tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post4755121671549296523..comments2024-03-23T03:47:03.187-07:00Comments on Scott Wolter Answers: Davey Crockett and Secrets from the AlamoScott Wolterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-36306174139208006932023-05-09T11:38:46.892-07:002023-05-09T11:38:46.892-07:00It was a fun episode to make. You realize Santa A...It was a fun episode to make. You realize Santa Anna was a Freemason and saved his own life shortly after the Alamo with the Masonic sign of distress? Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-31876534065548696542023-05-09T01:47:23.313-07:002023-05-09T01:47:23.313-07:00Love this episode....HUGE fan of the Alamo & h...Love this episode....HUGE fan of the Alamo & have visited it twice, once when I was 13 & again when I got stationed at Ft. Hood when I was 20...both times were special because of ALL the GREAT American heroes who sacrificed their lives there....I'm not saying it couldn't have happened, but there were other Masons at the Alamo...Bowie, Travis, & Crockett....unless Santa Anna was there personally I'm not sure regular Mexican soldiers would've cared...& wouldn't Crockett get land in Texas for fighting there...Ifuseek13https://www.blogger.com/profile/12549762589128806430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-8671026361804299292023-04-04T04:14:09.135-07:002023-04-04T04:14:09.135-07:00There is a man you can look up on YouTube as papaw...There is a man you can look up on YouTube as papaw Dawson interview which I found interesting since he was my great great grandfather his mother was Sally Crockett it's really hard to find anything about the family as the line ends in 1858 with her father James f Crockett which is buried in spruce pine Alabama on top of the mountain this is very compelling evidence since my great great grandfather says his mother said he was a decent of the mythical man that is Davy Crockett I naturally couldn't help myself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-51079187516220613792022-11-08T07:08:24.096-08:002022-11-08T07:08:24.096-08:00Sorry for the late reply, I've been traveling ...Sorry for the late reply, I've been traveling with limited internet and little time. Feel free to share your story here or contact me via email: swolter@teamaet.com Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-56816744666957140772022-10-22T01:06:02.913-07:002022-10-22T01:06:02.913-07:00Hello I have always been told my family married in...Hello I have always been told my family married into Davy Crockett family after the battle of the Alamo by a child that David had that we don't know about on records so if you would like to talk I'd be more than willing to give you a call my roots run deep here in the Appalachian mountains and I'm sure you love to hear the way I think about the situation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-59691997880622686112018-04-06T19:28:58.858-07:002018-04-06T19:28:58.858-07:001.If true, why did Elizabeth Crockett, David's...1.If true, why did Elizabeth Crockett, David's widow,receive the Headright of Land from the Republic of Texas ? <br /><br />2. Also, Mrs. Dickenson was not the only survivor of the Alamo. All the women and non-combatant children were spared. The apron had nothing to do with her survival.<br /><br />3. And, Joe and the Alcalde of San Antonio pointed out the bodies Travis, Bowie and Crockett. So, were they in on this plot ?<br /><br />4. Finally, Mrs. Dickinson stated to Houston and others that she saw Crockett's body amidst his fellow Tennesseans and many dead Mexican soldatos, that his cheeks were still pink ,and his peculiar cap was at his side. Kind of convincing, eh? <br /><br />3. James Bowie was a Free Mason as well. What became of him ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-9588799719553923022018-03-28T23:12:53.801-07:002018-03-28T23:12:53.801-07:00Rumored Dav Crockett Drunk-gambler-Womanizer.
