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Have been harried and wasn't able to look things up at home last night but
am glad to hear from you all. There is some confusion about Needham's
family. After Green (1805) came Burrell (1808), William R. (1810), Mahalia
(forgot date--think it's 1814), and--we think--Mary. Don't know who the
Needham (1816) was, but Jane (1817-Died 15 March, 1892), and James (1824)
are some of the children of Nathan (as was Needham, born 1822). John, son
of Needham, was born in or about 1798, and HIS son, William, was born in
1820. John died in the early 1830s (think his daughter Elizabeth was born
1831/32). The J. Cato on the 1850 census is probably Jesse, a son of
Vincent. John's widow is on that census as M. Cato with her mother, E.
Deason. Samuel L. Cato moved to Hall county, Georgia, where his younger
brother, William R., eventually located. Also, the last letter I had on my
mail this morning is evidently from a great-grandson of Uncle Green Cato.
Remarkably, several great-grandchildren of Needham Cato are still alive.
Miles
I'm a descendant of one of Needham's sons: John, whose son is
William. When I get home tonight I'll take a look at my notes and
report further on this. Just wanted to reinforce what Miles said in
an earlier post about Needham's family. He said that John died in
the early 1830's--probably just before Needham so he isn't mentioned
in the probate records for Needham's estate.
Joan Raney
Charlotte, NC
raneyj(a)rex.queens.edu
oviattj(a)juno.com
Looking for information on the CATO/CATOE family. Abrahm or Abraham CATO
was b. ca 1850 somewhere in South Carolina. His wife was Mary Sellers
CATO, unknown place of birth. They had a son on 5-7-1886, by the name of
James Normat Cato, who was an only child.
Abrahm died and Mary married a Mr. Wilson. James Normat Cato married a
Garrison woman from Darlington, S.C. (I don't know her first name, but
she died sometime after they had a son (James Haskell Cato), born in
1910. James Normat CATO later married Pearl Joyce Owen, after they met
while both of them were working at the Ford dealership in Florence,
South Carolina. He was a model-A car salesman and she was the secretary.
Her parents were Thomas Love Owen and Mittie Branch. Out of this
marriage, was born my dad, Robert Allen Catoe Sr., born 12-1-1921 in
Goldsboro, N.C., and his brother, James Normat Catoe Jr., born 2-3-27,
born in Florence, S.C.
According to my dad, there was another Cato family living in Goldsboro,
N.C. before my dad was born in 1923. That Cato family and my grandad
were getting each other's mail mixed up, so my grandaddy added the "e"
to "Cato", forming the name "Catoe". James Normat Catoe died on 6-4-68.
His second wife, Pearl Joyce Catoe, died on 1-11-93.
If anyone has any information on this family, please contact Allen Catoe
at kato(a)mail.com.
Thank you!"
Miles,
It is good to hear from you on this matter. From the buyers at the
sale of Needham's estate, it has appeared that the following were
children: Burrell, William, Needham Jr., Nathan, Green and Mary. Then
letters posted on the Internet indicated that John was a son. No
mention has been made of Samuel L. Please tell me about him. I have
not found him in the census records. Study of the census records of
1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830 seems to indicate that there were 7 sons
and 5 daughters.
They seem to line up as follows:
1 son born 1790-1800, present in 1800 census, gone in 1810. No
household found for him.
1 daughter born 1790-1800.
1 son born 1790-1800, Nathan, b. 1796 according to 1850 census.
1 daughter born 1800-1810.
1 son born 1800-10, Green, b. 1805, according to 1870 census, 1801
according to 1850 census.
1 son born 1804-10, Burrell, b. 1807 according to the 1850 census.
1 son born 1804-10, William R., b. 1810 according to the 1850 census.
His mother Elizabeth was living with him in 1840 and 1850 .
1daughter born 1810-20, Mary, b. 1810.
1 daughter, born 1815-20.
1 daughter, born 1815-20.
1 son born 1815-20, Needham Jr. ?
1 son born 1820-25, John, b. 1820 ?
