I9477: Thomas Jefferson ALVIS (20 Mar 1860

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Born about 1745. He lived in Williamsburg District until about 1770, at which time he moved to Goose Creek in Charleston District.

HEADS OF FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DISTRICT, BERKLEY COUNTY, ST. JOHNS PARISH. CHARLESTON DISTRICT, ST. JAMES GOOSE CREEK PARISH.
Name of head of family: McCants, Nath
Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 2
Free white males under 16 years: 2
Free white females, including heads of families: 3
All other free persons: 12

1790 Census neighbors: Martin, Lindsay, Hugh S. Winter, Nath. McCants, Sarah Blackman, Zach. & John Dehay, Amhert Danelly, John Dupont, Hamilton. The 1790 Census lists in the entire parish 118 heads of families, 158 free white males 16 years and older including heads of families, 79 free white males under 16, 202 free white females including heads of families, 15 other free persons, and 2,333 slaves, totaling 2,787 persons.

The birth mother of Nathaniel is in dispute - was it Agnes McKnealy or Martha Jane Scott? His records indicate he was born between 1745/1755, as he had a son b by 1772. (1790 census) That he used Scott as a middle name for his sons, and named a daughter Martha Jane indicates a strong affiliation to Martha Jane Scott as his mother, but the date recorded when she (widow Jackson) turned her Jackson Estate over to Nathaniel's father is 1761, possibly the date they married.
If his mother is Agnes McKnealy then she prob.died when he was quite young.

"American Revolution Roster Fort Sullivan (later Fort Moultrie) 1776-1780 Battle of Fort Sullivan" pub by Fort Sullivan Chapter DAR (SC). Nathaniel McCants YB; AA-4898; PI (1745-9 Jul 1816) SC mil; at fall of Charleston in 80; m. Elizabeth Gautier.

Nathaniel served with the Continental forces during the War for Independence, and was taken prisoner at the siege of Charleston and with others, signed a petition to Gen. Lincoln in 1780. Ref: Charleston Year Book 1897, p. 404.

"In March, 1784, Mr. James Eady for account of supplies to the Army in 1781. SE F 449". This was endorsed as "Rec'd 7 Jan. 1785 by order of James Eady Senior received by Nath. McCants." There is also a record of receipt to James Eady Senior for beef and supplies provided to the Southern Army commanded by Major General Green. An endorsement was made in the Charleston District for supplies to the Francis Marion Brigade.

In 1787 Nathaniel was one of 7 reps from St. James Goose Creek to the state convention to ratify the newly drawn Federal Constitution, and SC was the 8th state to approve.

In the 1790 census, Nathaniel is listed of St. James, Goose Creek, with a wife and five children. 1790 census: 2 m o/16; 2 m u/16; 3f and 16 slaves.

In 1795 he purchased Bannister Down Plantation. This 1500 acre plantation was located in St. John Parish, Berkeley Co. In 1813 he purchased Somerset Plantation and shortly thereafter, Woodboo Plantation. Bannister Down is now partly covered by Lake Moultrie and the other two are completely submerged.

Nathaniel wrote his son David in Louisiana a letter dated 6 May 1816, received June 14, 1816, on the back of the letter David wrote "Departed from home of the 7 day of October 1816 to South Carolina".

Nathaniel's will was proved July 25, 1816. Executors were David, sons-in-law James Packer and James McCants (who died since the will was made) and friend Stephen Ravenel.

Will In Part - To my wife, Elizabeth, "Old Loda, Tempy, Sambo, Susa, Kate, Toney, Lewis the Blacksmith" and the choice of any one of my horses, one of my beds and bedding, all my kitchen furniture, and dairy furniture, two trunks, one dozen plates, one dozen knives and forks, two dishes, two sows and pigs or one big with pig, one year's provisions. Also, a stock of cattle marked with a pole handle in one ear and a crop and two slits in the other, all my stock of sheep...the use and benefit and advantage of my dewelling house and out buildings on the plantation whereon I live and forty acres of my planting land.

