Sullivan-Roane County TN Archives Military Records.....Cavett, Richard 
Revwar - Pension 
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RICHARD CAVETT



   Richard Cavett applied for revolutionary pension August 19, 1820, while

living in Madison County, Alabama. He stated that he was then 70 years old and

that he was born in 1765 on the headwaters of the James River in what was later

Botetourt County, Virginia. While he was still a child his father, Moses Cavett,

and his family moved to Sullivan County, (now in Tennessee) and that his father

was in the battle of King's Mountain under Colonel Shelby. He stated that he,

Richard, wanted to go to the King's Mountain battle and that he went to Colonel

Shelby's quarters and begged to go but that his father, Moses Cavett, made him

stay at home to protect the forts and the families. He was then only 15 years of

age. He did join the service and fought in the Indian warfare on the frontier

for two years during the Revolution. He continued in the service for eight years

fighting Indians, making a period of ten years in all. He moved after that to

Roane County, Tennessee, where he lived for 16 years. He then moved to Madison

County Alabama.



   Note: It is mentioned in Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee that some of the

mountain men who assembled at Sycamore Shoals hoping to start on the march that

resulted in the battle of King's Mountain were required to stay at home to

protect the women and children.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. IV



by Zella Armstrong



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