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James CALCOTE
RECORD: Calcote Family Journey, Frances Calcote Brite, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1997
James Calcote and Mary Goodrich married between 25 Feb. 1733 and 1734, in Isle of Wight Co., VA. They had five sons while living in the Isle of Wight. Many references in Isle of Wight records prove the residence of James Calcote. James Calcote is mentioned in the Newport Parish Vestry Book, Isle of Wight 1736, and in 1746-1747 as being paid for wainscoting the "Old Brick Church". He was mentioned in 1735, 1741-1745 as a processioner of land (verifier of boundary lines between adjacent landowners). Land transactions involving James Calcote are recorded in Isle of Wight deed records and estate records from 1750 to 1757. In 1757 James and Mary Calcote moved their family to Dobbs Co., NC. Mary Goodrich died after 1760 in NC, and James Calcote married Mary West Williams, a widow, before Mar. 1769.
RECORD: Research by Jim Ashe of Clinton, MS, manuscript given to Billy H. Parker of Simpson, LA (undated), prior to 1976.
James Calcote's will was recorded as James Caliote and listed sons as: James, Blake, Baker, John, Rolen, and John Williams. (Son James was to go to North Carolina with Henry Calcote to receive debts there due him). The name James together with Henry Calcote tie in with the North Carolina will of Thomas Calcote. James' will is recorded in Charleston District, South Carolina, Vol. 18 (period 1776 to 1784) and was recorded on Feb. 12, 1777.