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John CALCOTE RWS
RECORD: Calcote Family Journey, Frances Calcote Brite, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1997
John Calcote was born in VA about 1750 and died at the home of his son James in Franklin Co., MS in 1830. Burial was in an unmarked grave on the Calcote Plantation in what is presently Lincoln Co., MS.
John Calcote and his brother Blake served in the SC militia during the Revolutionary War in General Francis Marion's Brigade. For his service, John was paid by the state of SC with "Stub Indents" (land, in lieu of money).
By 1790 John and his wife were living in Prince George Parish, Georgetown District, SC, along with his brothers James and Henry Calcote. Between 1797 and 1802, John Calcote joined a large group of Revolutionary soldiers and their families (Cade, Calcote, Kennedy, Middleton, Buckles or Buckholdts, Gibson, Jolly, King, Rounsavall, Ryme) in a westward migration. It is believed that the Calcotes followed Tobias Gibson, Methodist minister, to the MS territory. John is listed in several MS Territory tax lists between 1807 and 1817, as well as the censuses of 1810-1830, and many land records. Records of Adams Co., Amite Co., and Franklin Co. all contain references to John Calcote.
Children of John Calcote and wife were documented from marriage, census, deed, and Bible records, since Franklin Co., MS estate records were destroyed by fire. Their children:
1. James Calcote, born about 1780
2. John Calcote, born before 1795
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RECORD: Research by Jim Ashe of Clinton, MS, manuscript given to Billy H. Parker of Simpson, LA (undated), prior to 1976. His sources include: + Census - Amite & Franklin Co., MS 1820/1810 Amite Co., MS, Vol. III, p. 525. + Calcoat family cem., Ruston, LA headstones.
+ Index Book of auditor of SC 1783-1786, showing RWS claims of SC, compiled by Janie Revill, MS Archives
Mr. Ashe gives the following:
The earliest Calcote to come to Mississippi was John, Sr. He first appears in the 1810 census as head of a household of 9 free whites and 3 slaves. His son James, who married in 1808 is shown as the only other Calcote in the Franklin Co., Miss. census. In 1816 he is shown on a list of early settlers of Amite County, Miss. as John Catcoat. On the same page (#80) his sons James, John, Stephen, William, and his son-in-law, Cade L. Kenady, are listed together all with a surname of Calsaote for the sons. In 1820 the census of Amite and Franklin counties list the Calcotes again and this time the name is spelled as it was in the 1810 census as Calcote.
John Calcote, Sr. served in the South Carolina Militia for 60 days during the Revolutionary War. This is verified by the original Index Book of the Auditor of South Carolina, period 1783 to 1786 Showing the Revolutionary War Claims filed in South Carolina. The book was compiled by Janie Revill and is in the Mississippi Archives in Jackson under #973, 3457, S08i. John Calcote's claim was in return #56 dated 20 May, 1785 which included 233 claims. Stub Entries to Indents for Revolutionary Claims R-5 (973-3457-S08s) page 68 of Book #6 shows Mr. John Calcote received 4 pounds 8 shillings 8-1/2 pence Sterling for 60 days duty in the Militia as per account audited on 3rd of June, 1785.
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John CALCOTE
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James CALCOTE
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Stephen CALCOTE