page_title: David Crockett Birthplace State Park
section_title: Crockett's connection to the park
hierarchical_section_title: David Crockett Birthplace State Park / History / Crockett's connection to the park
caption_attribution_description: Shoals along the Nolichucky River at Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park in Greene County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Crockett recalled his brothers nearly drowning trying to paddle a canoe over a "fall" in the Nolichucky near their home. The view is from a trail that follows the river bluffs.
context_page_description: David Crockett Birthplace State Park is a state park in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. Situated along the Nolichucky River, the park consists of 105 acres centered on the traditional birthplace of legendary Tennessee frontiersman, soldier, and politician Davy Crockett. The park includes a replica of Crockett's birth cabin, a museum, and a large campground.
  Davy Crockett grew up in the hills and river valleys of East Tennessee, where he gained a reputation for hunting and storytelling. After rising to the rank of colonel in the Lawrence County, Tennessee militia, Crockett was elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. In 1827, Crockett was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time. As a congressman, Crockett vehemently opposed many of the policies of President Andrew Jackson, most notably the Indian Removal Act. Crockett's opposition to Jackson's policies led to his defeat in the 1835 elections, prompting his angry departure to Texas shortly thereafter. In early 1836, Crockett joined the Texas Revolution and died at the Battle of the Alamo in March of the same year.
context_section_description: According to his own recollections, Crockett was born "at the mouth of Lime Stone, on the Nola-chucky river."  Crockett recalled that his father, John Crockett, had moved to the Tennessee area from Lincoln County, North Carolina years before.  Crockett's father appears in Washington County court records as early as 1778, and appears in Greene County court records throughout the 1780s.
  Crockett related an event from his very early childhood in which his brothers almost drowned in the Nolichucky trying to paddle over "a fall in the river, which went slap-right straight down."  This may allude to the shoals located along the Nolichucky immediately downstream from the mouth of Big Limestone Creek.  Crockett goes on to say that shortly after this incident, his father "removed and settled in the same county, about ten miles above Greenville."
  Test excavations conducted at the birthplace site by the Tennessee Division of Archaeology in 1977 failed to locate evidence of an 18th-century cabin.  Excavators noted, however, that the site had been significantly disturbed by continuous plowing and cultivation.  Along with prehistoric finds, various 18th-century and 19th-century artifacts were uncovered at the site.
caption: Shoals along the Nolichucky River, downstream from the Crockett birth site
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