Garner, Jacob Harmon

(1814-1887) Louisiana native Jacob H. Garner, 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. 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. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845 - 1995

Garner, Jacob Harmon is a historical marker in Sabine Pass, Jefferson County, dedicated in 1993. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Jefferson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 137 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7196, -93.9046 near Sabine Pass. The nearest cataloged historic site is Johnson, Benjamin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Smith, Niles F., Dorman, Kate, and Dorman, Kate.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5245010528. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.