*" Davy " Crockett ( August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836 ) was a 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician.

Examples include ‘ The Streets of Laredo ’, which was found in Britain and Ireland as ‘ The Unfortunate Rake ’; however, a further 400 have been identified as originating in North America, including among the best known, ‘ The Ballad of Davy Crockett ' and ' Jesse James '.

American frontiersman Davy Crockett was one of the first to apply the term to legislation:

The first known use of the term was by Congressman Davy Crockett, who said on the floor ( of the U. S. House of Representatives ) in 1835, " my people don't like me to log-roll in their business, and vote away pre-emption rights to fellows in other states that never kindle a fire on their own land.

For some, their military history was rarely referred to, such as MacGyver, Rick Simon of Simon & Simon, or Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice.

David " Davy " Crockett ( August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836 ) was a 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician.

In 1826, Crockett was elected to the U. S. Congress, where he vehemently opposed many of the policies of President Andrew Jackson, most notably the Indian Removal Act.

In early 1836, Crockett took part in the Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo in March.

David Crockett was born in what is now Greene County, Tennessee, close to the Nolichucky River and near the community of Limestone.

Crockett was of Irish, English, Scottish, and French-Huguenot ancestry, the family name being derived from Monsieur de la Croquetagne, a captain in the Royal Guard of French King Louis XIV.

Family tradition says that Crockett's father was born on the voyage to America from Ireland, though in fact Crockett's great-grandfather, William David Crockett, was registered as having been born in New Rochelle, New York in 1709.

David Crockett was the fifth of nine children of John Crockett and Rebecca Hawkins.

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

Heartbroken at age 19, Crockett decided he was " only born for hardships, misery, and disappointment ".

They had two sons: John Wesley Crockett was born July 10, 1807, followed by William Finley Crockett ( born 1809 ).

Crockett was made lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-seventh Regiment of Tennessee Militia on March 27, 1818.

On September 17, 1821, Crockett was elected to the Committee of Propositions and Grievances.

Under the date of November 26, 1833, John Quincy Adams records in his diary an encounter with Crockett, whom he quotes as saying that he ( Crockett ) " had taken for lodgings two rooms on the first floor of a boarding-house, where he expected to pass the winter and to have for a fellow-lodger Major Jack Downing, the only person in whom he had any confidence for information of what the Government was doing.

It was said that a man from Crockett's district, Horatio Bunce, converted Crockett to such a course of action by explaining that the Constitution did not allow Congress to give charity.

An article by Crockett biographer James R. Boylston debunking the " Not Yours to Give " speech was published in the November 2004 issue of The Crockett Chronicle.

In 1993, Mullins assembled a group of Nashville musicians ( including Jimmy Abegg, Beaker, Billy Crockett, Phil Madeira, Rick Elias, and Aaron Smith ) to form A Ragamuffin Band, whose name was inspired by the Christian book The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning.

The 1950s saw a yellow wagon inspired by the movie Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier and a blue wagon produced in partnership with Disney's Mickey Mouse Club.

In addition to wine, the winery is known for selling coon skin caps and bottle toppers, inspired by Parker's Crockett and Boone characters, and for appearing in the movie Sideways.

Crockett and his men were too far from the barracks to take shelter.

In Beirut, Crockett used a Browning. 50 to take down an enemy sniper at about 2, 500 meters.

The troops at Fort Crockett went into a waiting mode, preparing for the call from the President to take action in support of American interests.

Eadie felt that many WWF fans would not recognize Darsow, who left Jim Crockett Promotions following a dispute in order to take over the role of Smash.

At the last minute, Dennis Condrey once again decided to leave the NWA, rather than take his PPV payoff and give Crockett and Scott the satisfaction.

Aware of Crockett's views of Native American rights, Jackson's underlings arrange for Crockett to take a speaking tour across the eastern part of the country during the introduction of a legislative bill to usurp Indian treaty lands.

However, by the early 1970s, an ailing Crockett was forced to retire, as his son-in-law John Rigley had begun to take over many of the territory's responsibilities.

Crockett grew up in East Tennessee, where he gained a reputation for hunting and storytelling.

Crockett decided not to return to school for the next few days, fearing the bully would return with some friends backing him up, as well as the teacher's punishments.

Jacques meets Gabriel, a generous man, who dresses up as Davy Crockett, and who follows Jacques without asking questions.

* Davy Crockett – Pioneer ; grew up in and around Morristown, born in nearby Greene County, Tennessee.

The Davy Crockett sections were included in this defense set up.

The Jeep was equipped with an attached launcher for the M28 or the M29, as required, whereas the Davy Crockett carried by an armored personnel carrier was set up in the field on a tripod away from the carrier.

Watts would end up selling the UWF to Crockett on April 9, 1987, and many of the federation's top names went on either to the NWA, WWF, or WCCW.

He later moved up to Jim Crockett Promotions in the Carolinas as a heel manager managing wrestlers like Jimmy Snuka, Ken Patera, Gene Anderson, and Big John Studd.

In 1974, Wahoo came to Mid-Atlantic to wrestle for Jim Crockett Promotions and help build up the territory as a singles territory in a feud with a rival from Texas, Johnny Valentine.

Griffith Park was fixed up and renamed Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Park ( popularly known as Crockett Park ).

When Crockett threatened to send the film to Bob Geigel ( then the NWA President ) who would overturn their victory, Stevens and Valentine attacked him and cut the film up with a pocket knife, destroying the evidence.

Turner was born in Fort Lewis, Washington, but grew up in Crockett, Texas.

When Jim Crockett, Jr. bought the Mid-South ( since renamed the Universal Wrestling Federation ) and merged it with his Jim Crockett Promotions group, Ross joined the new company and teamed up doing color commentary with David Crockett and Tony Schiavone as lead play-by-play man for the National Wrestling Alliance.

After losing his manager, Fernandez did not stay in the Central States territory for long but instead signed up with Jim Crockett Promotions ( JCP ).

He lined up primarily at fullback in a backfield that included future NFL running backs Amp Lee, Marquette Smith, William Floyd, Zach Crockett and Sean Jackson.

Crockett is killed in the chaos when he is run through by a lance and then blown up as he ignites the powder magazine.

On the next play, running back Charlie Garner fumbled the ball, but Oakland guard Frank Middleton recovered it, and fullback Zack Crockett ended up scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run a few plays later.

Bobby Crockett was open in the endzone, but Kemp's pass was intercepted by Johnny Robinson, who returned the ball 72-yards, setting up a Mike Mercer field goal to close out the first half.

In 1985, the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions came up with a new match to increase the fans ' interest in their product.

Jim Crockett, Jr. set up a contract signing for Magnum to defend his title against Nikita in May.

Bigelow briefly re-emerged with the NWA-branded Jim Crockett Promotions in late 1988, and was immediately set up to challenge Barry Windham for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.

After the New Breed broke up Champion participated in the 1988 Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, teaming with his brother Mark Starr.