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Birthplace

David Crockett was born in eastern Tennessee on August 17, , one of nine children of pioneer parents John and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett. John Crockett struggled to make ends meet, and the family moved several times throughout Crockett’s childhood.

Davy was often hired out to help pay his family’s debts.

Crockett received no significant academic education.

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For much of his teenage life, his teacher was the frontier, where he became a skilled woodsman, scout and hunter.

Children

On August 14, , after being jilted by his first fiancée, Crockett married Mary (Polly) Finley.

The couple had three children—John Wesley Crockett, William Finley Crockett and Margaret Finley Crockett—and moved to Franklin County, Tennessee, to a farm Crockett named “Kentuck.”

After Polly died in , Crockett married widow Elizabeth Patton.

Elizabeth brought two children to the marriage, and Crockett and Elizabeth had three more together: Robert Patton Crockett, Rebecca Elvira Crockett and Matilda