| 词条 | Alexander Calvit |
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| name = Alexander Calvit | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1784|06|17}} | birth_place = Spanish West Florida; later the Mississippi Territory | death_date = {{death date and age|1836|01|07|1784|06|17}} | death_place = Brazoria County, Mexican Texas | death_cause = Pneumonia | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Sugar planter | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Barbara Mackall Wilkinson | children = Barbara Mackall Wilkinson Calvit | parents = | relatives = Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (sister-in-law) John Hunter Herndon (son-in-law) | box_width = }} Alexander Calvit (also known as Sandy Calvit) (1784–1836) was an early settler in colonial Texas and a sugar planter. His Evergreen Plantation lay where the town of Clute, Texas, was later built. Early lifeAlexander Calvit was born on June 17, 1784, in what is now Mississippi,[1] which was then part of Spanish West Florida and in 1798 became the Mississippi Territory of the United States. He served as a First Lieutenant and aide-de-camp in the Creek War of 1813–1814.[2][3][4] CareerHe was one of the earliest settlers in Mexican Texas, going on Stephen F. Austin's mission.[5] As a member of the Old Three Hundred, in 1824 he received some land in what are now Brazoria and Waller Counties.[1][5] This included what is now known as Clute, Texas.[6] He established the Evergreen Plantation, a sugar plantation in what later became known as Clute, Texas.[7][8] Personal lifeHe married Barbara Mackall Wilkinson, sister of Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long, known as "the mother of Texas."[9][10] Their daughter, Barbara M. W. Calvit, married John Hunter Herndon, a lawyer and a planter.[5] When she inherited her father's plantation, they renamed it the Herndon Plantation and raised Arabian horses and cattle.[7][8] DeathHe died of pneumonia on January 7, 1836, at his home in Brazoria County[11] (then Brazoria District, Mexican Texas). References1. ^1 "CALVIT, ALEXANDER," Handbook of Texas Online (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca22), accessed September 09, 2014. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. {{DEFAULTSORT:Calvit, Alexander}}2. ^Eron Rowland, Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1921, Volume 4, p. 38 [https://books.google.com/books?id=_ntSrQAFBI0C&pg=PA38&dq=%22alexander+calvit%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wJkPVOOGHMOgugSZ8ICgCQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20calvit%22&f=false] 3. ^John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, Mississippi, as a Province, Territory, and State: With Biographical Notices of Eminent Citizens, Power & Barksdale, 1880, Volume 1, pp. 320; 329 [https://books.google.com/books?id=TScWAAAAYAAJ&q=%22alexander+calvit%22&dq=%22alexander+calvit%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k6QPVMKQEYfiuQTJkYLgDg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBDgU] 4. ^H. S. Halbert, T. H. Ball, The Creek War of 1813 and 1814, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1995, p. 245 [https://books.google.com/books?id=SUDVCLiZ0-AC&pg=PA245&dq=%22alexander+calvit%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yaMPVOXFFIOiugShyIHoBg&ved=0CCEQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20calvit%22&f=false] 5. ^1 2 C. Herndon Williams, Texas Gulf Coast Stories, The History Press, 2010, p. 78 [https://books.google.com/books?id=dPlzFzLulnEC&pg=PA78&dq=%22alexander+calvit%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wJkPVOOGHMOgugSZ8ICgCQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20calvit%22&f=false] 6. ^City of Clute, Texas: History 7. ^1 C. Herndon Williams, True Tales of the Texas Frontier: Eight Centuries of Adventure and Surprise, The History Press, 2013. [https://books.google.com/books?id=AlkVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT67&dq=%22alexander+calvit%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wJkPVOOGHMOgugSZ8ICgCQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22alexander%20calvit%22&f=false] 8. ^1 Diana J. Kleiner, "CALVIT-HERNDON PLANTATION," Handbook of Texas Online (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/accgf), accessed September 09, 2014. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Modified on September 4, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. 9. ^Neila Skinner Petrick, Jane Long of Texas, 1798-1880: A Biographical Novel of Jane Wilkinson Long of Texas : Based on Her True Story, Pelican Publishing, 2000, p. 89 [https://books.google.com/books?id=HMD-rc6x6msC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=%22sandy+calvit%22&source=bl&ots=Z8jXG8bzwK&sig=_vHezz8P2Ca0Mf-d_DWbmAKNw1M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xaQPVMD6E8axuATbj4DQDg&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22sandy%20calvit%22&f=false] 10. ^Mary Austin Holley, Mary Austin Holley: The Texas Diary, 1835-1838, Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1965, p. 113 [https://books.google.com/books?id=OvgTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22alexander+calvit%22&dq=%22alexander+calvit%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yaMPVOXFFIOiugShyIHoBg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBzgK] 11. ^Handbook of Texas Online, "Calvit, Alexander," accessed April 25, 2016, https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fca22. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. 9 : 1784 births|1836 deaths|People from Mississippi|People from Brazoria County, Texas|People of the Creek War|American planters|Deaths from pneumonia|People of Mexican Texas|Old Three Hundred |
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