Re: William Calvert md. to Elizabeth Nodding
Several of us are working on connecting our William Calvert to the
"Lords Baltimore." As far as I know, no one has yet been successful.
I recently discovered the following:
In "Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolution," by Penelope Johnson Allen,
she lists the following as Washington County/Sullivan County, TN
soldiers who submitted claims to the North Carolina Revolutionary Army
Accounts: [the numbers being the volume, page and folio of the North
Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts found in the state archives of NC]
Calvert, Fred'k, I-56-2
Calvit, Fred'k, XII-18-4
Calvit, John, I-56-2
Calvit, Will, I-56-2
XII-18-4
Colvert, Wm I-23-4
Ms. Allen based her conclusion that these men were from
Washington/Sullivan Co.s, TN on the fact that these claims had been
submitted to Messrs. Anthony Bledsoe, Edmund Williams and/or Landon
Carter who were appointed as the "auditors" for the district
encompassing Washington and Sullivan Counties.
Checking the printed version of the "North Carolina Revolutionary Army
Accounts Secretary of State Treasurer's & Comptroller's Pagers, Vol. I,
Vol. II, Part II," I found the following:
p.187
Vol. I, Book 2, Folio 2 SPECIE CERTIFICATES PAID INTO THE COMPTROLLERS
OFFICE BY JOHN ARMSTRONG, &ca.
Claim# By whom granted To whom granted Date... Principal & interest
560 Bledsoe & William Wm. Calvert 12 Jun 1783 17.8.10
p.211
Vol. I, Book 3, Page 21
2811 Bledsoe & Williams Will Calvit 16 Aug 82 1.13.-
2812 ditto Frekd. Calvert ditto 1.13.6
2813 ditto Tho: Calvit ditto 2.8.2
...
2839 ditto John Calvit ditto -.13.6
[the principal & interest is stated in pounds, shillings, & pence]
I haven't yet figured out why the page numbers listed by Allen are not
the same as the offically printed version. Also, Vol. XII has apparently
no yet been published.
I also found the following in "The State Records of North Carolina ...",
Walter Clark, ed., Vol XI-1776, and supplement-1730 to 1776.
p.458
"Chas. Robertson to Gov. Caswell
[From Executive Letter Book]
Washington District, 27th April 1777.
Sir:-
The many hostilities committed by the Cherokee and Creek Indians on this
frontier since the departure of the Gentm. Delegates from this County,
merits your Excellency's consideration. I will give myself the pleasure
to inform you of the particulars of this distressed place, and of our
unhappy situation. There have been several late murders committed, and
on the 10th of this instant one Frederick Calvatt was shot and scalped,
but is yet living: and on the day following Capt. James Robertson
pursued the enemy with nine men, killed one and retook ten horses, ...
[The letter continues with an account of various Indian activities. It
appears the letter was written from what was then Washington Co., NC,
later to become Washington Co., TN]
I already had posted the following to the group:
In the John
and Landon Carter's entry book for original land entries in Washington
Co., TN (NC at the time) appear the following:
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#37 400 acres for William Calvitt on the south side of the Holston River
includng a beech tree marked thus--John Calvit. Office 19th June 1786.
Surveyed for John Sevier, Jun. by James Stuart, 20th Dec. 1790.
#93 240 acres for John Calvit on the south side of Holston River. Office
28th Nov. 1782. Surveyed for James Wood Lackey and William Squibb(?) by
James W. Lacky.
#132 300 acres for Jane Cavitt on the south side of French Broad River
in the fork of Little Pigeon River and s_d French Broad. Land entered
per Col. John Sevier and transfered to said Jane Cavit as supernumera.
Office 25 Aug. 1791.*
*300 acres survyed for Jane Calvert by John Shields 25 Aug. 1791.
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[These entries can be found in "The Bulletin of the Watauga Assoc..."
#13:1, #13:2, and #14:1.]
Also, Wm Calvert appears on the list of voters in Washington Co. NC, who
voted "on the third Fryday and Saturday in August 1786 at the court
house in Jonesborough," for the creation of Washington Co.
However, no John Calvert of Calvit appears on the list. In fact, I have
not yet encountered either John or Jane Calvert on any other Washington
Co., TN records.
But the fact that there was both a William Calvert and a John Calvert
(Calvit) in Washington Co. at the same time might indicate that they
were related and possibly brothers.
Now to the observations and questions.
It appears that William Calvert, Frederick Calvert, and John Calvert are
somehow connected. I have never encountered a "Frederick" Calvert
before. Perhaps he died of his "scalp" wounds before he appears in any
of the Washington Co., TN records. I could find no "Frederick" in
O'Gorman that seemed to be even a remote possibility. There are only a
couple listed in her indexes, and they are much later.
Sooo, anybody ever encountered a "Frederick" Calvert, Calvit, Colbert,
etc., who would have been around in 1777? It seems entirely possible to
me that the Jane Calvert who received the grants listed in Landon
Carter's entry book could have been the widow of this Frederick.
Is it possible that William, Frederick and John are brothers? If so, we
ought to be able to fit them in to the "main line" Calverts.
BTW, who were the kids of Benedict Swingate Calvert?