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6 Crockett, Narrative, 69.
7 The Gowen Papers, Gowen Research Foundation, Lubbock, TX, http://freepages.geneaology.roots.web.com/-gowenrf.
8 Ibid.
9 John S. C. Abbott, David Crockett: His Life and Adventures (New York: Dodd & Mead, 1875), 86.
10 Ibid.
11 Crockett, Narrative, 69.
12 William C. Davis, Three Roads to the Alamo (New York: HarperCollins, 1998), 25.
13 Jones, In the Footsteps of Davy Crockett, 42.
14 Ibid.
15 Gert Petersen, David Crockett, The Volunteer Rifleman: An Account of His Life, while a Resident of Franklin County, 1812–1817 (Winchester, TN: Franklin County Historical Society, 2007), 11–13. Archard Hatchett (1782–1852) and his son, James L. Hatchett (1838–1904), were laid to rest in the Hatchett Cemetery on the family farm, according to the Cemetery Records of Franklin County, Tennessee, as compiled by the Franklin County Historical Society, Winchester, TN.
16 Ramsey, Annals of Tennessee, 94.
17 Russell Family Files, Kraus-Everette Genealogy, www.larkcom.us/ancestry/main/.
18 Bean Family Files, Kraus-Everette Genealogy, www.larkcom.us/ancestry/main/.
19 Ibid.
20 Robert V. Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767–1821 (New York: Harper & Row, 1977), 115.
21 Ibid.
22 Ibid.
23 Franklin County, TN, Files, Tennessee Historical Commission; Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, TN; Franklin County Historical Society, Winchester, TN.
24 Bean Family Files, Kraus-Everette Genealogy.
FOURTEEN • “REMEMBER FORT MIMS”
1 John S. Bowman, general ed., The World Almanac of the American West (New York: World Almanac/Pharos Books, 1986), 88. President Madison proclaimed a state of war between the United States and Britain on June 19, 1812. He had received the support of the House of Representatives (79–49) on June 4 and of the Senate (19–13) on June 18. Madison and Congress were unaware that on June 16 the British agreed to suspend orders authorizing British ships stopping American vessels.
2 Paul S. Boyer, ed., The Oxford Companion to United States History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), 814.
3 Ibid.
4 Tom Kanon, “Brief History of Tennessee in the War of 1812” (Nashville: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 2008), www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/tn1812.h.
5 Crockett, Narrative, 71.
6 Finger, Tennessee Frontiers, 232.
7 Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 188.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 David Stewart and Ray Knox, The Earthquake That Never Went Away (Marble Hill, MO: Gutenberg-Richter Publications, 1993), 17.
11 Ibid., 21. The largest quake occurred on February 7, 1812. It is considered to be one of the largest quakes not only in the United States but in the world. This is the quake that caused the Mississippi to run backward. The retrograde motion of the river lasted only a few hours, but the resulting waterfalls remained for two or three days.
12 Norma Hayes Bagnall, On Shaky Ground: The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811–1812 (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1996), 41, 49, 50.
13 Russell H. Caldwell, Reelfoot Lake Remembered (Union City, TN: Caldwell’s Office Outfitters, Inc., 2005), 24.
14 Lake County Tennessee Historical Society, History and Families, Lake County Tennessee, 1870–1992 (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing, 1993), 14.
15 Remini, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 188.
16 Buddy Levy, American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett (New York: Berkley Books, 2005), 38–39.
17 Ibid.
18 Richard Boyd Hauck, Davy Crockett: A Handbook (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982), 19.
19 H. W. Brands, Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times (New York: Anchor Books, 2006), 192.
20 Ibid., 194.
21 Ibid., 195.
22 Ibid.
FIFTEEN • “WE SHOT THEM LIKE DOGS”
1 Crockett, Narrative, 73.
2 Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., general ed., The Almanac of American History