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Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett. By Dominic H ooper. Early Life.

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Davy Crockett

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  1. Davy Crockett By Dominic Hooper

  2. Early Life David D. Crockett son of John and Rebecca Crockett was born August 17, 1786 in Hawkings County , Tennessee. He was the fifth of nine children . Crockett ‘ s father put him to work driving cattle to Virginia when he was twelve years old. After running away from home to escape a beating from his father, Crockett traveled throughout Virginia . He decided that his lack of education limited his marriage possibilities so he learned how to read ,to write a little , and to “cypher” , or add and subtract.

  3. 1803 In 1803 Crockett married Mary Finely and became a farmer . Frontier farming proved unrewarding ,and in 1813 he decided to move his family to Franklin County, Tennessee.

  4. Career Before Military He worked as a justice of the peace and later served as county commissioner and he was a frontiersman.

  5. Armed service In 1813, shortly after Crockett moved to Franklin County, frontiersmen ambushed a band of Creek Indian warriors in southern Alabama. Nearby settlers gathered at Fort Mims. The Native Americans attacked the fort and killed over five hundred people. Crockett then volunteered to serve with the frontier military forces in the fight against the Native Americans. In September and October he served as a scout. He went on leave and then returned to military service from September 1814 to February 1815. During this time Crockett served as a scout and a hunter and apparently encountered little fighting.

  6. Time at the Alamo anIn1835 Crockett and four neighbors headed into Texas looking for new land. By January 1836 he had joined the Texas Volunteers, and within a month he reached San Antonio, Texas. Crockett then joined Texans in their fight to hold the Alamo against a Mexican army. In the first week of March he and the other defenders of the Alamo died during the siege and capture of that fort by Mexican troops. Popular tradition says that Crockett was one of the last defenders who died during the final assault. In reality, Crockett was one of the first defenders to die—alone ,and unarmed, on March 6, 1836.

  7. Personality Davy always did what needed to be done to survive Davy was such a likeable person. He was a well trained boy

  8. Sources • http://www.notablebiographies.com/Co-Da/Crockett-Davy.html • Textbook • Wikepdea.com

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