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Thanks for posting these, Adruain. It is certainly a challenge to extract these deeds from the Lancaster County Deed Books, the clerk who originally recorded them had the tiniest handwriting I have ever seen...and wasn't he incredibly "wordy." I hadn't seem some of these before.
Here's another for your records re: Frizzle:
Lancaster Co SC Deed. Deed dated 20 April 1809. Recorded 23 April 1825. Christopher Small of Lancaster District , for $320?, paid by John Small of same. 150 acres, being part of two adjoining surveys, 100 originally granted William Pratt thence transferred down to John Gale Frizzle and to Christopher Small...on both sides of Flat Creek...and 50 acres a part of 100 granted to Thomas Frizzle thence transferred to John Gale Frizzle and from thence to Christopher Small...beg at a corner of Christopher Small's land, Flat Creek, Gray's line, abutting land of Amos Hough and William Small land.
Signed Christopher Small and Hannah Small.
Witnesses William Williams and Thomas Small. Before B. Deason JP.
Lancaster Co SC Deed. Dated 9 March 1786. Recorded 25th March 1793. Joseph Ferguson of Lancaster Co to John Baker of same. For L100 sterling. 100 acres being part of the old survey of 300 acres which has been the property of Jacob Wissner dec. lying on a branch of Great Lynches Creek known at Flat Creek bounded...John Wisner's land...Henry Wissner's land. Signed Joseph Ferguson and Caty Ferguson X her mark
Wit: Richman Terrell X his mark, Gale Frizzle's G mark.
Lancaster Co SC Deed. 14 July 1788. William Deason for L80 sterling to Frederick Kimball. 19 head of cattle, four feather beds and furniture, one white mare and young colt, one sorrel mare, seven head of sheep, two dishes, three basons, 12 plates of pewter, 25 head of hogs...unto Frederick Kimball this 14th Day of July 1788. Signed William Deason
Wit: William Williams and Thomas Frizzle "O" his mark. Note: "Personally came Col. Fredrk Kimball and Capt. Will. Deason, 15 Oct 1789"
Lancaster County SC Deed Book. Dated 10 Sept 1788. Recorded Oct 28, 1788. Made 10th Sept 1788 between Benjamin Deason of Flat Creek Lancaster Co SC and Francis Bettis and Benjamin Hale of same Creek and County...Whereas the said Francis Bettis and Benjamin Hale became bound with the said Benjamin Deason in a Bond dated the 13th Feb 1785 in the sum of 190 pounds lawful money of SC payable to Thomas Frizzle and Frederick Kimball being the penalty conditioned for the payment of 99 pounds four shillings and one penny of like money part of the purchase price of a Negroe Woman named Hagar and her child bought by the said Benjamin Deason at the sale of the Effects of Neil Johnston deceased and whereas said Francis Bettis and Benjamin Hale have been informed that an attachment has been served upon said Negroes on account of said Bond upon a pretence that the said Benjamin Deason was about to abscond and leave the State and that the common process of law could not be served upon h!
im and Whereas the said Benjamin Deason was not about to abscond or to leave the state and therefore the said attachment is not nor can be legally served on the said Negroe and therefore of no effect, and Whereas the said Benjamin Deason is desirous as in Justice and Equity he ought to be that the said Francis Bettis and Benjamin Hale should be better secured for the payment of said Bond in case any action or suit at law should be brought against them for the same and for other good causes and considerations him the said Benjamin Deason Specially moving Hath granted bargained and Sold...unto said Francis Bettis and Benjamin Hale...the said Negroe Woman Hagar together with the said child and also one other child since born unto her....now in custody of Benjamin Hale Constable under the pretended attachment....To have and to hold the said Negroe Woman and children to the said Francis Bettis and Benjamin Hale...as their own property ....provided always and upon condition that i!
f the said Benjamin Deason his Heirs Executors and Administrators do and shall on or before the first day of March...1790...well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said Thomas Frizzle and Frederick Kimball...the full sum of 99 pounds four shillings and one penny...being the penalty of said Bond or as much as shall be due thereon and shall..indemnify the said Francis Bettis and Benjamin Hale from the same or any part thereof...etc etc etc.
