Well we know I have the minutes, & I do not recall having seen another with
John Cate but what years do all of you think should be checked? Ann
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From: Bettye Heinrich <bettye(a)jps.net>
To: CATE-L(a)rootsweb.com <CATE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Saturday, January 24, 1998 5:59 PM
Subject: Cate Poser
Yesterday, when the item with S. Henry as supposed father of Rebecca
Cate's
'Base Born' child came through I thought "There's the answer".
After reading it again and the posting that just came through the Base Born
child could not have been C. L. Cate because he was born in 1818 and this
child's record is in the court records btw 1812 & 1814.
New poser: is this a different Rebecca Cate or did she have more than one
Base Born child? It seems highly UNLIKELY that the Dumplin Church would
wait until 1818 to condemn Rebecca as I have read alot of church records
from that era and they 'got right to the matter'. SO it appears that there
were at least 2 Base Born children born to a Rebecca Cate in that time
frame
in Jefferson Co, TN.
I think a closer look at the Jefferson CO Tn court records would be a wise
decision.
Regards, Bettye
Regards, Bettye