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I think I may have confused Dr. Henry Bracken in our past correspondence
so I wanted to just set out a mini-chart of what I was trying to say:
John Cato who m. Jane Cooke is who I'm proposing as the brother of
Daniel Sr. who m. Patience Harris (& most probably the brother of
Burwell, as Dr.Henry stated).
Their father, who is still in question, has been proposed in the past as
being George Catour. This is probably correct since he had mentioned
"his children" in his will & they are in the right place at the right
time & are asscociated later with the witnesses shown in his will. I
don't feel that the Mary Cato, who named son John in her will in 1752
was the same Mary as mentioned as his wife, though, for 2 reasons.
<> 1.She said "if" he (John) left heirs, he would inherit. John also
looks, for all apparent reasons, to be an only child & seems childless
in 1752.
<> 2.Another researcher who has just got on the internet & who I'm
trying to get on this list as we speak (Virginia, are you here yet?) has
found a record of where George Cator's wife, Mary remarried & hence
would have a different last name. She is trying to track her at this
time, along with Tabitha, Henry Cato's wife. The other Mary who left
the will in 1754 Norfolk may have been associated with the Thomas Cato
in 1691 Norfolk Co.
Anyhow, I feel THAT John, son of George, is Henry & Sterling's father -
is that where the confusion is coming in? This would make THIS
Sterling born about 1730-40s, or about when Henry was born. We know that
he had to be born
by 1748 because he's an adult in 1769.(There are also many researchers
who feel this is the same John (remarried to Elizabeth Nanny?) & left
the will of 1788.)
Dr. Henry has Sterling in SC's age as b. ca 1755-56. I agree.
That's the same range I put him in. As I stated in my letter, I'm not
willing to rule out Sterling in Georgia & Alabama being Lewis, son
of Burwell's son by any means. *But where did this early Sterling go??*
What we know about Sterling in GA:
*1792 headright & bounty grant - was he in the Revolution? Where's the
record?
*Born before 1761 (most likely several years earlier)
*Same names show up in GA as in VA as asscociated "friends" (same thing
happens in SC, too, but it does show he's from the VA bunch!)
*1786 is first record of Sterling in GA (a Wm. Cato was there in 1784)
*Can't be same as the one in SC
*Not son of Daniel m. Patience (his are all accounted for)
*Died about 1817
*He was apparently pretty wealthy & well respected.
*Most likely also the same Sterling in Pittsylvania Co., VA in 1782 with
5 whites in the household (assume 2 adults, 3 children) & with 2 slaves
(would fit with Sterling in GA children's ages, too.)
The one in Georgia is first shown in 1786, meaning a birth before 1765.
This would fit with his son Wyche being an adult in 1803, when he
married (and had already been loaning out money so seemingly doing
pretty well finacially by this time). This would lead one to believe
that his father, Sterling, was born probably before 1761.
Henry's correct. That would put the Sterling in GA being pretty
aged when he was in the GA Dragoons. Also, if Wyche were born about
1780 or probably just a few years earlier, that would make Sterling in
GA between about the age of 40-50 at his birth. (I'm assuming Sterling
was a younger brother of Henry so would put his birth at about 1740 or
thereabouts, meaning he would be about 35-40 at Wyche's birth & that
would make him in his mid 50s & being with the GA Dragoons. This is not
unheard of, by any means (during this time they were pulling in any
citizens that were able to defend against the Indians & Henry Cato, in
SC, was in the Revolution, apparently when in his 40s), but it is
definately very questionable. This is the same reason I, also, had
considered Sterling in Georgia as possibly the son of Lewis, son of
Burwell. I would also be more than willing to embrace this idea, if
only we could find proof.
Unfortunately, we don't have *proof* that Lewis had children. There's
also a very good chance that Daniel in Montgomery Co., North Carolina,
is Burwell's son Daniel, and if so, he has what appears to be 2 families
with him in 1800. Could this possibly be the missing Lewis's children &
widow of Burwell? Most researchers had assumed the Judith listed next
door to him in 1790 to be the widow of Burwell who had moved in with him
by the 1800 census.
