Details - Grigsby's Bluff - Atlas Number 5245010532 - Atlas: Texas Historical Commission

Marker Number	10532
Atlas Number	5245010532
Marker Title	Grigsby's Bluff
Index Entry	Grigsby's Bluff
Address
City	Port Neches
County	Jefferson
UTM Zone	15
UTM Easting	408359
UTM Northing	3318528
Subject Codes	settlements
Marker Year	1969
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	No
Marker Location	600 block of Grigsby St., across from Port Neches Park at corner of Grigsby and Park St. (in front of white stucco building)
Private Property	No
Marker Condition	In Situ
Marker Size	18" x 28"
Marker Text	(1834-1902) Joseph Grigsby (1771-1841) and family migrated from Kentucky to the Sabine area in 1827. He is said to have been the first grower of cotton in East Texas. In 1834 he received a grant of 17 labors (3,009 acres) of land on the Neches. Here he built a wharf for sidewheel steamers and founded town of grigsby's Bluff. He served in 2nd, 3rd and 5th congresses of the Republic of Texas. His settlement became Port Neches, and his family has given many leaders to Texas. A huge pecan tree (at Texaco Refinery, 6 blocks SE) marks site of Grigsby's Bluff.