Historical Marker

Smyth, Andrew F.

Beaumont · Jefferson County · Dedicated 1962 · THC Atlas #5245010564

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Marker Inscription

(Star and Wreath) Officer in the Jasper Volunteers during the Texas War for Independence.

About this site

Smyth, Andrew F. is a historical marker in Beaumont, Jefferson County, dedicated in 1962. 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 30.1035, -94.1005 near Beaumont. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hebrew Rest (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include McFaddin, William, Tevis, Reid, and Magnolia Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5245010564. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Andrew Farney Smyth, born in 1817, came to Texas in 1835 to join the revolution, enlisting with the Jasper Volunteers. He built a career as a riverman, constructing flatboats and the keelboat Jasper to float cotton and other goods down the Angelina and Neches rivers to the Gulf at Sabine Pass. Smyth died in Beaumont in 1879 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, where a Texas state marker honors his revolutionary service.

Sources: tshaonline.org co.jefferson.tx.us

📍 30.1035, -94.1005 · Beaumont, Jefferson County

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