David (Davy) Crockett, born on August 17, 1786 at Nolichucky River in Greene County, Tennessee. His father and mother was John Crickett and Rebecca Hawkins.

Davy was an willful young boy who failed with even a simple book-learning. It is said that he once spoke these words - " Trying to spell correctly is against nature, and studying grammar is pointless" - He worked as extra staff for a cattle breeder, a delivery boy and sometimes he worked on some farm on the East of Tennessee, but it didn't paid him much money on these jobs.

He married a girl named Polly Findlay in 1806. Five years later he took his family and moved into the middle of Tennessee, and on September 1813 the news reached the settlers, that the Indians had occupied Fort Mins in Alabama and many whites - among them women and children - had ben killed. Crockett joined General Andrew Jacksons new recruited force, who were sent out against the Creek Indians in Alabama. He served as a guide and a scout but signed of before the end of the campaign. So he didn't took part in the faithful battle on march 27 1814 at Horsehue bend in Tallapoosa River were about 600 - 1000 Indians died.

1815 his wife Polly died, the year after he re-married a soldiers widow. Crockett had tree children and his new wife gave birth to two more. Crockett became the magistrate in Giles County in West Tennessee and also as an Colonel of the militia.

1820 he was elected to the Tennessee legislature and was reelected to that position in 1823. From 1827 through 1833, Crockett served in the Congress of the United States. During these years Crocket lived in a desolated wilderness in Mississippi, it was more than six miles to the nearest neighbor. But there was a great deal of bears - because it's said by a strange source that during a nine month of hunting Crockett killed 105 bears. However, in his run for a fourth term in Congress, he was defeated by a narrow margin.

Disappointed over this defeat Crockett bid farewell to Tennessee and headed for Texas. On February 1836 Crockett and a few of his followers arrived at San Antonio. It was an old Spanish mission station with a church in ruins, - Alamo - which had been used as an Military fort in the beginning of the 19th Century. The people in Texas had driven away the Mexicans and possessed Fort Alamo.

A big Mexican army under the command of General Antonio De Santa Anna had gathered on the other side of Rio Grande. Fort Alamos commanding officer was Colonel William Travis, and his force were counted to 189 men, and among them was also the legendary Jim Bowie.

Crockett and most of the other men in the fort decided to stay and defend the Fort against the over whelming majority of Mexican soldiers. On March 6 1836, after a few days of siege Santa Anna made the final deathblow, and all of the defenders of Alamo were killed. David (Davy) Crockett will always be remembered as a heroic participant in the Battle of the Alamo