Photograph, Cabinet Card - Robert Crockett
Object number2012.038.03
Date1899
Mediumpaper
Dimensions6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionCabinet card photograph of Robert Crockett, grandson of Davy Crockett. Robert, who became the first mayor of Stuttgart, moved to the area when he was 24 years old.Robert raised 125 men from Arkansas County during the Civil War, forming a company in James F. Fagan's 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment and was elected Captain. He eventually commanded the 18th Arkansas Infantry and was a volunteer aide de camp to General Lucius Walker during the Little Rock Campaign. He served as Walker's "second" during a duel with Gen. John S. Marmaduke. Walker was killed in the duel.
Article:
Davy Crockett's Rifle
One of the most interesting relics on exhibition in the office of Secretary of State Crockett is the rifle which was presented by admiring friends to his great-grandfather, the immortal Davy Crockett, hero of the Alamo and author of the equally immortal phrase: "Be sure you are right and then go ahead."
This gun was carried by the grandson of the first owner, the late Gen. Bob Crockett, who brought down much game with it, but now it has been retired with honor and full pay to pass the remainder of its days, or centuries, as a relic of one of the greatest characters this country has ever produced. It is a formidable looking weapon originally of the flintlock type, with a 40-calibre bore. The barrel was originally forty-six inches long but some of it has been cut off and it is now only forty and one-half inches. It was presented to David Crockett soon afer his second election to Congress in 1829 by some of his admiring Whig friends of Philadelphia. It cost $250 and was made especially for him. The donors raised the money by contributing half a dollar each to the fund. The stock is trimmed in sterling silver, appropriately designed with figures of the Goddess of Liberty, a raccoon, a deer's head and other figures. Along the upper part of the barrel are the letters set into the metal in gold, some of which has worn out: "Presented by the Young Men of Philadelphia to the Hon. David Crockett of Tennessee". In similar letters near the muzzle are the words, "Go ahead".
The sepia toned imaged shows Crockett standing with a top hat in one hand and a cane in the other. Label in the bottom center of photograph: "First Brigade Arkansas Reserve Militia/Robt. H. Crockett/Brig. Gen. Commanding/Stuttgart, Arkansas". An old newspaper article is glued to the back of the photograph. Written on the back: "Your Friend/Robt. H. Crockett (age 68)/Stuttgart, Ark./Taken Sept. 25th 1899/Uncle Cam Barry's friend"
Status
Not on view
Unknown
February 25, 1941
August 29, 1901
