of culture and great moral worth.  He is now (1876) residing with his second son, William H. Jack, a distinguished lawyer (of the firm of “Jack and Pierson”) of Natchitoches, La.  His eldest son, Dr. Samuel Jack, is an eminent physician, of extensive practice, residing in Columbia county, Arkansas.  Two other sons are industrious farmers, and all are pursuing successfully their several vocations of life.  For the patriotic services, civil and military, performed by different members of the Jack family, Texas, in her formation stage, honored one of her counties with their name.

James W. Jack, third son of Captain James Jack, married Annie Barnett, a daughter of John Barnett and Ann Spratt.  He was a farmer by profession, of unblemished character, and extensive influence, residing and ending his days in Wilkes county, Ga.  He had the following children:  1.  Samuel T.; 2.  Jane; 3.  James, (killed at the massacre of the Alamo, under Col.  Faonin) 4.  Lillis; 5.  Patrick, and 6.  Cynthia Jack.  Samuel T. Jack married Martha Webster, of Mississippi; Jane Jack married Dr. James Jarratt; Lillis Jack married Osborne Edward, Esq., and Patrick Jack married Emily Hanson, of Texas.

John Jack, second son of Patrick Jack, of Charlotte, preceding and during the Revolutionary War, lived on McAlpine’s Creek, in Mecklenburg county.  He performed a soldier’s duty during the war, and soon after its termination, moved to Wilkes county, Ga.  Of his further history and descendants, little is now known.

Samuel Jack, third son of Patrick Jack, of Charlotte, was also a soldier of the Revolution, and commanded an artillery company.  He lived in the Sugar Creek neighborhood, and married, 1st.  Miss Knight, of Mecklenburg county, by whom he had two children, 1.  Eliza D. Jack, who married the Rev. Mr. Hodge, a Presbyterian minister, and settled in Athens, Ga., and 2.  James Jack, who died when a young man.  A few years after her death, he married Margaret Stewart, of Philadelphia, Pa., by whom he had five children:  1.  Samuel Stewart; 2.  John McCormick; 3.  William D.; 4.  Mary E., and 5.  Amanda M. Jack.  Samuel S. Jack married Elizabeth Meredith, of Walton county, Ga., in 1831.  None of the other children ever married.  He had five children:  1.  William Howard; 2.  Amanda E.; 3.  James Mortimer; 4.  Joseph Henry, and 5.  Sarah M. Jack.  Of these, William Howard Jack, in 1860, married Mary Lunsdale, by whom he had five children.  He was a printer and editor, and highly respected by all who knew him.  He died in April, 1876, in Rome, Ga., aged forty-two years.  His son, James Mortimer Jack, was killed in the late war.  Amanda E. Jack a worthy lady, is now (1876) living in the country with her brother, Joseph Henry Jack.