"Annals of Southwest Virginia" by Lewis Preston Summers, Vol. II,
p.1206..(this is what I was looking for when I asked about the relationship
(map) between Long Island of the Holston (Sullivan Co) and the following:
GRANTS
1787, Jan. 13....CATE, John......100 acres Brushy Valley on Oppossum Creek
(as sp) Actual Settlement
Not given
1789, Apr. 8......CATE, John......175 acres On both sides Opossum Creek (as
sp)........Actual Settlement
Not given.
Page 1213
1784, Feb. 21....Enyart, Silas....200 acres North Side Clinch Mtn. & both
sides Little Moccasin Creek....
1781, Aug. 30....Enyart Silas.....200 Little Moccasin Creek......Actual Date
of Settlement...1771.
(I know Roberta has deeds from microfilm on one John Cate and wife Mary)abep
A LIST OF ROBERT DOACK'S COMPANY OF MILITIA JUNE 2nd. 1774
Page 1421.
Page 1422...CATTES, John (Private) (No other info. given) 1774 who is
this John CATTES? Ours was born about 1753 and all info. still states
Orange Co NC. aebp
Page 1422...CATS, Roger, (Private) (No other info. given)......could this be
a Cate/Cates?aebp
1748 Dr. Thomas Walker expedition (a lot to read on this).."the following
year the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina was extended to a
point beyond at which Doctor Walker was this day (on expedition)"
"Reedy Creek empties into the Holston at the FOOT OF LONG ISLAND, a noted
locality in the early history of Tenn...Nearby a fort was erected by advice
of Washington in 1758, by Col Wlliam Byrd, which was later known as Fort
Patrick Henry. .....NOTE: Just below the mouth of Reedy Creek is the town
of Kingsport, SULLIVAN COUNTY, and a short distance below the town the North
Fork puts into the Holston. It was at this point the treaty of the Watuaga
was held March, 1775, when the Cherokees sold to Richard Henderson And
Company the land in Kentucky called Transylvania." Same source as above.
Ann elderbrooks(a)msn.com