Patrick C. Jack

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Patrick Churchill Jack (1808–August 4, 1844) was a justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas from 1841 to 1844.

Patrick C. Jack
Justice of the Republic of Texas
In office
1841 – August 4, 1844
Preceded byRichardson A. Scurry
Succeeded byMilford Phillips Norton
Personal details
Born
Patrick Churchill Jack

1808 (1808)
Wilkes County, Georgia, U.S.
DiedAugust 4, 1844(1844-08-04) (aged 35–36)
Cause of deathYellow fever
Resting placeTexas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, U.S.
Parent
  • Patrick Jack (father)
ProfessionJudge
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Battles/warsTexas Revolution

Patrick Churchill Jack was born in 1808 in Wilkes County, Georgia. His father, also named Patrick Jack, led a Georgia regiment during the war of 1812. He started his legal career in Jefferson County, Alabama before moving to Mexican Texas and receiving a small land grant in present-day Grimes County, Texas. Jack and his brother William Houston Jack both fought in the Texas Revolution in 1832,[1][2] and Jack was a delegate to the Texas conventions of 1832 and 1833, representing the district of Liberty.[3][1]

Jack died of yellow fever while campaigning as a candidate for Vice President of Texas,[4] and was first buried at Houston City Cemetery, then exhumed and reburied in Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston, and then exhumed a third time in 1942 for burial at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.[1][5]

Jack County, Texas, and its county seat Jacksboro, are named for Patrick Jack and his brother William Houston Jack.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Patrick Churchill Jack". University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library.
  2. ^ a b Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 167.
  3. ^ Kemp, L. W. (1 May 2019). "Jack, Patrick Churchill". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Patrick C. Jack, Esq.", The Times-Picayune (August 20, 1844), p. 2.
  5. ^ "Patrick Churchill Jack". Texas State Cemetery. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
1841–1844
Succeeded by