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As previously noted, in the early colonial days, a 14 year old male could witness a legal document, and could even choose his legal guardian in the event both of his parents were then deceased. However, he had to be at least 21 years of age in order to own and sell property in his own name, even though he could inherit property at whatever age which will be held in trust for him until he reaches the age of 21. At times, the court would recognize a person younger that 14 years of age to serve as a witness to the execution of a document if he/she seemed cognizant of the duty.

It is significant to note that as Hugh Cavender's oldest son, Joseph Cavender, was born about 1760 and therefore was about 15 years of age in 1775. Consequently, he was therefore legally old enough to serve as one of the witnesses to his father's signature on the above indenture. However, for some unknown reason, an unidentified John Jay Cavender ("John Cavender") served as the witness. This particular John Jay Cavender all of a sudden appeared in Amelia County, Virginia and apparently did not thereafter again appear in any Amelia County legal document, even in the tithing records. This provides some support for the fact that he must have been exempt from tithe taxes because of his young age, i.e., below the age of 15, or because advanced age or because he was infirmed. ^{11, 393 & DB13/53}

1775/03/23 Patrick Henry made his famous "Liberty or Death" speech.
1775/04/18 Paul Revere made his famous ride to warn of approach of British troops.²⁶¹
1775/03/19 Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts..
1775/04/22 Isaac Cavender, planter, sold personal property to Ezekiel Reed in Dorchester County, Maryland. He apparently served in the Revolutionary War in the fifth Regiment of the Delaware Infantry Volunteers Company. ^{286, 313 & 352}
1775/05/xx Having had news of the battles of Lexington and Concord, Lord John Murray Dunmore, then appointed the governor of Virginia by the British House of Lords, prompted a revolutionary uprising by transferring part of the colony’s gunpowder stores from Williamsburg to the British warship, “Magdalen”. After a riot at the June session of the colonial legislature, Dunmore transferred the seat of government to the British man-of-war, the “Fowey” anchored off Yorktown. The colonial Burgesses declared that he had abdicated, and they vested a committee of safety with executive powers. Dunmore equipped a flotilla and used it to attack Hampton. After he had burned Norfolk on January 1, 1776, the Americans drove him from his station on Gwynn’s Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Dunmore then sent his fleet to the West Indies and returned to England.
1775/05/04 Joseph Cavender of Westminster, Massachusetts, enlisted to serve in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Edmund Bemis's company. He served an initial term of only three months and five days. However, it appears that he continued to re-enlist and was serving until at least May 19, 1780 and most probably was the particular Joseph Cavender who is said to have served in the 5th. Virginia Regiment under Colonel William Crawford and Lt. Nathaniel Gist.³⁷⁴

The above Joseph Cavender apparently is not the same Joseph Cavender who was born in Raleigh Parish, Amelia County, Virginia about 1760 as the oldest child of Hugh Cavender, and died on August 13, 1826 in Christian County, Kentucky shortly after he filed an affidavit on October 2, 1820 in support for a Revolutionary War pension Application No. 10508 and which was granted as No. S35818. Christian County, Kentucky includes the City of Hopkinsville located in Western Kentucky. According to his affidavit, this latter Joseph Cavender stated that he first enlisted in the Revolutionary War on March 1, 1777 in Amelia County, Virginia for a period of 3 years, and then re-enlisted during the war in 1779 in the Virginia Regiment commanded by Col Ennis and in the Company commanded by James Foster. ^{77, 281, 284, 326 & 356}

The following Cavenders are listed as having served in the Revolutionary War:

(1) Arther Cavender or Arthur Cavender (Corporal in Patterson's "Flying Camp Battalion" from Delaware);

(2) David Cavender (Patterson's "Flying Camp Battalion" from Delaware);

(3) Charles Cavener or Charles Cavender (Sergeant, 3rd. Maryland Regiment);

(4) Garrate Cavener or Garrett Cavender (7th Virginia Regiment);

(5) George Cavendire, George Cavener or George Cavender (1st.New Jersey Regiment);

(6) James Cavender or James Cavenaugh (New Hampshire);

(7) James Cavender (Corporal in Hall's Delaware Regiment);

(8) James Cavender (2nd. New Hampshire Regiment);

(9) James Cavender (Company "C" of Virginia Artillery Regiment);

(10) John Cavener, John Cavendor or John Cavender (Corporal, Company "C" of Patton's Regiment, Continental Troops commanded by Colonel John Patton, with Capt. Joseph Powell being the Company Commander);

(11) John Cavender (Delaware);

(12) John Cavender (3rd. New Hampshire Regiment);

(13) Jno. Cavender ("Jonathan Cavender"? & “John Cavender”?) and John Cavender (Company "C" of the 2nd. Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Christian Febiger, Esq., with Capt. William Taylor being the Company Commander. This Company was designated at various times as Captain William Taylor's Company and the Company formerly commanded by Captain E. Meade. (The particular John Cavender who served for Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina and married a Margaret was issued pension No. 9776.);

