Robert Patton Crockett

Abt 1814 - Aft 1879  (66 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Robert Patton Crockett
  Birth	Abt 1814
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1879
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  + 1. Robert Patton Crockett,   b. Abt 1814   d. Aft 1879  (Age 66 years)   2. Rebeckah Crockett   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Alvira Crockett ▻ NN Halford   4. Matilda Crockett   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ NN Fields
  Person ID	I573633	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Col. David Crockett,   b. 17 Aug 1786, Limestone, Green County, Tennessee, USA d. 6 Mar 1836, Alamo Mission, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Patton   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1816
  Family ID	F245939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	In addition to the five boys named above, Colonel Robert has FOUR DAUGHTERS the two elder of whom are married, and the two youngest are still single, and, by the way, tolerably prepossessing in appearance.
  Children	1. John B. Crockett   2. William H. Crockett   3. David T. Crockett   4. B.A. Crockett   5. Ashley W. Crockett
  Family ID	F367485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2013

  
  

• Notes

  DAVID CROCKETT His Descendants and What They Are Doing An Authentic History from Texas Correspondence of the Courier-Journal printed Nov 18, 1879 in the Daily Inter Ocean Transcribed by K. Torp, ©2007 Granbury, Texas, November, 1879. - In a recent issue of the Courier-Journal, a correspondent writing from this place over the nom de plume of "Guppy," attempts to give a history of the descendants of the renowned Colonel Davy Crockett in Hood County. The writer has failed to give anything like an authentic history of this illustrious family, doubtless from a non-acquaintance with the subject with which he attempted to deal. To supply the serious omissions contained in the article referred to is my object in addressing you this communication, knowing that the State of Kentucky has ever held the name and fame of David Crockett in the most honored esteem, and knowing also that her citizens will eagerly grasp after the most authentic information regarding his remaining descendants and their whereabouts. A long and intimate acquaintance with the family in this county enables me to give a complete and reliable account of its different members, the accuracy of which can be sufficiently sustained by a consultation of the family records. Deeming these prefatory remarks sufficient, I will now proceed with the subject in hand: ROBERT P CROCKETT the only surviving son of Colonel Davy Crockett, has been living at his present homestead in this (Hood) county for about twenty-two years, having settled here when this part of Texas was a howling wilderness, but the howls generally proceeded from hostile bands of Comanche and Klown(?) Indians. Immediately after the death of his father, at the fall of the Alamo at San Antonio in 1836, he left the state of Tennessee for Texas, where he enlisted under the banner of the infant republic, and did good service in the ranks till the Republic of Texas at the Battle of San Jacinto. He then returned to Tennessee, married, and then emigrated to this part of Texas, where he has since remained. He is now 65 years old, looks hale and hearty, and doesn't look to be over 50. His physique is well proportioned, and time has made but few inroads upon him. His manner is decidedly modest and unassuming, letting others do the talking and himself acting as spectator. He has been blessed with a large and interesting family, of which I will give a brief sketch. He has been married the second time, but has had no children by his last wife. Farming has been his occupation through life and I think the future has yet many years in store for him.