I have seen more on this but, as I recall, the Cavitt Book
posted on the Cavitt list several years ago confirmed this.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John K Bryan" <jkbtwo(a)juno.com>
To: <CAVITT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CAVITT] Cavitt Station Massacre, Part II
Helen: What are the sources for this stuff about Alexander
Cavitt's
military service and land grants? JKB
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:07:27 -0500 "Helen" <hgdonald(a)knology.net>
writes:
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> Cavitt Station Massacre: Part I
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>
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> Major Alexander Cavitt fought with the
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> Continental Army during the American
>
> Revolution. One of the battles in which he
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> distinguished him was the Battle of Kings
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> Mountain near Charlotte, NC.
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>
>
> Like many Continental officers, Major
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> Cavitt was paid for his service to the New
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> United States of America with land grants,
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> both in Eastern Tennessee, near Ft. Knox,
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> and in Middle Tennessee.
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>
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> After the war, he settled on land near Ft.
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> Knox in Eastern Tennessee where he built
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> one of several Stations, or safe stopovers for travelers through the
> area.
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>
>
> Helen Gant Donald
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> 6th ggrandniece of Alexander Cavitt
>
>
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