I have assumed that John is the J. Cato in the 1850 census of
Lancaster Co., SC, age 30 yrs., making him probably the youngest.
Elizabeth was 79 yrs. old in 1850 census, would have been 49 yrs. in
1820 so surely John would be the youngest. I have not found Needham
Jr. in the 1850 census but he seems to be probably the son born 1815-
20. I have one unaccounted for child, namely a son born 1790-1800.
Either he was Samuel (if there was son Samuel or he died before 1810
or he, as I suspect, was Allen who had a daughter and a son born
before 1810 and 5 sons born 1810-20. He was born in 1790 in NC
according to the 1850 census of Leake Co., Ms. Since Needham was
living in Anson Co., NC in 1810, I am wondering if Needham may have
moved from Lancaster Co., SC to Anson Co., NC during the year of 1790,
after the census but before Allen was born. Allen was living with
Tom and Laura Winn in 1850. Laura was also born in NC in 1817. Her
oldest child was named Allen. Allen was in Ms by 1820 and could
easily have been forgotten by later generations who never knew him.
Therefor we may have to prove this in Ms.
Henry
Don't know of any Allen Cato in the Needham line. Had always heard oldest
child (born circa 1794) was a daughter, followed by Nathan, John, Samuel
L., and (Elizabeth?), who married Lewis Moseley--then Green, etc. Can't
recall any grandchildren of Needham named Allen either but will check when
I get home to make sure. Miles
There are some interesting references to Judge Cato , Ala to Kansas, on a
free database , Kansas and Kansans Vol 1 and Vol 2 a total of twelve
references .at
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search.asp .
I now have all the deed records from Lancaster Co thru 1867 . Let me
know if there is anything I can lookup . There are some Ladd deeds if
anybody needs them.
Also ordered 7 rolls of loose guardianship papers , no index and not arranged
by date. We shall hope there is something on Cato.
Virginia
Folks,
I have been laboring over who was Allen Cato of Wayne Co., Ms. 1820
census. He was recorded as 501110-01010. He has not been picked up in
the census again until 1850 when there has been found an Allen Cato,
blind, age 60 yrs. (b. 1790 in NC), living in the household of Thomas
Winn whose wife was Laura, b. in 1817 in NC. Their oldest child was
named Allen and surely Laura was Allen's daughter.
I am wondering if Allen may have been the oldest son of Needham Cato
who was in Anson Co., NC census in 1790, then in SC thereafter.
Needham had 2 sons who were b. before 1800. One was Nathan (b. 1794-
00) who was married and had a daughter in the 1820 census.The estate
records seem to suggest from the buyers at the sale that Green
(Administrator), Needham Jr. (named a child of Needham SR. in his
estate records), William, Burrell and Nathan were heirs. It has also
been said by those still living in the Kershaw area that there was a
son John (who apparently was too young to buy at the sale). Does
anyone have the approximate date of birth of the above sons? It would
help in matching the census records and help me to determine if Allen
may have been that other son born before 1800. The name of Allen
crops up in this family in other places. Needham's brother William
named a son Allen and his brother Burrell had a grandson named Allen.
Where the name Allen originated is also unknown.
Henry Brackin
Bonnie,
It would appear that there were two James Cato's in the Jefferson Co.,
Ms. area and that James Hannah Cato was not the James Cato in the
1820 census of Jefferson Co. James Hannah Cato who had in his estate
12 slaves, apparently died in Claiborn Co., a County bordering on the
north of Jefferson Co.
1820 state census Wayne Co. Burrell Cato-- 4 m., 6 f., 1 taxable.
In 1820 census Jefferson Co., James Cato--310010-21010
Then in the 1830 census of Wayne Co., Ms.
Burrell Cato--001120001-101001--5 slaves
Henry Cato---11001-10001--0 slaves
James Cato--0111001-00010001--0 slaves (this is obviously not James
Hannah Cato and he seems to match the James Cato of 1820 with the
oldest son and 2 daughters having left home.)
Since Sterling Cato had had a lot of slaves, I wonder if James Hannah
may not have been Sterling's son and had inherited a bunch of slaves
when Sterling died in 1818. We have a list of James Hannah's slaves.
