Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameHon. John Wesley CROCKETT 
Birth10 Jul 1807, Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee [2119, p 25; date only], [2360]
Removal1843, New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana [2360] Age: 35
Removal1852, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee Age: 44
Death24 Nov 1854, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee [2814, p 1] Age: 47
BurialOld City Cemetery, Paris, Henry, Tennessee [2360]
FatherHon. David CROCKETT (1786-1836)
MotherMary FINLEY (1788-1814)
Individual Notes
• Crockett, John Wesley, (son of David Crockett), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Trenton, Tenn., July 10, 1807; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Paris, Tenn.; held various local and State offices; was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); elected by the State legislature attorney general for the ninth district of Tennessee and served from 1841 to 1843; moved to New Orleans in 1843 and engaged in business as a commission merchant; became editor of the National May 22, 1848, and established the Crescent in 1850; moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1852, where he died November 24, 1852; interment in the Old City Cemetery, Paris, Tenn. [2360]