Bradley Garner

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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.

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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]

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

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. 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. 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.

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listed as Jacques Garneaux & Elise Stermot of English America

Note: Elected district clerk of Jefferson Co, TX.
Event: Milit-Beg OCT 1835
Note: Enlisted under his brother David in the Texas Revolution. "When the Texas General Land Office burned at Austin in 1855, all original muster rolls of the Texas Revolution also burned. What exists there today as muster rolls were written down from the memories of Texas veterans who were still alive. Sadly as well was the fact that the muster rolls of some companies of Southeast Texas were not reconstructed at all, and Jacob H. Garner served 90-day enlistments in two such companies." 4
Death: OCT 1886
Note: Caught pneumonia as a result of exposure from a hurricane which killed Sabine Pass on 12 Oct 1886. He died a week later. 4
Event: Note 1871
Note: Applied for a 1,280-acre land grant, available to all surviving Texas veterans. 4
Event: Milit_Serv 04 MAR 1836 Old Jefferson, Orange Co, Texas
Note: Mustered in Capt. Wm. Milspaugh's compnay. 4
Event: Milit-Beg 03 AUG 1861
Note: Enlisted in the TX state militia, elected 3rd Lieutenant in a cavalry company, styled the "Ben McColloch Coast Guard". 4
Event: Note 1865
Note: He emancipated his two slaves (prob. inherited from his father). 4
Event: Note 02 OCT 1835
Note: The first battle of the Texas Revolution took place on October 2, 1835 as American settlers defeated a Mexican cavalry near the Guadalupe River.

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James married Elizabeth Straumit (Stermot) about 1778. Elizabeth was born in 1750; died after 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]