Do you have a list of Sterling's slaves?
Henry
I have Green Cato age 65 in the 1870 Chesterfield county SC census. He is
listed in the 1850 census as age 49. I have been unable to verify his age as
he is not buried with his wife.
Jane
DR HENRY B BRACKIN JR wrote:
>
> Bonnie,
> Thanks for your work on the Jefferson Co., Ms. records. Do you think
> that Burrell was the son of Henry Cato or are you still questioning
> his parentage? If you are questioning it, who do you think his father
> is?
Hi Henry!
Don't know for sure! As I said in a previous post, he was in the same
areas in SC, but several others were also. I do find it unusual that
there are no females named Tabitha in this line. I had considered
William/John in SC as his father but once again the names of his
children slow me down. His 2 unquestionable children were named Henry &
Sterling & Lewis is also probably also his. These names are shown in
Henry's Sterling line (KY>MO), as well as Sterling, son of John m.
Jane's. There's a noticable lack of the names "John" & "William" in the
early Jefferson MS lines. For right now I have no choice but to assume
him to be Henry's unless something else surfaces (like Henry's location
in 1764).
> I have gone through the records of the Court of Pleas and Quarterly
> Sessions (which includes the property records) of Rowan, Cumberland
> and Anson Counties, NC for the years between 1760 and 1780 and I have
> not been able to find the name Cato in any of those Counties. This
> covers the area that Drowning Ck. touched on. I also looked in Burke,
> Lincoln and Catawba, where the other Drowning Ck. is, to no avail.
> It would appear that whoever was Burrell's father just squatted on
> land in the Drowning Ck. area and stayed out of the Court records.
> Where Burrell lived in SC does match the locations of where Henry
> lived.
I still haven't even been able to find the original court order for John
Cato's jail reference in Cumberland! The only thing I've found was the
one reference to what looked like a John Cater on a jury list. I'm
still going through the unindexed film (fixing to have to extend the due
date on them) there but it's looking bleak on my end also.
>
> You suggest that the James in Jefferson Co., was a brother to Burrell.
> I have thought that James was probably a first cousin, a son of
> Sterling. Here is what I have written recently in my book on James,
> son of Sterling.
> 24-14C JAMES CATO, b. 1770-80, was in the 1810 census of Washington
> Co., Mississippi Territory: male over 21 (1), male under 21 (2) ,
> females (0). He, Wyche, Blount, Lewis, William and Sterling were in
> the Territory in 1816. He is possibly the James Cato in the 1820
> (310010-21010) and 1830 censuses of Jefferson Co., Ms. 01111001-
> 00010001. If so it would appear that he had not moved his entire
> family into the Territory in 1810. He is probably the James W. Cato
> with Lucinda Cato who were members of the Powellton Baptist Church in
> 1799. Lucinda is thought to have been a Battle. According to Bonnie
> Palmer's friend Gloria ? , James and Lucinda died and one of
> their children, Lucinda A. B. (Abigail Brewer?) Cato, was sent back
> to Ga. to live with the Battle family. She married Jesse Battle and
> they in turn had a daughter Lucinda Battle. The Battle family were
> also members of the Powellton Baptist Church.
>
> This story about Lucinda being sent back to Ga. suggests an earlier
> death than the census records would indicate unless they had Lucinda
> after the 1830 census That would appear unlikely from the age of the
> wife in the 1830 census (assuming that this James was the son of
> Sterling). Do you think that there were 2 James Cato's in the area of
> south Ala. and south Ms.? Does Gloria know when Lucinda A.B. Cato was
> born?
Yes, I now believe there were 2 James there (James W. in Alabama,
probable son of Sterling, & James Hannah Cato). I'll check with Gloria
on the age of Lucinda. The James I'm tracking (or attempting to) is
James Hannah Cato who died in 1826 in MS. He left something like 12
slaves when he died & had a bunch of kids (at least 7, possibly more).
James Cato - Jefferson Co. - 52 (1820 census)
1 m 26-45 (b ca 1775-80) James
1 f 26-45
1 m 10-16 (1804-10) possibly Thomas????
