David W. Krueger Lecture David Krueger talked about David Davy Crockett life. He started off during the 1830s. David Crockett lived in the West. He fought in the revolution. He was called the “self-made man”. David was a Jeffersonian. He supported Thomas Jefferson. In 1786, he went back to his family. He helped paid off his father’s debt. Crockett was never educated. He went back to school after an embarrassment. He looked like a fool wearing deer skin, racoon hat, and other skin animal during a wedding. During 1812, David supported the British. Crockett was known for the frontiersman. Crockett found potato’s in the Indian Village. The potato was buried beneath the tent. This happened after the American burned down the Indian Village.