmn Mary E 6/12 1859 Texas
    Miller Wm 25 1835 New York carpenter
    Keith Ellen 15 1845 Texas student

    Residence 357
    Mass William 40 1820 Germany farmer 1,000; 2,000
    Mass Charlottie 27 1833 Germany
    Mass Sellenah 13 1847 Louisiana
    Mass Almina 11 1849 F Texas
    Mass Charles 8 1852 Texas
    Mass Henry 6 1854 Me Texas
    Mass Roadolph 4 1856 Texas
    Mass Martha 2 1858 Texas
    Mass Jessee 11/12 1859 Texas } twins
    Mass Sarah 11/12 1859 Texas }
    Cha Patrick 18 1842 Ireland laborer

    Residence 358
    Mccall James 29 1831 Illinois laborer 400; 1,000
    Mccall Anny 20 1840 Texas
    Mccall Theresah 3 1857 Texas
    Mccall Jacob 1 1859 Texas
    Hayes Nancy 8 1852 Texas <
    Johnson John 17 1843 Louisiana laborer

    Residence 359
    Garner Jacob 46 1814 Louisiana farmer 3,000; 4,000
    Garner Matilda 43 1817 Louisiana
    Garner Mary A 15 1845 Texas
    Garner Leonard 13 1847 Texas
    Garner Sally A 10 1850 Texas
    Garner Millon 7 1853 Texas
    Garner Alliee 5 1855 Texas

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    residence 359 cont.
    Garner, Bradley 10/12 1859 Texas
    Hayes, Matilda* 10 1850 Texas <


    residence 361
    McCall John 27 1833 Illinois laborer 200; 1,000
    Hayes, Alzina 12 1848 Texas <
    Hayes, Mary 6 1854 Texas <
    Gallier, Mary* 64 1796 Louisiana midwife

    residence 362
    Robert Gibson 30 steam boating England 200
    Ann 18 Louisiana
    Jesse E. 8/12 Texas

    residence: 363
    Morgan, Alvin 21 1839 Louisiana stock minder
    Eliza 17 1843 Texas
    Almond 2 1858
    Leonard 3/12 1860
    Myers, Malissa 15 1845 Texas spinster
    Gallier, Frances 65 1795 Louisiana laborer

    residence 364
    Johnson, Benjamin 1815 Louisiana farmer 200
    Bradley 20 1840 Texas laborer 600; 6,000
    John 17 1843 Texas
    Uriah 14 1846 Texas
    Joseph 13 1847 Texas
    Benjamin 11 1849 Texas
    Isaac 9 1851 Texas
    Elizabeth 7 1853 Texas
    Rachel 5 1855 Texas
    Myers, Matilda 28 1832 Louisiana
    White, George 25 1835 Louisiana laborer

    residence 365
    McGaffey, Neal Jr. 22 farmer 5690; 1,000
    Rachel J. 17
    John W. 1/12
    Sarah McGaffey 57 "lady of Leashure" 2,000; 5,400 Louisiana


    Census:
    1870
    B (Benjamin) Johnson 54 farmer Louisiana 1600 1200
    Matilda Johnson 37 Louisiana
    Elizabeth Johnson 17 Texas
    Rachel Johnson 15 Texas
    E Gibson 78 female boarding 500, Mississippi (1792)
    Simantha Peroto 4 Louisiana
    A Dowden 22 laborer Louisiana
    Charles Revia 16 laborer Texas

    next door on either side:
    Uriah and Lucinda Johnson
    and W.I. McGaffey and wife Rachel T.

    Benjamin married Rachel Garner on 18 Apr 1838 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Rachel (daughter of Bradley Garner and Rachel Harmon) was born in 1817 in Louisiana; died in 1856 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Rachel Garner was born in 1817 in Louisiana (daughter of Bradley Garner and Rachel Harmon); died in 1856 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Notes:

    Rachel was the sister of Jacob Harmon Garner who married Matilda Hayes. Their father was Bradley Garner, Sr, and Rachel Harmon. She is buried in Old Sabine Pass Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Name: Benjamin Johnson
    Gender: Male
    Birth Place: LA
    Birth Year: 1815
    Spouse Name: Rachel Garner
    Marriage
    Year: 1838
    Number Pages: 2

    Children:
    1. Wesley Johnson was born in 1840 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1850.
    2. 2. Bradley Johnson was born in Apr 1841 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died in Jan 1901; was buried in McGaffey Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. John A Johnson was born on 25 Feb 1843 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 14 Feb 1923 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in McGaffey Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    4. Uriah Johnson was born in 1846 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1920 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    5. Joseph Johnson was born in 1848 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1900 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    6. Benjamin J. Johnson was born in 1850 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1910 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    7. Isaac S. Johnson was born in 1853 in Texas; died after 1880 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in McGaffey Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    8. Elizabeth Johnson was born in 1853 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1870 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    9. Rachel Johnson was born in 1855 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1870 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

  3. 6.  Jacob Harmon Garner was born in 1814 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (son of Bradley Garner and Rachel Harmon); died in Oct 1886 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 23 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 11 Jul 1860, Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 12 Jun 1880, Sabine Pass (District 42), Jefferson Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Jacob H Garner applied and was appointed Guardianship of Amelia "Milly" (Hayes) Benjamin Myers' children by the Court at Beaumont. Don't have exact date, but new appraisers were appointed Nov 29, 1847; so previous to that. He was listed as a principal with Thos H Lewis & John B (x his mark) Pevito security.

    1880: Jacob Garner age 66 states parents born in VA. Also listed with them are Rachel, age 14, and Othneil, age 4, goddaughters.
    (Yellowed Pages show marriage date of 13 June 1843) He was the son of Bradley Isaac GARNER SR, and Rachel HARMON, born in 1814. Jacob's sister was Rachel Garner who married Benjamin Johnson.
    BRADLEY ISAAC GARNER, SR., came to Tx, from Louisiana, in 1828 (1850 Census) According to First Settlers of Jefferson Co, Texas by Gifford White, Land Grants in Texas: 130th Applicant: Bradley Garner took and Subscribed to the oath requiredy the 12th Secretary of Land Law that he emigrated to Texas in 1829. It was proven that he was a citizen of Texas at the date of the Declaration of Independence by the oath of Richard Ballew and Wilson W. Gill.
    David Garner was possibly Bradley's brother, even though there were 12 years difference in their ages. David GARNER married Matilda Hampshire in 1839 in Jefferson Co, and their children were Emily, born 1840; Jacob, born 1841; David G, born 3; Clairborne, born 1844; Anna, born 1845; Martha, born 1847; John, born 1848; and Alexander, born 1850.

    Listed in First Settlers of Jefferson Co, Texas by Gifford White, Land Grants in Texas 47th Applicant: JACOB GARNER took and Subscribed to the oath required by the 12th Secretary of Land Law that he emigrated to Texas in 1829. It was provhat he was a citizen of Texas at the date of the Declaration of Independence by the oath of Clairborn West and BRADLEY GARNER.
    The census states Jacob had come to Texas in 1825 (age 11) with David Garner (born in 1807; i.e. 18 years old). Land Grant records state Bradley came in 1828 and Jacob swore he emigrated in 1829, witnessed by Bradley.

