David Crockett was born on August 17, 1786 in Greene County, East
Tennessee. Son of John and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett. He was fifth child out of
nine, born to John and Rebecca. In the 1790’s the family moved to Morristown, where
they built a tavern in 1796 on the road from Knoxville to Abingdon, Virginia. At the age
of 8 his father taught him how to shoot a rifle. As a young boy he would accompany his
brothers on hunting trips. John let a man named Jacob Siler hire out his son David to…
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