Bonnie
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May 28, 1997
Bonnie has presented to you her reasoning why she thinks that Daniel
(died 1794) and John (died 1788) were not the sons of John and Jane
Cooke Cato and why she believes that Sterling Cato of Lancaster Co.,
S.C. and Christian Co., Ky. was a son of Henry Cato rather than a
brother (the Sterling named as a grandson in Henry Cooke's will). She
has some rather convincing logic but there are other facts in the
case that keeps me from embracing the conclusions as yet. I will
present my thoughts and welcome feedback. As Bonnie has said there
are a lot of people out there descendants of Sterling Cato of Georgia
and Alabama whose lineage is significantly affected by these
discussions as well as we who have descent from Sterling of Lancaster
and Christian Counties.
Bonnie points out that Daniel and John obtained land grants in 1746
and must have been born by or before 1725. This means that Jane Cooke
Cato must have been born by 1710 at the latest. This is possible but
not probable since her father was not born until 1790. However the
John Cato obtaining the land in 1746 may have been the father of
Daniel, not his brother. This would mean that Jane would have had to
have had only 1 son by 1825. The children of the John who died in
1788 seemed for the most part to have married in 1780's and 1790 so
it would appear that he did not start his family until the late
1750's and may not have been born until the 1730's. The voting lists
of Brunswick Co. in 1748 lists Daniel and only one John. If the
younger John had been of age it seems that there should have been 2
Johns. So there is still a possibility that Jane was the mother of
Daniel. Daniel and his brother John must be either sons of John or
cousins They all could not be brothers as then there would be 2
John's that were brothers. If they are cousin, who was the father of
Daniel and John. It could not be Burwell because Burwell in his will
said he had 4 children: Daniel, Lewis Rebecca and Mary. It is my
belief that Burwell and John were brothers but at the moment we do
not have evidence of a third brother. Finally it is quite possible
that John was married before he married Jane Cooke. I think that he
certainly had another wife after Jane. Evidence will be presented
showing the probability that Jane died about 1755. In the 1790 census
of Lancaster Co., S.C., John has one female in his household.
Bonnie says that she thinks Sterling is too young to be the grandson
of Henry Cooke and says she favors the Sterling of Georgia and
Alabama as the grandson. However she does no tell us when she thinks
the grandson was born. She only says that Sterling of Lancaster
seemed to be about the same age as the other Cato men in Lancaster
that are thought to be sons of Henry. It has been my opinion that the
oldest son of Henry was Burrell who applied for a pension for Rev.
War service. According to his application he was born in 1764.
Sterling is definitely several years older. Sterling had 6 children
in the 1790 census, one of whom (Nathan) was born in 1778 according
to the 1850 census. Sterling had a son Daniel who had a son Rufus
that was born in 1799. These figures point to a birth of Sterling in
the mid 1750's. Sterling was 26-45 yrs. in the 1800 census. I suspect
he was 44-45 yrs. in that census, born ca 1755-56. This date of birth
may in fact be a little earlier than the date of birth of Sterling of
Georgia and Alabama. Sterling of Georgia was young enough to serve on
spy missions in the Frontier Wars in the summer of 1794. It would
appear from the information I have that his children were born after
1780.
If Sterling was a son of Henry, could Tabitha the wife of Henry have
been Sterling's mother? It does not appear to me very plausible just
as Jane does not appear to Bonnie to be the mother of Daniel. In 1800,
Henry had 1 son 10-16 yrs., 1 dau. under 10 yrs., 1 dau 10-16 yrs.
and 2 daus. 16-26 yrs. They had had 3 children born between 1784 and
1800 and 2 more born between 1774-84. Her last child was born about
1790- 2. If she was a very old mother and had this last child at age
48 years then she would have been born no earlier than 1742, more
likely 1744-45. This would seem a bit young to be the mother of
Sterling who was born about 1755-6.
