Hi Linda --
ohiomom wrote:
There is even a Catlettsburg area named for this family in Sevier
County..
Cool.
Perhaps they're
> related to the Caroline Co., VA group?
This is a possibility, at this point I have looked in just about all the
counties in Va..Richard and Benjamin were brothers, I "think" my John
was an uncle, but since I can't get out of East Tennessee with them I
really don't know. There was also a female CATLETT in with them, I
believe here name was Annie (not sure on this)since she was older she
could have been a sister to John (all of the above is speculation
only)...Richard and Benjamin were horse traders and my John was a
carpenter.
The closest I have come (without proof) is that a John CATLETT was
awarded land "south of the Ohio" from his uncle Thomas CATLETT..the
dates fit but that is all.
Do you have and dates or places for *this* Thomas? I'm wondering if
he's the Thomas CATLETT who Stubbs speculated as being a son of
Alexander CATLETT and Susannah BEALL (Hanson in the Stubbs book)?
Quoting from Stubbs (p. 64):
"...is believed to be a son of Alex and Susannah Catlett. All the sons
of the other available Catletts at this time have been fully accounted
for. There is a John Catlett, who went early in life to Jessamine Co.,
Ky. (perhaps attracted thither by his uncle James, who had previously
moved there), and is the ancestor of a large progeny in Kentucky and
elswhere, who may be a son of this couple. (See page [UND:]
[:UND].) There may also be other descendants; if, so, they moved away
early in life from Frederick Co., Va., since these records give no
further mention of either Thomas or his possible children."
Here's a 1995 comment I made in the record of this Thomas regarding a
relationship to the John Catlett (above):
"There does not appear to be a link between the John Catlett who settled
in Jessamine County, Kentucky early on and Thomas Catlett. John appears
to have been the son of Benjamin and Mary Catlett of Caroline County,
Virginia. If there is a connection, then it would seem more likely that
this Thomas was a son of Benjamin and Mary and [UND:]not[:UND] a son of
Alex and Susannah Catlett."
Note that "[UND:]" is used to show an underscore in the text.
I apparently wasn't confident enough in this identity solution to
actually break the link between Thomas CATLETT and Alexander CATLETT,
and then re-establish a family link between Benjamin CATLETT (and wife
Mary) and Thomas.
I did assign a "son candidate" relationship between Benjamin CATLETT and
Mary to an Elijah CATLETT, based on a Caroline Co., VA record which
shows:
Elijah CATLETT deeded land from Benjamin and Mary CATLETT. [William
BULLOCK vs. John CATLETT]
"John CATLETT executed a deed dated 2 Oct 1802 to William BULLOCK for
land he claimed by deed from his father, Benjamin CATLETT. Benjamin
CATLETT and Mary CATLETT his wife conveyed 'all his lands' to Elijah
CATLETT on 20 Jan 1802. Benjamin CATLETT is now dead and John CATLETT
resides in Kentucky." (Hopkins, CCVR, p. 16) [CCVR=CAROLINE COUNTY
VIRGINIA RECORDS].
Summing up -- Benjamin CATLETT (b. ca. 1728, d. bet. 20 Jan 1802-15 Aug
1808; s/o John CATLETT and Mary GRAYSON, per Stubbs) and Mary were
parents of John and probably Elijah. Thomas may have been another son
of Benjamin and Mary.
Do we have anything to link the Catletts in Sevier Co., TN to the
Catletts in Jessamine Co., KY? Were there more than one Catlett branch
in Jessamine Co.? [Note, also that Stubbs' key document was the will of
James CATLETT (s/o Alexander and Susannah BEALL) of Jessamine Co., KY
which mentions several siblings of James, although there is no Thomas
nor a John mentioned). Stubbs may have assumed that all the Catletts in
the records of Jessamine Co., KY were very closely related.
Hope I haven't rambled too much. I have a detailed report for the
descendants of Alexander and Susannah at my Web site:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/karon_bosze/alexndr.htm
And I can produce other reports in a similar format for what I have on
Benjamin and Mary. If this would be helpful, let me know.
-- Karon
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