(14) John Cavender (Company "C" of Patton's Regiment, Continental Troops. This regiment was organized by resolution of Congress on December 27, 1776 which authorized General Washington to raise 16 battalions of infantry and was incorporated with Colonel Hartley's additional regiment, except Captain McLane's Company, and was annexed to the Delaware Regiment to form the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment.);

(15) Joseph Cavender (Samuel Drake's New York Regiment);

(16) Joseph Cavender (Sergeant, 5th, 11th & 15th Virginia Regiments. About May 1778, the 11th Virginia Regiment and 15th Virginia Regiments were incorporated and designated the 11th and 15th Virginia Regiment until about September 1778. This particular Joseph Cavender was issued pension No. S35818);

(17) Joseph Cavendor or Joseph Cavender (5th Massachusetts Regiment);

(18) Joseph Cavender (3rd. Company of the Virginia Detachment commanded by Major Samuel Finley. This company was designated as the 3rd. Company and a company of the 2nd. Virginia Regiment)

(One of the foregoing Joseph Cavender received a pension designated S35818);

(19) Michael Cavender served in the Revolutionary War in Patton's Regiment, Continental Troops;

(20) Moses Cavener or Moses Cavender (2nd. New York Regiment. Received Land Warrant #6907 on September 27, 1790 which was assigned to Jacob Tremper);

(21) Patrick Cavender, believed to be a Catholic born in Ireland,(2nd. Maryland Regiment);

(22) Robert Cavannah or Robert Cavender from Georgia was a Major in the Revolutionary War according to "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution" by Knight;

(23) Samuel Cavender (3rd. New Hampshire Regiment). Samuel Cavener or Samuel Cavender apparently was granted Bounty Land Warrant #40 and Bounty Land Warrant #76 for his service as a seaman in the Virginia State Navy and apparently the names of the ships that he served on were the "Henry" and the "Galley";

(24) Thomas Cavener or Thomas Cavender (3rd. Maryland Regiment);

(25) William Cavender (Hall's Delaware Regiment);

(26) William Cavender (1st.Regiment, Light Dragoons, Continental Troops ).^{350, 355 & 383}

(27) William Cavender enlisted in the Revolutionary War while living in North Carolina and later married Margaret Cox who was born in Virginia near the James River, the daughter of George Cox. William Cavender and George Cox both joined the North Carolina Militia under General Gates. After the defeat of General Gates in the battle at Camden, both William Cavender and her father returned home. Both William Cavender and George Cox later joined Colonel Cleveland and were at the battle of Kings Mountain. They later were with General Morgan in South Carolina and in the battle of Cowpens where he received 2 bayonet wounds in the thigh and leg, plus a bullet wound in the calf of his leg. Following the battle of Cowpens, they were pursued by the British and Tories under the command of General Cornwallis during their march toward and across the Catawha River, the Yadkin River, and the Dan River where they were joined by General Green and where William Cavender stayed when the American forces reversed their march in pursuit of the British and Tory troops and subsequently engaged in the battle of Guilford Old Court House. William Cavender rejoined General Green at Ransays Mills and was in the battle of Camden where the Americans were defeated, and he remained with General Green and fought at the Siege of Ninety-Six and at Eutaw Springs where George Cox was killed as witnessed by William Cavender. Sometime in the early part of the Spring of 1783, William Cavender arrived at the home of Margaret Cox then living in Wilkes County, Georgia and where they were married on May 12, 1783 with acting Justice of the Peace, Henry Ware performing the ceremony.

In the Spring of 1791 William Cavender died at his sister's house while on his way to North Carolina to obtain his share of the inheritance of his parents who had just died.

(2) Thomas Cavender was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1775, believed to be the son of Thomas Cavender and the grandson of Henry Cavender, both of Westmoreland County, and married Sarah Scinner on May 16, 1809.^{294 & 371}

(3) John Cavender born in North Carolina about 1775. He died in Marshall County, Tennessee and is buried in the Head Springs Cemetery in Lewisburg, Tennessee. With the exception of his two youngest children who were born in Tennessee, the remainder of his family were each born in North Carolina. In 1850, John Cavender was then 75 years old and thus born in North Carolina about 1775 and was living in Marshall County, Tennessee in 1850, with his wife Lively Cavender who was 38 years old and thus born in North Carolina about 1812. Their family comprised George Cavender age 17 and thus born in North Carolina about 1833, Thomas Cavender age 15 and thus was born about 1835 in North Carolina, Adolphus Cavender age 11 and thus was born about 1839 in North Carolina, Needham Cavender ("Needam Cavender" & "Needum Cavender") was then age 8 and thus born about 1842 in North Carolina, John Cavender was then age 7 and thus born about 1843 in North Carolina, Elizabeth Cavender was then age 6 and thus born about 1844 in Tennessee, and Sarah Cavender was then age 2 and thus born about 1848 in Tennessee. ¹³⁷

(4) Samuel Cavender ("Samuel Cavandar") and Lambert Cavender both apparently enlisted in the 6th Company, 13th Battalion of the Kent County Militia of Kent County, Maryland in 1775, and served until 1778. ³²³