Historical Marker
Crockett, John McClannahan
Historical marker location:
405 E. 5th St., Dallas, Texas
( Pioneer Cemetery between Marilla St. and Griffin Dr., on the grounds of the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas)
Marker installed: 1966
John McClannahan Crockett
(December 26, 1816 - August 4, 1887)
South Carolina native John M. Crockett married Katherine (Kate) Polk in 1837. In 1848 they moved to Dallas where Crockett opened one of the pioneer settlement's first law offices. Crockett served as a State Legislator, Mayor of Dallas, and meteorological observer for the Smithsonian Institution in the 1850s, and as Lt. Governor of Texas during its first two years in the Confederacy. A prominent Mason, Crockett also helped establish The Grange in North Texas.
Recorded - 1995.