Dav ...Rumored Dav Crockett Drunk-gambler-Womanizer.<br />Dav Crockett supposedly opposed andrew Jackson<br />1830 Indian Removal Act then why did Davy join mission<br />to seek revenge for creek Indians attack on Ft Mims Alabama.<br />Militia massacred the Indian town Tallushatchee Alabama.<br />Now we have proof that Davy Crockett did know alabama area.<br />Davy Crockett -2nd wife Eliz -his neighbors travel thru Alabama<br />and Davy contacted Malaria they left along the road the rest <br />went on but when Davy got well he rejoin his wife and children.<br />Davy Crockett had a habit leave his wife and children even <br />though his family needed him he would get restless & leave.<br />So is it far fetched that Davy Crockett could of sneak out alamo?<br />So is it far fetched that Davy lied about real name to Mexicans?<br />Wouldn't a normal person want to avoid the executive squad?<br />Mexican Troop of Santa Ana were locust swarm the Alamo?<br />Lots of american Texas volunteer troop died as well as ,<br />William B Travis , James Bowie and Davy Crockett ?<br />Did anyone at the Alamo survive? Santa Anna's Mexican army killed virtually all of the roughly 200 Texans and so who did survive the <br />alamo ,Sus Dickinson ,Philip Dimmitt, Lucio Enriquez, Ana <br />Salazar Esparza .A few of the survivors later gave chilling eyewitness accounts of the battle. Enrique Esparza, son of Alamo defender Gregorio Esparza, told of how Mexican troops fired a hale of bullets into the room where he was hiding alongside his mother and three siblings. Juana Navarro Alsbury, the adopted sister of Bowie’s wife and the niece of Texian leader José Antonio Navarro, survived the battle with her young son and her sister, Gertrudis. (Her husband, Dr. Horace Alsbury, had left the fort in late February, likely in search of a safe place for his family.) Another survivor was a former Mexican soldier named Brigido Guerrero, who fought with the defenders but apparently escaped death by convincing the Mexicans he had been taken captive. A woman named Andrea Castañón Villanueva, better known as Madam Candelaria, later made a career of claiming to be a survivor of the Alamo, but many historians doubt her story.<br />Perhaps the most well known Alamo survivor was Susanna Dickinson, wife of defender Almaron Dickinson, who spent the battle hiding in a small dark room with her infant daughter, Angelina. After the battle, Santa Anna sent Susanna and Angelina to Sam Houston’s camp in Gonzales, accompanied by one of his servants and carrying a letter of warning intended for Houston. Along the way they crossed paths with another survivor, a man named Joe, who had been William Travis’ slave. While fighting alongside Travis and the other defenders, Joe was shot and bayoneted but lived, becoming the only adult male on the Texan side to survive the Alamo. He was one of several slaves spared by the Mexicans, who opposed slavery, after the battle. Texas authorities later returned Joe to the Travis estate, but he escaped to freedom barely a year later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-54870211449364847642016-12-16T08:35:34.132-08:002016-12-16T08:35:34.132-08:00Anonymous,
Hard to know what motivates people to ...Anonymous,<br /><br />Hard to know what motivates people to do things sometimes. If he did survive and chose to abandon his family I'm sure he had a compelling reason. Regardless, I personally don't condone that behavior, but I obviously could never walk in his shoes.<br /><br />We'll probably never have an answer for that one.Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-33632938421987694432016-12-16T06:31:10.138-08:002016-12-16T06:31:10.138-08:00One suggestion for his walking away from his life ...One suggestion for his walking away from his life of being famous? When you can while wildcats kill a bear etc as a child and are larger than life famous for being a man almost supernatural etc. <br /><br />Then you find yourself for the first time in your life on your knees begging and groveling like a coward. Well if it worked he was going to be so filled with shame etc he would've rather have been thought dead. Most men would prefer to die a hero than live as a coward. <br /><br />I'm also from Alabama and maybe 25 miles from the property in this episode. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-36887566740292980062015-10-04T17:49:08.924-07:002015-10-04T17:49:08.924-07:00Dan,
I thought we did compare the signatures in t...Dan,<br /><br />I thought we did compare the signatures in the episode and they were close? haven't watched it since it aired.Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-24635358639671957012015-10-03T22:44:14.748-07:002015-10-03T22:44:14.748-07:00Hi Scott,
Why was the signature from the Land Dee...Hi Scott,<br /><br />Why was the signature from the Land Deed and the decedent of David Crockett not compared? They were extremely close, took pictures of the TV screen to compare.<br /><br />DanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973477191047567199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-87847952439035488072015-09-26T17:41:01.988-07:002015-09-26T17:41:01.988-07:00Scott,
