Marker Inscription
Wife of David Crockett
Historical Marker
Crockett, Elizabeth
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About this site
Crockett, Elizabeth is a historical marker in Acton, Hood County, dedicated in 1913. It is one of 60 historical markers documented in Hood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 98 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.4434, -97.6856 near Acton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Acton Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Acton Masonic Lodge Hall, Former, Crockett, Elizabeth, Grave of, and Acton Baptist Church (First Baptist Church of Acton).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5221001457. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This site marks the grave of Elizabeth Patton Crockett (1788-1860), the second wife of frontiersman and congressman David 'Davy' Crockett, who died at the Alamo in 1836. Widowed for her last 24 years, Elizabeth eventually came to Texas and settled in what became Hood County, where she died in 1860 and was buried in Acton Cemetery. In 1913 the state erected a 28-foot monument topped by a statue of a pioneer woman shading her eyes toward the west; the tiny plot is now Acton State Historic Site, the smallest state historic site in Texas.
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Historical Marker
Acton Cemetery
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Acton Masonic Lodge Hall, Former
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Crockett, Elizabeth, Grave of
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Acton Baptist Church (First Baptist Church of Acton)
Acton · 2004
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Acton Methodist Church
Acton · 1993
Historical Marker
Acton Public Square
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Historical Marker
Crockett, Elizabeth, Three Miles to the Grave of
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Cemetery
Elm Flat Cemetery
Granbury · 2010