Dear Billy and Cyndi,
I am also descended from the Cates line. My maternal grandmother was Paralee
Lora Cates Long (husband Bob Long) and she was the daughter of a William
(Billy) Cates that was supposedly born in Alabama as the family was moving from
the Edgefield District of South Carolina to Franklin County, TX (although I
think in the 1800's it might have been called Titus County) after the Civil War.
Some of the names of Paralee's siblings were Ila Dora, Bertha Cora, Zene,
John, Bill, Peter. I can't remember all of their middle names at the moment but
have them written down. If anyone out there knows the people from Franklin
County, I am one of the daughters of Mary Paralee Long, Paralee and Bob's
youngest daughter. My mother left the Mt. Vernon area after she married and lives in
South Texas.
Thanks. I hope to hear more about your discoveries.
Liz Worden
elizworden(a)aol.com