See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

DAVID See also:

• DAVID CROCKETT (1786–1836)
• CROCKETT, SAMUEL RUTHERFORD (186o– )

CROCKETT (1786–1836)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American frontiersman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1811-1883)
• GREENE, MAURICE (1695-1755)
• GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-1786)
• GREENE, ROBERT (c. 1560-1592)

Greene See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee, on the 17th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1786 . His See also:

• EDUCATION

education was obtained chiefly in the rough school of experience in the Tennessee backwoods, where he acquired a wide reputation as a See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter, trapper and marksman . In 1813–1814 he served in the See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War under See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, and subsequently became a See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in the Tennessee See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia . In 1821–1824 he was a member of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state legislature, having won his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election not by See also:

• POLITICAL

political speeches but by telling stories . In 1827 he was elected to the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives as a Jackson Democrat, and was re-elected in 1829 . At See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington his shrewdness, See also:

• ECCENTRIC (from Gr. F,c, out of, and Kivrpov, centre)

eccentric See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar wit made him a conspicuous figure, but he was too See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent to be a sup-See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

porter of all Jackson's See also:

• MEASURES

measures, and his opposition to the See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president's See also:

• INDIAN

Indian policy led to See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration influences being turned against him with the result that he was defeated for re-election in 1831 . He was again elected in 1833, but in 1835 lost his seat a second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, being then a vigorous opponent of many distinctively Jacksonian measures . Discouraged and disgusted, he See also:

• LEFT

left his native state, and emigrated to See also:

• TEXAS

Texas, then engaged in its struggle for See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence . There he lost his See also:

• LIFE

life as one of the defenders of the Alamo at See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio on the 6th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1836 . A so-called " autobiography," which he very probably dictated or at least authorized, was published in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia in 1834; a See also:

• WORK

work purporting to be a continuation of this autobiography and entitled Colonel See also:

• CROCKETT, DAVID (1786–1836)
• CROCKETT, SAMUEL RUTHERFORD (186o– )

Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas (Philadelphia, 1836) is undoubtedly See also:

• SPURIOUS

spurious . These two See also:

• WORKS

works were subsequently combined in a single See also:

• VOLUME

volume, of which there have been several See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . Numerous popular See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies have been written, the best by E .

S . See also:

• ELLIS (originally SHARPE), ALEXANDER JOHN (1814-189o)
• ELLIS, GEORGE (1753-1815)
• ELLIS, ROBINSON (1834- )
• ELLIS, SIR HENRY (1777-1869)
• ELLIS, WILLIAM (1794 – 1872)

Ellis (Philadelphia, 1884) .