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    Comments section of W.T. Block's web page:
    Hi, I am a ggrandson of Jacob Harmon Garner I found your site from John H. "Jay" Garner after I found him with a search for Bradley Garner on Ancestry.com. Your site is great and I feel like a gold miner that has found the long lost Dutchman Mine! Thanks again... Price Garner - pgarner@juno.com

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

    Census:
    res 210 Jacob H Garner 36 LA
    Matilda (Hayes) Garner 22 LA
    Anna Garner 10 1840 TX
    Martha Ann Garner 8 1842 TX
    Leonard Garner 3 1947 TX
    Mary Ann Garner 6 1844 TX
    Sally Ann Garner 0 1850 TX
    Sarah Ann Court 16 1834 TX

    res 208
    Johnson Berry 35 1815 LA
    Rachel 33 1817 LA
    Wesley 10 1840 TX
    Bradley 9 1841 TX
    John 7 1843 TX
    Uriah 4 1846 TX
    Joseph 2 1848 TX
    Berry Amin 1 1849 TX
    Court, Rachel 13 1813 (sister of Sarah Ann staying with the Garners)

    Census:
    John McCall married Martha Garner Jan 1869 months before this census; so curious she is not counted here. Mary, age 6, and Alzina Hayes, 12, living in his household, are children of Martha's uncle James Hayes, Jr. (her mother's brother). Their mother, Emily Burrell Hayes, died previous to this census and relatives took in the young children. Another Hayes child, Nancy, 8 yrs old, was taken in by Jamss McCall.
    Jacob Garner took in Matilda, 10 yrs old (my ancestor).
    Marie Johnson, living with John McCall, is James Hayes, Jr.'s mother. After J.H. Sr. died, she married Francis Gallier, Jr - who had also passed by this time.


    11 Jul 1860 Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    res 350
    Nodell Christian 60 1800 Germany carpenter
    Emoly 50 1810 Pennsylvania
    Prester 12 1848 Texas
    Hellinah 10 1850 Texas

    res 353
    Edward V Heminway 24 1836 District of Columbia engineer
    Malissah A Heminway 18 1842 Texas
    Mary R Heminway 1 1859 Texas
    Margaret R (Knodell) Heminway 56 1804 Pennsylvania (Malissa's mother)

    11 Jul 1860 Sabine Pass (Precinct 5) page 60
    Residence 355
    Heminway Edward P 1808 Massachusetts engineer
    Heminway Mary N 43 1817 Massachusetts
    Heminway Sarah L 15 1845 South Carolina
    Heminway William H 10 1850 Texas
    Heminway Franklin T 7 1853 Texas
    Heminway Charles A 4 1856 Texas
    Heminway Eustace 1 1859 Texas

    Residence 356
    Stockholmn Peter D 45 1815 New York pilot steamboat 2500, 300
    Stockholmn Mary 27 1833 Louisiana
    Stockholmn William 12 1848 Texas
    Stockholmn Elisabeth 10 1850 Texas
    Stockholmn Peter D 8 1852 Texas
    Stockholmn George W 5 1855 Texas
    Stockholmn Mary E 6/12 1859 Texas
    Miller Wm 25 1835 New York carpenter
    Keith Ellen 15 1845 Texas student

    Residence 357
    Mass William 40 1820 Germany farmer 1,000; 2,000
    Mass Charlottie 27 1833 Germany
    Mass Sellenah 13 1847 Louisiana
    Mass Almina 11 1849 F Texas
    Mass Charles 8 1852 Texas
    Mass Henry 6 1854 Me Texas
    Mass Roadolph 4 1856 Texas
    Mass Martha 2 1858 Texas
    Mass Jessee 11/12 1859 Texas } twins
    Mass Sarah 11/12 1859 Texas }
    Cha Patrick 18 1842 Ireland laborer

    Residence 358
    Mccall James 29 1831 Illinois laborer 400; 1,000
    Mccall Anny 20 1840 Texas
    Mccall Theresah 3 1857 Texas
    Mccall Jacob 1 1859 Texas
    Hayes Nancy 8 1852 Texas <
    Johnson John 17 1843 Louisiana laborer

    Residence 359
    Garner Jacob 46 1814 Louisiana farmer 3,000; 4,000
    Garner Matilda 43 1817 Louisiana
    Garner Mary A 15 1845 Texas
    Garner Leonard 13 1847 Texas
    Garner Sally A 10 1850 Texas
    Garner Millon 7 1853 Texas
    Garner Alliee 5 1855 Texas

    next page, Page 61
    residence 359 cont.
    Garner, Bradley 10/12 1859 Texas
    Hayes, Matilda* 10 1850 Texas <


    residence 361
    McCall John 27 1833 Illinois laborer 200; 1,000
    Hayes, Alzina 12 1848 Texas <
    Hayes, Mary 6 1854 Texas <
    Gallier, Mary* 64 1796 Louisiana midwife

    residence 362
    Robert Gibson 30 steam boating England 200
    Ann 18 Louisiana
    Jesse E. 8/12 Texas

    residence: 363
    Morgan, Alvin 21 1839 Louisiana stock minder
    Eliza 17 1843 Texas
    Almond 2 1858
    Leonard 3/12 1860
    Myers, Malissa 15 1845 Texas spinster
    Gallier, Frances 65 1795 Louisiana laborer

    residence 364
    Johnson, Benjamin 1815 Louisiana farmer 200
    Bradley 20 1840 Texas laborer 600; 6,000
    John 17 1843 Texas
    Uriah 14 1846 Texas
    Joseph 13 1847 Texas
    Benjamin 11 1849 Texas
    Isaac 9 1851 Texas
    Elizabeth 7 1853 Texas
    Rachel 5 1855 Texas
    Myers, Matilda 28 1832 Louisiana
    White, George 25 1835 Louisiana laborer

    residence 365
    McGaffey, Neal Jr. 22 farmer 5690; 1,000
    Rachel J. 17
    John W. 1/12
    Sarah McGaffey 57 "lady of Leashure" 2,000; 5,400 Louisiana


    Census:
    12 Jun 1880 District 42, Sabine Pass, Texas
    47 F. P. Hemmenway 26 engineer TX -- PA
    Mary Hemmenway 25 wife TX LA LA
    Arthur Hemmenway 4 son TX
    Emily Hemmenway 1 dau TX
    Missouri Hays 15 sis-in-law single TX LA TX
    Mary Gallier 83 1797 G-mother widowed LA SC MS

    49 Garner, J.H. 66
    Matilda 63
    S.A. 30
    Bradley 19
    Rachel 14 gnddaughter TX (--) TX
    Othneil 4 gndson TX (--) TX

    50 McCall, A.E. 40
    Jacob 27 foreman
    Frank 18 foreman
    John 14
    Robert 13
    Mary 10
    Claudie 8
    Gibson J.E. 20 female single general housework

    51
    Wm Allen 78 1802 farmer Germany Germany
    Ann (prev Mrs. Gibson) 40 1840 Texas Louisiana Louisiana
    Emma 11 1869 Texas
    Bettie 8 1872 Texas
    Nettie 2 1878 Texas


    52 Gantz, Charles C. 40 1840 farmer Germany Germany Germany
    Matilda 30 1850 TX Louisiana Louisiana
    C 12 1868 TX
    Mary 11 1869 TX
    Lena 9 1871 TX
    Edna 6 1874 TX
    Claudie 3 1877 TX
    Hayes, James 50 father-in-law 1820 LA

