----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 5:00 AM Subject: [CALVERT-L] John Calvert of Elberta Co., Georgia > > Marvollee, > > The John Calvert, shown as #8 on the list, is known as "John Calvert of > Elberta Co., Georgia". His grandson, George C. Hart, sent a letter to > the Calvert Western Heirs Association dated Feb. 5, 1913 stating that > John Calvert was a son of William Calvert of Mason Co., Ky. This > would be the William Calvert shown as #7 on the list. > > Most likely, John is not the son of William Calvert of Mason County. All > of William's known heirs filed a lawsuit in Mason County protesting the > division of William's estate on March 2, 1812. William had eleven > children with two sons killed in the Rev. War. The family lines of the > remaining nine children have been traced. None of William's children > were named John. No where is there any indication William ever > fathered a child named John, other than the statement made in George > Hart's letter. > > George C. Hart also mentioned in his letter that his own grandfather > George (son of John) had relatives in Tennessee named Carson, > William, and Grove or Groves Calvert. Again these names do not > connect with the family of William Calvert of Mason Co., Ky. Instead, > they connect with the family of David Calvert of Giles Co., Tenn. It is > suspected that your John Calvert was the brother of the David Calvert > who lived in Giles Co., Tenn. This David Calvert was born in Delaware. > > My hunch is that John and David descend from the Quaker line of the > Calverts. > > George Calvert > [email protected] > > > > > ==== CALVERT Mailing List ==== > Please visit the surname mailing list homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan/calvert.html for information on this list, it's member's pages, queries and other helpful genealogy pages. > > unsubscribe