He could well have been a militia officer like his brother Moses. God
knows how the SAR justifies its monuments, but after all, most of its
members are descendents of enlisted men. JKB
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:29:19 -0500 "Helen" <hgdonald(a)knology.net> writes:
The Sons of the American Revolution placed a monument at the site of
the
massacre; I have a photograph among the pics to which I referred.
From
observation (not actual research), I would find it unusal for SAR to
place a
monument of this size for an enlisted man.
Helen
----- Original Message -----
From: "John K Bryan" <jkbtwo(a)juno.com>
To: <CAVITT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CAVITT] Cavitt Station Massacre, Part II
> Helen: I'm reasonably certain that Alex Cavitt was never in the
> Continental Army. He and his brother Moses definitely saw long
and
> arduous militia service, but so far as I know, always in the area
> comprising the southwesternmost tip of Virginia, northwesternmost
tip of
> NC and what is now the northeasternmost corner of Tennessee.
Also, I
> have never come across any mention of the Alex' rank. To my
knowledge,
> there were no Continental involved in the Battle of Kings Mt. -
> Ferguson's redcoat detachment and a smattering of Tories were
cornered
> and attacked there by militia volunteers led by Sevier, Shelby et
al. A
> Major Moses Cavitt was among the nine American officers and 19
enlisted
> men killed.
>
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:07:27 -0500 "Helen" <hgdonald(a)knology.net>
writes:
>>
>> Cavitt Station Massacre: Part I
>>
>>
>>
>> Major Alexander Cavitt fought with the
>>
>> Continental Army during the American
>>
>> Revolution. One of the battles in which he
>>
>> distinguished him was the Battle of Kings
>>
>> Mountain near Charlotte, NC.
>>
>
>>
>> Like many Continental officers, Major
>>
>> Cavitt was paid for his service to the New
>>
>> United States of America with land grants,
>>
>> both in Eastern Tennessee, near Ft. Knox,
>>
>> and in Middle Tennessee.
>>
> Since he was almost certainly not a Continental officer, Cavitt
almost
> certainly got no military land warrants from the federal
government. Amd
> since he was a resident of Virginia at the time, he certainly got
no land
> warrants from NC - the only source of warrants for land in
Tennessee. In
> fact, Alexander purchased the 640-acre tract on which he built
Cavitt's
> Station near Knoxville from one Thomas Hutchins in 1790. After
the
> massacre, Alex' three brothers divvied up his estate. Moses -
who got
> the Cavitt's Station property - was sued by Hutchins' heirs who
claimed
> that Alexander had never paid for the land. The matter was
settled in
> 1807 when a jury found in favor of Cavitt who noted that proof
was
> lacking because the deed was destroyed when the Indians burned
the
> station to the ground after the massacre. JKB
>>
>> After the war, he settled on land near Ft.
>>
>> Knox in Eastern Tennessee where he built
>>
>> one of several Stations, or safe stopovers for travelers through
the
>> area.
>>
>>
>>
>> Helen Gant Donald
>>
>> 6th ggrandniece of Alexander Cavitt
>>
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