Austin is the seat of this county named for the Lt. Colonel who commanded the Texans at the Alamo
Travis County was named after him for being the commander of the Republic .... 
Texans who were then under the command of James C. Neill at the Alamo... [DOC] [TLE] Davy Crockett - Wikipedia [PAR] David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786  March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century 
American folk ... After being made a colonel in the militia of Lawrence County, 
Tennessee, he ... the Indian Removal Act.