In a recent message, I talked about a Catlett man from Sevier County,
Tennessee who had three children with Sarah F. (Sally) Nichols. The three
children were born in 1844, 1846, and 1849. As a result of an 1850 court
case, Sally and the children took (or kept) the Nichols surname. The Sevier
County court house burned down in 1856, with all records destroyed.
I am guessing that the Catlett man was enumerated in the 1850 census. Here
follows all the 1850 Catlett entries for Sevier County, Tennessee. There
were no other Catletts who were enumerated anywhere else in the state of
Tennessee that year.
12th Eastern Subdivision, p.422A, 18 Sep by Lemuel Duggan
HN 503 FN 503
Catlett Wm. 33 m horse trader 5000 TN
Nanacy 50 f TN
Adaline 17 f TN
Henry 24 m horse trader 500 TN
James P. 30 m horse trader 5000 TN
This is the family of Benjamin Catlett and Nancy Lovelady/Loveday. Benjamin
Catlett died 29 Apr 1834, and was the son of Reuben Catlett.
William would have been about 27 years old in 1844. Henry would have been
about 18 years old in 1844. James P. would have been about 24 years old in
1844. Sally Nichols herself would have been about 19 years old in 1844.
I think any of these three Catlett men could have been the consort of Sally
Nichols. I have no record of William ever marrying. Henry married about
1853 and had nine children. James P. married first about 1851 and had five
children, married second 9 Nov 1876 and had two more children.
12th Eastern Subdivision. p.426B, 24 Sep by Lemuel Duggan
HN 563 FN 563
Catlett Samuel 52 m farmer 250 TN cannot R/W
Hannah 49 f TN cannot R/W
Hannah 19 f TN
Perlina 18 f TN
James 16 m farmer TN attended school
Albert 12 m TN attended school
Ira 10 m TN attended school
Cherisea 8 f TN
Samuel Catlett was the son of Reuben Catlett. I think he was too old and
too married to have been the consort of Sally Nichols. James, Albert, and
Ira all would have been too young in 1844 to have been the consort of Sally
Nichols. Another son, John, was not living with his parents in 1850. John
is discussed below.
2th Eastern Subdivision, p.427A, 24 Sep by Lemuel Duggan
HN 569 FN 569
Catlett Lofty 29 m farmer 100 TN
Jane 22 f TN cannot R/W
Manurva 3 f TN
Hannah 1 f TN
Loftus Henry (Lofty) Catlett was the son of Samuel Catlett and Hannah, and
the grandson of Reuben Catlett. It seems extremely unlikely that he would
have been married to Jane Cowden and having children born in 1847 and 1849,
while at the same time having children with Sarah Nichols in 1844, 1846, and
1849.
12th Eastern Subdivision, p.432B, 30 Sep by Lemuel Duggan
HN 651 FN 651
Catlett John 66 m farmer 1100 VA
Mary 65 f VA
John P. 20 m TN
John Catlett was the son of Reuben Catlett. He seems too old and too
married to have been the consort of Sally Nichols. John P. Nichols would
have been about 14 years old when the first child of Sarah Nichols was born
in 1844. He therefore seems to young to have been the consort of Sally
Nichols. However, see additional discussion below.
12th Eastern Subdivision, p.434B, 2 Oct Lemuel Duggan
HN 669 FN 669
Catlett George W. 38 m miller 100 TN
Levina 33 f TN
Calaway 12 m TN
George W. Catlett was the son of John Catlett and Mary from HN 651, and
hence was the grandson of Reuben Catlett. He married Lavinia Hodges 22 Apr
1837. George seems too old and too married to have been the consort of
Sally Nichols.
12th Eastern Subdivision p.443B, 14 Oct by Lemuel Duggan
HN 810 FN 810
McNelly James 38 m merchant 1000 TN
Elizabeth 38 f TN
Sarah 11 f TN
Nancy 7 f TN
William 6 f (sic) TN
Catlett John 22 m farmer TN
John Catlett was the son of Samuel Catlett from HN 563. He would have been
about 16 years old in 1844 when Sally Nichols first child was born. As
such, he seems too young to be very likely to have been the consort of Sally
Nichols. However, this is by no means absolutely certain. Also, census
ages are notoriously unreliable. So, for example, he might really have been
24 years old in 1850 and 18 years old in 1844.
Also, recall a previous message about John Pinckney Catlett of Sevier County
who moved to Anderson County, South Carolina. The census data contain
enough uncertainty that it is difficult to be sure whether John Pinckney
Catlett was John Catlett son of Samuel Catlett or John P. Catlett son of
John Catlett and Mary. So both of these men, I think, have to be considered
as possibilities as the consort of Sally Nichols.
However, I would still think that the most likely possibilities for the
consort of Sally Nichols are William, Henry, and James P., sons of Benjamin
Catlett and Nancy Loveday. Other possibilities are that the consort of
Sally Nichols died before 1850, that he was missed in the 1850 census, that
he moved out of state before the 1850 census, or that he was one of the John
Catletts from the previous paragraph.
Jerry Bryan
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