Humphrey Jackson (1784-1833), Sarah Merriman Jackson (1796-1823), and their family came to Texas as members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony in 1823 and settled east of the San Jacinto River. Jackson's land grant opened up the San Jacinto . . . — — Map (db m168706) HM
On Beaumont Highway (Business U.S. 90) 0.5 miles west of Crosby Lynchburg Road (Farm to Market Road 2100), on the left when traveling west.
Educated in law, Humphrey Jackson left his native Ireland in 1808, during a period of political conflict. He migrated to the United States and settled on a sugar plantation in Louisiana. While there he served in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. . . . — — Map (db m168701) HM