"To my executors...my two mulattoes HANNA and POMPY...as soon as practable after my decease mancipate and set free the said mulatto children...allow them to remain with their mother until they will arrive to the age of eight years old...that they be bound out, the Girl Hannah to a Seamstress or Mantumaker who will undertake to attend to her education and improvement until she arrives to the age of eighteen years. Pompy to be bound out to a carpenter or Bricklayer who will attend to his education and improvement until he arrives to the age of twenty one years...ten of my shares in the South Carolina Bank, the interest or principal be used in ...support of the said two mulattoes, Hannah and Pompy".

Unto my granddaughter Elizabeth Chiney (formerly Elizabeth McCants) the sum of two thousand dollars."

"Unto my son John McCants during his life all my plantation parcel or tract of land whereon I now live in Saint John's Parish and at his death I devise it to my grandson John McCants...Unto my daughter Jean McCants during her life and after her death to my grandson Nathaniel McCants..part of the Wood Boo lands." (Santee Canal).

"Unto my son David McCants fifteen hundred dollars in lieu of my giving him no lands...unto my daughter Elizabeth Packer three thousand dollars in lieu of my giving her no land..."
Wit: Banj. Pepoon, Jerry Walter, and Benjamin F. Pepoon.
Proved before James D. Mitchell, Esq O.C.T.D. 25th day of July 1816. James Packer exec qualified 25 Jul 1816 and David McCants exec qualified Mar 29, 1825.

The Charleston Directory of 1809.

Nathaniel was in the militia at the fall of Charleston during the Revolutionary War, serving ninety-six days as a Lieutenant during 1782, and supplied pork for continental use and for General Francis Marion. the Journal of the Constitutional Convention of SC list Nathaniel McCants as a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention of 1790 along with John Deas, Jr., Peter Gray, William Allen Deas, James Smith and Aaron Loocock.

In May 1801, Nathaniel erected a house for a club house on the road near the Santee Canal for the sum of twenty-five pounds. The exact location has not been determined. This house was left to his son John.

Nathaniel McCants made his Will June 18, 1815 which was recorded and proved July 25, 1816. He named his wife, Elizabeth, and all four children, John, Jean, David, and Elizabeth.

Slaves mentioned: "Hannah & Poppy" (mulattos freed). Tempy, Old, Leda, Sambo, Susa and two children Kate and Toney, also Lewis the blacksmith.

It is my Will and desire that the six negroes given my wife during life with the issue of such as are females, etc - after the death of my said wife, be in like manner divided among my said four chldren.

Included in the McCants file by Mr. Leonardo Andrea is a copy of the letter that Nathaniel wrote to our David in LA. from St. John's Parish, SC 6, May 1816, he died soon after that - a notation on the letter by David "On margin of letter...Received this letter 14th of June. Departed from Home on 7 Day of October 1816 to South Carolina". The original letter owned by Mrs. Frank Cusimano, 410 Penn Ave, Slidell, LA. (a cousin)

Probably the son of 2nd wife Martha Jane Scott.

1790 Fed Census, Charleston Dist, St. James Goose Creek Parish - Nathaniel with two males under 16; two males over 16; including himself, three females including his wife, and twelve slaves. The other male over 16 would have been James McCants who died in 1801; and the two males under sixteen would have been John J. McCants (1774-1819) and David Scott McCants (Nov 18 1781-Jan 4, 1864). The two girls were Martha Jean (Jane) Sep 2, 1779-1863) and Elizabeth (1783-?)

Last ltr of Nathaniel McCants
"St. John's Parish, SC
6 May 1816

To David McCants
West Florida Francisville Parish, Thompson's Creek P. O. LA.

