CROCKETT(SoundexC623)—See alsoBROCKETT,CRICHETT,CROCHETT,CROCKAM,CROCKER,CROCKET,CROCKWELL,DOCKETT,DOCKETY,HOCKETT,LOCKETT,LOCKETTE,ROCKETT.
| |  CROCKETT:See alsoCrockettCampbell —AnneB. Crockett-Stark —JuliusA. deGruyter —DayleCrockett McDonough —JosephCrockett Shaffer —SamuelCrockett Sims | | Crockett, A. D. — of Kingston,CaldwellCounty, Mo.Democrat.Chair ofCaldwell County Democratic Party, 1921.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, A. G. — Member ofVirginiastate senate 5th District, 1912-15.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, A. P. — of Coeburn,WiseCounty, Va.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett,AllenSeeJ. AllenCrockett | | Crockett, Alvin — of Logan,CacheCounty, Utah.Mayorof Logan, Utah, 1866-70.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Amos E. — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1884.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, C. John — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Law Preservation candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County 5th District, 1933.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Charles — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Republican.Mayorof Rockland, Maine, 1857.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, D. B. — of North Norway, Norway,OxfordCounty, Maine.Postmaster atNorthNorway, Maine, 1860-61.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, David(1786-1836) —also known asDavy Crockett;"King of the WildFrontier" —of Tennessee. Born inGreeneCounty, Tenn.,August17, 1786.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1821;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during theTexas War of Independence.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner.Killedwhile defending the Alamo, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March 6,1836 (age49 years, 202days).Cremated;ashes interred atSanFernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Crockett and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett; married,August16, 1806, to Mary 'Polly' Finley; married1815 toElizabeth Patton; father ofJohn WesleyCrockett; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesCarroll Walcutt. | | | | Political family:Crockett-Walcuttfamily of Tennessee. | | | | Crockett counties inTenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | The Davy CrockettNationalForest (established 1936), inHoustonandTrinitycounties, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | Personal motto: "Be sure you're right,then go ahead." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by David Crockett:ANarrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State ofTennessee | | | | Books about David Crockett: William C.Davis,ThreeRoads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, JamesBowie, and William Barret Travis — Constance Rourke,DavyCrockett — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Elaine Alphin,DavyCrockett (for young readers) |
| | Crockett, David George — Reform candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida,2016(on behalf ofRockyde la Fuente andMichaelSteinberg); Reform candidate for Presidential Elector forFlorida,2020(on behalf ofRockyde la Fuente andDarcyG. Richardson).Still living as of 2020. | | Crockett,DavySeeDavid Crockett | | Crockett, Donald — ofMacombCounty, Mich.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Macomb County 1st District,1950.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Dorothy — of Osceola,MississippiCounty, Ark.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas,2008.Female.Still living as of 2008. | | Crockett, Edmond I. — of Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1926.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Edward S. — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1896.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Edwin A. — of Preston,FranklinCounty, Idaho.Mayorof Preston, Idaho, 1943-47.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Elbert M. — of Milford,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Ninth Worcester District, 1923-24.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Elmer — of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.Republican. Postmaster atSouthBend, Ind., 1889-94.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Etta M. — Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas,2016(on behalf ofHillaryClinton andTimKaine).Female.Still living as of 2016. | | Crockett, George W. — of Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Democrat. Postmaster atConcord,N.H., 1886-88.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, George W. III — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 93rd District, 1966;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 2001.Africanancestry.Still living as of 2001. | | Crockett, George William, Jr.(1909-1997) —also known asGeorge W. Crockett, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,August10, 1909.Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1984,1988;arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,KappaAlpha Psi;NationalLawyers Guild.Served four months in federalprisonforcontemptof court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader ontrial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.Among the founders of the nation'sfirstinterracial law firm.Ill withbonecancer in 1997, he suffered astrokeand died five days later, in Washington Home andHospice,Washington,D.C.,September7, 1997 (age88 years, 28days).Cremated. | | Crockett, Glen M. — of Kahoka,ClarkCounty, Mo.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Clark County; elected 1964.Still living as of 1964. | | Crockett, Henry B. — of Pulaski,PulaskiCounty, Va.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1920(alternate),1928.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Hilary R. — of Brentwood,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.Postmaster atBrentwood,Tenn., 1907.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, J. Allen(1906-1994) —Born in Smithfield,CacheCounty, Utah,January19, 1906.Justiceof Utah state supreme court, 1951-81;chiefjustice of Utah state supreme court, 1959-61, 1967-70, 1979-81.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,November9, 1994 (age88 years, 294days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John A. Crockett and Rachell Maretta (Homer) Crockett; married,February3, 1934, to E. Eulalia Smith. |
