From Pennsylvania Archives - 5th Series
Pennsylvania Muster Rolls, Lancaster co. 1776
Andrew Cavet (Vol. VII pp. 338, 342, 344, 355) Lancaster CoO M litia, Colo James Busch s
Battalion, 4th Battery Capt. James Cowden's Co.s Mar. 137 1776
James Cavett 'Vole p. 411) "a return of Capt. John Gilchrist Compy. of the D
Class of the 4th Battalion, Lancaster COe Militia for the year 1779, Oct. 23rd. (p. 386).
James Cavett, 8 Class, discharged (pO 1ll6).
Andrew Cavet belonged to Capt. John Reed's co. on his march to the Jerseys, July 24th,
1776. "The company lost blankets and almost everything they had. Andrew Cavet
reimbursed them by giving $1500. - he also gave wheat."
Page 1001, Class Rcll or 2nd co , 10th battalion, Lancaster County Militia, April 12, 1781
Capt. George ElacWilliam - John CavettO
VolO VI, p. 20 - CoO of First Battalion Cumberlqnd co. Militia commanded by Lieut. Col.
James Johnston as they are Classed the 18th Aug. 1780 (p. 90). E ird Class, Patric Cavet,
John Woodse Capt.
Third Class evidently were men between 18 and 53 years of age. In 1780 Patric Cavet was 45
years of age.
Patric, and his three sons, John, Andrew, James, and Patric's brother, Moses, with his
son Richard, served in the Revolution.
The Battle of King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780, in which several Cavitt (Cavet) ancestors
participated was financed mainly by the public funds of Sullivan County, commandeered by
Shelby and Sevier who when to John Adair, entry taker for that county, and agreed to put
their personal wealth as collateral for the safe return to the county of its funds. The
entry taker was calm and contemplative in his decision and told Col. Sevier that he had no
right to so dispose of the public monies but that if the British Col. Ferguson and his men
took the county, the impoverished treasury of North Carolina would no longer have the use
of its $13,000 and that he would, under these circumstances, hand over the public monies
to Col. Sevier.
With this much money and nearly 1,000 men gathered together by Sevier, Shelby and the
ranking officer of the County Col. Arthur Campbell, and his brother, Col. William Campbell
of Virginia, the army of King's Mountain men war ready.
to be continued...