Mancil Crisp represented Davy in law suits to recover debts that he owed in 1821 when floods wiped out Crockett's gristmill and distillery in Lawrence County.
Mancil succeeded Crockett in the TN House of Representatives ("The Frontiersman: Davy Crockett" by Mark Derr). One of those to whom a debt of $55 was owed was John R. Crisp. John R. Crisp (b. before 1775) was a brother of Mancil.
Then, after the death of Davy Crockett at the Alamo on 6 March 1836 and the subsequent defeat of Santa Anna shortly thereafter (which opened up Texas for settlement),William Mancil Crisp left Hardeman Co, TN, and was granted 640 acres in Red River Co in 1839. This was the parent county of Lamar, where he served as chief justice in 1845. By 1847, he was one of the early pioneers to travel over the Oregon Trail.
Mancil succeeded Crockett in the TN House of Representatives ("The Frontiersman: Davy Crockett" by Mark Derr). One of those to whom a debt of $55 was owed was John R. Crisp. John R. Crisp (b. before 1775) was a brother of Mancil.
Then, after the death of Davy Crockett at the Alamo on 6 March 1836 and the subsequent defeat of Santa Anna shortly thereafter (which opened up Texas for settlement),William Mancil Crisp left Hardeman Co, TN, and was granted 640 acres in Red River Co in 1839. This was the parent county of Lamar, where he served as chief justice in 1845. By 1847, he was one of the early pioneers to travel over the Oregon Trail.
Mancil Crisp represented Davy in law suits to recover debts that he owed in 1821 when floods wiped out Crockett's gristmill and distillery in Lawrence County.
Mancil succeeded Crockett in the TN House of Representatives ("The Frontiersman: Davy Crockett" by Mark Derr). One of those to whom a debt of $55 was owed was John R. Crisp. John R. Crisp (b. before 1775) was a brother of Mancil.
Then, after the death of Davy Crockett at the Alamo on 6 March 1836 and the subsequent defeat of Santa Anna shortly thereafter (which opened up Texas for settlement),William Mancil Crisp left Hardeman Co, TN, and was granted 640 acres in Red River Co in 1839. This was the parent county of Lamar, where he served as chief justice in 1845. By 1847, he was one of the early pioneers to travel over the Oregon Trail.
Mancil succeeded Crockett in the TN House of Representatives ("The Frontiersman: Davy Crockett" by Mark Derr). One of those to whom a debt of $55 was owed was John R. Crisp. John R. Crisp (b. before 1775) was a brother of Mancil.
Then, after the death of Davy Crockett at the Alamo on 6 March 1836 and the subsequent defeat of Santa Anna shortly thereafter (which opened up Texas for settlement),William Mancil Crisp left Hardeman Co, TN, and was granted 640 acres in Red River Co in 1839. This was the parent county of Lamar, where he served as chief justice in 1845. By 1847, he was one of the early pioneers to travel over the Oregon Trail.
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