Nelda,
The Cates you found in Denton Co., Tx. are of my line.
Solomon Cates b. abt. 1822 md. ?(possibly Louisa) McCarroll in McMinn Co. ,Tn.
children:
William Marion Cate b. Nov. 18, 1847 in Tn.
James Cate b. Aug. 10, 1849
John Cate
Nancy Cate b. Mar. 10 1857
Anderson B. Cates b.Dec. 2, 1861
Ellen Cate b. Mar. 1, 1867
I don't believe W. Cates on the 1870 AR. census and William M. Cate (whose
family to follow) are the same person since their ages are 10 years apart and
birth places are different.
William M. Cate b.1847 md. Mary Elizabeth Wayson b. 1858
children:
Clarinda Cate b. 1874
Thomas Marion Cate b. 1876
Sarah Mahala Cate b. 1879
Soloman Asbury Cate b. 1886
John Daniel Cate b. 1892
Mary Ann Cate b. 1894
Particularly intriguing is the name John Daniel Cate appears in both of our
databases which leaves a thread of possibility of a common ancestor.
Milt Henderson