David Hess Garner^[1]

1807 - 1864  (57 years)

• Name	David Hess Garner
  Born	1807	Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Apr 10, 1864	Indianola, Calhoun county, Texas, USA
  Notes	- The Handbook of Texas on-line ( http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fga23 ) has:     "He moved to Texas in 1825 with four of his seven siblings: Jacob Harmon Garner, Isaac Garner, Anne (who married Claiborne West), and Sarah (Mrs. John) McGaffey, and settled at Old Jefferson (the site of present Bridge City) on Cow Bayou.     "To help resist Antonio L?pez de Santa Anna in 1835, Capt.  David Garner organized a company of volunteers.  Armed with flintlock muskets and Bowie knives, his group of nineteen men, including his brother Jacob, set out for San Antonio.  They arrived at the camp above Bexar on November 16, 1835.  On December 4, Garner and his men were mustered into the company of James Chessher and Willis H. Landrum.  Garner participated in the siege of Bexar under Gen. Benjamin R.  Milam, which resulted in the capture of Gen.  Mart?n Perfecto de Cos.  He was discharged from the army on December 13, 1835.  On January 22, 1838, he received a headright certificate for a third of a league of land in Jefferson County.  For his service at Bexar he received a donation grant of 640 acres.  On December 14, 1838, he received a bounty certificate for 320 acres for service from October 5 to December 13, 1835.     "On September 18, 1839, Garner married Matilda Hampshire in Jefferson County.  They became the parents of eleven children.  The 1840, 1850, and 1860 census list Garner as a farmer and stock raiser. He was elected sheriff of Jefferson County in 1839.  He was elected representative to the Fourth Congress of Texas (1839-40) and served one term.  He was again elected sheriff of Jefferson County in 1843 and was reelected to the office in 1845.  In 1855 he moved his family to old Indianola, where he continued to engage in the cattle business.     "During the Civil War Garner, now too old to serve in the army, supplied the Confederate troops with beef.  When his son Jacob Hampshire Garner, who had served in the Thirty-third Cavalry, returned home, he found his father penniless, though loaded with Confederate money and still a patriotic citizen of Texas.  Garner died in old Indianola on April 10, 1864.  His gravestone bears the Masonic emblem. His wife was a devoted Methodist."
  Person ID	I36020	mykindred
  Last Modified	Jul 18, 2013

  
  

  Father	Bradley Garner,   b. 1768, Maryland, USA ,   d. 1845, Orange county, California, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Sarah Rachel Harmon,   d. 1845, Orange county, California, USA
  Married	Dec 27, 1800	Opelousas, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F12943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Hampshire,   d. Y
  Married	Sep 18, 1839	Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  Notes	They had 11 children.
  Children	1. Emily Garner,   b. circa 1840,   d. Y   2. Jacob Hampshire Garner,   b. Dec 19, 1841,   d. Y   3. David Garner, Jr.,   b. Jan 17, 1843, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Y   4. Clairborne Garner,   b. May 23, 1844,   d. Y   5. Anna Garner,   b. Dec 12, 1845, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Y   6. Martha Garner,   b. Jul 01, 1847, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Y   7. Alexander Garner,   b. circa 1849,   d. Y
  Family ID	F12948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S577] Handbook of Texas OnLine. GARNER, DAVID HESS (1807-1864) http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fga23.html