Signed Francis Bettis, Benjamin Deason O his mark and Benjamin Hale
Wit: John Massey and Michael Miller M his mark
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South Carolina deed books part 2
Book F pg 161
John Johnston of Lancaster Dist for $150 to Andrew Johnston, an undivided thrid
of the real estate of John Johnston decd, it being the legal dower of my present wife
Jane Johnston out of said estate 23 March 1801, John Johnston (seal) wit:
John Craig, William Draffin, proved by John Craig, 4 April 1803 before Joseph Lee
Jane Johnston wife of John relinquished dower, 20 April 1803, before Saml Dunlap J.P.
page 163 John Welsh, of Lancaster dist for $40 to John Tunston, 150 acres adj
David Johnstons line, 26 March 1803, wit Benjiman Deason, Joseph Hough...
John Welsh (seal)
page 165 Margaret Johnson of Lancaster dist for $60 to______ Johnson, my right
to the real estate of my father John Johnson dec'd 12 March 1803.
Margaret Johnson (x) Wit John McClenchan, James Johnson
Kintchen Killbrugh & Marthew Killbrugh of Lancaster dist., for $90 to Shadrach Howard
of same, 250 acres part of 2 tracts granted to Benjiman Hail, conveyed to William
Reader, to William Drurey, then to Killbrugh, 23 Dec 1798. deed dated 25 Feb 1804
Wit Nelson Kennedy, Kinchen Killebrew (seal) Harmon Howard Marthew killebrew (+) (seal)
proved by Harmon Howard 6 June 1804
(my notes: Kinchen Kellebrew Jr married either a Cato or a Ladd in Christian or Trigg Co Ky
and his mother was a Frizzell) I think it was one of Sterlings daughters.
pg 204-205
John White of Lancaster dist bound to Abraham Perry Jr fo $3000 4 Aug 1804 to make title to
tract where I now live 134 acres and 190 acres westward of lancaster courthouse adj John May,
James Grave, John Johnson, James Coward John White (seal)
wit Jno Simpson Robert Stinson proved by Robert Stinson 18 Aug 1804
pg 207-208
Andrew Baker to Benjiman Deason for $200 land adj Colder Williams, John Night, Richard Bullock,
part of 400 acres granted to Thomas Frizzell 21 Feb 1804
wit Joseh hough, Benjiman Ladd (b) Andrew Baker (x)
pg208-209
Thomas Frizzle of the state of Georgia for $200 to Andrew Baker land on S side flat creek adj to
Colden Williams John Knight Richard Bullock 31 Oct 1800
wit John Smith, Nathan weaver Thomas Frizzle (b)
proved by John Smith 31 Oct 1800
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on 3rd page under MarkM.
Kinchen Killebrew Jr, spouse Levinah Cato, Mother Nancy Frizzell.
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South Carolina deed books part 2
Book F pg 161
John Johnston of Lancaster Dist for $150 to Andrew Johnston, an undivided thrid
of the real estate of John Johnston decd, it being the legal dower of my present wife
Jane Johnston out of said estate 23 March 1801, John Johnston (seal) wit:
John Craig, William Draffin, proved by John Craig, 4 April 1803 before Joseph Lee
Jane Johnston wife of John relinquished dower, 20 April 1803, before Saml Dunlap J.P.
page 163 John Welsh, of Lancaster dist for $40 to John Tunston, 150 acres adj
David Johnstons line, 26 March 1803, wit Benjiman Deason, Joseph Hough...
John Welsh (seal)
page 165 Margaret Johnson of Lancaster dist for $60 to______ Johnson, my right
to the real estate of my father John Johnson dec'd 12 March 1803.
Margaret Johnson (x) Wit John McClenchan, James Johnson
Kintchen Killbrugh & Marthew Killbrugh of Lancaster dist., for $90 to Shadrach Howard
of same, 250 acres part of 2 tracts granted to Benjiman Hail, conveyed to William
Reader, to William Drurey, then to Killbrugh, 23 Dec 1798. deed dated 25 Feb 1804
Wit Nelson Kennedy, Kinchen Killebrew (seal) Harmon Howard Marthew killebrew (+) (seal)
proved by Harmon Howard 6 June 1804
(my notes: Kinchen Kellebrew Jr married either a Cato or a Ladd in Christian or Trigg Co Ky
and his mother was a Frizzell) I think it was one of Sterlings daughters.
