Col. David Crockett

David Crockett, born in East Tennessee on Aug. 17th, 1786, was a path-finder, pioneer, hunter, patriot, statesman, and soldier who served as Justice of the Peace for Lawrence County in 1818, was a member of the first Commission of Lawrenceburg in 1815, represented Lawrence and Hickman Counties in the State Legislature in 1821-22, and served as a Congressman from West Tennessee in 1827-31 and 1833-1836. He gave his life for Texas liberty amid the smoking walls of the Alamo on Sunday morning March 9th, 1836, and his fame is immortal with the story of his state and the glory of his death.

Lawrenceburg, Tennessee · United States