Could Jane be the mother of Sterling? If she was born at the
earliest date suggest by Bonnie of 1708, she would have been about 48
years when Sterling was born, but was probably several years younger.
Was she alive when Sterling was born? We know she was alive in 1752
when she signed a deed. That is the last time we are sure she is
alive. In Oct. 1755 Henry gave their daughter Mary Lee a slave and
Jane did not sign this deed nor did she sign a deed in 1769. She
apparently was not alive in 1772 when her father wrote his will. Why
did Henry Cooke only name the child Sterling from among her children?
It is my theory that Sterling was born in the late summer of 1755
(making him only 44 yrs. old at the time of the census of 1800) and
that Jane died at the time of his birth. The Cookes helped in the
caring of the baby and therefor he was special among Jane's children.
Why do I favor the Sterling of Lancaster, S.C. over the Sterling of
Georgia as the grandson? For one thing the Sterling of Lancaster had
the name John among his descendants but the Sterling of Georgia did
not. The male names in his family were Wyche (with children Burrell,
Anderson , Feriby and Green), Lewis and possibly Blount and James.
These names point me to Burwell Cato who died in 1769 with children
Daniel, Lewis, Rebecca and Mary. I think this Sterling was a brother
to Green Cato who served with him in the Frontier Wars in Georgia and
had children Butt Lee, James, William, Sterling, Green and Lewis.
Well these are my thoughts on these subjects and I welcome comment
and any evidence that will make the resolution of these issues
clearer.
Henry B. Brackin Jr.
VHRL43a(a)prodigy.com
Richard,
Have you found any ties to the Cullen Cato in KY in your line yet? I'd
be really interested to hear if you have. I know Francis Cato's son
James named his sons Francis, William, James, Cullen & Reuben. That
makes me suspicious since we show a Cullen Cato in KY in the War of 1812
(was he killed?). I've wondered if he were perhaps a son of Francis.
We don't have those names coming down through the KY>MO branch, though,
so I don't feel they're closely related.
Another Cato researcher seems to think Francis was a brother of the
William in SC who married Sarah Eccles. They did name a daughter
Frances, although I find that a questionable link, to say the least
(along with the name Wm. which shows up in almost EVERY Cato family)!
This same researcher has also proposed that in the 1820 Washington Co.,
GA census, where it shows 1 m 45+, 1 f to 45 & 1 m to 45, that Francis
is maybe the son & listed as head of the family & the 1 m 45+ might be
his father. It is obvious from Jame's birthdate & place that they were
some of the earlier settlers in GA. If I recall correctly, wasn't the
William Cato who got the headright there the first record of a CATO in
GA? There has been a lot of speculation about that William possibly
being the William who married Susan. Have you heard anything from
anyone else that might support that tie?
Dr. Henry, have you found anything on the Cullen Cato in KY??
Bonnie
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I, too, come from the dark-haired, brown/green-eyed Cato group in MO. I
don't know how far back this goes, but my g-g-grandfather had what looks
like black or dark brown hair (can't tell eye color & no one knows), but
this trait has come down as far as my dad's generation. My dad looks
like an Indian, and has been mistaken as such, with darker than "normal"
skin, perfectly straight black hair, but green eyes. (If interested in
what I turned out looking like, there's a picture of me on my Rusk Co.
page where it says "About Me"- <grin> - I didn't inherit these traits!)
This would be the Needham/Starling line which was in Pulaski Co., Ark.,
by 1850, and who came from MO.
