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Jefferson County Texas

Jefferson County, formed in 1836 and organized in 1837, was one of the original counties in the Republic of Texas. It was named for the municipality that preceded it, which was in turn named for Thomas Jefferson. The first county seat, Jefferson, or Old Jefferson, on the east bank of Cow Bayou, was replaced by Beaumont in 1838 and had disappeared by 1845, when the site of Orange was surveyed. Orange was first called Jefferson or New Jefferson. During the Civil War, the county court voted to garrison a fort at Sabine Pass, Beaumont became a concentration point for Confederate troops, a cantonment was established at Spindletop Springs, and the county courthouse served as a hospital. Among the county's several volunteer groups, the Sabine Pass Guard was organized at Sabine Pass in April 1861, under the Texas legislative act of 1858 that authorized the state militia.

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JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE

CITIES, TOWNS, AND POPULATED PLACES

* Beaumont (county seat) * Hamsire * Bevil Oaks * Nederland * Nome * China *

Port Arthur * Port Neches * Groves * Taylor Landing * Central Gardens * Fannett *

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Website Updates: Mar 2025: Bios: SMYTH; Death News: GIFON, PATTINSON, ALVEY, ZUCKER, DART, WALKER, TALLENTIRE, CLABAR, BLESSING, LESTER, McGOWN; Marriage News: COLE, GANTZ Nov 2024: Ads: Sam's Saloon, JIROU, Lone Star Saloon, SAPP, CARY, COLLINS, MORGAN, KYLE, BENDY, RUSSELL, WIESS, KENT Jul 2024: Birth News: STONE, DANIELSON, SEALE; Birthday News: BURLEY; Visiting News: SZAFIR, MINTER, KYLE, NUSSBAUM, WOODHEAD, BEATTY, KEITH, ADAMS, BLOCK, MCDONALD, SHOEMAKER, STERNENBERG, OPENHEIMER, STABINSKY, COLEMAN, JOHNSON, STEWART, WINDLIN, SUTTON, LEVY, KIDD, MOODY, BUCKLIN, COOPER, VITERBO, HANSON, ROBERTSON, FITZGERALD, NATHAN, TRAYLOR; History: Cattle Brands: BROWN, LEBLANC, LATCH, PIPKIN, LANGHAM Apr 2024: Marriage News: HOLLIS, FALLES, KEITH, DOD Mar 2024: Marriage News: CHANCE, ODELL, CABANISS, LEWIS, HEATH, ALLEN, O'HARA, WALLACE, MELDAN, LEICHT, HARRIS, SEALE, SWANK, HEENAN, SHANNON, BILBO, EAST, ROSE, MOTHNER, BASSIST, RIVIERE, JAY, SEISER, BARTLETT, GARRETT, OURREY, DA PONTE, MIMS Nov 2023: Death News: GARY; Ads: Rangers Saloon, LOFLIN, LINTHICUM, GLAZE, ROSS, MANSFIELD, HARRIS, CLARK, DEPOLD, Beaumont Hotel, BARSE, WARDELL, BALDWIN, ALEXANDER Jul 2023: Marriage News: McCLAMROCH, DICKENS, MILLARD, ALLISON, PARDOE, DOWDEN; Death News: CHERRY; Court News: PARKER, GRAY, COX, CARR; Sick List News: BORDAGES; Visiting News: DEUTSER, LANDES, LANDIER, SAPP, PACE, LAUVE, BRAGG, HILDEBRANDT, WOODS, CRAIG, STUMP, VERYLSTEKE, CLARK, WOODWORTH, ADAMS, PRUDEN, LONG Apr 2023: Biographies: McMURTRAY Mar 2023: Marriage News: SERGEANT, BROWN; School News: 1909 Commencement, WILHELM, SHELL, LIPSCOMB, MOTHNER, GRIPON; Visiting News: FALL, LONG, MOORE, WALLIS, LIVELY, WIESS, BROCK, MCMUNN, KEITH, DUNLAP, WILKERSON; Schools: South Park School

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