Alexander Calvit
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Alexander "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.
Alexander Calvit | |
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Born | (1784-06-17)June 17, 1784 Spanish West Florida; later the Mississippi Territory |
Died | January 7, 1836(1836-01-07) (aged 51) Brazoria District, Mexican Texas (now Brazoria County, Texas, U.S.) |
Occupation | Sugar planter |
Spouse | Barbara Mackall Wilkinson |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (sister-in-law) John Hunter Herndon (son-in-law) |
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]
He 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]
He married Barbara Mackall Wilkinson, sister of Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long, known as "the mother of Texas."[9][10] Their daughter, Barbara, 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]
Calvit died of pneumonia on January 7, 1836, aged 51, at his home in Brazoria County (then Brazoria District, Mexican Texas).[11]
- "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.
- City of Clute, Texas: History, ci.clute.tx.us. Accessed March 21, 2024.
- Diana J. Kleiner, "CALVIT-HERNDON PLANTATION", Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed September 9, 2014. Uploaded June 12, 2010. Modified September 4, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- Handbook of Texas Online: "Calvit, Alexander". Accessed April 25, 2016. Uploaded June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.