Jack and Howard,
Keep up the good work; you're making major
breakthroughs in the Cavit/Cavet/Cavitt family
history.
MANY THANKS,
Helen
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From: "John K Bryan" <jkbtwo(a)juno.com>
To: <CAVITT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [CAVITT] William Cavet
Howard:
Your question has bugged me for weeks. Now I've finally found a William
C. who might have been of the right age to have attended the 1802 Moses
Cavett estate sale.
Richard Cavitt and wife Catherine Whitley are believed to have been the
parents of the Moses you referred to and Patrick Cavitt (b1735) is
believed to have been Richard's youngest brother. Patrick's third child
(born ca 1768, a first cousin of Moses, was named William. My records
indicate that this William Cavett did not marry and give no place of
residence JK Bryan
n Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:22:31 EST WATKINS7(a)aol.com writes:
> Does anyone know who William Cavet was?
>
> When Agnes Cavett sold the so-called "perishable" portion of Moses
> Cavett's
> estate during the winter of 1802 (see Knox County, TN Estate Book,
> Volume 1,
> Page 98), a man named William Cavet purchased nine lots of
> merchandise at the
> estate sale.
>
> He purchased a saw, augurs, and a drawing knife; two lots of iron
> (it is not
> known whether this was scrap iron or new working stock); a (shot)
> gun; two
> hogs; a bin of oats; four hogs; one shoat; and one sow and pigs.
>
> Moses Cavett's will mentions only his sons Thomas, John, and
> Richard, and
> grandson Phillip Bosley. Richard's 1834 Revolutionary War Pension
> deposition
> stated that his father had four sons and five daughters. When Agnes
> settled the
> Moses Cavett estate on 10/6/1818, the residue was distributed to
> four sons
> (namely Richard, John, Moses, and Thomas) and three daughters, so it
> is clear
> that William Cavet was not the "fourth son" (see Knox County, TN
> County Court
> Clerk: Settlements & Administrations, Vol. 3, Page 42 - 44).
>
> The above reference to William Cavet is only the second mention that
> I have
> found of him. He also appears on the Giles County, TN "Intruder's
> List" in
> 1809, as having been removed from Chickasaw Indian lands.
>
> Does anyone know whose child William Cavet was? He was undoubtedly
> related
> to Moses Cavett in some manner.
>
> Howard Roach
>
>
>
>
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