Thank you so much, Howard!!!
Your information is a breakthrough for me in several
respects, and undoubtedly for others as well. I am eager
to see what this does to former info I had that was not
as well documented.
TWO MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS IN ONE DAY!!!
That's a record for me, thanks to you and Jack Bryan, also
on this list. The other was a breakthrough in my related
Armstsrong line.
I will get back to you both in a few days; at the moment,
I am outrageously sunburned.
Helen
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From: <WATKINS7(a)aol.com>
To: <CAVITT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:44 PM
Subject: [CAVITT] Richard Cavett Middle TN Citations
Helen,
Below is everything that I have accumulated over the years about the
Richard
Cavetts in Middle Tennessee, i. e. in Sumner, Davidson, and Robertson
Counties. Investigation of the warrant referenced in the 1788 land grant
may answer
your earlier question about his Revolutionary War service as it is
undoubtedly
a military warrant.
# # # # #
1787 - Sumner County Tax List, 220 acres, one poll.
1788 - Sumner County Tax list, 220 acres, no poll.
1788 - Granted 640 acres of land on 7/10/1788 in Davidson County (later
became Sumner County) located on Middle Fork Red River, N. Dist., Book
G-7, page
105 and 106, Grant No. 195, Warrant No. 355. Sumner County Book 1, page
159.
Entered on 3/12/1784.
1789 - Sumner County Road Cutting Tax List, 640 acres, one poll.
1789 - Sumner County General Tax List, 220 acres, one poll.
1791 - Sumner County; sold Michael Cavitt 92 acres, Bk NCG1, page 356.
1791 - Appointed Justice of the Peace for Sumner County on 6/14/1791.
1791 - Sumner County Tax List, page 27.
1791 - Sold 320 acres of Grant No. 195 Sumner County land to William
Maxwell
on 9/1/1791.
1792 - Registered a livestock brand in Sumner County.
1792 - Witnessed the sale of a Negro wench named Win by John Hayes to
Anthony
Sharp on 2/15/1792.
1792 - Sumner County Tax List.
1793 - Sumner County Tax List, 320 acres, one poll, Captain Young's
Company.
1794 - Sumner County Tax List, 320 acres, one poll, Captain Young's
Company.
1794 - Sumner County October Court Term, "Ordered that Richard Caviat,
Thomas
Williamson, and William Armstrong do take an orphan boy named Harris
Grisham
at school until April next, and then bring the said boy to the Court in
the
said month to be dealt with according to law".
1796 - On 8/5/1796, Michael Cavett gave his brother, Richard Cavett, both
of
Sumner County, his power of attorney to deal with their brother, Moses
Cavett,
concerning Michael's share of their brother Alexander Cavett's estate.
1798 - Under Articles of Agreement between Moses, Richard, and Michael
Cavett
dated 9/21/1798, concerning the division of the estate of their late
brother,
Alexander Cavett, Richard inherited 254 acres of land in Davidson County,
which was a part of the 480-acre tract of land originally entered by
Alexander on
7/17/1784, surveyed 11/27/1792, and granted to Alexander under Grant No.
133
on 4/27/1793, which was issued under Warrant No. 532. Richard also
inherited
640 acres of land in Davidson County located one mile from Eaton's old
station
and contended for by the heirs of George Birdwell.
1800 - Gave sons Joseph and Richard Caveatt 640 acres beginning one mile
above Eaton's Station in Davidson County on 2/10/1800. Recorded 5/5/1800,
page
192.
1800 - Richard Cavett Sr. purchased 100 acres of land in Robertson County
from John Young on 10/11/1800.
1802 - Richard Cavett Jr. purchased 250 acres of land in Sumner County
from
John Young of Robertson County on 1/25/1802.
1802 - On 6/21/1802, based on an indenture made on 12/12/1801 by Joseph
Caveatt and Richard Caveatt of Sumner County, they conveyed 40 acres in
Davidson
County adjoining a tract on Heaton's Station Creek to Richard Caveatt, Sr.
1804 - Wilson County Tax List in Captain Richard Oliver's Company.
1804 - Robertson County, on 11/6/1804, page 317, "Ordered road laid off
from
Richard Cavet's to Williams Mill on Red River, jury to mark same".
1806 - Robertson County, on 8/7/1806, page 409, "Larkin Edwards to observe
road from Williams Mill to Richard Cavet's as far as Logan's Road".
1807 - Letter to Richard Cavit unclaimed at Nashville Post Office as of
1/1/1807.
1807 - Advertisement in Tennessee Gazette on 10/1/1807 "For Sale 200 acres
on
White's Creek (Sumner County) laying between Mr. Cayle and Mr. Woodward.
1810 - Sumner County Tax List.
1811 - Sumner County Tax List.
1811 - Granted 101 acres in Robertson County, G Dist., Book D, page 487,
Grant No. 2949.
1811 - Sued William Armstrong. Robertson County Court Minutes Vol. II,
1808
- 1811, page 130.
1812 - Married Peggy Barrow (Barron?) on 8/4/1812, Samuel Piper, bondsman.
1812 - On 9/7/1812, Moses Cavett agreed to pay his father, Richard Cavett,
both of Sumner County, a sum of $ 4,000.00 if Moses does not provide his
brother
James Cavett (Richard's son) with a warranty deed to 255 acres of land on
White's Creek in Davidson County when James comes of age.
1812 - On 9/7/1812, Richard Cavett bound his son, Moses Cavett, to take
care
of the father for the rest of his life, otherwise Moses to forfeit
$2,400.00.
Not visible here, Richard had assigned Moses 232.5 acres of land (Book 6,
page 193). After Moses obtained title to the land, he sold it to James
Roney in
1814 (Book 7, page 49). Roney promptly turned Richard out into the cold,
and
set off four years of legal proceedings.
1812 - On 11/7/1812, Richard's son-in-law Thomas Maxwell agreed to help
Moses
Cavett clothe Richard Cavett and his son James Cavett for one year, and to
allow Richard to move in with him if he so desired; Maxwell to pay $600.00
if he
does not comply.
1813 - Sold Andrew Cavitt of Sumner County, TN 250 acres of land on
Maxwell's
Creek in Tazewell County, VA on 2/19/1813. To this day there is a creek
in
Tazewell County, VA known as Cavitt's Creek. Its source is in the
southern
slopes of Stony Ridge, thence through a gap in Kent's Ridge, and unites
with the
Clinch River a mile above the mouth of Plum Creek.
1816 - Lawsuit against his son, Moses Cavitt, alleging that on 9/7/1812
Richard gave Moses 200 acres of land in exchange for Moses taking care of
him in
his old age. Instead, Moses sold the land to James Roney and moved to
Kentucky,
leaving Richard Cavitt destitute.
Howard Roach
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