The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Davy Crockett - June 7th, 2003

Compiled by Margaret Nolen Nichol ^

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Dear Lord,

There's a young man far from home,
called to serve his nation in time of war;
sent to defend our freedom
on some distant foreign shore.

We pray You keep him safe,
we pray You keep him strong,
we pray You send him safely home ...
for he's been away so long.

There's a young woman far from home,
serving her nation with pride.
Her step is strong, her step is sure,
there is courage in every stride.
We pray You keep her safe,
we pray You keep her strong,
we pray You send her safely home ...
for she's been away too long.

Bless those who await their safe return.
Bless those who mourn the lost.
Bless those who serve this country well,
no matter what the cost.

Author Unknown

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David Crockett
(1786-1836)

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David Crockett, Pioneer, Patriot, Soldier, Trapper, Explorer, State Legislator, Congressman, Martyr, was born in a small cabin near the junction of Limestone Creek and the Nolichucky River in upper East Tennessee, August 17, 1786. He was the fifth son, of nine children, born to John and Rebecca Hawkins Crockett.

John Crockett, his father, was born in Maryland, in 1754, and was a descendant of Huguenot ancestors who had immigrated from France to England, Ireland, and America. In America, their migration continued from Maryland to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. The name originally was Crocketagne, and the progenitor of the American Crocketts had been the second in command of the Home Guard for Louis, King of France. Line of descent follows: Gabriel Gustave De Crocketagne, Antoine De Sauss Crocketagne, Joseph Louis Crockett, William Crockett, David Crockett, John Crockett, and David Davy Crockett. The senior David Crockett married Elizabeth Hedge in Maryland. Their sons were John, William, Robert, Joseph, and James. The Crocketts migrated to the East Tennessee area while it was still a part of North Carolina and settled in, what was then, the Watauga area.

Portrait of Davy Crockett by John Gadsby Chapman on display at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. No date. Oil on canvas. 24 x 16" (61 x 40.7 cm.) Courtesy of the Art Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.

On July 5, 1776, a Petition was sent to the Honorable, the Provisional Council of North Carolina from the settlers in the Watauga area. This petition explained the situation that the settlers found themselves in at the time, and ask recognition of their efforts toward establishing a form of government for the area. Their type of government, and military establishments were explained in full and submitted to the Council for their candid and impartial judgment in annexing them to the state of North Carolina. David Crockett, Sr., and William Crockett signed the petition.

John, William, and Robert Crockett fought in the Battle of King’s Mountain during the Revolutionary War. During their sons’ absence, David Crockett, Sr., and his wife, Elizabeth, were killed by an Indian attack. All of their children were killed, except for two sons, Joseph and James, and one daughter, who was scalped but survived. Joseph and James were taken captive by the Indians.

John Crockett had married Rebecca Hawkins in Maryland and immigrated, with the rest of the family, to the East Tennessee area. Rebecca Hawkins Crockett was to move many times, including the relocation during her marriage, and as she followed her son, David through his moves to several locations in Middle Tennessee, before moving to live near him in Gibson County, Tennessee. Rebecca Crockett is buried in the Memorial Plot near the reconstructed log cabin of David Crockett in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee.


Painting by William Henry Huddle, 1889

John Crockett served under Colonel Isaac Shelby in the Battle of King’s Mountain, and was presiding magistrate when Andrew Jackson received his license to practice law. He was a commissioner for building roads and, in 1783, a Frontier Ranger. His name appears on the 1783 Tax List of Greene County, North Carolina. John Crockett lived on Limestone Creek in Greene County when David Davy Crockett was born, and a few years later moved to a place in the same county ten miles north of Greenville. The next move was to Cove Creek, where he built a mill in partnership with Thomas Galbraith. In 1794, his mill and house were destroyed by a flood. John Crockett moved his family to Jefferson County (now Hamblen County), built a log cabin-tavern on the road from Abingdon, Virginia to Knoxville, Tennessee, and continued to live there until his death. David Crockett was eight years old when the family located here.

