He lost three businesses in a flood

Davy Crockett built a powder mill, a grist mill, and a distillery in Lawrence County along the banks of Shoal Creek. Unfortunately for him, a Tennessee River flood devastated Crockett's businesses less than two weeks after he was elected to the General Assembly in 1821. Robert Patton, the father of Elizabeth, gave Crockett a deed to 800 acres of land in Carroll County in November. Crockett moved his family to the remaining land on the Obion River, which was in Carroll County until the boundaries were changed in 1825, transferring it to Gibson County, after selling off most of the land to help pay off his debts.

The tragedy of this loss, according to common opinion, is what motivated him to relocate to West Tennessee. He started his legislative career there. The David Crockett State Park presently occupies the space where these shops formerly stood. It is one of Lawrenceburg's most visited attractions.