Like other early families, The Cavitt/Cavetts seemed to repeat the
first names of children generation after generation, and Alexander was
certainly one of those names, so doesn't it seem likely that he was
related?
This would be paricularly interesting because another Cavett Descendant
was also known to be involved in Texas Statehood; Cavitt Armstrong
1808-1854, son of William Laspley and Mary Cavitt Armstrong was a
delegate to the Constitutional Convention for the State of Texas.
Helen D.
Kate mullins wrote:
There was an Alexander Cavitt in the Natchez Territory who was very active in
securing Texas for the US; he was associated with James Long. Any connection
to this family? Kate
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From: scribbler
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 1997 3:20 PM
To: CAVITT-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Alexander Cavitt
The Alexander Cavett massacred in the Cavett Station raid was the
grandson of Moses Cavett (1684-1750). His father was Richard Cavitt
born (1727-1789).
Sibs of the murdered Alexander were: Moses, Richard (1749-1819) George,
Michael (1747-1821), Catherine, Alexander, and John (1736-1764).
In 1793 Richard and Michael Cavett were living on property in Sumner
County, TN that Alexander Cavett owned.
The 1789 tax records for Sumner County list both Richard and Michael.
Catherine was listed in Sumner County tax records for 1821. (Sumner
County Genweb)
The Cavett Station property was inherited by the brothers Moses, George,
and Alexander. (Knox County Court records, as reported by John Bryan)
Helen Gant Donald