ALEXANDER CALVIT

17 Jun 1784 - 7 Jan 1836

• BIRTH: 17 Jun 1784, Miss.
• DEATH: 7 Jan 1836, home in Brazoria County
• EVENT: Misc event: 1824, mouth of Brazos
• EVENT: 1 League and 2 Labor's (4782.6 Acres)
  LAND GRANT: 3 Aug 1824, Brazoria and Waller

1. +Mary Ann Calvit
2.  Sarah Jane Wharton Calvit
3.  Barbara Makall Wilkinson Calvit

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[191] alternate spelling: Calvet "Sandy"

Farmer, stockraiser; later (Brazoria Cty.), planter.

military: charge of supply camp for Texas Army

pub.ser.: 1835 signed resolution recommending calling of consultation

Route to Texas: From Alexandria, LA. in later half of 1824, over land
to the Neches where they stayed for a 1/2 year, had crop failure,
then in Dec. 1825
moved to San Felipe de Austin & lived there til 1828, then to their
plantation
"Evergreen" in present Brazoria County.

Accompanying him to Texas besided his family: Jane (Wilkinson) Long,
sister of Mrs. Calvit; Ann Herbert Long, oldest daughter of Mrs. Long;
Kian, Negro maid and companion of Mrs. Long.

See The Austin Papers (1919 vol. 2 part 2) for several letters by
Alexander Calvit, The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805 (Barbara
Makall (Wilkinson) Calvit's ancestry is extensively covered in The
Southwestern Historical Quarterly's article on her sister Jane Long
(vol. 56, no. 2).)

Flags: Original 300=Y, Military(Texas)=Y, Public Service=Y

[192] [S4] SOURCE #4

[193] [S50] hbt.v.1,p.274

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