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Facts and Events
David Crockett was the grandfather of David "Davy" Crockett, the Tennessee Adventurer.
Information on David Crockett
(79) David CROCKETT, (William CROCKETT, Joseph, Antoine CROCKETAGNE, Gabriel DE CROCKETAGNE) was born in 1727 in Maryland, and married (80) Elizabeth HEDGE. David died in 1777 in Tyrone Co., NC.
David Crocketts grandfather was also named David (This David) and evidently migrated from Maryland, south through the Carolinas, and settled in Lincoln County, NC. The Crockett Genealogy contains a copy of the land deed to David Crockett, of Tyrone County, NC, later divided into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties; were Rogersville, Tennessee now stands.
His oldest sons were in the battle of Kings Mountain, among them was John Crockett, father of Davy. The remainder of the family of the elder David Crockett was massacred by Indians, while the older sons were away in the battle of Kings Mountain, with the exception of two small boys, Joseph who lost his arm in the massacre and James, both of whom were taken into captivity. [Source: http://www.joepayne.org/crockett.htm#John5]
From "The Life of Colonel David Crockett", by Edward Sylvester Ellis, pg. 9:
- David Crockett was bom August 17,1786, in Rogersville, the county-seat of Hawkins County, Tennessee. His grandparents were Irish, who settled at first in Pennsylvania, afterward removed to North Carolina, and then to East Tennessee, where both were killed by Indians.
From Rootsweb.com query:
Subj: Re: [CROCKETT-L] David, Roane Co Tn
Date: 11/4/98 3:24:48 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: esmith@@techline.com (Elizabeth Smith)
Reply-to: CROCKETT-L@@rootsweb.com
To: CROCKETT-L@@rootsweb.com
I don't know much. William and Robert Crockett administered the estate of David Crockett (presumed to be grandfather of Davy) in Washington Co Va 1778. 2 David Crocketts signed a Washington Co Petition. There are some William Crockett land records in NC and a few records in Jefferson Co Tn. Kathryn Jones thinks John Crockett of McMinn Co maybe the son William and I suspect sons of David went to Clay Co Mo but I nothing at all that proves any family, forward or back, for either man and no proof that the various records are all the same David and William. What it really amounts to are a few records we can't connect to anything but can only guess about. There is also evidence of another David Crotchett in Roane County, TN about the time that the John Crockett family moved to the East Tennessee area. Also some more on a Grainger Co. Alexander Crockett who married Elizabeth Watkins Mar 21, 1793.
- Children:
- 81+ William CROCKETT b. 1748
- 82+ John CROCKETT b. 1754 d. 1794 (Davy's line)
- 83+ Robert CROCKETT b. Aug 13 1755 d. Feb 1836
- 84+ Joseph CROCKETT b.c 1756
- 85+ James CROCKETT b.c 1758
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hinson, Gail W. Some Descendants of John Lewis and Margaret Rees of Wales, 1713-1997. (Anundsen Publishing Co., Box 230, Decorah, Iowa 52101, 1997)
pg. 193. - ↑ Jones, K. Randall. In the Footsteps of Davy Crockett
pg. 8.
In 1777, David Crockett's grandparents were among 12 people massacred by a marauding band of Cherokee and Creek warriors. The Crocketts were killed at their homestead. John Crockett, father of the famous frontiersman, was away patrolling the area as a ranger in the militia. However John's two brothers, Joseph and James were attacked at home. Joseph was wounded in the fight, suffering a broken arm from a musket ball. James, deaf and mute from birth was captured. He remained a captive of the Cherokees for 17 years and nine months, when he was rescued after his brothers learned he was still alive.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 David "The Elder" Crockett, in Find A Grave: Crockett Cemetery, Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee
Memorial# 8630430, Apr 13, 2004.
Birth: 1729
Death: Aug., 1777, Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Crockett Cemetery, Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
On the marker place at this spot by the State of Tennessee in 1927; "Here lie David Crockett, and his wife (Elizabeth Hedge), the grandparents of Davy Crockett who were massacred near this spot by Indians in 1777".
This cemetery is also known as "Rogers Cemetery", located on Rogan Road at Crockett Park in Rogersville. (GPS N36 24.238 W83 00.525)
David was killed in 1777, at his home, near today's Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, by Indians led by "Dragging Canoe" (c. 1738 – 1 Mar 1792), an American Indian war leader who led a dissident band of Cherokee. Dragging Canoe led attacks on white settlements all over the American Southeast, especially against the colonial settlements on the Holston, Watauga, and Nolichucky Rivers in East Tennessee, and the Cumberland River settlements in Middle Tennessee (after 1780), sometimes raiding into Kentucky and Virginia as well. His brothers Little Owl, The Badger, and Turtle-at-Home are known to have taken part in his wars as well.
- ↑ David was killed in 1777, at his home, near today's Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, by Indians led by "Dragging Canoe" (c. 1738 – 1 Mar 1792), an American Indian war leader who led a dissident band of Cherokee. Dragging Canoe led attacks on white settlements all over the American Southeast, especially against the colonial settlements on the Holston, Watauga, and Nolichucky Rivers in East Tennessee, and the Cumberland River settlements in Middle Tennessee (after 1780), sometimes raiding into Kentucky and Virginia as well. His brothers Little Owl, The Badger, and Turtle-at-Home are known to have taken part in his wars as well.
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