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John McClannahan Crockett

John Crockett
Full Name: John McClannahan Crockett
Birth date: December 26, 1816
Death date: August 4, 1887

Terms of Service

  • House, 4th (1) Legislature
    11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
     
(1) Crockett, resworn 1/11/1853, succeeded himself after resigning 9/27/1852. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

  • Photograph. John Crockett, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Other Resources

  • Relatives: John Crockett, born at sea on the way to Philadelphia in 1730, was the uncle of John McClanahan Crockett and the great-great-grandfather of William David Crockett. "Descendants of John Crockett." Ancestry.com .
  • Obituary, John McClannahan Crockett, "Death of Gov. Crockett: A Biographical Sketch of One of the Oldest Citizens of Dallas," 8/5/1887, p. 8. Born 12/26/1816 in Lancaster District, South Carolina. "In 1851 he was elected a member of the Legislature, and he introduced the bill which gave repose to the grants of the settlers of Peter's colony." Dallas Morning News .
  • John M. Crockett, birth date 12/26/1816, death date 8/4/1887, burial in Pioneer Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County. Includes historical marker photo. Find a Grave .
  • CROCKETT, JOHN MCCLANNAHAN (1816-1887). Birth date 12/26/1816, death date 8/4/1887. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Biographical sketch, p. 37. Hazel, Michael V., Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 8, Number 2, Fall, 1996, crediting Dallas Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • 8th Lieutenant Governor: John McClannahan Crockett. Portrait and biographical sketch. Birth date 12/26/1816, death date 12/30/1878. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
  • Lieutenant Governor of Confederate Texas and Superintendent of the Confederate arms factory at Lancaster, Texas. John McClanahan Crockett, birth date 12/26/1816, death date 8/4/1887. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
  • Historical marker, John McClannahan Crockett, Pioneer Park Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .
  • Biographical sketch, John McClannahan Crockett, pp. 159-162. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.

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