Just saw this episode for the first time. ...Scott,<br /><br />Just saw this episode for the first time. Anyway you could post a side by side of the signatures from the Land Deed and the document from the decendent of David Crockett? Was pretty close in my opinion. I would like to look at them again.John Fertichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168987229029208365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-42007837628176741172015-06-14T16:09:24.577-07:002015-06-14T16:09:24.577-07:00Greg,
Interesting post and your points about Free...Greg,<br /><br />Interesting post and your points about Freemasonry and the interconnecting threads should lead everyone to think there is a lot more to all these stories than we will ever know.<br /><br />Good stuff.Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-50994238285469883342015-06-14T08:46:38.886-07:002015-06-14T08:46:38.886-07:00I think my initial post did not go through Scott s...I think my initial post did not go through Scott so I'll recreate it for everyone. I'll throw some names out here for you in regards first to Texas and then to westward expansion of the U.S. Most people realize that key founding fathers were masons, but let's look at Texas:<br /><br />Austin<br />Santa Annna<br />Bonham<br />Bowie<br />Dickenson<br />Crockett<br />Travis<br />Fannin<br />Every president of the Republic of Texas<br />Houston<br />Milam<br />Anson Jones<br />Lamar<br />Rusk<br />Lubbock<br />Lorenzo de Zavala<br />Juan Seguin<br />Jose Navarro<br /><br />U.S. <br />Jackson<br />Rosevelt<br />Taylor<br />Polk<br /><br />Sam Houston was mentored by Jackson, and Jackson wanted Texas. Austin's dad secured the land grant after Mexico broke from Spain. Houston left the U.S. for Texas and quickly became a leader as he had been in the U.S. Tensions mounted over political and ideological ideas and the revolution sparked. <br /><br />Every key player was a Mason<br />Masonry was so important to these guys that they were petitioning Mexico and Louisiana for a charter for lodges in Texas during a war. Anson Jones had the charter for holland lodge #1 in his saddle bag at the battle of San Jacinto. He had taken a leave, during a war, to pick it up from the grand lodge of Louisiana and then grand master JP Holand.<br /><br />Masons take upon themselves obligations, things you promise to do and things you promise not to do. It's very serious and binding, so like any contract there are conditions or stipulations in place to relieve you of the obligation given the proper circumstance. <br /><br />That being said Santa Anna knew there were masons in the Alamo. He knew there were famous masons in the Alamo. Due to the circumstance he was free and clear to order everyone's death masonically. He considered their actions treasonous. <br /><br />Sam Houston under the treaty oak spared Santa Anna. Was it because of the obligation, or because he obtained a country without further fight?<br /><br />Every president of the republic was a Mason. They had just fought a war, so Texas could not just be handed over to the U.S. so soon. Remember the guy with the saddle bag at the battle, yeah that guy Jones. Nine years latter he was president of the republic and signed Texas over to James K. Polk. Oh wait he was a Mason also.<br /><br />This upset the Mexicans kind of like the British after the American Revolution. Then we have the Mexican American war. That guy Polk was still president and his fighting men T. Rosevelt and Z. Taylor wait for it! Yes sir also masons! That got the U.S. from sea to shining sea. <br /><br />It is a neat story that Crockett could have been spared because of his fraternal bond. I don't think it lessens the man or the legacy of anyone. It's like believing someone as bold and daring as Billy the Kid was spared. Could they have had enough and relaxed in the rocking chair to be an old man in his dotage. One thing is for sure men back then didn't run off at the mouth so much, so out of respect for being spared it's a small price to pay....humm<br /><br />Maybe history is written the way it is so eye brows are not raised, but wether Columbus or Vikings or Polynesians were first to wherever, to me doesn't really change things, because they were all second to the Native Americans. There is a reason for the ledgends, oral traditions and wall paintings. It blows my mind that people just can't see that humans of all time periods were intelligent it didn't take The Age of Enlightenment to spark things. Smart people understood, but things like calculus explained what they understood. <br /><br />I really like your show, and I hope that as it continues you will be able to interject updates about the topics and points you raised in previous shows. You no doubt inspire many to carry the torch you light with each episode. I see you as a fire starter you light it up and make a good stab at it, but if the trail goes too cold. You have looked under enough rock to ensure someone else will be inspired by you and dive in freeing you to continue to find new mysteries. If we could just get to the bottom of that money pit!<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Greg Henson<br />Spring, Texas <br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435761865802409841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-26959568222061262612015-06-14T05:03:52.943-07:002015-06-14T05:03:52.943-07:00Greg,
Good idea! I'll keep that in mind.