Outside address:
Nathaniel McCants 1816
St. John's Berkeley, SC

Dear Sir,
I must acknowledge the receipt of yours of the eighth of February on the fourth of May instant, which gives me to know that your uncle James are no more and that you have administered on his Estate, he dying intestate, so that his Estate falls to his Brothers and Sisters, and their children that is to say into five equal shares. Your Uncle Alexander McCants' children are intitled to one part, your Uncle Thomas' children to one part, Your Aunt Jean Lindsay's children to one part, Your Aunt Mary Hunt's children to one part and myself one part. I will according to your request inform the heirs at Law about the matter if these lines arrive to hand before the Sale. You can if you wish to purchase. Make use of my part. you mention in your letter now that in your former letter to me, you let me know that your Uncle died without a will, that letter I have never got. I see where you state the appraisement of the Estate to some sixteen hundred dollars but when sold I expect it will go over that. You mention to me, you made seven bales cotton, your brother John's crop of about eight bales amount to $612. the net proceeds it was sold at 27 cents pound so that your good land don't do much better than ours. I made about twenty seven sold at...not legible..amounting to better than three thousand dollars. You inform me that you and your family were well when yours left you. I inform you that myself and your Mother still enjoys a tollerable share of health. I have not been sick now for near fifteen months. I expect to go to the Back country this summer again. Your relations are all well at present. I mentioned to you in my last letter about the death of your brother in law James McCants. your cousin Robert Packer's last wife is quite ensain, near as bad as Bill Taylor. I am with Respect your Respectfully Father.

Nathaniel McCants.

Rand McNally Road Atlas for 1996 shows Goose Creek, S.C., to be just Northeast of Charleston between US Highway 52 and the west bank of the Cooper River.

Berkeley County was named for two of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, Lord John Berkeley (d. 1678) and Sir William Berkeley (d. 1677). The county was orginally named in 1682, and at one time it included the parishes of St. John Berkeley, St. James Goose Creek, St. James Santee, St. Stephen, and St. Thomas and St. Denis. In 1769 this area became part of Charleston District, and it did not become a separate county again until 1882. The county seat was Mount Pleasant from 1882 until 1895, when it was moved to Moncks Corner. This area was settled in the late seventeenth century by English and French Huguenot planters and their African slaves. Many of the old rice plantations are now covered by the waters of Lake Moultrie, which was built in the 1940s as part of the Santee-Cooper hydroelectric project.

Two famous Revolutionary War generals were residents of the area: William Moultrie (1730-1805) and Francis Marion (1732-1795), known as the Swamp Fox. Henry Laurens (1724-1792), president of the Continental Congress, resided at Mepkin Plantation, which many years later was purchased by publisher Henry Luce (1898-1967). Luce and his wife, writer and diplomat Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), are buried at Mepkin, which is now a Trappist monastery.

Compiled by South Carolina State Library 1996. http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/berk.html

St. James, Goose Creek 1790 Census Information and Article from "Historic Ramblin's Through Berkeley" written by and used with permission of Mr. J. Russell Cross.

