Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas
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| Documents |  | 1870, Texas, Jefferson County, Sparks Settlement census |
| Albums |  | Aurora Remembered (11) In October 1837, two San Augustine men, H. M. Hanks and Colonel Almonzan Huston, former quartermaster general of the Texas army, teamed up to found the townsite of Aurora at present-day Port Arthur.34 One record indicates that the townsite contained 6,677 lots. Although Huston sold some lots to residents of San Augustine, no more than six transactions are recorded in Jefferson County, and the realty venture was soon abandoned. In time, the townsite’s name was transferred to nearby “Sparks’ Settlement,” at the mouth of Taylor’s Bayou, where John and Solomon Sparks settled in 1841 and operated a ferry. Chapter VI: A History of Jefferson County, Texas Early Town-Building and Government By W. T. Block Settlement on the Sabine Lake, first known as Sparks Settlement, and is now Port Arthur, where the Sparks, Courts, Gentz, Burrell, Johnson, Clark, Hayes, and other families lived from 1830s until late 1890s when disease, hurricanes, and mosquitos forced the families to abandon their settlement, moving further inland to Port Neches, Groves, and Beaumont. |
Census
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Census  |
Person ID | ||
| 1 |  Brewton, Grace Lee | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I447 |
| 2 | Brewton, Silas Frank | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I445 |
| 3 | Court, James* Madison | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I505 |
| 4 | Court, Thomas Jefferson | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I8085 |
| 5 | Courts, Annie Melinda | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I515 |
| 6 | Courts, Elias Madison "Matt" | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I512 |
| 7 | Courts, Henry Clifton Sr | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I510 |
| 8 | Courts, James Franklin | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I514 |
| 9 | Courts, Julia Nasebyntha "Norie" | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I428 |
| 10 | Courts, Liza | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I513 |
| 11 | Courts, Mary Ellen | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I511 |
| 12 | Courts, Samuel* Helmer | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I504 |
| 13 | Courts, William Thomas | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I508 |
| 14 | Jones, Melinda* (maybe dau?) | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I402 |
| 15 | Lee, Emma Ann | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I430 |
| 16 | Lee, Samuel (immigrant) | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I415 |
| 17 | Smith, Electra Jane | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I8333 |
| 18 | Smith, Martha Caroline | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I452 |
| 19 | Smith, T.J. | 12 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I32163 |
| 20 | Sparks, Eliza "Elizabeth" Jane | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I407 |
| 21 | Sparks, James Christian (Coleman) Sr | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I412 |
| 22 | Sparks, James Edwin | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I456 |
| 23 | Sparks, John L Sr. | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I454 |
| 24 | Sparks, Joseph Madison | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I503 |
| 25 | Sparks, Oscar | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I472 |
| 26 | Sparks, Worthy Crindon | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I413 |
| 27 | Walea?, Sarah | 23 Jun 1870 | Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas | I14474 |