1 f 10-16 (1804-10) who????
1 f under 10 (1810-20) who????
1 f under 10 (1810-20) who????
1 m under 10 (1810-20) who????
1 m under 10 (1810-20) who????
1 m under 10
Bonnie,
Thanks for your work on the Jefferson Co., Ms. records. Do you think
that Burrell was the son of Henry Cato or are you still questioning
his parentage? If you are questioning it, who do you think his father
is?
I have gone through the records of the Court of Pleas and Quarterly
Sessions (which includes the property records) of Rowan, Cumberland
and Anson Counties, NC for the years between 1760 and 1780 and I have
not been able to find the name Cato in any of those Counties. This
covers the area that Drowning Ck. touched on. I also looked in Burke,
Lincoln and Catawba, where the other Drowning Ck. is, to no avail.
It would appear that whoever was Burrell's father just squatted on
land in the Drowning Ck. area and stayed out of the Court records.
Where Burrell lived in SC does match the locations of where Henry
lived.
You suggest that the James in Jefferson Co., was a brother to Burrell.
I have thought that James was probably a first cousin, a son of
Sterling. Here is what I have written recently in my book on James,
son of Sterling.
24-14C JAMES CATO, b. 1770-80, was in the 1810 census of Washington
Co., Mississippi Territory: male over 21 (1), male under 21 (2) ,
females (0). He, Wyche, Blount, Lewis, William and Sterling were in
the Territory in 1816. He is possibly the James Cato in the 1820
(310010-21010) and 1830 censuses of Jefferson Co., Ms. 01111001-
00010001. If so it would appear that he had not moved his entire
family into the Territory in 1810. He is probably the James W. Cato
with Lucinda Cato who were members of the Powellton Baptist Church in
1799. Lucinda is thought to have been a Battle. According to Bonnie
Palmer's friend Gloria ? , James and Lucinda died and one of
their children, Lucinda A. B. (Abigail Brewer?) Cato, was sent back
to Ga. to live with the Battle family. She married Jesse Battle and
they in turn had a daughter Lucinda Battle. The Battle family were
also members of the Powellton Baptist Church.
This story about Lucinda being sent back to Ga. suggests an earlier
death than the census records would indicate unless they had Lucinda
after the 1830 census That would appear unlikely from the age of the
wife in the 1830 census (assuming that this James was the son of
Sterling). Do you think that there were 2 James Cato's in the area of
south Ala. and south Ms.? Does Gloria know when Lucinda A.B. Cato was
born?
Who is the Thomas Cato that bought land from 4/4/1841? Was he a son
of James?
Here is some material I have written on Burrell
"There have been lists of sons that include the following males found
in Ms. census records but the above statement that Burwell had only 3
sons seems to eliminate them. They are: James Cato, b. 1775-94, Allen
Cato, b. 1775-94, Burwell Cato, 1775-94. Who they are has at this
time not been determined. The Federal census of 1820 has only 3 Catos;
Allen Cato (510110- 01010), Burwell Cato Jr. (100010-10100) in Wayne
Co. and James Cato (310010-211010) in Jefferson Co. but in the 1820
State Census of Wayne Co., Ms. there are 3 Burwell Catos. They are as
follows: Burwell Cato Sr. (2 males, 8 females, no taxables), Burwell
Cato Jr. (2 males, 2 females, 1 taxable), Burwell Cato Sr. (4 males,
6 females, 1 taxable). This last Burwell Sr. appears to be our
present subject. Presently I do not know who the other 2 Burwell (Sr.
and Jr.) Catos are. I wonder if Sterling may have had a son named
Burwell who may be the other Burwell Sr. and the father of Burwell
Cato Jr. Our subject Burwell Cato is in the 1830 census of Jefferson
Co., Ms. 001120001-101001. His son Henry has his own household in
the census. I wonder who are the extra 2 males b. 1800-1810."
Remember the 1810 census for Burrell in SC. It was 40002-00121. You
pointed out that there seemed to be two families in this household.