The 1790 Census lists in the entire parish 118 heads of families, 158 free white males 16 years and older including heads of families, 79 free white males under 16, 202 free white females including heads of families, 15 other free persons, and 2,333 slaves, totaling 2,787 persons. Individuals listed were Thos. Harris, Francis Curtis, Sam Adams, Sam Prioleau, John & Wm. Simpson, John C. Martin, Chas.Philbin, Ralph Bosman, John Glenn, Dan Glenn, Dan Cannon, Dr. Poyas, Singletary, Geo. Smith Est., Robt. Howard, Thos.Tims, Geo. Philhower, Geo. Segler, Wm. Micheau, Robt. Dillon, Gab. Manigault, Jane Kekeley, Alexr. Fraser Est., Jos.Manigault, Revd. E. Ellington, Rebecca Smith, John Bowen, B. Smith Est., Ben Maryck, Capt. Graham, Alex. Maryck Est., John C. Ball, Zach Oillepontoux, Alexr. Chollet, Geo. Parker, Hugh Swinton, J. Deas, Senr. Est., J. Deas, Junr. Est., Ann Wilson, Peter Redhimer, Ann Taylor, Jas. McBride, Thos. Bacot, Sam Hoff, Christ Brown, Thos. Rast, Wm. Snyder, Peter Smith, Amhert Danelly, John Ounielt, Chas. Glover, Robt. Simmons, John Platt, Willm. Falling, Jas. Stevenson, Wm. Dangerfield, John Burbridge, Thos. Burbridge, Simeon Theus, William Cannon, Jacob Ringer, Robt. Jennings, Geo. Braker, Dan. Legare's Est., Herely Huxford, John Gibson, Jas. Douglass, Doram, Mrs. Ballard, John Blewer, Peter Blewer, Robt.Hurst, Sol. Legare, Peggy Ayrs, Toney Miland, Thos. Stevenson, Mr. Vere, Jackson, Isaac Lyons, Peter Dubois, Fitzpatrick, Robt. Martin, Lindsay, Hugh S. Winter, Nath. McCants, Sarah Blackman, Zach. Dehay, Thos. Blackman, Mary Grumes, John Bachelor, James Cree, Rob. Thornley, John Dehay, Tilman Platt, Adam Getringer, Bernard Leitz, B. P. Williams, Aaron Loocock, Ralph Izard, J. & M. Lehaffe, John Dupont, John May, Peter Tamplet, Peter Gray, Archd. McDowell, Wm. Johnson, John Withers, Rebecca Withers, Jacinth Lavall, Henry Gray, Benja. Castell, Thos. Eucleigh, Joseph Glover, Richd. Gough, John Parker, Binah (free woman).

DAR Nos. 93763 and 95293. DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition
Posted by: Mary Date: February 23, 2001 at 17:33:40
In Reply to: Re: DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition by josie bass of 8828
Hi Josie, There were no Gotea's listed. We struck gold with McCants though...
Pg 1939: MC CANTS: John: b c 1750 d p 1- -1813 SC m (1) X (2) Sarah --- Sol SC
Nathaniel: b 1745 SC d 7-9-1816 SC m Elizabeth Gautier Pvt SC
Thomas: b 1741 SC d 4-4-1830 SC m Ann Reed Pvt SC
I looked for Gautier, as listed above, but found none.

After Lincoln's War on the Southern States, the lower part of the parish lost much of its population. Many families moved into Charleston or to other sections. The fields grew up and many fine houses tumbled down or were burned.

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"Migrated 1720 [with youngest son Barnard[ Laggan, Donegal County, Ireland to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Settled Unknown 1732 Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts. Marriage 1 Sarah [?] b: 1660 in Scotland. Alias: Alexander /McNUTT/McNITT/MacNauchtan.

Children:
2 James MCNUTT b: Bet 1710 and 1717 d: 1749 + UNKNOWN ?
2 Alexander MCNUTT b: Abt 1692 d: Abt 1751 + [Jane ?] [or Moldred WELCH] b: Abt 1695
2 Barnard MCNUTT b: Abt 1700 d: 16 Jan 1773 + Jane [Jean] CLARK b: 19 Oct 1712 d: 1798
2 William MCNUTT b: 1694 + Jane COLBREATH b: 1694
2 Abraham MCNUTT
2 Jean MCNUTT b: Abt 1696 d: 1780 + Thomas BEARD b: Abt 1690 d: 18 Oct 1769.

Reference: B. The MacNauchtan Saga. by V. V. McNitt. Published in two volumes by Hampden Hills Press, Palmer, Mass., 1951. Reprinted in 1981. A story book history of an ancient clan and its branches, with the brief biographies of prominant MacNaughtons, McKnights, McNutts, and McNitts.

This source presents most acceptable account of family movements from Galloway, Scotland, through N. Ireland to Massachusetts, Virginia, and Nova Scotia. Most of earlier references omit any connections with Covenantois in Galloway, 1640-1720, and promote a brother relationship between Alexander, the colonizer and William of Nova Scotia, largely at instigation of Francis Augustus MacNutt in 1895-1897 when he was seeking Palpal Envoy status in Rome.