pg 204-205
John White of Lancaster dist bound to Abraham Perry Jr fo $3000 4 Aug 1804 to make title to
tract where I now live 134 acres and 190 acres westward of lancaster courthouse adj John May,
James Grave, John Johnson, James Coward John White (seal)
wit Jno Simpson Robert Stinson proved by Robert Stinson 18 Aug 1804
pg 207-208
Andrew Baker to Benjiman Deason for $200 land adj Colder Williams, John Night, Richard Bullock,
part of 400 acres granted to Thomas Frizzell 21 Feb 1804
wit Joseh hough, Benjiman Ladd (b) Andrew Baker (x)
pg208-209
Thomas Frizzle of the state of Georgia for $200 to Andrew Baker land on S side flat creek adj to
Colden Williams John Knight Richard Bullock 31 Oct 1800
wit John Smith, Nathan weaver Thomas Frizzle (b)
proved by John Smith 31 Oct 1800
Adruain
John
Here are some connections I have in South Carolina:
South Carolina deed bks:
Book C&E
Pg 29 Benjiman Ladd Sr of Lancaster Co, to Benjiman Ladd Jr
the plantation whereon he lives, 100 A, on Lick Branch 16 Feb 1786.
Benjiman Ladd (seal) Wit: Richard Terrell, Stephen R Eady
Book C&E
pg 94-95 19 Sept 1793, Wm Brewer of Lancaster Co, planter to
Willm Horton, for 10 sterling, land granted to sd. Brewer 2 Apr 1787,
adj. Wm Johnson, Henry Cotes (?) (I think Cato)...Wm Brewer (seal)
Wit: Saml Caston, Wm Ellis, Prov. 17 Feb 1794, by Samuel Caston
before John Craig J.P.
Book C&E
Pg 97-98 8 Apr 1797, Abdon Alexander Sheriff of Lancaster Co,
to William Sprunt, farmer, whereas Enoch Deason of Lancaster Co
was seize of 100 A on Little Lynche Creek adj William Denman,
Sameul Caston, James Blackmon, Sterling Cato, Joseph Bowies,
Needham Cato; sd Enoch Deason was indebted to Moses Sarsedas,
for 13s 10d 10 sterling, in court Jan term 1796 did recover Wit:
Elir Alexander, Nathan Barr, John Montgomery, prov. by Eliezar Alexander
27 Apr 1797
Book C&E
pg 100
Edward Narramore, of Lancaster Co for 5(?) To William Narramore, of same
75 A on flat Creek, adj William Cannington, William Narramore, Edward Cannington,
William Narramore Elisha White, 5 Feb 1798 Edw Narramore, Wit: Richmond
Terrell, William Terrell, Benj Ladd, (b) prov. 21 March 1798 by Richmond Terrell,
before Thomas Welch, J.P.
Book C&E
pg 102-103 22 Aug 1784 Henry Peebles and wife Mary to William Narramore, both of camden dist
land granted to Henry Peebles 20 Jan 1773 on Flat Creek a branch called Lick Creek adj to
Benj Ladd,Joshua Hickman, Samuel McKenny..Henry Peebles (Ls) Mary Peebles (X) (Ls), wit:
Fredk Kimball, Richmond Terrell, Benjiman Ladd, prov by Richmond Terrell 14 July 1785
before Federick Kimball J.P.
Book D
pg 185-186 4 Nov 1793 Henry Gracy of Lancaster Co, planter, to Thomas Frizzle, planter,
by granted 5 Sept 1791 to Henry Gracey 400 A on Lick Creek adj to Richmond Terrell,
William Narramore, Elisha White, Edmund McKenny, now for 30 sterling Henry Gracey seal
Wit Benjiman Deason, John Frisel (H) Susanna Johnston (X) prov. before B Haile J.P. by
Benjiman Deason 15 Feb 1794
Book D
pg 186-187 25 May 1793 Henry Gracey Planter to David Johnston, lease and release
218 A granted to Henry Gracey 5 Sept 1791 on waters of flat creek adj to Benj Ladd Sr
Benj Ladd Jr Henry Peebles, Wm Terrell. Henry Gracey (seal) Wit: Richmond Terrell,
Benjiman Deason, Hester Ladd (x) prov by Richmond Terrell 20 Sept 1793
Book D
page 194 S.C. Lancaster Co Colden Williams, planter of co. afsd, to David Johnston, John Welsh,
John Johnston, cut off by a srvey of Gen Sumter...11 March 1799 Colden Williams seal wit:
Benjiman Deason, William Ferguson, Gale Frizzele (O) ack by Colden Williams 27 Mar 1799
before B Haile J.P.
