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Small Site with a Big Story Acton and Granbury by Jill Campbell Jordan
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f the state’s 32 historic sites operated by the Texas Historical Commission, one has the distinction of being the smallest – the Acton State Historic Site. It consists of just .1 acre of land located in the Acton Cemetery where Elizabeth Crockett, the second wife of Alamo defender Davy Crockett, is buried. Elizabeth and David Crockett married in 1815. Both had lost their previous spouses and they had five children between them. Elizabeth and David saw the benefit of joining their families. David said they were “in the same situation, it might be that we could do something for each other.” They had three children of their own, which left Elizabeth with eight children to care for along with her farm. David spent very little time at home, but Elizabeth was a strong, intelligent, and religious woman who made her own way during her husband’s absence. She died in 1860 at the age of 72. Elizabeth had worn a widow’s black dress since she heard of her husband’s death at the battle of
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