David Crockett remained with his family until he was the age of twelve. By this time he had grown in size and he was given a job driving cattle to Front Royal, Virginia. After arriving at Front Royal, he worked for farmers, wagoners, and a hatmaker. He was offered a job driving cattle to Baltimore, and he lived there until he reached the age of fifteen. Whether remnants of the Crockett and Hawkins family were still living in the area had not been documented, but we can assume that he had relatives there.

David Crockett returned to his families’ home to find his father in debt. Davy was six feet tall, by this time, and well able to do the work of a man. He obligated himself for a year to Col. Daniel Kennedy, his father’s creditor. Daniel Kennedy was the son of John Kennedy, Esq. who has been called, "The Father of Greene County". The Kennedy family were Quakers, and held in high esteem throughout the eastern part of Tennessee.

David Crockett often borrowed the rifle of his employer and became an excellent marksman. From wages earned, he bought new clothes, a rifle of his own and a horse. He began to take part in the local shooting contests. At these contest, the prize was often quarters of beef. A contestant would pay twenty cents for a single shot at the target, and the best shot won the quarter of beef. Davy Crockett’s aim was so good that more than once, he won all four quarters of beef.



The son of his employer conducted a school nearby, and an arrangement was worked out for a period of six months for David to attend school for four days and work for two days. Excepting the four days he had when he was twelve years old, this was the only schooling David Crockett had.

On August 12, 1806, David Crockett and Mary Polly Finley were married. Davy and his new wife moved into the Duck and Elk River area of Lincoln County, Tennessee. They located near the head of Mulberry Fork, where he began to distinguish himself as a hunter. They lived there during the years of 1809-1810. His two sons, John Wesley and William Finley, were born there.

The Crockett family moved, in 1811, to the south side of Mulberry Creek, near Lynchburg, where David build a log house where his family lived till 1813. He hunted and cleared a field three miles northwest of his homestead on Hungry Hill. When bear and other game became scarce, he moved to better hunting grounds in Franklin County where he settled on Beans Creek and built a homestead which he called "Kentuck". This was the Crockett home until the close of the War of 1812. This homestead is marked by a well standing in a field 3 1/2 miles south and to the east of U.S. Highway 64 in Franklin County.

When the Creek Indians opened hostilities and attacked Fort Mimms, August 30, 1812, the Militia was called for the purpose of raising volunteers. Davy Crockett volunteered and was assigned to Captain Jones’ Mounted Vols. He went to Beatty Springs, where he went with Major Gibson across the Tennessee River into the Creek nation as a spy. He chose George Russell, son of Major Russell, as a partner. They returned safely and reported to General Coffee, who was in command. Davy Crockett , and 800 volunteers of General Coffee’s command, crossed the Tennessee river through Huntsville, Alabama. Davy ask permission of General Coffee to go hunting, and on the river to Muscle Shoals and Melton’s Bluff, he killed a bear. David Crockett fought in the Battles of Fort Strother and Talledega, took part in the Florida Expedition, and rejoined General Russell to do battle with the British. Upon his return home to Franklin County, in 1815, he found his wife, Polly, dying. Polly Finley Crockett is buried in an old cemetery overlooking Bean’s Creek.


Replica of Davy Crockett's Birthplace, Limestone, Tn

In 1816, David Crockett married Elizabeth Patton, a widow, with two small children. She was the widow of George Patton. David and Elizabeth Patton lived in "Kentuck" till 1817, when he moved to Lawrence County, Tennessee.

Lawrence County was created, October 21, 1817, by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly from mostly Indian Territory as a result of the Treaty of 1816, with the Chicasaw Indians. Local government was established in 1818. David Crockett was instrumental in helping to lay out the county, and selecting the county seat, Lawrenceburg, in 1819. The site was chosen because of its proximity to the center of the county, and the fact that Jackson’s Military Road ran on the eastern edge of the town. In April, 1821, the road was changed to go through the center of the town. This road was a major thoroughfare from Nashville, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi, and played a significant role in the development of the county.

