Davy Crockett (Harry Ransom Center)
Davy Crockett
“The Fall of the Alamo” (1903) by Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (Friends of the Governor’s Mansion, Austin)
Elizabeth Crockett (Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa)
All the legends surrounding Davy Crockett sometimes make us forget that he was, in fact, a real human being.
He left behind his native Tennessee and came to Texas in search of adventure – and he certainly found it. He fought – and died – at the Alamo.
The gravesite at this cemetery is that of Crockett’s wife, Elizabeth, who moved her family from Tennessee to Acton in the 1850s to claim a land grant made available to heirs of the Alamo defenders. She was buried here in 1860, at the age of 72. In 1911, the State of Texas placed a commemorative monument to honor the widow of one of the nation’s most celebrated folk heroes.
Acton Cemetery and State Historic Site
- Hours: Daily, sunrise to sunset
- FM 167, Acton, TX
- 512-763-7948
- Visit Website
- A Texas Historical Commission property
