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Their second child, William Finley Crockett, was born November 25, 1808. [49] In October 1811, the family relocated to Lincoln County. [50] Their third child Margaret Finley (Polly) Crockett was born on November 25, 1812. [51] The Crocketts then moved to Franklin County in 1813. He named the new home on Beans Creek "Kentuck".
Crockett was born in eastern Tennessee on July 10, 1807, to David (Davy) Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) and his first wife, Mary (Polly) Finley (1788–1815). He had one brother named William Finley Crockett and one sister named Margaret Finley (Polly) Crockett.
During his final minutes before he died, he asked a fellow soldier, Davy Crockett, to deliver his personal belongings back to Elizabeth. Shortly after Crockett met the newly widowed Elizabeth, his wife, Polly Finley, died. Upon noticing that Elizabeth had moved to her birthplace of Buncombe County, North Carolina, he followed her there. She was ...
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David Crockett (1786–1836) m. Polly Finley (1788–1815) [11] John Wesley Crockett (1807–1852) [12] m. Martha Hamilton; William Finley Crockett (1809–1846) [13 ...
David Crockett Birthplace State Park (previously called Davy Crockett Birthplace State Historic Park) is a state park in Greene County, Tennessee, United States.Situated along the Nolichucky River, the park consists of 105 acres (0.42 km 2) centered on the traditional birthplace of legendary Tennessee frontiersman, soldier, and politician Davy Crockett (1786-1836).
Crockett was born about 1753 in either Maryland or Frederick County, Virginia. [1] " Davy" Crockett said in his autobiography that John Crockett was born either in Ireland or during the journey from Ireland to America; [2] but later scholars disagreed, saying this had been John's father, also named David.
Acton State Historic Site, located near Acton approximately 6 miles (10 km) east of Granbury in Hood County, Texas (United States), is the grave site of Elizabeth Patton Crockett, second wife of Davy Crockett, who married him in Tennessee in 1815. She died January 31, 1860.