Wife of David Crockett
Having the distinction of being situated in the smallest state park in Texas, this monument is located in Acton. With an inscription carved "Wife of David Crockett," the monument is dedicated to the memory of the wife of the famous Texas pioneer, Davy Crockett. And she does have a first name, shown on the grave marker below the monument

David Crockett was one of the first commissioners and justices of the peace in Lawrence County. He ran a water-powered grist mill, powder mill and distillery in the area of the county that is now David Crockett State Park. He was elected Colonel of a regiment and, from that time, was known as Colonel Crockett. He was elected to the Legislature in 1821. After his term in office, he returned home and shortly thereafter a flood destroyed his installation and bankrupted him. He decided to move further west and removed to Gibson County, Tennessee. He left the remains of his property to his creditors.

In the spring of 1822, David Crockett arrived in Gibson County, and built, what was to be his last home, in Tennessee. He chose land about four and one half miles east of Rutherford and built his cabin. Using some of the logs from this cabin, a replica has been constructed in the town of Rutherford where it houses a museum. The mother of David Crockett, Rebecca Hawkins Crockett, is buried on the grounds.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I'll be baaaaack!!! LOL.

[SAMWolf]

Our Military Today

Noah Wayne Brunson was one of hundreds of family members waiting anxiously for their loved ones to return from their deployment to the Middle East. Noah's father AM2 Brunson, an aviation mechanic, part of VFA-201 "The Hunters" was called to duty in January and just returned home to the Naval Reserve base Ft. Worth after a six-month deployment on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The VFA-201 "The Hunters" successfully flew 400 missions over Iraq during operation Iraqi Freedom. . U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Hechinger


Senior Airman Raymundo Gardea of the 3rd CMS at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska is greeted by his wife Marsha and his daughter Arryanna as he returned from a deployment in South Korea in support of the 90th Fighter Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Cadiz


Cmdr. William Fitzpatrick assigned to the “Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron 201 based at NAS, JRB Fort Worth, TX embraces his family upon returning from deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The “Hunters” are a reserve squadron that was activated in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The “Hunters” were deployed as part of Carrier Air Wing Eight aboard Roosevelt in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Bruce M. Morris


Sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Milius "man the rails" as they pull into their homeport of San Diego. Family and friends on the pier cheered in celebration and excitement for their heroes who safely returned from Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Daniel A. Jones.

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Awww. Cute little sailor, and look at all those girls dressed the same, cute! Love those Welcome Home pics.

[SAMWolf]

Me too. Wish they had more

[snippy_about_it]

I worry the media will stop by the time Tarawa comes home. :(

Well at least the Navy site will have something, maybe not on the day but eventually.

[SAMWolf]

Yeah it's to bad the Navy site is a few days behind all the time

[snippy_about_it]

Clic for your night music

I don't know how much use I'm gonna be able to get out of this hat! LOL.

Good Night SAM. Thanks again for the flowers!!

The foxette LOVES flowers. :)

[SAMWolf]

Good night Snippy. Hold on to that hat. It may be a collectors item some day.

[PhilDragoo]

I had the hat. Intended to build a flatboat to beat Mike Fink but somehow youth slipped away.

John Wesley CROCKETT
BORN: 10 JUL 1807, Franklin Co, TN
DIED: 24 NOV 1854, Memphis, TN
BURIED: ,
MARRIED: Martha HAMILTON, ,
CHILDREN:
Alice CROCKETT
Mary CROCKETT
Robert Hamilton CROCKETT
Charles W. CROCKETT
Peytonia CROCKETT
Susan CROCKETT

John Wesley Crockett (1807-1852), born in Franklin County, Tennessee, the eldest son of David and Mary 'Polly' Finley Crockett. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 47 and is buried in the Old City Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee.

Commemorative Stone provided by the Crockett Family Association

JOHN WESLEY CROCKETT ~ HISTORICAL MARKER
Old City Cemetery ~ Paris, Tennessee

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U.S. Representatives of the 8th District of Tennessee:

John Wesley Crockett, Paris and later of Trenton, 1837 - 1841
Davy Crockett's son avenged his father's defeat two year's earlier when he defeated Adam Huntsman in 1837 and went on to serve two terms in the House.

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He is gone from among us, and is no more to be seen in the walks of men, but in his death like Sampson, he slew more of his enemies than in all his life. Even his most bitter enemies here, I believe, have buried all animosity, and join the general lamentation over his untimely end.

