Frances Jane Calvert
F, b. circa 1763, d. about 1855
Biography
DNA Verified | | 18 DNA matches through Frances Jane Calvert |
Birth | circa 1763 | She was born circa 1763 in Virginia, United StatesBGO. |
Military | 22 May 1781 | She served in the military on 22 May 1781 in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United StatesBGO. Frances Smith’s widow’s pension application relates that she herself rendered service independent of William’s during the Revolution. It was she and Behetheland Butler who, at great personal risk, paddled a canoe up the Saluda River to 96 to inform Captain Wallace of the imminent approach of the English under Lord Rawdon thereby providing the Patriot forces time to retreat to North Carolina where they were able to live to fight another day.1 |
Name | 2 September 1784 | As of 2 September 1784, Frances Jane Calvert was also known as Frances Smith. |
Marriage | 2 September 1784 | William Harrison Smith and she were married on 2 September 1784 in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United StatesBGO. |
Military | | She received pension in South Carolina, United StatesBGO. |
Residence | 1850 | She lived Age: 87 in The District, Edgefield, South Carolina, USABG, in 1850.2 |
Death | about 1855 | She died about 1855 at age ~92 in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United StatesBGO. |
Citations
- [S227] Information from Leila Mayberry (3411 Lee Road 166, Opelika, AL 36804). (.)
- [S239] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: The District, Edgefield, South Carolina; Roll: M432_852; Page: 46B; Image: 98