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Found on page 21 of "Southern Cowdens" by John W. Cowden, 1933:=20
(1) "Sarah Cowden Calvit (1788-1866) had only one child, Mary Hawkins =
[Calvit], who died young, and her husband [Gen. Samuel Calvit 1782-1820] =
also died soon afterwards." That now explains the passage in David =
Hunt's 1854 Will : "Whereas my departed brother-in-law, Samuel Calvit =
and myself established a burial place on his then Plantation and removed =
the remains of our dearest family to that consecrated spot where his =
remains and his daughter now rest with a number of my family in the =
brick enclosure . . . ." Ann Beckerson Brown in "Jefferson County =
Mississippi Cemeteries, Etc. , Volume II" does not record any stone for =
MARY HAWKINS CALVIT in the Calviton Cemetery. So, either (a) no marker =
was ever placed for her, (b) the marker disappeared or (c) her nickname =
was Kate and she is on pg. 130 as "A child's grave marked simply KATE." =
Also, on page 22 of "Southern Cowdens":
(2) "After the death of her husband, Mrs. Calvit [referring to Sarah =
Cowden widow of Gen. Samuel Calvit], having large business interests to =
look after, was defrauded out of large sums of money through letters of =
credit in New York to some men, whom her husband had trusted and set up =
in business. She thereafter employed Mr. James M. Smith , of the =
Mississippi land office, who afterwards married her niece, Emily Hawkins =
Carson, to look after her affairs. She had much land and about three =
hundred negroes, and was known as 'the Cotton Queen of the South.' =
Selling much of her land and slaves in Jefferson County, Miss., she =
removed to Clinton, Miss., twelve miles west of Jackson, where she built =
a beautiful home with sunken gardens, one of the show places of the =
state, which she named 'Pebble Hill.' * * * Mrs. Calvit, after reading =
'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' foresaw the coming of the War Between the States, =
so she sold all her slaves except the household servants and her home, =
'Pebble Hill'; and, putting her money in the Bank of England, moved down =
on the Gulf of Mexico near Mississippi City, where she bought land and =
built a home, and where she died in 1866." =20
Family lore sure puts a different slant on things as time goes by. My =
grandmother (Sara Roberts Hackley) told me that Mrs.Calvit FREED her =
slaves and moved to MS City/Gulfport after reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin." =
Mrs.Calvit's house is still lived in at Gulfport. At Mrs. Calvit's =
suggestion, her other niece Emily Jones Roberts and husband =
H.A.G.Roberts also moved to MS City/Gulfport and built Grass Lawn which =
is on the National Register of Historic Places and open to the public, =
owned by t