I'm Related to Davy Crockett!!!
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
Banks, Oregon
May 12, 2017 12:50pm CST
Heck Yes i'm related to Davy Crockett!!!
Sarah L. Halford whom married Allen Edmundson had Sarolina Edmundson whom married Allen Gibson had Allie Dee Gibson whom married Elijah Granville Sewell Smith, Sewell and Allie or the parents of my Great grandfather Leo Glen Smith.
So Sarah would be my Great Great Great Great Grandmother!
Sarah was the sister of the Reverand James Marion Halford who was the 2nd husband of Rebecca Elvira Crockett, daughter of Elizabeth Patton and David "Davey" Crockett.
At the time the 1870 Federal Census for Gibson County,TN Sarah (Halford) Edmundson and son William were living in the household of James D. Dillon In Civil District 1, Post Office, Dyer Station, Gibson County, Tennessee.
1880 Federal Census for Gibson County, TN Lists Sarah Edmonson, age 57, Widowed as head of household.
Ok it's very distant and only through marriage but whatever i am so related to him! : )
11 people like this
12 responses
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
12 May 17
Hey, now you have got a real conversation ice breaker!
2 people like this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
12 May 17
I guess so can I go around with a raccoon cap on now lol
2 people like this
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
12 May 17
@chrissbergstrom Maybe you can get a free pass to visit the Alamo being a relative and all.
1 person likes this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
12 May 17
@JohnRoberts who knows maybe I can
1 person likes this
@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
13 May 17
LOLZ! what a tortured route to "The King of the Wild Frontier."
My aunt (now deceased) was into genealogy. When my cousins started the begats litany to me, my eyes just glazed over.
My aunt wanted to join the DAR, so she had to prove she was a direct decendant of someone who fought in the Revolutionary War. She did it! The result was a "book" called My Several Ancestors.
So we have roots. Nice to know, somehow. But don't ask me to recite the begats 
1 person likes this
@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
13 May 17
@chrissbergstrom Oh I was interested, but not a researcher. It was so much info I was overwhelmed.
1 person likes this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
13 May 17
@blitzfrick oh yes it can be overwhelming I'm hoping to renew my ancestry subscription today, I had to take a break for awhile.
1 person likes this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
13 May 17
Yes I think there are usually only a few who really have the calling to research and find ancestors the rest is either a passing interest or of no interest at all.
1 person likes this
@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
12 May 17
How interesting! I was told by a great aunt one time that I was related to a pirate. I wasn't amused. LOL
1 person likes this
@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
14 May 17
@chrissbergstrom .....That is good of you.
1 person likes this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
12 May 17
Yeah I have heard I was related to a few people but I only post about if I can prove it lol
1 person likes this
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
12 May 17
That took some time for me to understand.. lol but thats so cool
1 person likes this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
12 May 17
Right lol genealogy is confusing the farther you go back generations lol
1 person likes this
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
12 May 17
@chrissbergstrom definitely seems it lol
1 person likes this
@teamfreak16 (43649)
• Denver, Colorado
12 May 17
That's really cool. A good conversation topic.
1 person likes this
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
13 May 17
Wow..Impressive genealogy...You got a raccoon cap?
1 person likes this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
13 May 17
I have a picture in one as a kid
1 person likes this
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
12 May 17
What an illustrious ancestor! It is something to be proud of, having such a brave and honorable person in your family tree. Congrats! 
1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
12 May 17
Yes though removed, technically you would be related.
Davy Crockett hats are cool.
1 person likes this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
12 May 17
Well we must be distantly related through marriage lol
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
12 May 17
That's awesome. I think i have asked this before, but what websites do you use? since reading your ancestry posts, i wanna work on mine a little
1 person likes this
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
12 May 17
No way. That's pretty cool! You need one of those hats now.
1 person likes this
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
13 May 17
I have a picture of myself from outdoor school many many years ago wearing one of those hats somewhere wonder if I can find it lol