Those two extra males in 1830 may be 2 of the 4 young males in the
household in 1810. Was Thomas one of them?
Henry
Well, I had about 30 min. in the FHC & was only able to copy a small
portion of the remaining Jefferson Co., MS deeds that I have waiting
there. The following are all from book E, Jefferson Co., MS, deedbook -
the surprising thing was the lack of reference to Lewis, Burrell's
oldest son (according to DAR references) in these deeds - Also, the BUIE
name seems to be closely tied to this family & they were prominent in
the Cumberland Co., NC, deeds I looked through previously - don't know
if this means anything, but it may be a tie -???-
Many of the following deeds prove ties to Burrel's children, including 2
grandchildren (Mahala Cato m. Geo. M. GRAY in 1835 so I'm assuming the
GRAY children to be hers).
pg. 265, Burrell Cato et ux to Rufas H. WADE, deed, Jan. 6, 1842:
...Burrell Cato of Jefferson Co...$1600...paid by Rufus H. WADE in the
state aforesaid...sold...to said Rufus H. WADE...E 1/2 of NE Q of Sect.
35 T 9 R 4 E containing 79.98 acres...also the E 1/2 of the NW Q & W 1/2
of NE Q of Sect. 35 T 9 R 4 E containing 159.96 acres...also SE Q of SE
Q of sect. 26 T 9 R 4 E containing 40.22 ac...also the W 1/2 of SE Q of
sect. 26 T 9 R 4 E containing 80.35 ac. Signed Burrell Cato. Hugh M.
LAUREN, J.P. Frances Cato relinquishes her dower right as wife of
Burrell Cato.
pg. 267, Burrell Cato & Rufus H. WADE (mortgage agreement for above land
- it was apparently paid off since there is a note written sideways
across the deed in 1855 by A. N. FORD, clk. of the Probate Court & G. A.
GUILMMOR, D.C. - says it was presented in front of Will BUIE, J.P., in
1844)
pg. 391, Rufus H. WADE et ux to Henry Cato, deed, Jan. 7, 1842, Between
Rufus H. WADE & Rebecca WADE, his wife...& Henry Cato...of the Co. of
Jefferson...$50 (from Henry)...sell unto (Henry Cato)...the N 1/2 of the
W SE Q sect. 26 T 9 R 4 E containing 40.17 acres... Signed Rufus H. WADE
& Rebec B. PANN... Rufus & Rebecca WADE acknowleged the deed & Rebecca
WADE gave up her dower. Signed Jas. J. COLLIER, clk.
pg. 450, Burrell Cato to Robert F. GRAY & Marthyann GRAY, deed of gift.
Nov. 4, 1842, ...between Burrell Cato of the County & State aforesaid of
one part & Robert F. GRAY & Marthyan GRAY grand children of the said
Burrell Cato of the other part... for & in consideration of the natural
love & affection which he (Burrell) has...negro woman Nancy... Test.
Will BUIE Junr. Personally came before the undersigned clerk of the
Probate Court in & for said county Henry Cato & acknowleged that he
signed, sealed & delivered the foregoing deed of gift to Frances Cato on
the day & year & for the purposes therein specified & as for his act &
deed given under my hand & seal... 7th day of Nov. A.D. 1842. Edwin
McKEY, clk. (I added the almost the full proof before the court since
it seemed important!)
pg. 451, Burrel Cato to Henry Cato, deed of gift... 4th day of Nov.,
1842 between Burrel Cato of the Co. & St. aforesaid... & Henry Cato, son
of the said Burrell Cato of the same place. Witnesseth that the said
Burrell Cato for & in consideration of the natural love & affection
which he have & has unto the said Henry Cato his son has given...unto
the said Henry Cato his son...negroes (Burrell's) Mingo, Levis (or
Levin) & Sarah, slaves for life... Signed Burrel Cato. Test. Will BUIE
Sr. (Will BUIE says he saw Burrel Cato sign the document) Signed Edwin
McKEY, clk.