Book F
pg 86-87 S.C. Lancaster Co William Brewer of Lancaster Co for $560 to Richmond Terrell
of same, land adj John Baker, John Kennington, Ferguson Hail, lower part of Jacob wesner,
decd grant 8 May 1758, 100 acres on flat creek, upper part of land granted 7 Jan 1788
to Franciss bettis...William Brewer (seal), wit: Samuel Johnson (x) Edward Kennington,
(x) Proved by Edward Kennington 29 Sept 1800 before R Hunley, J.P.
More to come
Adruain
John
Wow!! what a story and thanks again!!
Adruain
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Subject: [CATO] Elizabeth Cato/Davis Johnson
> Adruain wrote:
>
>>John
>>Would you post the storyline on Davis and Elizabeth again,
>>I seemed to have misplaced it. How Davis died, and she ended
>>up in California and her being buried around Sacramento.
>
> The following is a snapshot of some of my research concerning Davis
> Johnson
> and Elizabeth Cato and the events that brought Elizabeth to Sutter County,
> CA:
>
> The father of Davis Johnson, David Johnson, died intestate in Cape
> Girardeau
> County, Missouri, and the administration of his estate was commenced on
> Friday, March 21, 1823, with the filing of a petition by his son Jonathan
> Johnson for granting of Letters of Administration. Included in the
> petition is a
> sworn allegation of the heirs of David Johnson pursuant to the laws of
> intestate succession. The petition sets forth the names of all the heirs
> and the
> surviving widow. David and Margaret Johnson had eight known children. The
> placement of some of the children is rather difficult for lack of data and
> direct
> evidence, but based on the available information to date the following
> order of
> birth is deemed to be the most reasonable and all the children except
> Sarah
> appear to be natives of the Carolinas. Sarah was born in KY and
> unfortunately
> the 1880 census slots for nativity of parents are blank.
>
> William Johnson born circa 1784 and died 1827
> Davis Johnson born circa 1786 and died 1853
> Willie Elmey Johnson born circa 1788 and died before 1823
> Jonathan Johnson born circa 1791 and died 1830
> Constant Johnson born circa 1793 and died by 1840
> Noble Johnson born 1796 and died 1873
> Ransom Johnson born circa 1800 and died 1845
> Sarah Johnson born circa 1805 and died after 1880
>
>
> Davis Johnson was born about 1786 in South Carolina and died on April 3,
> 1853 in Madison County, MO and married on August 17, 1809, in Christian
> County,
> Kentucky, Elizabeth “Betsy” Cato. The ceremony was performed by Thomas
> Woods, the same Justice of the Peace who solemnized the marriage of his
> brother
> William Johnson and Jane McGee. Davis Johnson is interred in Little Vine
> Cemetery in Liberty Township, Madison County, Missouri. Elizabeth “Betsy”
> Cato was
> born (calc) February 1, 1784 in South Carolina and died February 4, 1878
> in
> Meridian, Sutter County, California. Davis Johnson served in the Missouri
> Mounted Militia during the War of 1812 and as his widow she applied for
> benefits
> and recited in an affidavit her marriage to Davis Johnson in Christian
> County, KY. The children born to Davis Johnson and Elizabeth Cato who
> survived to
> become adults include the following (with Rebecca predeceasing her
> father):
> Uriah Johnson born about 1812
> Margaret Johnson born about 1818
> Rebecca Johnson born about 1819
> Joseph Darlington Johnson born December 1, 1821
> Joseph D. Johnson, son of Elizabeth Cato and Davis Johnson, was born
> December 1, 1821 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, and died July 25,
> 1907 in
> Meridian, Sutter County, California. He married his cousin May 19, 1844
> in
> Madison County, Missouri, the widow Maria Louisa (Johnson) Moss, the
> marriage
> officiated by William Wayne Settles, a preacher of the Gospel. Maria
> Louisa
> Johnson is the daughter of Noble Johnson and Jane Burns, born March 22,
> 1816 in
> Cape Girardeau County, Territory of Missouri, and died March 4, 1895 in
> Meridian,
> Sutter County, California. This was Maria Louisa Johnson’s second
> marriage.
