Jacob Harmon Garner b. 1814 Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana d. Oct 1886 Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas: Our Family History

1814 - 1886 (72 years)

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Name	Jacob Harmon Garner
Birth	1814	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana [1]
Gender	Male
Census	23 Oct 1850	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
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	11 Jul 1860	Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas
	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
		1860 Texas, Sabine Pass page 60 census page 1 of 2 pages: James Hayes' children including Matilda* and Ann* Johnson Hayes Gallier and other Hayes family members living with McCalls, Garners, also William and Charlotte Gentz Maass and children, as well as other relatives, Hemmenway, Stockholm, Gibson, Morgan and McGaffey.
		1860 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass census page 61 page 2 of 2 pages: James Hayes' children including Matilda* and Ann* Johnson Hayes Gallier and other Hayes family members living with McCalls, Garners, also William and Charlotte Gentz Maass and children, as well as other relatives, Hemmenway, Stockholm, Gibson, Morgan and McGaffey.
Census	12 Jun 1880	Sabine Pass (District 42), Jefferson Co, Texas
	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
		1880 Texas, Jefferson County, Sabine Pass (District 42) Mary* Johnson Hayes Gallier, daughter Mary Hayes Hemmenway and family; son James* Hayes Jr. and his daughter Matilda* Hayes Gentz, husband Charles* Gentz, dau Claudie* Gentz and siblings; also dau Matilda Hayes Garner and family; granddaughters Anna Elizabeth and Martha Garner, wives of McCall brothers; her nephew Uriah Johnson and children; also William Allen family
Death	Oct 1886	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
Death	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
Burial	Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
		Sabine Pass Cemetery, Garner, Jacob
		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
		Sabine Pass Cemetery Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
		Sabine Pass Cemetery Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
		Sabine Pass Cemetery Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
		Sabine Pass Cemetery Cemetery Road
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. ______ 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 ___ Jacob Harmon Garner A Texas veteran and torchbearer of the East Texas wilderness By W. T. Block http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/jacob.htm
Person ID	I1422	Roots
Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

Father	Bradley Garner, b. 1768, Charles Co, Maryland d. Abt 1848, Tuckapaw, Orange Co, Texas (Age 80 years)
Mother	Rachel Harmon, b. Abt 1780 d. Aft 1819 (Age ~ 40 years)
Marriage	27 Dec 1800	Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana [2]
	Married by the Rev. Pedro De Zamora in the presence of Joseph E. Andrus, David Harmon, and John Andrus.
Family ID	F620	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Matilda Hayes, b. 13 Jan 1817, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana d. 14 May 1895, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 78 years)

Marriage 24 Nov 1838 Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas [3]

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
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Children

+	1. Anna Eliza Garner, b. 09 Oct 1839, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 23 Mar 1914, Miami, Florida (Age 74 years)
+	2. Martha Ann Garner, b. 1842, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1900, of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age > 59 years)
+	3. Mary Ann Garner, b. 10 Feb 1844, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 05 May 1926 (Age 82 years)
	4. Leonard Garner, b. 1847, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Bef 1906 (Age < 59 years)
+	5. Sarah Ann "Sally" Garner, b. Dec 1849, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 6 Nov 1918, Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age ~ 68 years)
	6. Jack Garner, b. Aft 1852, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1906 (Age > 54 years)
+	7. Milton Garner, b. 1853, Texas d. Aft 1910, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 58 years)
	8. Allie Garner, b. 1855, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1860, of, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 6 years)
+	9. Bradley Garner, b. 1859, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1914, of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 56 years)

Family ID F619 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Feb 2011

Event Map

	Marriage - 24 Nov 1838 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
	Census - 23 Oct 1850 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
	Census - 11 Jul 1860 - Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas
	Death - Oct 1886 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
	Burial - - Sabine Pass Cem, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

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Sources
[S32] 1850 US Jefferson Co Census.

[S449] Southwest Louisiana Records.

[S55] 1850 US Jefferson Co Census.