David "Davy" Crockett

David "Davy" Crockett. . Native Tennessean , David Crockett was born in 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee. In 1811, he moved his wife, Polly, and two sons to Lincoln County, and in 1813 to Franklin County. When the Creek War started Crockett mustered into the militia at Winchester. His company, part of Col. John Coffee's Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, rode to Camp Batey near Huntsville in present-day Alabama , The Creek War In October, 1813, Crockett rode with Coffee's detachment of 600 men across the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals and south to Tuscaloosa. There they found an abandoned Creek town, and captured corn and beans. The soldiers burned the town and two others before catching up with Gen. Andrew Jackson's army. Crockett fought with Coffee's soldiers in the November 1813 battles of Tallushatchee and Talladega. , In December 1813, their term of enlistment at an end, Crockett and many of his comrades rode home despite Coffee's orders to the contrary. According to the muster roles, Crockett rejoined the army in September 1814 and took part in the Pensacola Campaign. He left the service in March 1815. , The Legend After the war, Crockett entered politics. He won a seat in the Tennessee General Assembly in 1821, where he served two terms before being elected to the U.S. Congress in 1827 and again in 1829. His political career ended after he disagreed with Jackson's policy of Indian removal. In 1835, Crockett went to Texas, where he died a hero at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. , Inset text: "The truth is, my dander was up, and nothing but war could bring it right again." - Davy Crockett on going to war against the Red Stick Creeks.