Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMary FINLEY 
[2119, p 24]
[2119, p 24]Birth1788, Tennessee [2814]
Death1814/1815, Jefferson County, Tennessee [2814] Age: 26
NicknamePolly [3335]
FatherWilliam FINLEY
MotherJean KENNEDY
Spouses
Birth17 Aug 1786, Limestone Creek, Greene, Tennessee [2119, p 12]
Removalabt 1808, Lincoln County, Tennessee [2359] Age: 21
Removalabt 1822, Gibson County, Tennessee [2359] Age: 35
Death6 Mar 1836, The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas [2119, p 558 & p 563] Age: 49
BurialMar 1836, Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee [2814]
NicknameDavy
FatherJohn CROCKETT (~1751-1794)
MotherRebecca HAWKINS (1764-)
Individual Notes
• There is some controversy about Crockett’s ancestry, with some claims that he descended from a French line, but the true lineage remains uncertain. [2119, p 590]
• [He] took his seat in an elected assembly for the first time on September 17, 1821. [2119, p 73]
• Crockett, David, (father of John Wesley Crockett), a Representative from Tennessee; born at the confluence of Limestone Creek and Noli-Chuckey River in the State of Franklin, which a few years later became Greene County, Tenn., August 17, 1786; attended the common schools for a short time; moved to Lincoln County about 1808 and to what is now Gibson County in 1822; commanded a battalion of mounted riflemen under General Jackson in the Creek campaign in 1813 and 1814; member of the State house of representatives 1821-1823; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Nineteenth Congress; elected to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; went to Texas to aid the Texans in their struggle for independence in 1836; joined a band of 186 men in the defense of the Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar, and was among those killed in that battle which terminated on March 6, 1836; his body destroyed by pyre at the Alamo. [2359]
• [He] took his seat in an elected assembly for the first time on September 17, 1821. [2119, p 73]
• Crockett, David, (father of John Wesley Crockett), a Representative from Tennessee; born at the confluence of Limestone Creek and Noli-Chuckey River in the State of Franklin, which a few years later became Greene County, Tenn., August 17, 1786; attended the common schools for a short time; moved to Lincoln County about 1808 and to what is now Gibson County in 1822; commanded a battalion of mounted riflemen under General Jackson in the Creek campaign in 1813 and 1814; member of the State house of representatives 1821-1823; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Nineteenth Congress; elected to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; went to Texas to aid the Texans in their struggle for independence in 1836; joined a band of 186 men in the defense of the Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar, and was among those killed in that battle which terminated on March 6, 1836; his body destroyed by pyre at the Alamo. [2359]
Marriage14 Aug 1806, Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee [2119, p 24], [2146]
Marr Memolicense 12 Aug 1806
Marriage Notes
• In an old frontier custom, he [David] sent the others to the house with an empty jug. If William Finley filled it with drink, it was a sign that David and his wedding party were welcome and the match approved. His friends came back with a brimming container, David sent for the preacher, and the match was made. [2119, p 24]