pg. 452, Burling Cato (called Burrel everywhere else in this instrument)
to Sterling Cato, deed of gift... 4th day of Nov., 1842 Between Burrel
Cato of the Co. & St. aforesaid... & Sterling Cato son of the said
Burrel Cato...of the same place...the said Burrel Cato for & in
consideration of the natural love & affection which he has & bears unto
the said Sterling Cato his son...have granted...negro girl Lotty slave
for life... Signed Burrel Cato. Test. Will BUIE Junr. (Will BUIE says
he saw Burrel Cato sign the document) Signed Edwin McKEY, clk.
pg. 452, Henry Cato to Frances Cato, deed of gift... 5th day of Nov.,
1842 between Henry Cato of the Co. & St. aforesaid...& Frances Cato, his
mother,...the said Henry Cato for & in consideration of the natural love
& affection which he has & bears unto the said Frances Cato his mother
have given...2 negro slaves for life viz. Levi & Sarah (slaves Henry got
from Burrel)... Signed Henry Cato. Test. Will BUIE Sr. (In the proof
before the Probate Court, Will BUIE attests that he saw the Grantor
thereof, Burrel Cato sign... doesn't mention Henry here!) Signed Edwin
McKEY, clk.
pg. 502, George WOODS to Thomas Cato, deed dated Apr. 4, 1841 between
George WOODS & Thomas Cato, both of the St. of Miss., Jefferson Co...
Geoge WOODS for... $1.. paid...sell(s) to Thomas Cato all that tract or
parcel of land...the W 1/2 of the NE Q sect. 17 T 9 R 4 E containing
79.79 acres... Signed George WOODS & Elizabeth WOODS. (Eliza WOODS
gives up her dower rights. Signed Lawrence WADE, J.P.)
pg. 804, Rufus H. WADE et ux to Sterling Cato, deed, Apr. 19, 1844
between Rufus H. WADE & Rebecca WADE his wife...and Sterling Cato... of
the Co. of Jefferson & St. of Miss...sum of $1,800 (from
Sterling)...sell...the following tracts of land...the E 1/2 of the NE
1/2 of sect. 35 T 9 R 4 E containing 79.98 acres. The E 1/2 of the NW Q
& W 1/2 of NE Q of Sect. 35 T 9 R 4 E containing 159.96 acres...also SE
Q of SE Q of sect. 26 T 9 R 4 E containing 40.22 ac...also the W 1/2 of
SE Q of sect. 26 T 9 R 4 E containing 80.35 ac. (note: this is the same
land that Burrel Cato sold to Rufus WADE Jan. 6, 1842 - Sterling
apparently bought it back.) Signed Rufus H. WADE & R.J. WADE. (Rebecca
WADE gives up her dower rights) Edwin McKEY, clk.
pg. 852, Sterling Cato to Thomas R. CARLETON, deed, Apr. 17, 1844
between Sterling Cato...and Thomas R. CARLETON...all of the Co. of
Jefferson & St. of Miss...for...$1,350...paid to (Sterling)...do
sell...(same property as went from Burrel to Rufus WADE then to Sterling
with 79.98 ac., 159.96 ac., 40.22 ac. & 80.35 ac.) Signed Sterling
Cato. (Sterling proved it in court) Edwin McKEY, clk.
I don't know if I'd mentioned this before, but the records for Wayne
Co., Miss. burned & none are available until the late 1800s. I've
ordered in all that is available, but it hasn't come in yet (most was in
books & hence is having to be filmed so it's taking a while). The
little that IS available probably won't be of much help - just tax lists
mainly - hence, I've also ordered in every newspaper abstract book from
the area from the early days (5 if memory serves) in hopes that it may
tell us more about the earlier Cato's in the area. I'm still having to
assume the James Hannah Cato in the area to be a possible brother of
Burrel since he had so many slaves when he died in 1826 & the
differences in ages seems about right for a brother. Still searching,
though!!
Also looked at an early probate index for Jefferson Co. & saw where
Lewis Cato was appointed guardian for a James F. Cato (no date listed).
I only have the index at this point, but have those actual probate
records on my list to order in when I get a longer period of time at the
FHC. That was the only Cato on this particular index.
Bonnie