Crockett's Bounty

I've always been a history buff and whenever I move to a new place I like to scrounge around for historical names and places to see what I can learn. I even joined the Granbury Historical and Geneological Society last week. Well, lately I've been trying to figure out where Davy' Crockett's widow lived. I knew it was somewhere on this end of town. After a lot of research I discovered this historical marker on the site (although I drove past it the first time). Every soldier in the Republic of Texas was given land in exchange for their service. Davy Crockett was no exception. Although she waited 17 years before coming here, Elizabeth (Patton) Crockett and her family built two log cabins on the site and this is where she died in 1860.


It's called Crockett's Bounty and before oil and gas rigs were driving down this road, Davy Crockett's family were eaking out a life in the prairie wilderness about 8 miles from Granbury. Since then, the town has become a favorite place for folks to come and retire.

I suppose I could call our place Mead's Bounty as our land was once part of a grant given to a man named George Mead. I've been researching into his life without much success. This week I did find his name listed in the Republic of Texas census of 1840. He lived in Sabine county, to the east on the Louisianna border. I don't think he ever lived in Granbury because I can't find anything on him so far on our county historical records. But the search continues.