David Crockett
Crockett Middle School
Alamo hero David Crockett was a native of Tennessee who came to Texas to fight for freedom for the Republic of Texas. He was a celebrated 19-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician; usually referred to as "Davy Crockett" and by the popular title of "King of the Wild Frontier." He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the age of 49 at the Battle of the Alamo. Crockett was the fifth of nine children of John and Rebecca Hawkins Crockett. His father, John, was one of the Overmountain Men who fought in the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The Crocketts moved to Morristown, Tennessee, sometime during the 1790's and built a tavern. A museum now stands on this site and is a reconstruction of that tavern.