| | Crockett, J. Strother — of Welch,McDowellCounty, W.Va.Republican. Candidate forWestVirginia state senate 6th District, 1964.Still living as of 1964. | | Crockett, J. W. — Democrat.Secretaryof state of Arkansas, 1901-04; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arkansas,1904(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Jean Cowan — of Chinook,BlaineCounty, Mont.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMontana,1956.Female.Still living as of 1956. | | Crockett,JohnSeeC. JohnCrockett | | Crockett, John — Libertarian. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Arizona 1st District, 2004.Still living as of 2004. | | Crockett, John A. — of Logan,CacheCounty, Utah.Mayorof Logan, Utah, 1922-26.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, John H. — Member ofVirginiastate senate, 1922-25 (5th District 1922-23, 19th District1924-25).Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, John M.(1816-1887) —of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.BornDecember26, 1816.Mayorof Dallas, Tex., 1857-58, 1859-61, 1865-66; resigned 1861.DiedAugust4, 1887 (age70 years, 221days).Interment atPioneerPark Cemetery, Dallas, Tex. | | Crockett, John Thomas(1851-1927) —also known asJohn T. Crockett — of Charlottetown,PrinceEdward Island.Born inPrinceEdward Island,February2, 1851.Bookkeeper;U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inCharlottetown, 1890-1905.Methodist.Died inPrinceEdward Island,September28, 1927 (age76 years, 238days).Interment atSherwood Cemetery, Brackley, Prince Edward Island. | | Crockett, John Watkins(1818-1874) —ofHendersonCounty, Ky.Born inJessamineCounty, Ky.,May 17,1818.Delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died in Madisonville,HopkinsCounty, Ky.,June 20,1874 (age56 years, 34days).Interment atFernwoodCemetery, Henderson, Ky. | | Crockett, John Wesley(1807-1852) —of Tennessee. Born in Trenton,GibsonCounty, Tenn.,July 10,1807.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 12th District, 1837-41.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,November24, 1852 (age45 years, 137days).Interment atCityCemetery, Paris, Tenn. | | Crockett, Joseph B.(c.1827-1884) —of California. Born about 1827.Justiceof California state supreme court, 1867-80.Died in Fruitvale,KernCounty, Calif.,January15, 1884 (ageabout 57years).Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Joseph E. — of Graham (now Bluefield),TazewellCounty, Va.Democrat. Postmaster atGraham,Va., 1885-88.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Joseph M. (d.1968) —of Welch,McDowellCounty, W.Va.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWest VirginiaRepublican State Executive Committee, 1937-41, 1955;chair ofMcDowell County Republican Party, 1945-46.Died in Crockett's Cove,WytheCounty, Va.,1968.Interment atCrockettFamily Cemetery, Crockett's Cove, Va. | | Crockett, Katherine W. — of Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNorth Carolina,1972.Female.Still living as of 1972. | | Crockett, Kennedy McCampbell (b.1920) —also known asKennedy M. Crockett — of Virginia. Born in Kingsville,KlebergCounty, Tex.,January18, 1920.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toNicaragua, 1967-70.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Knott — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine.Whig.Mayorof Rockland, Maine, 1854-55.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, P. D. — of Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.Democrat.Mayorof Webb City, Mo., 1978-81.Still living as of 1981. | | Crockett, Paul — of Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Virginia,1936(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andJohnNance Garner); member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1950; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Virginia,1952.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Pliny A. — of Hollis,YorkCounty, Maine.Republican. Member ofMainestate senate 1st District, 1931-32.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, R. O. — Member ofVirginiastate senate 3rd District, 1920-21.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Robert L. — of Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1860.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Samuel R.(1831-1913) —Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,May 15,1831.Delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention, 1875.Died in Nevada,VernonCounty, Mo.,November11, 1913 (age82 years, 180days).Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Samuel Thorne — Member ofVirginiastate senate 19th District, 1926-27.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett,StrotherSeeJ. StrotherCrockett | | Crockett, Walter H. (b.1870) —of Colchester,ChittendenCounty, Vt.; Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.Born in Colchester,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,June 26,1870.Republican.Lecturer;editor of university publications; Republican Presidential Electorfor Vermont,1913;member ofVermontstate senate from Chittenden County, 1927.Congregationalist.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, Webb — of Arizona. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Arizona,2000(voted forGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney); Republican Presidential Elector for Arizona,2004(voted forGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney).Still living as of 2004. | | Crockett, William — of Dover,StraffordCounty, N.H.Republican. Candidate forNewHampshire state house of representatives from Dover 2nd Ward,1938.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, William — of Wales,CavalierCounty, N.Dak.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNorth Dakota,1944.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, William J. — of Graham (now Bluefield),TazewellCounty, Va.Republican. Postmaster atGraham,Va., 1921-24 (acting, 1921-22);Bluefield,Va., 1924-27.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, William R. — of Nevada,VernonCounty, Mo.Democrat. Postmaster atNevada,Mo., 1886-87.Burial location unknown. | | Crockett, William S. — ofHampton,Va.Democrat. Postmaster atHampton,Va., 1933-39 (acting, 1933-34).Burial location unknown.
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