    53 Johnson Uriah 34 LA LA LA
    L 33 LA LA MS
    Rachel 13
    Lizzie 12
    Seth 10

    55 McCall John 47 farmer IL -- Germany
    M.A. 38 wife TX LA LA
    D.E. 18 son
    A.L. 15 dau
    M.K. 13 dau
    Eva 10 dau
    Andrew 1 son


    Died:
    For a long time, I believed that Garner died of pneumonia due to much exposure to the winds and rain (from intense hurricane on Oct 12, 1886) but Bill Quick has determined that Garner lived on for about four months months after the storm, and that his actual death date was February 27, 1887.
    Jacob Harmon Garner
    A Texas veteran and torchbearer of the East Texas wilderness
    By W. T. Block
    http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/jacob.htm

    Jacob married Matilda Hayes on 24 Nov 1838 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas. Matilda (daughter of James* H. Hayes, Sr and Maria I* Johnson) was born on 13 Jan 1817 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 14 May 1895 in Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Matilda Hayes was born on 13 Jan 1817 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (daughter of James* H. Hayes, Sr and Maria I* Johnson); died on 14 May 1895 in Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 11 Jul 1860, Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 12 Jun 1880, Sabine Pass (District 42), Jefferson Co, Texas

    Notes:

    SLR: Hayes Mathilde (Jim & Marie Gionson) b 13 Jan 1817 (Opel Ch v. 2 p 144)
    Mar: Opel Ch., Vol 2, p 144.

    Hayes, Matilde (Jims & Marie Jionson (Johnson), marriage contracted by the laws of the State) b 13 Jan 1817, bt 5 Sep 1818. Pats: Guilliome (Guillaume or William) Hays & Pole (possibly Polly) Marie Formen. Mats: Moise Joinson (Moses Johnson) & Neanci (Nancy) Roberts; Spons: Salomon Jaien & Sale Hays. Fr. Flavius Henri Rossi (Opel ch: v.2, p 144)

    SARA ANN COURT, age 14 (b 1836) was living with Matilda and Jacob Garner in 1850 (1850 census). This was apparently soon after her father THOMAS COURT drowned.

    1860 census: living with them is Matilda Hayes 10, TX, daughter of James Hayes, Matilda's brother, & Emily Burrell.
    _____________


    Census:
    11 Jul 1860 Sabine Pass (Precinct 5) page 60
    Residence 355
    Heminway Edward P 1808 Massachusetts engineer
    Heminway Mary N 43 1817 Massachusetts
    Heminway Sarah L 15 1845 South Carolina
    Heminway William H 10 1850 Texas
    Heminway Franklin T 7 1853 Texas
    Heminway Charles A 4 1856 Texas
    Heminway Eustace 1 1859 Texas

    Residence 356
    Stockholmn Peter D 45 1815 New York pilot steamboat 2500, 300
    Stockholmn Mary 27 1833 Louisiana
    Stockholmn William 12 1848 Texas
    Stockholmn Elisabeth 10 1850 Texas
    Stockholmn Peter D 8 1852 Texas
    Stockholmn George W 5 1855 Texas
    Stockholmn Mary E 6/12 1859 Texas
    Miller Wm 25 1835 New York carpenter
    Keith Ellen 15 1845 Texas student

    Residence 357
    Mass William 40 1820 Germany farmer 1,000; 2,000
    Mass Charlottie 27 1833 Germany
    Mass Sellenah 13 1847 Louisiana
    Mass Almina 11 1849 F Texas
    Mass Charles 8 1852 Texas
    Mass Henry 6 1854 Me Texas
    Mass Roadolph 4 1856 Texas
    Mass Martha 2 1858 Texas
    Mass Jessee 11/12 1859 Texas } twins
    Mass Sarah 11/12 1859 Texas }
    Cha Patrick 18 1842 Ireland laborer

    Residence 358
    Mccall James 29 1831 Illinois laborer 400; 1,000
    Mccall Anny 20 1840 Texas
    Mccall Theresah 3 1857 Texas
    Mccall Jacob 1 1859 Texas
    Hayes Nancy 8 1852 Texas <
    Johnson John 17 1843 Louisiana laborer

    Residence 359
    Garner Jacob 46 1814 Louisiana farmer 3,000; 4,000
    Garner Matilda 43 1817 Louisiana
    Garner Mary A 15 1845 Texas
    Garner Leonard 13 1847 Texas
    Garner Sally A 10 1850 Texas
    Garner Millon 7 1853 Texas
    Garner Alliee 5 1855 Texas

    next page, Page 61
    residence 359 cont.
    Garner, Bradley 10/12 1859 Texas
    Hayes, Matilda* 10 1850 Texas <


    residence 361
    McCall John 27 1833 Illinois laborer 200; 1,000
    Hayes, Alzina 12 1848 Texas <
    Hayes, Mary 6 1854 Texas <
    Gallier, Mary* 64 1796 Louisiana midwife

    residence 362
    Robert Gibson 30 steam boating England 200
    Ann 18 Louisiana
    Jesse E. 8/12 Texas

    residence: 363
    Morgan, Alvin 21 1839 Louisiana stock minder
    Eliza 17 1843 Texas
    Almond 2 1858
    Leonard 3/12 1860
    Myers, Malissa 15 1845 Texas spinster
    Gallier, Frances 65 1795 Louisiana laborer

    residence 364
    Johnson, Benjamin 1815 Louisiana farmer 200
    Bradley 20 1840 Texas laborer 600; 6,000
    John 17 1843 Texas
    Uriah 14 1846 Texas
    Joseph 13 1847 Texas
    Benjamin 11 1849 Texas
    Isaac 9 1851 Texas
    Elizabeth 7 1853 Texas
    Rachel 5 1855 Texas
    Myers, Matilda 28 1832 Louisiana
    White, George 25 1835 Louisiana laborer

    residence 365
    McGaffey, Neal Jr. 22 farmer 5690; 1,000
    Rachel J. 17
    John W. 1/12
    Sarah McGaffey 57 "lady of Leashure" 2,000; 5,400 Louisiana


    Census:
    12 Jun 1880 District 42, Sabine Pass, Texas
    47 F. P. Hemmenway 26 engineer TX -- PA
    Mary Hemmenway 25 wife TX LA LA
    Arthur Hemmenway 4 son TX
    Emily Hemmenway 1 dau TX
    Missouri Hays 15 sis-in-law single TX LA TX
    Mary Gallier 83 1797 G-mother widowed LA SC MS

    49 Garner, J.H. 66
    Matilda 63
    S.A. 30
    Bradley 19
    Rachel 14 gnddaughter TX (--) TX
    Othneil 4 gndson TX (--) TX

    50 McCall, A.E. 40
    Jacob 27 foreman
    Frank 18 foreman
    John 14
    Robert 13
    Mary 10
    Claudie 8
    Gibson J.E. 20 female single general housework

    51
    Wm Allen 78 1802 farmer Germany Germany
    Ann (prev Mrs. Gibson) 40 1840 Texas Louisiana Louisiana
    Emma 11 1869 Texas
    Bettie 8 1872 Texas
    Nettie 2 1878 Texas