Words written by Davy's son John Wesley Crockett, 1836

DAVID CROCKETT
Pioneer - Statesman - Hero
Born August 17, 1786 Died March 6, 1836
Served three terms in the Congress of the United States while resident of this county
Emigrated to Texas in 1835 and was killed at the Alamo fighting for the independence of Texas.

"Be sure you're right and then go ahead"

Davy Crockett
Crockett County (Texas) Seat

The Crockett Tavern. Davy Crockett's boyhood home.

Santa Ana and his lackeys tried in vain to defeat the Americans.

When they lost on the field they tried lying.

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As news of the massacre swept across Texas, across America, across the oceans, the gallant defenders were compared to a small band of 300 Spartans who died against all odds at Thermopylae.

As "Remember the Alamo" reverberated throughout the world, an echo against oppression arose in the knowledge that mankind could face subversion and accept it as the price of freedom.

"Santa Anna will shortly see that policy would have required that he govern himself by the rules of civilized warfare," wrote the New York Post .

On April 21, 1836, a small band of enraged Texans, led by General Sam Houston, victoriously routed Santa Anna's 1,250 troops at San Jacinto. Santa Anna himself was captured, trembling and disguised as a "common peon," fleeing the bloodbath.

Texas rejoiced in her triumph, but sorrowed in the sacrifices of the Alamo defenders.

Most especially mourned was Davy Crockett.

From Tennessee to Washington City, they lamented his death:

His wife Elizabeth bought a black dress. She would wear no other color until her own death on January 31, 1860, in Hood County,Texas.

His children, grown and small, awaited his return. But, when months passed without the familiar "Hullo th' house, I'm home," they knew their "paw" would never be coming back.

Even President Andrew Jackson, who had no love for Ex-Congressman Crockett, bowed his shaggy head when he read the report. "I cannot fully express," he said in a private conversation, "how much this man's death has affected me. His violent passing saddens me deeply."

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On April 21, 1836, a small band of enraged Texans, led by General Sam Houston, victoriously routed Santa Anna's 1,250 troops at San Jacinto. Santa Anna himself was captured, trembling and disguised as a "common peon," fleeing the bloodbath.

And I'm going to believe some lackey of this weasel who claims Davy Crockett copped out.

It's not on.

Spartans won independence for Texas, as they have for America before and since.

[SAMWolf]

Evevning PhilDragoo.

Nice tribute to Davy Crockett and the American Spirit.

I think the Mike Finkk and the Keel boat race was my favorite Davy Crockett adventure. Do you remember who played Davy's (Fess Parkers) side kick in the series?

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening everyone. Hey guys, there is "someone" sending anonymous threatening emails to me, trying to blackmail me into leaving FR. She hates my profile page, so she wants me to delete it right away. I've got her emails traced and I found who it is, where she works, her ISP address, city, state, etc, etc, etc. I'm ready to contact her office and her ISP and expose her for her harassment, and for stalking me.

She's done this before back in April.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Great post, Phil. Thanks so much.

[Jen]

Awwwwww, not this s#!+ again. Let me guess. Is it the same person who sent me threatening and harrasing emails???

[Victoria Delsoul]

Indeed, and I've got all the information needed for this kind of cases.

[Victoria Delsoul]

= these

[SAMWolf]

Give me a break, some crap just never ends.

If it's anonymous, it's probably a temporary account. Most of these low-life cockroaches try to intimidate anonymously. If you traced it, report it to the ISP. If it involves trying to intimidate you leaving Fr, report it to Jim.

Tell whoever it is to take their best shot and to lick your a$$ while they're at it. Blackmailing someone ranks right above childmolester and below Liberal Democrat in my social rankings. Only a POS sick, jealous person resorts to blackmail. It's a cowardly way of trying to gain an advantage they wouldn't otherwise have.

Report it, then temp account won't matter to this dirtbag but they may have been stupid enough to use an employers account to get the temp E-mail.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Oh yes, I will report it. I have her office name and address, her ISP and everything else. I'm tired of her sick games!

[Jen]

Were the emails sent from the previous "faked" address?

[Jen]

Oooops. #58 for you.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I've just got a response from Jim Robinson regarding her emails, which I forwarded to him with the respective trace.

From Jim Robinson | 06/07/2003 8:37 PM PDT new

Tell her to go to hell.
Thanks,
Jim