He moved to Virginia driving cattle do to a fight at school and feared that his father was going to beat him.Davy went home at 16 years old and saw that his family was poor and in debt.Davy worked for his father’s creditor.In 1813 davy joined militia to fight the enemy known as the “Red Sticks,”[Red Sticks-Creek Indians that attacked Fort Mims in Alabama].Davy’s place was to scout the land/creek.
When the war was over Davy would try to farm but failed at