John Powell Key

Full Name: John Powell "Jack" Key
Date of birth: 1830
Date of death: May 30, 1898

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	63	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Jonesboro / Coryell	Coryell, Hamilton
H	68	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Jonesboro / Coryell	Brown, Coleman, Coryell, Hamilton, Runnels
H	68	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Jones Mill / Coryell	Brown, Coleman, Coryell, Hamilton, Runnels

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(2) Key elected as a democrat. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
(3) JONESBORO, TX. Jonesboro, first known as Jones Mill, is on the Hamilton-Coryell county line. The Jones Mill post office was established in 1871 and the name of the community was changed to Jonesboro in 1877. Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) Coryelle County. House Journal.
(5) Jones Mill, Coryell County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Coryell County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.

Terms of Service top

House District 63
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Jonesboro / Coryell
Counties in district: Coryell, Hamilton

House District 68
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Jonesboro / Coryell
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman, Coryell, Hamilton, Runnels

House District 68
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
Legislatures: 15th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Jones Mill / Coryell
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman, Coryell, Hamilton, Runnels

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, J.P. Key, p. 34. Born 1830 in Smith County, Arkansas. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, p. 136. Age 45 in 1876; native of Arkansas. "Resides near Jones Mill post office, in Coryell county." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.

Military Service Notes

Texas State Troops, Private, Coryell City Company, 2nd Frontier District, Major G.B. Erath commanding, enlisted 5/15/1864 in Coryell County. J.P. Key, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

(Hon) John Powell "Jack" Key, Texas State Legislator II, born 1830 in Smith County, Arkansas, death date 5/30/1898 in Midlothian, Ellis County, Texas. Residence in Coryell County (1860, 1870, and 1880). Sheffield/Farmer/Burch/Howard Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1860 - John Key, Plum Creek Beat, Leonville post office, Coryell County, age 27, born circa 1833 in Tennessee, herdsman.
Census of 1870 - Jack P. Key, Leonville post office, Coryell County, age 39, born circa 1831 in Arkansas, farmer, living in household with Martha A.
Census of 1880 - John P. Key, Coryell County, age 49, born circa 1831 in Arkansas, farmer, spouse Martha A. FamilySearch. 1860 1870 1880
Jack P. Key, burial in Midlothian Cemetery, Midlothian, Ellis County. Find a Grave.
Genealogist's query concerning John Powell Key: birth date about 1831; birthplace Arkansas; died in 1898 in Midlothian, Texas; married Martha Ann Gaines Coats Key in Gatesville, Texas in 1864. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
Genealogist's query concerning William Thatcher Baker includes report of Jack Key's death on 5/30/1898. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.

Photographs

Photograph. J.P. Key, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.P. Key, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. J.P. Key, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Constitutional Amendments County Governments and County Finances (Chair) Public Land and Land Office Stock and Stock Raising
17th R.S. - 1881 Agriculture Commerce and Manufactures Congressional Districts Contingent Expenses Stockraising
15th R.S. - 1876 Agriculture and Stock Raising Indian Affairs Printing Public Debt

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