> Reverend Joseph D. Johnson never had children. Maria's first marriage was
> to
> Joseph L. Moss who died in Feb of 1842 in Randolph County, IL Maria's
> father
> Noble Johnson was the administrator of the estate. During her marriage
> with
> Joseph Moss she had two daughters, Susan and Mary, and in 1853 Susan
> married
> her second cousin Hugh Johnson, one of the sons of Uriah Johnson and wife
> Clarrisa Frizzell. Susan and Hugh had two children, William Constant
> Johnson and
> Maria Louisa Johnson and by 1859 Susan died and Joseph D. Johnson and
> Maria
> thereafter cared for Susan's two children. After the death of Rebecca
> (Johnson) Frizzell, wife of Thomas Frizzell [Jr], Thomas Frizzell
> remarried but he
> died in Dec of 1855 and so Joseph and Maria also took in Rebecca's two
> youngest children, Salathiel Frizzell and David Frizzell. It will be
> remembered that
> Rebecca is Joseph Johnson's sister and Thomas Frizzell was his
> brother-in-law as he was the brother of Clarrisa Frizzell who married
> Uriah Johnson.
> During the Civil War Joseph Johnson served under the command of Daniel
> McGee and
> was one of the Missourians who refused to leave the state.
> With the above background it can now be understood why the two
> youngsters,
> David Frizzell and Maria L. Johnson, accompanied Joseph Johnson and his
> wife
> Maria when they decided to journey overland to California and start a new
> life. Maria's grandson, William Constant Johnson stayed in Missouri with
> his
> father Hugh Johnson and step-mother Nancy (Murray) Johnson and he is
> enumerated
> in 1870 in the household of his father Hugh. However, in 1871 William C.
> Johnson also moved to California to join them and brought his great
> grandmother
> Elizabeth (Cato) Johnson with him; a research thread indicates that they
> took
> the Central Pacific to Sacramento. In the 1870 census for Sutter County
> Joseph
> and Maria are enumerated with Maria Johnson and David Frizzell in their
> household; Elizabeth (Cato) Johnson is not with them which raises the
> presumption
> that she did not journey to California until 1871 and thus came with
> William
> so her son Joseph could care for her during her declining years. In 1860
> Elizabeth is with Joseph Johnson and is listed as a farmer; she was not
> enumerated in 1870 but I have found this to also be true of others that I
> know were
> living in Madison County and were missed or the marshals lost some of the
> pages). She lived to see the marriages of her two great grandchildren:
> Maria
> married Albert Ernest Davis July 6, 1871, and William married Jane
> McAuslan July
> 3, 1876, with Albert Davis being one of the witnesses.
> There is evidence that Joseph and Maria joined the overland train of
> Ananais
> Land and his relatives when they left Creek Nation in Madison County in
> 1869, with the Land party continuing on to Linn County, OR.(article in
> the
> Fredericktown "Democrat News", Jan 18, 1922, about the pioneers in the Big
> Creek
> area of Madison County). However, Joseph Johnson was still in Madison
> County
> to conduct the ceremony of marriage of George W. Johnson (son of Noble
> Johnson) and Mary Ellen Graham on July 18, 1869. The middle of July would
> be much
> too late in the year to depart across the plains to California, and thus
> it is
> more reasonable to believe that they arrived in California in 1870 in time
> to
> be enumerated and once settled to then have William accompany Elizabeth
> (Cato) Johnson to join them.
> Elizabeth Cato is buried in the Meridian Cemetery and is the oldest
> person
> as well as having the earliest date of birth in the cemetery. She died in
> the
> home of her son Rev. Joseph D. Johnson who was a Baptist minister in
> Meridian
> until his death July 24, 1907. Her monument states at the top "Elizabeth
> Cato" and under that in script "Wife of Davis Johnson", "Died Feb 4,
> 1878, Aged
> 94 yrs and 4 d's", and at the bottom of the stone is the entire verse of
> Rev.
> XV, Chapter VIII "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write,
> Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth Yea, saith the
> Spirit, that their works do follow them," David Frizzell is buried to her
> left,
> born (calc) February 15, 1851, died May 20, 1872, with an inscription that
> he
> was a native of Madison County. Missouri. On the right hand side is the
> tome of
> Maria Louisa Johnson Moss Johnson and her 2nd husband Rev. Joseph
> Darlington
> Johnson.
