Nick writes:
Does anyone have any information this calvert line:
William Calvert b. Oct 8, 1864, Edgar Co., Ill.
married Cynthia J. Coker May 28, 1890, Okla.
d. 1954, Leakey Tx. buried Uvalde, TX
Father James Calvert
Mother Hattie
Norval Karl b. June 4, 1906 (my father)
Nick,
Sorry to take so long. I had to read thru many pages of O'Gorman's
book attempting to find James Calverts, who had sons named William.
The closes match found was a James Calvert, who lived in Lawrence
Co., Indiana and had a son named William born abt. 1864. James' wife
was named Harriet.
Obviously, this is not your family; however we have a father named
James, a mother with her first initial "H", a son named William born
close to 1862, and born in neighboring state. I don't think O'Gorman's
book has any Calverts living in or near Edgar Co., Illinois. There are
Calverts further south in White County and further west and further east.
You have mentioned a possible relationship to the Cherokees. There
was a Calvert family who were Chickasaws. In fact, these Calverts
were "chiefs" and an leaders among the Chickasaw nation. They had
English names such as George, Levi, etc. In fact, a Major James
Calvert (of the Chickasaws) acted as an interpreter. The following is an
excerpt from the "treaty" between the United States and the
Chickasaws:
" and, toshew the regard the President of the United
States has for the said Chickasaw nation, at the
request of the chiefs of the said nation, the
commissioners agree that the sum of one thousand and
eighty-nine dollars shall be paid to Maj. James
Colbert, interpreter, within the period stated in the
first part of this article, it being the amount of a
sum of money taken from his pocket, in the month of
June, 1816,"
The possibility of an Indian from the Chickasaw nation ending up in Edgar Co.,
Illinois, marrying a woman named Hettie and having a son named William seems
improbable; however these Chickasaw Calverts were wealthy, which makes a
difference.
George Calvert
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