Hi Kay
I'm all excited he's mine.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Benjamin however was not a widower in 1850 his wife Charlotte was visiting
their eldest daughter and her family in New York. Benjamin and Charlotte and
2 daughters went to New York in 1830. They went to Canada for a while as
they had another 2 children there. They then came back to New York before
going to Missisippi. I haven't been able to find them on the 1840 census but
both are on the 1850 census. There are other records for Benjamin but I am
not sure how to apply for them. I think he was a surveyor like his dad
Thomas who lived in Hastings. On the 1850 census there is also Benjamins
Uncle Joseph who went to Canada. Joseph was from Bottesford Lincs. Benjamin
was the brother of my famous Zaccaheaus.
Liz
-------Original Message-------
From: catley(a)rootsweb.com
Date: 01/28/08 12:19:17
To: catley(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CATLEY] WWW - Possum Town Histories by Russell D. James
Shadowlawn"
An 1848 trust deed from Benjamin Catley to William Carrington included the
word "improvements," meaning a residence was on the property. The 1849
Keeler map of Columbus shows two houses on the square where Shadowlawn is
now located-in the same position as Shadowlawn and the Hazard Home. So the
ladies regrouped and decided that they had proof enough to substantiate a
claim that Shadowlawn was on the property on the 1849 map (Keeler did not
show every house, only big houses) and the home was on the lot when Catley
conveyed the trust deed in 1848. But is the house older?
No one can say for sure. The entire square was owned by Catley
in 1848 and a gap exists as to the deeds before that time. Someone bought
the square between 1845 and 1849, maybe Catley. But there is no proof for
this and no proof that the deed, if it said "improvements" would mean
Shadowlawn.
The Avakians are now claiming, with much proof to their credit,
that Shadowlawn was built in 1848 by Benjamin Catley. Catley was a painter,
born in England in 1805, who migrated to Canada before 1835 and between 1837
and 1839 moved to Columbus. His name appears in an estate file in 1839,
proving his physical presence here in that year. He was a widower by the
1850 census and died in the early 1860s. Incidentally, the trust deed he
gave to William Carrington was never cancelled and Carrington took over
possession of Shadowlawn in 1850, making him the second owner.
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