Hi again...this is the start of the Cavitt Line...according to the
book....I have scanned this....so any errors are just as they are! I
will try to send a couple of pages a day.
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Moses Cavet (I) - Arrived America from Ireland 1750 - Paxtang, Penn. b. 1684, d.____
m._______
Their children:
I. Alexander Cavet - b. 1705 d. 1793 (Massacred at Cavitt Station 8 mi. N.W. Knoxville,
Tenn. 14 Cavets buried in same grave) m. in Penn.
II. Sheridan Cavet - b. 1710, d____ Arrived America 1736, age 26, with a younger brother,
John.
III. John Cavet b. 1713, d. 8-17-1784 Augusta co. Va. (will dated 4-27-1784.) Arrived
America 1736, age 23.
M. Catherine. Their children:
(Each son had a son named for grandpa John
John Cavet, Jr.
James Cavet
Thomas Cavet
India Cavet
Grizelle Cavet
Catherine Cavet
each daughter had a daughter named for grandma, Catherine) See will of John Cavitt which
follows.)
Richard Cavet - b. 1727, d. 1789, Arrived America 1750, age 23, with father and 3
brothers, Michael, Moses, Patric). M. Catherine. Their children:
A. John Cavet
B. Michael Whitley Cavet
C. Richard Cavet, Jr.
D. Moses Cavet
E. Alexander Cavet
F. Mary Cavet m. Andrew Clark
G. George Cavet
Michael Cavet - b. 1733. Arrived America 1750, age 17, with father and 3 brothers. Moses
Cavet (II) - b. 1734, d. 10-17-1790 Battle of King's Mountain (said to have been
Major). Arrived America 1750 with father and 3 brothers.
m. Agnes. Their children:
A. A daughter, no name listed
B. A daughter, no name listed
C. A daughter, no name listed
D. A daughter, no name listed
E. A daughter, no name listed
F. John Cavett
G. Thomas Cavett
H. Moses Cavett
I. Richard Cavett - b. 6-12-1763, d. 11-18-1844) Madison Co., Ala. Served in Revolutionary
War. M. 1781, Rutha Millsapp, b. B-5-1766, d. 12-5-1843 buried Madison Co. Ala. Their
children:
1. Alexander Cavett) b. 5-19-1786~ d. 7-31-lB4l} m. Louise Bice, their children:
a. James B. (died in Civil War)
b. Frances, m. ____Collins
c. Rutha, m._____ Campbell
(1) Son, Jimmy Campbell Keechi, DeSota Parish, La.
d. Jane, m. Dr. Boggs
e. Mary (Mollie) m. Dr. Arnett (lst)
(1) James Arnett
(a) 4 children (Luther, Oklahoma)
m. Will Herron (2nd)
(2) Maudie Herron d. as child
(3) Edwin Herron m. lives Oklahoma
(4) Myrtle Herron (Denton, Texas)
f. Dr. Thomas Milsap Cavitt, d. single
g. Moses Cavitt, m. Addie Madding