Davy Crockett’s father John was one of the Overmountain ... The story of Crockett gets a little murky from here. After he died at the Battle of the Alamo, sources said he either surrendered ...

SAN ANTONIO - On Feb. 8, 1836, Davy Crockett arrived ... states in an article that Crockett enlisted as a private in the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps for a six-month term. He signed the oath at ...