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 Crockett's Bounty
N 32° 31.120 W 097° 43.237
14S E 620163 N 3598649
Texas Historical Marker at 2901 Temple Hall Hwy, northeast of Granbury, noting the gift of nearby land given to the family of Alamo hero, Davy Crockett, and its subsequent use.
Waymark Code: WMYB3V
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2018
Views: 2
The marker is on the east side of FM 167, just a bit south of the driveway that goes into a ranch. It doesn't look too difficult to pull one's vehicle on the easement, although the driveway's foyer is big enough that one could park in it, being careful to not block access.
Marker Number: 14754
Marker Text:
David (Davy) Crockett (1786-1836), famed frontiersman and congressman, came to Texas from Tennessee in early 1836. He signed a pledge of allegiance to the provisional Texian government and proceeded to San Antonio de Béxar, besieged by the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution. Crockett reached the Alamo in early February, just weeks before Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna arrived with troops. Crockett died with the other Alamo defenders on March 6, 1836, and the battle inspired Texas forces.
For Crockett's service and sacrifice to the Texas Revolution, his heirs received almost 1,300 acres of land. In 1853, 17 years after her husband's death, Elizabeth (Patton) Crockett, and sons, George Patton and Robert Crockett, arrived to claim Crockett's bounty. They received land in this area and contracted with William L. Mitchell to locate and survey the acreage, exchanging half for his service. Here the Crocketts, later joined by other family members, built at least two log cabins and began clearing and farming the land. After Elizabeth's death in 1860, the Crocketts continued to live on the property, later subdividing and selling it. The final tract sold in 1889, but the family remained active in the community, with grandson Ashley Crockett operating area newspapers.
Subsequent owners of Crockett's bounty included John Berry, a cattleman, and James Travis Shirley, whose family established the Rocky Point School, a chapel and a baptismal pool on the property. During the Great Depression, John Ward Harrison established a dairy on the land, providing jobs for many workers. In the 1940s, Herbert Calhoun began a cattle and quarter horse operation on Crockett’s bounty, continuing the legacy of the land and its stewards. (2003)
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