F.D. Crockett

Built in 1924 in Seaford, VA by Alex Gaines and John Smith

This historic vessel is the last largest log boat built for power.

The Deltaville Maritime Museum, with John England as project manager, is restoring the “Crockett” for ...

David Crockett's Last Home

This pioneer finally settled on a farm about 4 1/2 mi. east. Following his last defeat for reelection to Congress, he went to Texas, where he died in the Alamo massacre. This cabin, restored partley from timbers of his orginal ...

Rebecca Hawkins Crockett

Born in Maryland and emigrating with her husband to east Tennessee, David Crockett's mother followed her son through several residences in middle Tennessee before coming to live with a daughter about five miles west. At her death she was buried ...

Crockett’s Tennessee Westward Movement

In his nearly half century of life, David Crockett literally migrated from east to west Tennessee. From his birthplace near Limestone, to his last home in Rutherford (Gibson County), the Crockett story weaves its way across the Volunteer state for ...

The Real Likeness of David Crockett

Even his contemporaries, close friends and relatives outside the artist’s circle, were not always consistent in describing the famous frontiersman. However, almost all agree that he carried an impressive frame, stood erect, and was quite muscular. We also know that ...

A Summary of the Life of Davy Crockett

• Raised in frontier poverty without any education until he is a teenager, David is often hired out to others for additional income while still a child; once held against his will until he escapes under the cover of ...

Welcome to Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park

David Crockett: 1786 – 1836

When David Crockett was born on this site on August 17, 1786 he entered a new world surrounded by extreme poverty, danger, and uncertainty – the birthright of almost every frontier family in the late eighteenth ...

Davy Crockett’s Birthplace

On this spot

Davy Crockett

was born

Aug. 17, 1786

Marker is on Musket Lane, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Crockett

Davy Crockett

Pioneer

Patriot

Soldier

Trapper

Explorer

State Legislator

Congressman

Martyred at

the Alamo

1786 – 1836

[ Back of Monument : ]Original monument placed by Davy Crockett ...

David Crockett

Pioneer — Statesman — Hero

Born August 17, 1786 • Died March 6, 1836

Served three terms in the Congress of the

United States while a resident of this county.

Emigrated to Texas in 1835, and was killed

at the Alamo fighting for the independence

of ...