I know 2 of the William Catos in Georgia had descriptions, which I
always find interesting:
William Cato
Simple larcony, 4 year sentence, March 27, 1819-March 1824,
Montgomery County. Farmer from NC,
1st sentencing. 30 years old, 5' 4 1/2" tall, dark hair, dark
eyes, dark complexion. Pardoned
William Cato
Desertion Notice: (Issue of July 21, 1814). Deserted from Camp
Pinckney on May 31, 1814, William
Cato and Sam GREGORY, privates in the Georgia Militia in the U.S.
service. Cato is about 30 years
old, 5'8" tall, dark hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, and a
farmer by occupation. GREGORY is about
same age, 5'10" tall, red hair, blue eyes, fair complexion and a
farmer. Both are supposed to have gone
to Pendletons Creek in Montgomery County where their families
reside. $20.00 reward for each offered.
Signed: Roger L. GAMBLE, Captain U.S.Q. Georgia MIlitia.
Bonnie
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Henry
I find it very interesting that you mention Cato as being blond hair blue
eyed.
When researching in Mo. I was told several times that I couldn't be from
their
line because I was dark haired and brown eyed. I have found that there is
without a doubt two different lines in Mo. One Light haired blue eyed and the
dark hair
brown or green eyed. In the book Lost family-Lost cause written by Ivan
McKee
on the slaughter of our families during the civil war He makes mention that
there is
possibly 3 lines of Cato's in Mo. He also thought they came from South
Carolina.
Any way our line is the dark hair brown/green eye line.
Open for discussion
Adruain
Dear Dr. Brackin.
I use Debbie's email as I have no home computer and I never have time at
school to use theirs. I am a descendent of Wyatt Henry Cato. Alice was my
great grandmother. M grandfather was James Wyatt Brown. He married Ethel
Croft Keith. The exact dates of birth are not in my memory and I am at work
composing this letter. I will be able to send them however, along with deaath
dates, and their children's dates if you want them. James and Ethel had 6
children. My father is James Wyatt Brown Jr. Thank you very much for all the
info you sent. Please respond .
Sincerely
Margaret K.Brown
Hi all (& Virginia)!
Dr. Henry Bracken wrote the following in his last post & this is one of
the BIG Cato/Cater questions! I really appreciate all the work he's
done on the Cato history & respect his research highly.
> The Sterling is in my opinion unquestionally the Sterling Cato in the
> 1800 census of Lancaster Co., S.C.
I agree wholeheartly with this! (He's speaking of the one in Kentucky.)
and the Sterling Cato who was the
> named grandson of Henry Cook in his will of dated 1772 in Greensville
> Co., Va.
I don't know the answer to whether or not this was the same Sterling,
but the one in SC makes me doubt that he was John & Jane Cato's son (&
hence Henry Cook's grandson) because he was so young. I feel that he
(the Sterling in SC) was Henry Cooke's great-grandson & Henry Cato's son
(the one married to Tabitha). John & Jane Cooke Cato's children seem to
have been born about 1730s-1740s & I feel Sterling, their son, would
have been born about the same time as Henry. The Sterling in SC seems
to be of the same age as the other boys there who most of us also feel
are Henry's sons.
The following is a copy of what I sent to Henry for his review & told
him that I would also post to this list. It is an important question
that we all need to clear up because there's a WHOLE LOT of Georgia Cato
researchers out there who are descended from the Sterling that was both
there & in Alabama in the 1780s on.
Henry had mentioned that we all needed to combine brainpower to figure
this out & I strongly agree! Does anyone out there have ANYTHING that
would definatively say one way or another which Sterling was which?
The following is a partial answer to Henry & gets a little confusing! I
was trying to explain my suggestion that Sterling in GA was John &
Jane's son & also why I didn't feel John (m. to Jane) was the father of
Daniel Sr.
Can we possibly get some feedback on this?? I'd love to see something
solved on this tough question and I'm sure Henry would, too!
Bonnie
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I had also considered Sterling in GA & that family line as being from
Louis/Lewis, son of Burwell (& still haven't totally discarded it!).
The John/Jane question is a tough one! I've found a mention of Henry
Cato in 1758 where it says he has land in Brunswick Co.