    52 Gantz, Charles C. 40 1840 farmer Germany Germany Germany
    Matilda 30 1850 TX Louisiana Louisiana
    C 12 1868 TX
    Mary 11 1869 TX
    Lena 9 1871 TX
    Edna 6 1874 TX
    Claudie 3 1877 TX
    Hayes, James 50 father-in-law 1820 LA

    53 Johnson Uriah 34 LA LA LA
    L 33 LA LA MS
    Rachel 13
    Lizzie 12
    Seth 10

    55 McCall John 47 farmer IL -- Germany
    M.A. 38 wife TX LA LA
    D.E. 18 son
    A.L. 15 dau
    M.K. 13 dau
    Eva 10 dau
    Andrew 1 son

    Notes:

    Married:
    After returning home to his father's cabin on Cow Bayou, now in Orange County, Jacob Garner next appeared in recorded history as a freeholder, subject to jury duty, in Jefferson County in January, 1837.22 On November 29, 1838, Jacob H. Garner married Matilda Hayes (b. January 13, 1817-d. May 14, 1895) at Beaumont, the 25th marriage license issued in the county courthouse records.(23) She was the daughter of James Hayes, a native of Virginia, and Augusta Matilda Smith, who were married in the Catholic Church, Parish of St. Landry, Military Post of Opelousas, Louisiana, in June, 1815.(24)

    Jacob Harmon Garner
    A Jefferson County Militiaman of the Texas Revolution
    By W. T. Block
    The writer is grateful to Sherwood McCall III of Houston for research generously provided.

    23: Marriage record

    24 Genealogical Chart of J. H. and Matilda Garner, copy owned by the writer; p. 147, Marriage Book, Catholic Church Records, Parish of Saint Landry, Opelousas, La.; Rev. D. J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records (Eunice, La: 1974), II, 430-431; Mrs. John W. Barnes, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1756-1810, I, 516
    http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/j_h.htm

    Children:
    1. Anna Eliza Garner was born on 09 Oct 1839 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 23 Mar 1914 in Miami, Florida; was buried in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. Martha Ann Garner was born in 1842 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1900 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. 3. Mary Ann Garner was born on 10 Feb 1844 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 05 May 1926; was buried in McGaffey Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    4. Leonard Garner was born in 1847 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died before 1906.
    5. Sarah Ann "Sally" Garner was born in Dec 1849 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 6 Nov 1918 in Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 7 Nov 1918 in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    6. Jack Garner was born after 1852 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1906.
    7. Milton Garner was born in 1853 in Texas; died after 1910 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    8. Allie Garner was born in 1855 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1860 in of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    9. Bradley Garner was born in 1859 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1914 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Moses** Johnson was born before 1765 in South Carolina; died after 1820 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1790, Cheraws Dist, St. Thomas Co, South Carolina
    • Residence: 1791, Natchez, Mississippi
    • Residence: 1794, Natchez, Mississippi
    • Residence: 20 Sep 1796, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; wit sis-in-law marriage
    • Residence: 07 Aug 1803, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; 1st 5 kids bt
    • Census: 1820, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

    Notes:

    Pure speculation and guess that Moses could be son to Joseph and brother Henry Issac.

    Debbie has in her tree that he might be son of Burrell Johnson, 1755-Dec 1823 Edgefield, South Carolina and Marie Joesphe Lord, 1755 KY - 15 Jun 1785 St. Jacques, Quebec, Canada, and suggests he had a brother Francis 1777-1798.

    "Jesse" came from a guess that the abstractor made of the name of Ann's father at the time of her marriage to Thomas Court in the St. Landry marriage license #51. The notation shows _ _ _ e & Nancy Roberts with "Jesse" filled in above the dashes.

    Wit: Robert, Susanne (Benjamin & Elizabeth Cole) m 20 Sept 1796 Jacob Welsh. Also Wit John Moore, Andrew Walsh, Robins.

    On August 7, 1803, they had all their children (first four born at this time) baptized at the same time.

    1810 Rapides Par Census:
    Moses Johnston - listed 45+
    1 male, 2 female under 10 - Amand, Eliz, John
    2 males, 1 female 10-16 - Ben, Abraham, Marie
    1 male 16-26 - Solomon Green
    1 male 45+ Moses
    1 female 26-45 Nancy

    also listed in Rapides:
    William Johnston 00012-00100-00
    Josiah S. Johnston 01300-00000-15

    According to the 1820, St.Landry, census, there were residents counted that do not show up later. They were two boys under 10 yrs old; three men age 26-45; one girl age 10 to 16; and two girls ages 16-26.

    from Carole: That is not the census data that I have. He was somewhere in St. Landry Parish when I found it... the data included 7 children!! The 1820 census
    reads as follows:

    301321 422000 5

    1830 Louisiana: No listing for Moses Johnson

    Found on GenWeb Pennsylvania that a John Roberts and John Lyons emigrated from Cork, Ireland on the brig "Freemason" entering America on 27 Dec. 1764. Possible connection??
    ______________
    Dianne Peoples: As far as your question about Moses and James L. being brothers. Iv'e never heard this info before. In Gen Erbon Wise's book, Wise Footsteps from England and Ireland, p.57, he thinks that Moses and Francis Johnson were the sons of Burrell Johnson. Burrell was b.c1755,
    SC. I will warn you that some don't hold this book in high regard.

    LV Hayes: Her opinion of Wise's book is certainly on the money. It contains errors and scrambled data on many families. I understand that a revision is to be published some time this year, but I haven't picked up word of Wise checking with anybody, so I don't know if it's going to be any better.

    DP: Houston Tracy Jr. tells me that he thinks Moses traveled with Rev Joseph Willis from SC to Natchz District c1794.

    LVH: Yeah, there's a tale going around that Willis led like Moses a whole caravan of families from SC (some versions have NC) to LA. I don't buy it. The Pevoto book mentions documents that may locate Moses in the Natchez area in 1794. There's much uncertain about this family, but the eldest daughter, Isabelle, was baptized at Opelousas in 1803, so Moses got to St Landry Parish by then. He's not on the 1810 census, however.

    DP: The 1860 Rapides Parish Census states that Moses' son, John L. was born c1802 KY. He was, however, baptized in St. Landry Parish, LA in 1803. It seems that the more you know, the more confused you get.