Th...Greg,<br /><br />Good idea! I'll keep that in mind.<br /><br />Thanks!Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-61924464246552759742015-06-13T23:37:22.816-07:002015-06-13T23:37:22.816-07:00Scott,George Russell, son of Major William Russell...Scott,George Russell, son of Major William Russell, was one of his best friends. David Davy Crockett wrote about some of their escapes in his auto biography. He was a close friend to this Russell family. Do some research on Major William Russell's family. They moved around living in Franklin County, AL adjacent to Winston County, AL where this contention of David Crockett purchased land and died. Close proximity to where his buddy George Russell lived and died. There is a story that George's father, Major William Russell gave Davy a rifle with an ivory handle to Davy and that rifle is supposedly is on display at the Alamo as being Davy's gun. His connection to this family could be the reason that he would have retired quietly in Alabama in close proximity to the Russell's. Side note: Major William's father, William Russell, Sr. was a close friend of Daniel Boone's. And was killed by Indians while hunting with Daniel Boone. William Russell, Sr. sister was Lydia Russell Bean. Her son, Russell Bean has a marker near Johnson City, TN stating that Lydia's son, Russell, was the first white child born in Tennessee. I have researched the Russell family because I suspect my great grandmother<br />is a descendent of this Russell family. Her grandparents were listed as settlers in the Boone's fort census. They were connected to both Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. Debbie Martin debandjc77@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-900779339510785802015-06-13T22:01:31.880-07:002015-06-13T22:01:31.880-07:00Scott,
Another interesting story is about Jim Bo...Scott, <br /><br />Another interesting story is about Jim Bowie's "Bowie Knife". Who really made it, how big it really was and what happened to it. I think there are two or three claiming to be the real one taken as by a Mexican soldier. <br /><br />Greg Henson<br />Spring Texas<br />Northwest Lodge 1432Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435761865802409841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-65757242462358235712015-01-14T18:03:16.086-08:002015-01-14T18:03:16.086-08:00There are a lot of reasons. Most have their origi...There are a lot of reasons. Most have their origin in what I call, "Problems of the human condition." In their minds, they're not wrong even when the factual evidence is stacked firmly against them. The best examples of this are the arguments they try to make against the Kensington Rune Stone, the Bat Creek Stone and the Tucson Lead Artifacts; all are obvious genuine artifacts.<br /><br />An even bigger part of the problem is once they accept any of these for what they are, it triggers a series of dominos to fall. Those domino trails branch off quickly and go to places they don't want to go and completely upset the historical paradigm in ways that are hard for some people to grasp. In spite of their hardened resistance; sooner or later the truth will come out. Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-6421414598214434322015-01-14T15:27:12.449-08:002015-01-14T15:27:12.449-08:00Scott, why are some people in academics not willin...Scott, why are some people in academics not willing to accept the fact that they are wrong? Even though they know the evidence is authentic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-90108347017725463572014-12-24T09:08:11.767-08:002014-12-24T09:08:11.767-08:00Thanks,
I was in Chicago in the late Summer?Thanks,<br /><br />I was in Chicago in the late Summer?Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-1927894659694538702014-12-24T04:37:11.045-08:002014-12-24T04:37:11.045-08:00Scott, I really like your shows. Were you by any c...Scott, I really like your shows. Were you by any chance in Illinois back in late summer of 2014? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-32280268319926194712014-12-16T07:21:19.464-08:002014-12-16T07:21:19.464-08:00swolter@amengtest.comswolter@amengtest.comScott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-1430414616657043592014-12-15T23:53:30.343-08:002014-12-15T23:53:30.343-08:00Scott:
Most certainly they are for everyone. I...Scott:<br />Most certainly they are for everyone. I'll look over your site and see if I can locate an e-mail address.KClarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-31127068840813848902014-12-15T19:23:13.075-08:002014-12-15T19:23:13.075-08:00Are these articles something you'd care to pos...Are these articles something you'd care to post here for everyone to see? If so, just send them to my email and I'll post them. <br /><br />Sounds very interesting?Scott Wolterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758613621836354475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617813063932228103.post-49208642522600344492014-12-15T12:05:27.322-08:002014-12-15T12:05:27.322-08:00The specific truth as to the end of David Crockett...The specific truth as to the end of David Crockett's life has been since the Alamo, varied, as one might expect from the conditions at hand. As this show points out, the broad brush of history taught in schools is just that..broad. When attempting to drill into the finer points, we are often left wanting for the "defensible basis" details, what we find out is that those are very hard to come by. To this end, in 1840, news articles surfaced, related by a William C. White, that Mr. White had met with Crockett in the mines of Mexico, where he was enslaved, and managed to carry a letter back to his son, the 1st report dated Feb. 6, 1840. I have read De La Pena's entire account of the Texas revolution, he appears to be justifiably accurate, but still many in the State of Texas and elsewhere challenge the authenticity. <br /><br />I have these Crockett articles and more analysis Scott if you are interested.<br /><br />KClarknoreply@blogger.com