Indenture made the 17th day of July, 1758, between Edward WESSON
and Jacob WOOLSEY, for 30 pounds, conveying 1,000 acres, being
part of a patent granted to Edward WEFSON on the day of
April, 1758, located on both side of Quarel Swamp, adjoining the
lands of William JOHNSON and Henry CATOS. Witnesses were William
NEALE, Elias MORGIN and David D. KELLEY. Indenture and
Memorandum of Livery of Seizin were acknowledged in Court on July
25, 1758, by Edward WEFSON and Mary, his wife, personally
appeared and relinquished her right of dower. Deed Book 6, page
274.
Brunswick Co. Deeds
This I find interesting since Henry would have to be 21,
even back then, in order to own land. This would put him being born on
or before 1737. Since Jane Cooke's father was born in 1690 (as per his
will) & assuming he had Jane after age 18, that would put her born after
1708 (my GUESS is about 1715-21, if you say that her father was abt. 25
when she was born & assuming her to have been 16 or over when she had
Henry), but I think 1708-1721 would be a very safe assumption. If we
stretch it & say she married at 15 & had her first child at 16 (not
unheard of back then, but then again, she came from a pretty wealthy
family so that makes it a little less likely), that would mean that the
earliest she could have had her first child would be in 1724 (if her
father was 18 when she was born) - I believe (!) probably later, I'm
guessing about 1731-35, which would make her born probably closer to
1715.
Do I have you confused yet?!
The records show John and Daniel Sr. as adults by 1746 when they patent
land. This means both would have had to have been born on or before
before 1725. I don't think Jane was bearing children that early. Plus,
Patience (Daniel's wife) is mentioned as being Patience Harris CATER in
1744 (in her brother's will) which would mean that she & Daniel were
already married at that point. Again, assuming 15 as about the earliest
age which she would have married, this would put her being born on or
before 1729, probably before then since again, 15 is kind-of stretching
it for prominent families & that would also be assuming she had married
the same year her brother mentioned her in his will, (although Francis
would be assumed to be rather young at the writing since he only
mentions 1 child & Patience was probably his contemporary, so also most
likely fairly recently married). If I had to make an educated guess,
I'd put Patience at being born probably more like around 1724 or so.
That's why I think Daniel Sr. & John were most likely brothers (or
possibly cousins) & John wasn't the father of Daniel Sr.
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May 27, 1997
Debbie,
I have been meaning to get you an answer to your inquiry about Alice
Cato, daughter of Wyatt Henry Cato for several weeks but time has not
allowed me to respond sooner. My wife is a descendant of Wyatt
Henry's son Edmund Henry. I began my research on the family back in
the in the early 1960's. I have letters from two of his grandchildren;
Annie Cato Perkins Montgomery Napps (daughter of Robert Alexander
Cato) and Loyd Cato (son of Albert Cato), both letters written in
1962. Neither of them made any mention of Wyatt Henry Cato having any
Cherokee blood in him. If he were half Cherokee it would mean that
Nathan's wife was full Cherokee. This may be so since the marriage
occurred in South Carlina much closer to the Cherokees than in
Christian County Ky. At the present time we know nothing about her.
However the Cato descendants I know have no Indian characteristics.
Blue eyes and fair skin has been the typical Cato. Annie Napps made
an outline for me of the family in 1962.
Wyatt Henry 's children were:
James Frank (b. 1847
William Wiley (b. 1849)
Thomas (b. 1852)
Alice Jane (b. 1854)
Robert Alexander (b. 1858)
Edmund Henry (b. 1860)
Ewell (b. 6/8/1862), Albert J. (1866).
Albert J. (b. 1866)
The children of Alice Jane Cato (husband George William Brown, m.
8/2/1876 in Christian Co., Ky.) were: Ella Jane Brown (b. 1877, m.