    LVH: John L. also appears to be on the 1826 Atascosita census where his birth place is also identified as KY.
    _______________
    Date: 8/30/98 10:42:40 PM Central Daylight Time
    From: smjtree@sprynet.com (Steve Johnson/Michelle Johnson)
    To: Lumoto@aol.com

    The Acadian Johnson/Jeansonne Family Assoc will be hosting a world wide family reunion in Marksville, la. next August, 1999 as part of the CMA-Louisiana 1999 Acadian Families Reuion. If your Jeansonne family came from Opelousas then you are a member of this Acadian family since our family started in Opelousas after coming here from Acadia in the 1760"s. For more info on the assoc please reply and info will be sent to you....Steven johnson Eunice, la.
    _____________
    Date: 9/1/98 10:09:51 PM Central Daylight Time
    From: tjjeansonne@worldnet.att.net (T.J. Jeansonne)
    Reply-to: tjjeansonne@worldnet.att.net
    To: Lumoto@AOL.COM

    Sherry,
    I have researched the information that you supplied on your Johnson lineage.
    Everything that I was able to come up with agreed with the data that you supplied, but I was unable to tie you in to the JEANSONNE branch. I did locate a Moise Johnson (born 1755). He was the son of Jean-Baptiste (Joseph) Johnson, Sr. and Marie-Josephe Laure. No record of place of
    birth, but he was probably born in Canada. I don't know if this is the same Moses "Jesse" Johnson that you referred to.
    You should probably check with a cousin of mine who has done a lot of research on the Johnson/Jeansonne family. In fact he has a book out titled GENEALOGY OF THE JOHNSON AND RELATED FAMILIES . His name is Floyd E. Johnson Sr. and his address is:
    1302 Estelle St., Hattiesburg, MS 39402-2719. Phone (601) 258-3300.
    If Floyd can tie you in to our JEANSONNE/JOHNSON lineage, please let me know so I can include you and your family in our database for future reference.
    Hope this has been some help. If I can be of further assistance, let me know..
    Tom Jeansonne
    Opelousas, LA

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    Reply-to: tjjeansonne@worldnet.att.net
    To: Lumoto@AOL.COM

    Sherry -
    The following is the url for the JEANSONNE/JOHNSON website:
    http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/5075/index.html

    The Webmaster (Kathryn Coombs) informs me that she is in the process of finding a new "home" for it, therefore a lot of the links which you click on will give you an ERROR 404 NOT FOUND. She assures me that she is working on getting the site up and running real soon.
    Tom
    _________________
    >>Yeah, there's a tale going around that Willis led like Moses a whole caravan of families from SC (some versions have NC) to LA.
    >
    >Y'all are way up on me here. Haven't seen the books and don't know who Willis is.

    An interesting character. Born the son of a white plantation owner and an indian slave in Robeson Co, NC, he became the first protestant minister and founded the first protestant church west of the Mississippi or at least
    that's how the tale goes. He did help found a number of churches in southwestern LA, including the Big Woods church near Edgerly, LA in 1827.
    But he also owned slaves, married at least 4 wives, and sired 19 known children.

    >>John L. also appears to be on the 1826 Atascosita census where his birth place is also identified as KY.
    > Well, he was baptized at 1 yr old; so Moses was in KY in 1802. What is confusing here? What am I missing?

    The documentation which indicates that Moses and Nancy Roberts both may have been in the Natchez area circa 1794, not yet married to one another. Of course, they could have made a trip up river to KY. As I said before,
    the documentation is spotty and somewhat conflicting.
    ----
    LV: Do you have access at your library to McBee's _Natchez Court Records, Vol.
    II_? If so, check pages 245-6 from Book F. This source is identified in Laura Dingle Ewing's Peveto book, which would be another good source for you if you can also find it in the library. It's long out of print.

    Laura quotes passages from McBee which reveal in effect that a Moses Johnson was living with a Mrs. John Green, whose husband had left the country for parts unknown. These records, which may date to 1794, relate to a squabble between Moses and a Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, whose husband, Jonathan had enlisted in the military and not come back. Mrs. Green had invited Mrs. Roberts to stay with her while ole Moses was gone to New Orleans, and when he returned, Moses charged Elizabeth for bed and board
    and confiscated her goodies until she payed. This led to the court action.
    Also mentioned is that John Green had given Moses a note for a debt of $67 dated Jul 1791, so that would place Moses in the Natchez area at least as early as that date.

    Laura was focussed on finding a Roberts, so she thought mistakenly that Elizabeth may have been Moses's Nancy Roberts, but in light of what you have learned of the Anna who married John Green, it was just the opposite.
    More likely, he married the same Mrs. Green he was with circa 1794 or just lived with her because she would not have been able to get a divorce with her husband's status unknown due to his departure.

    NATCHEZ 1794: PART ONE, the abstract

    FROM The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805: Abstracts of Early Records by May Wilson McBee La. 929.1 McBee

    Page 270 Book F
    (Court proceedings: March 15, 1794 - Daniel Clark)
    Page 245: Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts made oath that her husband, Jonathan Roberts, was settled on Mr. Mather's plantation at Bayou Sara by agreement but about six weeks ago her husband abandoned her and enlisted as a soldier and left her big with child and she has two young children by her former husband, Henry Grant, but she has some little property when she married Jonathan Roberts but he has none. Some time before Roberts left her she was invited by Mrs. Green who lived with Moses Johnson to go and stay with her for awhile and she did, with Roberts consent. Johnson was then gone to Orleans with the volunteers [She detailed the work that she did and the supplies she furnished while at the house of Moses Johnson during two months and a few days she stayed as well as listing her belongings she had taken there from the Mather plantation.] When Moses Johnson returned he exacted a note for $40 from her for board for herself and two children and is claiming her possessions in payment [Affidavit of Moses Johnson who denies Mrs. Roberts story; she was not invited to his house, etc.}

    Page 246: I enclose two depositions, Mrs. Roberts and Moses Johnson. I have ordered that her property be restored to her and she has given security that she shall not part with any of it until I receive Your Excellency's answer. I think the man has overcharged her. Moses Johnson also holds a note of John Green for $67 due ever since July 1791. This Green has left the country some time past and has a tract of land here and his wife who lives with Johnson. Johnson's suit is to have the land sold to pay the debt. Mrs. Roberts has a very worthless husband. Devall married them before the proclamation. Devall married them before the proclamation. She is very poor and has two children and now big with child. Etc.

    Page 247: If Roberts has any pay due him, etc. Signed Francis Poussett, March 11, 1794

    PART II FOLLOWS ? ONE OF THE ACTUAL DEPOSITIONS.

    Tragically the only letter missing in the index to the abstracts is ?G?

    Carole

    Found in State Census N.C. 1784-1787 - significance not known.
    Moses Johnson
    List of Inhabitants of Johnston Co, for yer 1787. Recd'd Mar 16, 1787.
    List of number of inhabitants of Capt John Bryan of Every Sect & Condition
    Moses Johnson -- 1 white male, 21-60 years
    2 white male under 21 - over 60
    5 white female - all ages
    and
    Capt William Talton Co, pg 3:
    Moses Johnson 1 white male, 21-60 years
    2 white male under 21 - over 60
    4 white female - all ages


    Census:
    1790 Cheraws District, St. Thomas Co, South Carolina
    page 14
    Moses Johnson 1 1 1

    unk who these people are
    same page Judith Johnson - - 1

    page 13
    William Johnson 2 0 1


    Residence:
    Moses was witness to marriage of Susanne Robert & Jacob Welsh. 20 Sep 1796. Susanne sis of Nancy Anna; so his sis-in-law.
    Robert Susanne - Presbyterian (Benajmin & Elizabeth Colle - Presbyterians) m 20 Sept 1796 Jacob Welsh - Presbyterians, of Maryland in the United States (Peter & Catherine Opaver (Huppert). Wits: Andrew Walsh(?), Moses Johnston, John Moore, Robin. Fr. Pedro de Zamora (Opel Ch.: v 1-A, p 69)

    Census:
    7 Aug 1820 St. Landry Parish
    page 2
    Name: Moses Johnson
    Home in 1820 (City, County, State): St Landry, Louisiana
    Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820


    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 1810-1820
    Benjamin but died prob bef 1820 ?, ?, ?
    one of these might be Joachim b 1816, son of Abraham

    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1 (1802-1804)
    John 1802

    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 3 (1795-1804)
    Abraham, 1799 but had son by 1816 ?, ?


