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Near his sixteenth birthday, David Crockett returned home.

Before Crockett had left, his father had opened a tavern on the road between Knoxville, Tennessee and Abingdon, Virginia.

Crockett stopped in for a meal unannounced.

The first to finally recognize him, his older sister, Betsy, cried, " Here is my lost brother!

Look!

He is home!

" The family was delighted and he was welcomed back.

His father was in debt, so he hired Davy out to Abraham Wilson to settle a debt of $ 36.

Later, Crockett generously worked off a $ 40 debt to John Kennedy.

In return, John Crockett told his son he was free to leave.

Davy went to work again for Kennedy, this time working for himself.