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David Crockett and Polly Finley

Legendary frontiersman David Crockett and his first wife, Polly Finley, were married on August 14, 1806, at the home of Polly's parents, William and Jean Finley, one~fourth mile southeast of here. After the wedding, David and Polly lived in this ...

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Polly Finlay Crockett

David Crockett, his first wife and their children settled on a homestead a few miles east about 1813. She died in 1815, following her husband's return from the Creek War. She is buried in an old cemetery overlooking Bean's Creek, ...

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Crockett County

Formed from Bexar Territory

Created January 22, 1875

Organized July 7, 1891

Named in honor of

David Crockett

1786 - 1836

Member of the United States

Congress from Tennessee

Killed at the Alamo

Ozona, County Seat

Marker is on 11th Street (Texas Route 466) east of Avenue E (Texas Route ...

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Walter Crockett

Walter Crockett was born in the 1730s. By 1760, he had joined the Augusta County militia. Rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel, he subsequently served in the militias of Botentourt, Fincastle, and then Montgomery Counties, beginning in 1769. He ...

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Crockett Homestead

One mile south, on south side of East Branch of Mulberry Creek, David Crockett built a log house in which he lived from 1811 to 1813. While here he hunted, and cleared a field three miles northwest on "Hungry Hill." ...

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Crockett Tavern

Here stood the Crockett Tavern, established and operated by John and Rebecca Crockett. It was the boyhood home of David Crockett (1786-1836), pioneer and political leader in Tennessee, and a victim of the Alamo Massacre at San Antonio, Texas.

Marker is ...

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Crockett’s Cove

Crockett’s Cove has been home to the Crockett

family for two centuries. It was named for

Lt. John Crockett, Sr. (1737–1799), son of Samuel

and Esther Thompson Crockett, a Revolutionary

War veteran buried in the family cemetery a

mile east. His half-brother Lt. Col. Robert

Sayers ...

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Col. David Crockett

(front)

Erected by gift of

the people and

the Legislature of Tennessee,

to the memory of

Col. David Crockett.

Born in East Tennessee

Aug. 17th, 1786.

And gave his live for

Texas liberty amid

the smoking walls

of the “Alamo”

Sunday morning

March 9th, 1836.

(right)

Justice of the Peace for Lawrence County 1818.

Member of ...

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Crockettsville

Crawford, Alabama

The community of Crockettsville was settled at about the time Russell County was formed in 1832. Among the first settlers were Jerry Segar and Green Sewell. It was named in honor of David "Davy" Crockett who served as a ...

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