    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 2 1776-1794
    ?

    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 bef (1775
    Moses bef 1765

    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 4 (1810-1820)
    Ann, Amanda or Rhoda or both?, ?, ?, ?

    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2 (1805-1810)
    Amanda or Rhoda or both?

    Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2 (1795-1804)
    Elizabeth 1795 and maybe Abraham's wife?

    Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 5
    Free White Persons - Under 16: 9
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
    Total Free White Persons: 17
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 17

    no wife
    Marie married abt 1812 and in her own census
    Abraham married abt 1815

    other Johnsons in 1820 Opel

    James Johnson - same page 2:
    alone: foreigner not naturalized age 16-25 (1795-1804)
    -------
    also
    pg 3
    Edmund >45


    pg 6
    Susannah >45;
    5 kids: 2f 1m <10; 1m 1f 10-15
    (same page John Arrington)
    Pg 7
    Isaac, David (next to each other)

    Gideon, same pg 7
    26-44 (1776-1794)

    pg 16
    John 2m 16-25; 1f 16-25 (1795-1804)

    same pg, several familiar names, inc James Foreman Jr. and Thomas Hayes; Bosman Hays

    (Thomas Hayes s/o Bosman Hayes & Jane Forman; James Forman Jr., Solomon Green

    Sarah Forman, sister to Jane, m Isaac Johnson

    -----------
    John pg 17
    same pg Jacob Harmon Sr.; Benjamin Andrus;
    William Perry,
    Asa Forman, Isaac Forman, Ephraim Forman Joseph Forman
    Francis Hoffpauir, John Lyons sr -- and more - all adjac
    Jonathan Foreman

    Moses** married Nancy** Anna Robert about 1794. Nancy** (daughter of Benjamin* Robert, (immigrant) and Elizabeth* Cole) was born about 1770 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died after 1815 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Nancy** Anna Robert was born about 1770 in Natchez District, Mississippi (daughter of Benjamin* Robert, (immigrant) and Elizabeth* Cole); died after 1815 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1794, Natchez, Mississippi

    Notes:

    1810 Rapides Par Census - age 26-45. If had first child at 17 and last child at 42 - b 1773.

    Robert, Nancy (Benjamin & Isabelle Robert) m 16 Sep 1787 John Green of Virginia (Thomas & Anne Green) Wits: James Young, John Dunmore, Ebrent(?) Robins. Fr. Joseph de Arazena (Opel Ch. v.1-A, p 9)

    Robert, Anna m John Green (Opel. Ch)
    Robert, Anna m Moses Jansonne
    Jeansonne, Moses m Anna Robert (Opel. Ch)

    Natchez court records show that Moses and Nancy were living in the same household in 1794, but she is still referred to as John Green's wife.

    Birth:
    daughter Marie is the only child who lived long enough to be entered in the 1880 census where birthplace of parents are recorded. She stated her mother born in Mississippi.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth (Isabelle) Johnson was born in 1795 in Natchez District, Mississippi; was christened on 07 Aug 1803 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died before 1870 in of, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    2. Maria I* Johnson was born in 1796 in Louisiana; was christened on 7 Aug 1803 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. Abraham Johnson was born in 1799; was christened on 07 Aug 1803 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1817.
    4. Benjamin Johnson was born in 1800; was christened on 07 Aug 1803 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died before 1815.
    5. John Johnson was born in 1802; was christened on 7 Aug 1803 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1841 in Texas.
    6. Rhoda Johnson was born about 1804; died before 1838.
    7. Amanda Johnson was born about 1809 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died before 1845 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    8. Ann* Johnson was born in 1810 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1860 in of, Calhoun Co, Texas.
    9. 4. Benjamin "Berry" Johnson was born on 8 Jun 1815 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1872 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

  3. 10.  Bradley Garner was born in 1768 in Charles Co, Maryland (son of James Giles Garner and Elizabeth Straumit (Stermot)); died about 1848 in Tuckapaw, Orange Co, Texas.

    Notes:

    Lutheran, son of Jacques Garneaux (James Garner) and Elise Stermot, of English America

    "He became angered when his Uncle Straumit decided to send his brother James, to schoo l in England, left home and went first to Louisiana Territory, then to Texas. He married an d lived in Tuckapaw, Texas." "Southern Garners" by Sam Garner


    They were living in Rapides Parish in 1810 with 4 children. Bradley served in the War of 1812 in LA with Capt. Thomas Patterson.

    In 1830 they were in Cow Bayou settlement, later Jefferson County Texas. This settlement had about 20 families scattered from the Sabine River to the Neches River in Texas. Today this Orange County Texas.

    Two of their sons, Jacob Harmon Garner and David Hess Garner settled in Cow Bayou in 1824. In 1828 Sarah Rachel Harmon and Bradley Garner joined the family in Orange County, Texas. Rachel died in Orange County, Texas. Bradley died abt 1848 in Jefferson County, Texas.

    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brown_black&id=I1293

    Bradley married Rachel Harmon on 27 Dec 1800 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Rachel (daughter of Jacob Harmon, (immigrant) and Hannah (Anna) Guiche) was born about 1780; died after 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Rachel Harmon was born about 1780 (daughter of Jacob Harmon, (immigrant) and Hannah (Anna) Guiche); died after 1819.

    Notes:

    Harmon, Rachel, Lutheran (Jacob & Nanette Gaise) m Saturday 27 Dec 1800 Abraham Garnir, Lutheran (Jacques Garneaux & Elise Stermot of English America) Wits: Bradley Garnir, David Harman, John Andrus, Joseph Elah Andrus; bride signs as Rachel Herman and groom signs as Bradley Garnir. Fr. Pedro de Zamora (Opel Ch: v.1-B Protestant marriages: 1787-1830, p 7)

    Notes:

    Married:
    Married by the Rev. Pedro De Zamora in the presence of Joseph E. Andrus, David Harmon, and John Andrus.

    Children:
    1. Anna Garner was born in 1801 in Louisiana; died on 03 Mar 1847 in Montgomery Co, Texas.
    2. Sarah Garner was born on 07 Jan 1802 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died in 1881 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. Sheriff David Hess Garner was born in 1807 in Louisiana; died on 10 Apr 1864 in Indianola, Calhoun Co, Texas; was buried in Cemetery on the Ridge, Indianola, Calhoun Co, Texas.
    4. Isaac Garner was born on 26 Aug 1810 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 6 Feb 1893 in Milam Co, Texas; was buried in Garner Cem, near Rockdale, Texas.
    5. 6. Jacob Harmon Garner was born in 1814 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died in Oct 1886 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    6. 5. Rachel Garner was born in 1817 in Louisiana; died in 1856 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    7. Bradley Garner, Jr. was born in 1819 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1858 in Sabine Lake, Jefferson Co, Texas.