Coleman Butler)
Martha Brown (b. 1879, m. Charles Wade
Quentin Brown (b. 1883, m. Della Reynolds)
Buelah Brown (b. 1883, , d. 1883)
James W. Brown (b. 1885, m. Ethel Craft)
William Brown (b. 1887, m. Zula ? )
Florence Brown (b. 1891, d. 1902)
Max Brown (b. ca 1893, m. Clementine Turner)
Bernice Brown (1896, d. 1903)
Lucian Brown (b. 1899, m. Robby Eli)
Wyatt Henry Cato was the youngest son of Nathan Cato who was probably
a son of Sterling Cato. Wyatt Henry was an attorney in Hopkinsville,
Ky. according to Annie Napps and this also was written in a write up
on his grandson Charles F. Cato in Kerr's "History of Kentucky", Vol.
5, p. 545, 1922. This write up I recommend you look up. Nathan Cato
(age 26-45 yrs) was in the 1810 census of Christian Co., Ky. along
with Sterling and Henry Cato (both over 45yrs). A fourth Cato, Henry
Cato (age 16-26 yrs.) was also in the census. He fits the age of the
the one remaining son in Henry Cato's family in the 1800 census of
Lancaster Co., S.C. This was Henry and Tabitha Cato. In 1811 a
Tabitha Cato married Frances B. Ladd in Christian Co., Ky. Her age
fits the age of the youngest daughter in Henry's 1800 census record.
The Sterling is in my opinion unquestionally the Sterling Cato in the
1800 census of Lancaster Co., S.C. and the Sterling Cato who was the
named grandson of Henry Cook in his will of dated 1772 in Greensville
Co., Va. The 1850 census of Christian shows Nathan's place of birth
as S.C., age 72 yrs. Nathan left a will in Christian Co., Ky.,
probated in 1853. It named sons Miles, Martin D. and Wyatt H. An
older son, Wiley C., had predeceased (12/21/1850) him, without issue.
His estate was settled 4/13/1853. Mary A. Reese and Nathan Cato were
named as heirs and distributes.Checks were issued to his widow Mary A.
Reese, M.D. Cato, M. A. Cato, and W.H. Cato. Claiborn H. Cato acted
as administrator. He and Miles Cato received checks "on Act".
Henry Brackin Jr.
vhrl43a(a)prodigy.com
I'm also forwarding this to the list in case some of you may be able to
connect! Hopefully this isn't a duplicate of a message she has already
sent & I missed!
THANKS LINDA!!
Bonnie
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I have a photo copy of part of a Census page with my Ggrandmother
Matilda
Cater as a child in the home of her parents William & Adeline Cater.
1850 Census taken 9 Aug 1850 in Township 9 East, Jefferson Co.
Mississippi
370/370
Wm Cater 34 MW Planter
Adelin Cater 25 FW
Matilda Cater 13 FW
Eph Cater 11 MW
Mary Cater 7 FW
Ruth Cater 4 FW
Jas Cater 2 MW
My GGrandmother Matilda CATER (b. c. 1840 d. 22 Apr 1894) first married
John
DUNBAR 13 Dec 1853 in Jefferson Co. Mississippi (source CD#5 Automated
Archives). Their children were a son J. Dunbar b. c. 1847 by Dunbar's
first
wife Clarenda and their 3 daughters A. Josephine Dunbar b.c. 1856,
Francis
V. Dunbar b.c. 1857, and Ruth D. Dunbar b. c. 1858. They later moved to
Ashley Co. Arkansas where they were listed as a family in the 1860
Census in
Egypt Township, 1 Aug 1860 family number 643/656
She later married James W. LUM (my GGrandfather b. c. 1830)on 18 Feb
1866
(Ashley Co. marriage records Book AAa page 251). Their children were
Ella
Elizabeth LUM (my Grandmother) b. 1 Dec. 1866-d. 19 Apr 1953, Samuel
Thomas.
