Crockett, David

Crockett served three terms in Congress and broke with Andrew Jackson over land reform and the Indian removal bill, though he had fought under Jackson in the Creek War, including the 1813 massacre at the town of Tallushatchee. In Texas he took the oath of allegiance only after the word republican was added. One reading takes his choice of Travis over Houston, Jackson's friend, as a last move in that quarrel. How he died is still argued: an officer's journal says he was captured and executed, while Susanna Dickinson said he fell outside the walls.

What the plaque says

Crockett, David Was born in Tennessee on August 17, 1786 Participated in the Creek Indian Campaign 1813-1814 Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives 1821-1823. United States Congressman from Tennessee 1827-1831 and 1833-1835 Arrived in Texas in January 1836 Died a hero at the Alamo March the Sixth 1836. .. Be sure you are right - then go ahead ..

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Crockett County Museum — steps away
  Three floors of ranch-country history in Ozona, the only town in Crockett County, housed in a burned-out 1926 church rebuilt as a hospital and courthouse annex.
• Caverns of Sonora — 25 mi
  A show cave on a Sutton County ranch, opened in 1960 by cavers who wanted to stop the damage, and dense with helictites that grow sideways in every direction.

More markers nearby

• Fort Lancaster, C.S.A. — steps away
• Crockett County — steps away
• Ozona Stockman, The — steps away
• Ozona's First Water Well — steps away