  5. 14.  James* H. Hayes, Sr was born between 1785 and 1794 (son of William* Hayes, III and Marie* Forman); died before 1837 in Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 07 Aug 1820, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; b.d. 1776-1794
    • Census: 1830, Bayou D'arbonne, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; b.d. 1781-1790
    • Residence: Between 1831 and 1836, Jefferson Co, Texas; Mexican government
    • Residence: Between 1836 and 1837, Jefferson Co, Texas; Republic of Texas

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Suggestion that he was b after children bt on 4 Jun 1797, Susanne, Amelia, Wm & Jacob. Jacob last of those 4 b 1794. However if b aft 1797 - we have Catherine b 1797 - would have to be after her making him too young to have his first child Amelia b 1813.

    His wife Marie Johnson b 1796 (confirmed as bt at 7 y-o in 1803. making her 17 to have first child - marrying at age 16. I can't see him younger than that.

    It's reasonable that a 12 y-o would not be bt with younger siblings. They were "grown up" quite young and he any number of reasons why not with the others. But granted, I need to study the 1810 census. If b 1785, in 1810 would be 25 and gone.

    followup - his age group:
    1810 b.d. 1795-1800 10 to 15
    1820 b.d. 1776-1794 26-44
    1830 b.d. 1781-1790 40-49

    we had recaluclated him to be 1795 to accomodate 1810.
    1820 fits, almost - by one year - or a few months
    her b.d. is definite, and she was not categorized correctly
    1830, by then maybe he guessed and could easily be off 5 yrs. Conclusion: 1795 is reasonable.

    Census:
    James Hayes 1820
    Free White Males - Under 10: 1 >1820
    Joseph 1816

    Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1 1776-1794
    James abt 1795

    Free White Females - Under 10: 3 >1820
    Amelia 1813
    Matilda 1817
    Elizabeth 1819

    Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1 1776-1794
    Marie 1796

    Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
    Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 6
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6


    Census:
    Home in 1830: Bayou D'arbonne, St Landry, Louisiana


    Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 (>1825): 1
    James 1826

    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 (1816-1820): 1
    Leonard 1820
    >>> Joseph 1816 (? extra perhaps gone?)

    Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 (1781-1790): 1
    James abt 1795


    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 (>1825): 1
    Alzena 1828


    Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 (1821-1825): 1
    Mary 1825

    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 (1816-1820): 2
    Matilda 1817
    Elizabeth 1819

    >>> category not included: 15 thru 20 (1810-1815)
    Amelia 1813 would fit in this category - but left out.


    Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 (1791-1800: 1
    Marie - 1796

    Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 8
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8


    Residence:
    not yet determined when he came to Texas, but associated families started coming around early 1830s; so that's best guess.

    James* married Maria I* Johnson about 1812 in Louisiana. Maria (daughter of Moses** Johnson and Nancy** Anna Robert) was born in 1796 in Louisiana; was christened on 7 Aug 1803 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Maria I* Johnson was born in 1796 in Louisiana; was christened on 7 Aug 1803 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (daughter of Moses** Johnson and Nancy** Anna Robert); died after 1880 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 7 Aug 1803, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
    • Residence: Between 1831 and 1836, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 8 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 11 Jul 1860, Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 11 Jul 1870, Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 12 Jun 1880, Sabine Pass (District 42), Jefferson Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Jeansonne, Marie (Moses & Anna Robert) bt. 7 Aug 1803 at age 7 yrs (Opel. Ch.: v.1, p 309).
    Sponsors for baptism of Mary Welsh (Jacob Walch & Susan Robert) 9 Nov 1814.
    Johnson, Mary (Moses & Anne Robert - residents of this parish) bt 7 Aug 1803 at age 7 yrs. Spons: Daniel Gallaghan & his wife. Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel Ch.: v 1-B p 309)

    They must have moved to Jefferson Co sometime between 1830 and 1834. James died some time thereafter. Marie remarried Francios GALLIER, JR. in Jefferson Co. She was apparently widowed again by 1870 as she was living with her son James, JR, in Taylor Bayou and in 1880 at age 83 with her granddaughter Mary Hayes HEMMINGWAY. Also listed in 1880 was her g-dau, Missouri Hayes Hemmingway. Listed as Blind -- said father from S.C., mom from MS.

    Note: Daughters of Moses Johnson and Nancy Roberts -
    1. Anna m Thomas Court 2. Marie m James Hayes, Sr.
    child James Madison Court child James Hayes, Jr.
    child Helmer Samuel Courts child Matilda Hayes
    child Claudie Gentz
    Helmer Samuel Courts m Claudie Gentz, 1st cousins, once removed.

    1850 census: living with Marie & Francis Gallier were their granddaughters Eliza and Melissa Ann Myers. Melissa Ann Myers m James Chambers.

    1860 census: age 64, midwife, LA, living with John McCall, husband of her granddaughter Martha Hayes; however Martha is not listed. Francis is living with the Myers granddaughters, Eliza now married to Alvin Morgan and two young children, and Malissa is also there. Only speculation that Francis and Mary are both helping with family situations rather than than being separated. She is in census residence 361 and Francis is in 363, only one residence between them.

    Christened:
    Opelousas Post
    Moses Johnson, Anna Robert
    Maria - bt Aug 7 1803 seven years old
    Godparents Daniel Callaghan and wife

    Isabelai bt Aug 7 1803 eight years old, godparents Benjamin Robert and Ysabela Cools (?).

    Abraham bt 7 Aug 1803 four years old, godparents
    Robert Taylor and Rebecca Robert

    Benjamin bt Aug 7 1803 three years old, godparents Thomas Gragery and Maria Johnson

    Juan bt Aug 7 1803, one year old, godparents, Patricio Moglollon and Rebecca Robert




    Census:
    8 oct 1850 Sabine Pass
    (census pages does not say "Sabine Pass" but the census taker was Worth Patridge, who was a prominent citizen of Sabine Pass)

    residence 99
    Anna Court 40 1810 Louisiana
    Lucretia 10 1840 Texas
    Paul P. 6 1846 Texas

    residence 100
    Francis Gallier (Sr) 50 farmer 1800 Louisiana
    Mary 52 1798 Louisiana
    Eliza Myers 14 1836 Louisiana
    Melissa Ann 6 1844 Louisiana

    (Eliza and Melissa Myers, Mary's orphaned granddaughters, children of her daughter Amelia Hayes and Benjamin Myers.)

    residence 101
    Francis Gallier, Jr. 30 1820 farmer Louisiana
    Mary 35 1815 Louisiana
    Amelia 9 1841 Louisiana
    Adelia 7 1843 Louisiana
    Mary E 2 1848 Louisiana
    Quinton 1/12 1850 Texas
    John Acres 19 1831 Louisiana

    residence 102
    Robert Burrell 47 1803 farmer Louisiana
    Susannah 46 1804 Louisiana
    David 15 Texas 1835 Texas
    Hester 12 1838 Texas
    Frederick 7 1843 Texas



    Census:
    1860 census: age 64, midwife, LA, living with John McCall, husband of her granddaughter Martha Hayes. Must have been a separation/divorce as Francis was still in household with Eliza Myers in 1860 census.


