I just noticed your post. I have a listing of a marriage between a James Cate
and Sally Hickman on August 11, 1851. This could be the second James B. Cate
you referred to in your post. This reference comes from a book entitled
"Early Tennessee Marriages". The book lists nearly two pages of CATE/CATES
marriages between the abt. 1815 and abt. 1865.
I do not have a marriage record for the first family group that you mentioned.
My line goes from Richard Baldwin Cate b. abt. 1822. I believe his father to
be Richard Cate b. abt. 1779 married Elizabeth Tharp b. abt. 1781.
My records show they had a son Jesse b. 3/21/1815. This Jesse married Rebecca
Coggshall on 12/14/1843, either in Wayne County, Indiana or in Tennessee.
I have two other marriage records for Jesse Cate/s
Jesse Cate to Rachel Pyron 8/8/1815 (county code K)
Jesse Cates to M.A. Sharp 1/14/1878 (county code A)