Lum, Luemma Rebecca Lum, John William Lum, Jefferson Davis Lum (b. 16
Jul
1875-d. 19 Feb 1939.) and Manuel Lum. They had moved to Union Co
Arkansas by
1869.
I do not have any further info on William and Adeline Cater other than
the Mis
sissippi1850 Census. I would love to correspond with anyone who may
have a
connection.
Thank you,
Linda Pledger Smith DougMIV(a)aol.com
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Hi all! I'm forwarding this that I just recieved from Adruain Cato
since I know at least a couple of you are working on the KY line.
Thanks Adruain!
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Now for my chat with Alise Frey. It took two times to catch her at home.
Her grandmother is Alice Jane Cato daughter of Wyatt Henry Cato
Alice Jane Cato married George William Brown, Alice had 7 bros but she
could
only name 6
Henry, Wiley, Frank Ewell?, Tom and Robert
Tom died at 17 or 18 of Thyphoid fever
Wyatt Henry was supposingly 1/2 Cherokee Indian according to Alice Jane
which
would mean that his wife was Indian.
Wyatt Henry went to Trigg County to dodge the "night riders" who were
apparently
Union soldiers trying to force men to join the Union Army
The "night riders" were trying to find Wyatt Henry and were in the
process of
hanging
son Wiley when bro Frank stepped up to them and they cut him down before
he
choked to death.
Alise didn't know who Wyatt Henry's father was or could not take me any
further than Wyatt. She also didn't know where they descended from. She
really knew nothing except her g-mother Alice Jane's family.
Alise Frey said she had always heard that where the Cato's had settled,
the
Govt
had come in and bought up all farms and it is now the lower part of the
Pennyrile
National forrest.
I looked in my notes after I got home and found that Nathan Cato, the
one who
stayed in Ky. Had 3 sons Miles, Martin D. and Wyatt Henry Will book C
page
227 0n 12-23-1851 Didn't copy it for it didn't mean much at the time but
if
you want I can get it the next time I'm in Christian co.
Hope this helps you, it didn't help me very much
Adruain
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:) White Co., Ark. http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/WH.html :)
:) Cleburne Co., Ark. http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/CLhome.html :)
:) Rusk Co., Tex. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/index.htm :)
:) Cato Family Homepage http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/c.html :)
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Well, with the list FINALLY back up & transferred over, I guess this
would be a good time to tell all of you that the Cato homepage has just
recieved a "face lift"! I'm trying to get the page caught back up & am
furiously typing in some new material that I have recieved but not had a
chance to get up. Part of this can be seen on the "updates" page & the
other part was concentrated mainly in MO & AR.
The AR census is now almost complete through 1820 with only parts of
1870 still missing. I would love to get some of the other states
finished up also & hence am begging for volunteers!!! I have Texas info
here that I'm going to try to do in the next couple of weeks & have
ordered in part of MO. It takes a long time to do this alone!
Would anyone out there like to volunteer for one census year in one
state that we don't have yet??? It would require pulling all Cato &
suspected Cato info for the whole state for that particular census &
e-mailing the info (or snail-mailing) to me to put on the page.
Also, I haven't seen the new "welcome message" come back yet in my
e-mail so if you need information on the "new" Cato list, it's posted on
the Cato Homepage.
Bonnie
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:) White Co., Ark. http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/WH.html :)
:) Cleburne Co., Ark. http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/CLhome.html :)
:) Rusk Co., Tex. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/index.htm :)
:) Cato Family Homepage http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/c.html :)
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YEAH!!! It looks like we have the CATO/CATER mailing list back!
You were all automatically resubscribed when they moved it over
to the new server at Rootsweb. I'm glad to have you all back!
The following is a Welcome Message sent to me which I am forwarding
to you so you'll know the new instructions.
Bonnie
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:) White Co., Ark. http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/WH.html :)
:) Cleburne Co., Ark. http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/CLhome.html :)
:) Rusk Co., Tex. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/index.htm :)
:) Cato Family Homepage http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/c.html :)
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