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After Crockett's death, their son, Robert, joined the Republic of Texas army, seeking revenge. He claimed his father's bounty in 1838 and returned to Elizabeth in Tennessee. He then brought Elizabeth back to Texas in 1854, where she received 320 acres of land due to Crockett's brave duty defending the Alamo. Elizabeth remained in Texas for the ...
Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman. Often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier", he represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives and fought in the Texas Revolution.
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. The site also contains the graves of her son Robert and Robert's wife ...
She saw the body of Davy Crockett between the chapel and the barracks building. This recollection of Crockett's death stands in direct conflict with the Jesús Sánchez Garza - José Enrique de la Peña account. She was taken to a house where she had previously lived, and from there could see the pyres of the dead being burned.
Fess Elisha Parker Jr. (born F. E. Parker Jr.; [1] August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) [2] was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of the title characters in the Walt Disney television miniseries Davy Crockett (1954–55; ABC) and the television series Daniel Boone (1964–70; NBC).
Davy Crockett was born to Andrew Crockett and Mary (Danley) Crockett in Tennessee, but the family moved to central Texas, where Andrew operated a toll bridge across the Brazos River, when Davy was still a boy. According to differing accounts, Crockett was either a grandson or grandnephew of the better-known Crockett.
Crockett had a plan on April 17: She would call her father at 11:59 p.m. — one minute before the end of his 64th birthday — as a way to get back at him. He hadn’t called on her birthday two ...
The article is the report of a notable Davy Crockett story about his threat to go to Texas if they did not re-elect him. While speaking in Nacogdoches, Texas in early 1836, shortly before his death at The Alamo , Davy Crockett is quoted regarding his last campaign for Congress: