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Surnames: Cathcart
Classification: Query
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James Leander from mecklenburg co is correct. I am descended from John Sr's son,
Matthew Newton. The James Leander being mentioned to you is not the same man. You can
get further documents on John of Mecklenburg (as we call him) from the state archives in
Raleigh, N.C. and look in the colonial records of NC. He was in court in the 1780's.
He had an apprentice bound to him-he was a tailor. Also, he had to swear support for a
bastard child. His land records/will are in the archives as well as his signature on
several documents of the time. Look into the Berryhill family for more information.Also,
a John Cathcart from S.C. moved to Indiana. This is NOT our ancestor--though he has been
"claimed" by them to have moved. You and I-plus our families--are proof he
lived and died in N.C. My own family moved from Charlotte in 1850 to Florida. Other
family lines went to Georgia. Your best source is in the state archives.