I inherited some research on the Cate family a few years ago and the
following page was among the papers. Has anyone on the Cate List seen
this before? I would like some feed back. Who is the Norman Cate
mentioned ? How does this Joshua and Norman Cate fit in?
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A brief Genealogy record of the Hayes' and Cates' Families, and their
connections in North Carolina and East Tennessee.
Collected and published by John S. Hayes, Knoxville, Tenn. N.C. Gen Res.
Com.
Rec. 1930.
The Cates' Colony pg 84-85.
From what we learn in reference to this Colony in Orange County, N.C.,
is that it was formed sometime before that State was divided and the two
states of North and South Carolina were formed; this was done in 1729.
In March 1730, the first will of the Cates' family was recorded in the
Will
Record Book (A) of Orange County, it being the first will of Richard
Cates.
We learn that in 1715, that the English Colony at Edenton, on the
eastern
coast of the State, together with the assistance of other colonies of
that
section, attacked a band of the Tuscarora Indians at their fort a few
miles
below their colony and killed and captured about 800 of their band;
those of
them who escaped migrated north and joined their kind in New York. In
the
same year peace was concluded with the Corees, another hostile band
that infested that state.
Joshua Cates with his family, his sons, and their families, had,
previous to that time, come over from England and joined the Edenton
Colony.
After peace had been concluded with the Indians, Joshua Cates and his
families, accompanied with many other families from that colony started
in a
western direction, with the hopes of finding a better location and
forming
a new colony. They traveled many days and arriving near the center of
Orange County, they concluded to remain there and start the CATES'
COLONY,
where a great many of their generation are still living.
We feel satisfied that Joshua Cates and his children were the founders
of this Colony.
Some years later, after the Cates' Colony had been established, there
came from a French Colony in the eastern part of the state, not far from
Wilmington, a man by the name of Norman Cate. He came to the southern
part
of Orange County, in what is known as the Cane Creek Colony. This Colony
is still in existence, and a great many of good people live in that
settlement.
The Cates' Colony is in a prosperous condition, altho' many of their
first settlers have died, yet the younger generations take great pride
in
their churches, schools, and good roads. May they live long and prosper.
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John Cate, Sr., born in Orange Co., No.C., about 1735, is said to be
the
common ancestor of all Dumplin Valley Cate Families, where he settled in
1782.
His son John Cate, Jr., married Mary Koontz, and they had 12 children.
John Cate, Sr., was the first member enrolled in the Dumplin Valley
Church,
Jefferson Co., Tenn., organized in 1797.
Elisha Cate 1850 Census, Sevier Co., Tenn.
Elisha Cate, son of John Jr., married Mary E. Newman. Their children
were:
Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Nelson, Elisha Porter, William, Rebecca, Bradley,
Henry
and Albert.
Elisha Porter Cate, 2nd son of Elisha, (John, John) b. 1/3/1832.
Married Mary Jane Drinnen, sister of William Drinnen, the father of Dr.
J.
Drinnen. Elisha Porter died about 1910 or 1911, Buried at Cate's X
Roads.
His children were: Darthula, Medora Allis, Thos.L.Cate, Elisha John,
Gilbert,
Triplet boys, (died at birth) (Buried at Dumplin Cemetary)
Willis Nelson Cate, William Columbus Cate, Cora Ella and Ida Bell.