    11 Jul 1860 Sabine Pass (Precinct 5) page 60
    Residence 355
    Heminway Edward P 1808 Massachusetts engineer
    Heminway Mary N 43 1817 Massachusetts
    Heminway Sarah L 15 1845 South Carolina
    Heminway William H 10 1850 Texas
    Heminway Franklin T 7 1853 Texas
    Heminway Charles A 4 1856 Texas
    Heminway Eustace 1 1859 Texas

    Residence 356
    Stockholmn Peter D 45 1815 New York pilot steamboat 2500, 300
    Stockholmn Mary 27 1833 Louisiana
    Stockholmn William 12 1848 Texas
    Stockholmn Elisabeth 10 1850 Texas
    Stockholmn Peter D 8 1852 Texas
    Stockholmn George W 5 1855 Texas
    Stockholmn Mary E 6/12 1859 Texas
    Miller Wm 25 1835 New York carpenter
    Keith Ellen 15 1845 Texas student

    Residence 357
    Mass William 40 1820 Germany farmer 1,000; 2,000
    Mass Charlottie 27 1833 Germany
    Mass Sellenah 13 1847 Louisiana
    Mass Almina 11 1849 F Texas
    Mass Charles 8 1852 Texas
    Mass Henry 6 1854 Me Texas
    Mass Roadolph 4 1856 Texas
    Mass Martha 2 1858 Texas
    Mass Jessee 11/12 1859 Texas } twins
    Mass Sarah 11/12 1859 Texas }
    Cha Patrick 18 1842 Ireland laborer

    Residence 358
    Mccall James 29 1831 Illinois laborer 400; 1,000
    Mccall Anny 20 1840 Texas
    Mccall Theresah 3 1857 Texas
    Mccall Jacob 1 1859 Texas
    Hayes Nancy 8 1852 Texas <
    Johnson John 17 1843 Louisiana laborer

    Residence 359
    Garner Jacob 46 1814 Louisiana farmer 3,000; 4,000
    Garner Matilda 43 1817 Louisiana
    Garner Mary A 15 1845 Texas
    Garner Leonard 13 1847 Texas
    Garner Sally A 10 1850 Texas
    Garner Millon 7 1853 Texas
    Garner Alliee 5 1855 Texas

    next page, Page 61
    residence 359 cont.
    Garner, Bradley 10/12 1859 Texas
    Hayes, Matilda* 10 1850 Texas <


    residence 361
    McCall John 27 1833 Illinois laborer 200; 1,000
    Hayes, Alzina 12 1848 Texas <
    Hayes, Mary 6 1854 Texas <
    Gallier, Mary* 64 1796 Louisiana midwife

    residence 362
    Robert Gibson 30 steam boating England 200
    Ann 18 Louisiana
    Jesse E. 8/12 Texas

    residence: 363
    Morgan, Alvin 21 1839 Louisiana stock minder
    Eliza 17 1843 Texas
    Almond 2 1858
    Leonard 3/12 1860
    Myers, Malissa 15 1845 Texas spinster
    Gallier, Frances 65 1795 Louisiana laborer

    residence 364
    Johnson, Benjamin 1815 Louisiana farmer 200
    Bradley 20 1840 Texas laborer 600; 6,000
    John 17 1843 Texas
    Uriah 14 1846 Texas
    Joseph 13 1847 Texas
    Benjamin 11 1849 Texas
    Isaac 9 1851 Texas
    Elizabeth 7 1853 Texas
    Rachel 5 1855 Texas
    Myers, Matilda 28 1832 Louisiana
    White, George 25 1835 Louisiana laborer

    residence 365
    McGaffey, Neal Jr. 22 farmer 5690; 1,000
    Rachel J. 17
    John W. 1/12
    Sarah McGaffey 57 "lady of Leashure" 2,000; 5,400 Louisiana


    Census:
    278 Hays G 24 1846 TX farmer
    Virginia 17 TX
    Laura 3 1867 TX
    Oscher 1 1869 TX

    285 Gallier, Joseph 54 wid of
    Mary Catherine Hayes (dec'd) dau of Mary Hayes, sis of Jas
    (he was also bro of Mary's 2nd dec'd husband Francis)
    Uphema 16 1854 TX
    Marton 14 1856 TX

    294 Hays, Mary I 73 1797 LA <<<<
    Hays James 40 1830 LA
    Mary 16 1854 TX
    Misaura 6 1864 TX

    295 Lenard 55 1815 LA
    Felicity 49 1821 LA
    Polly 29 TX
    Linstrom, Joann 23 1847 Texas
    Embry 13 1857 TX
    Lenard 16 1855 TX
    James 8 1862 TX
    Feloman 5 1865 TX






    Census:
    12 Jun 1880 District 42, Sabine Pass, Texas
    47 F. P. Hemmenway 26 engineer TX -- PA
    Mary Hemmenway 25 wife TX LA LA
    Arthur Hemmenway 4 son TX
    Emily Hemmenway 1 dau TX
    Missouri Hays 15 sis-in-law single TX LA TX
    Mary Gallier 83 1797 G-mother widowed LA SC MS

    49 Garner, J.H. 66
    Matilda 63
    S.A. 30
    Bradley 19
    Rachel 14 gnddaughter 1866 TX (--) TX
    Othneil 4 gndson TX (--) TX

    50 McCall, A.E. 40
    Jacob 27 foreman
    Frank 18 foreman
    John 14
    Robert 13
    Mary 10
    Claudie 8
    Gibson J.E. 20 female single general housework

    51
    Wm Allen 78 1802 farmer Germany Germany
    Ann (prev Mrs. Gibson) 40 1840 Texas Louisiana Louisiana
    Emma 11 1869 Texas
    Bettie 8 1872 Texas
    Nettie 2 1878 Texas


    52 Gantz, Charles C. 40 1840 farmer Germany Germany Germany
    Matilda 30 1850 TX Louisiana Louisiana
    C 12 1868 TX
    Mary 11 1869 TX
    Lena 9 1871 TX
    Edna 6 1874 TX
    Claudie 3 1877 TX
    Hayes, James 50 father-in-law 1820 LA

    53 Johnson Uriah 34 LA LA LA
    L 33 LA LA MS (Lucinda Peveto)
    Rachel 13
    Lizzie 12
    Seth 10

    55 McCall John 47 farmer IL -- Germany
    M.A. 38 wife TX LA LA
    D.E. 18 son
    A.L. 15 dau
    M.K. 13 dau
    Eva 10 dau
    Andrew 1 son

    Children:
    1. Amelia "Milly" Hayes was born in 1813 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died before 20 Jul 1847 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    2. Joseph Louis Hayes was born in 1816 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died between 1860 and 1870 in of, Brazoria Co, Texas.
    3. 7. Matilda Hayes was born on 13 Jan 1817 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 14 May 1895 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    4. Elizabeth Hayes was born in 1819; died after 1840.
    5. Leonard Samuel Hayes, Sr. was born in 1820 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    6. Louisiana Hayes was born about 1823 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died before 1850 in Jefferson Co, Texas.
    7. Mary Catherine Hayes was born in 1825 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; was christened in 1870 in Taylor Bayou, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 29 Aug 1864 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Broussard Cem, Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    8. James* H. Hayes, Jr was born on 13 Feb 1826 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1900 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    9. Missouri Hayes was born on 25 Mar 1826 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 7 Jul 1857 in Alvin, Brazoria Co, Texas.
    10. Alzena Hayes was born on 13 Jul 1828 in Louisiana; died on 29 Apr 1898 in Victoria, Victoria Co, Texas.