Clan MacNauchtan becomes McNutt Family of Augusta, Virgina
The Augusta County, Virginia family with the surname McNutt had its beginnings in the surnames of McNitt, MacNaucht and MacNauchtan and can be traced back through Northern Ireland (1720-1656) and Scotland (1650-1200).

In Roman times, Scotland, known then as Caledonia, was occupied chiefly by the Picts, a Celtic race. The Romans, unable to conquer the Picts, controlled Britain, only south of Hadrian's Wall which is south of the present boundary between England and Scotland. The Scots, another Celtic race, originally lived in Ireland, and migrated to Caledonia during the first 500 years A.D.. These Scots converted the Picts to Christianity, then united with them under Scot King Kenneth MacAlpine in 843 A.D.. A third Celtic race, living in England, was controlled by the Romans, and ultimately was pushed back into Wales.

The Clan MacNauchtan is older than recorded Scottish history, and may have originated with one of the three Pict kings of Caledonia named Nechtan who ruled during the periods 458-482, 599 - ?, and 710-730.

Families in Scotland did not have established surnames until the later half of the 11th century, when Scot King Malcolm Canmore (1058-1093) encouraged his people to accept the practice, already begun in other countries. However, standards of literacy were low so the records show many variations in the spelling of the surname, including MacNaughton, McNaughton, MacNaghtan, MacNachtan, McNaghtane, MacNaghtane, etc..

The early MacNauchtans were Picts who had settled in Strathtay, the valley of the Tay River in the Scottish lowlands, north of Edinburgh. These MacNauchtans were a brave and warlike people under the leadership of chieftains called Thanes of Lochtay. In 1164 Scot King Malcolm IV gave the clan chiefs control of lands in the Scottish highlands to the west, in gratitude for help in controlling the MacDougalls. This marked the beginning of the movement of the clan chiefs from Strathtay to Argyll, north and west of Glasgow. Additional lands in Argyll were assigned to the clan, as vassals of King Alexander II in 1222. In 1267 King Alexander III granted custody of Fraoch Eilean, a castle on an island in Loch Awe, to Gilcrest MacNauchtan, the clan chief, for assistance in driving Norsemen from W. Scotland. Clan headquarters were later moved to the castle of Dubhloch, in Glenshira, and then after 1473, to Dunderave, near the head of Loch Fyne.

During the disagreements over succession to the Scottish throne, after the death of King Alexander III in 1286, the MacNauchtans initially supported English King Edward I and his choice of John Balliol, then, later switched to support Robert Bruce who became King Robert I of an independent Scotland in 1314. A coat of arms was assigned to the clan chiefs sometime after this. The MacNauchtan highlanders of Argyll remained loyal supporters of the dynasty of Steward Kings, until they were thrown out in 1688. King James VI of Scotland became King James.........."

Author: McKenzie, George Norbury Title: COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 4; Publication: 1914, Reprint Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995; (Available Online at Genealogy Library.com) Page: Vol 5, Page 379.

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My Southern Family

Thomas Jefferson ALVIS

20 Mar 1860 - 21 Feb 1924

ID Number: I9477

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Charles CARROLL

ABT 1740 - ____

ID Number: I90842

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James GLASS "the Immigrant"

1620 - 3 Sep 1652

ID Number: I74921

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George HUME Jr.

1729 - 13 Nov 1790

ID Number: I39546

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Lt. Nathaniel MCCANTS

ABT 1745 - 9 Jul 1816

ID Number: I210

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Alexander MCNUTT "the Immigrant"

1656 - 10 Feb 1745

ID Number: I78242

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Sir JOHN de NEVILLE

1387 - 20 May 1420

ID Number: I26942

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Willie TORRANCE

1896 - ____

ID Number: I55467

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Nathaniel WEST

1622 - 14 Jan 1670

ID Number: I87525

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Ira Irene WHITE

ABT 1899 - ____

ID Number: I7107

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