Pam,
Was wondering, and I apologize if I've asked before (and since forgotten any
answer), in GA searches have you come across a John Catlett in Burke Co., GA.
Not sure of timeframe, but am guessing about the time of the Revolutionary
War.
This John CATLETT was the grandson and probably a namesake of the John who
obtained a 358-acre land grant in present-day Fauquier (was in Stafford at
time of the grant in 1715). I believe he (the grantee) died about 1730,
leaving the property to his son John (brother of Robert, Peter, and James of
the "valley"). John Jr. who inherited the property died in 1778 and left the
property to sons Alexander and William and appears to have basically
disinherited his son John. Stubbs, I believe, thought that this younger John
(the 3rd of that name) may have gone to Burke Co., GA and living perhaps in
the Carolinas before that.
In the will, which I believe I posted the absraction of it to the old Rootsweb
(CATLETT) message board, the younger John was left a shilling and was not
referred to as "loving son" in will as his younger siblings were.
Is this John (the 3rd) the missing link between your line and ours?
Several of us are currently starting to go through all the records that would
encompass the "Northern Neck" (of old) -- Stafford, Prince William, Fauquier,
Frederick, Berkeley, Hampshire, and Morgan (the latter three counties
presently in West Virginia). We need to determine if the 3rd John ever lived
in those other counties of VA/WV or if he, in fact, went to the Carolinas or
Georgia.
Am also trying to determine why a 1787 record in Frederick Co. would refer to
"Nicholas Catlitt's line" since there's no mention of a Nicholas Catlett
there
at that time. Is it possible to refer to that line if the property had
escheated back to the Fairfax Proprietary .... of if Nicholas was long dead,
say 40-50 years earlier .... or a contemporary of say the grandchildren of the
"358-acre John of Stafford/Prince William/Fauquier.
Appreciate your thoughts on this.
-- Karon