> So in Meridian Cemetery we have members of the Cato, Frizzell, and
> Johnson
> families and just as we find them intermarrying in Kentucky and Missouri,
> eventually I believe we will find them together in the Carolinas. Forgive
> me for
> not including the citations to the evidence for the above as otherwise
> this
> would have been even longer as this is abstracted from my 180 page and
> growing
> narrative of the descendants of David and Margaret Johnson (copyright
> 2006).
> John
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Adruain wrote:
>John
>Would you post the storyline on Davis and Elizabeth again,
>I seemed to have misplaced it. How Davis died, and she ended
>up in California and her being buried around Sacramento.
The following is a snapshot of some of my research concerning Davis Johnson
and Elizabeth Cato and the events that brought Elizabeth to Sutter County, CA:
The father of Davis Johnson, David Johnson, died intestate in Cape Girardeau
County, Missouri, and the administration of his estate was commenced on
Friday, March 21, 1823, with the filing of a petition by his son Jonathan
Johnson for granting of Letters of Administration. Included in the petition is a
sworn allegation of the heirs of David Johnson pursuant to the laws of
intestate succession. The petition sets forth the names of all the heirs and the
surviving widow. David and Margaret Johnson had eight known children. The
placement of some of the children is rather difficult for lack of data and direct
evidence, but based on the available information to date the following order of
birth is deemed to be the most reasonable and all the children except Sarah
appear to be natives of the Carolinas. Sarah was born in KY and unfortunately
the 1880 census slots for nativity of parents are blank.
William Johnson born circa 1784 and died 1827
Davis Johnson born circa 1786 and died 1853
Willie Elmey Johnson born circa 1788 and died before 1823
Jonathan Johnson born circa 1791 and died 1830
Constant Johnson born circa 1793 and died by 1840
Noble Johnson born 1796 and died 1873
Ransom Johnson born circa 1800 and died 1845
Sarah Johnson born circa 1805 and died after 1880
Davis Johnson was born about 1786 in South Carolina and died on April 3,
1853 in Madison County, MO and married on August 17, 1809, in Christian County,
Kentucky, Elizabeth “Betsy” Cato. The ceremony was performed by Thomas
Woods, the same Justice of the Peace who solemnized the marriage of his brother
William Johnson and Jane McGee. Davis Johnson is interred in Little Vine
Cemetery in Liberty Township, Madison County, Missouri. Elizabeth “Betsy” Cato was
born (calc) February 1, 1784 in South Carolina and died February 4, 1878 in
Meridian, Sutter County, California. Davis Johnson served in the Missouri
Mounted Militia during the War of 1812 and as his widow she applied for benefits
and recited in an affidavit her marriage to Davis Johnson in Christian
County, KY. The children born to Davis Johnson and Elizabeth Cato who survived to
become adults include the following (with Rebecca predeceasing her father):
Uriah Johnson born about 1812
Margaret Johnson born about 1818
Rebecca Johnson born about 1819
Joseph Darlington Johnson born December 1, 1821
Joseph D. Johnson, son of Elizabeth Cato and Davis Johnson, was born
December 1, 1821 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, and died July 25, 1907 in
Meridian, Sutter County, California. He married his cousin May 19, 1844 in
Madison County, Missouri, the widow Maria Louisa (Johnson) Moss, the marriage
officiated by William Wayne Settles, a preacher of the Gospel. Maria Louisa
Johnson is the daughter of Noble Johnson and Jane Burns, born March 22, 1816 in
Cape Girardeau County, Territory of Missouri, and died March 4, 1895 in Meridian,
Sutter County, California. This was Maria Louisa Johnson’s second marriage.
Reverend Joseph D. Johnson never had children. Maria's first marriage was to
Joseph L. Moss who died in Feb of 1842 in Randolph County, IL Maria's father
Noble Johnson was the administrator of the estate. During her marriage with
Joseph Moss she had two daughters, Susan and Mary, and in 1853 Susan married
her second cousin Hugh Johnson, one of the sons of Uriah Johnson and wife
Clarrisa Frizzell. Susan and Hugh had two children, William Constant Johnson and
Maria Louisa Johnson and by 1859 Susan died and Joseph D. Johnson and Maria
thereafter cared for Susan's two children. After the death of Rebecca
(Johnson) Frizzell, wife of Thomas Frizzell [Jr], Thomas Frizzell remarried but he
died in Dec of 1855 and so Joseph and Maria also took in Rebecca's two
youngest children, Salathiel Frizzell and David Frizzell. It will be remembered that
Rebecca is Joseph Johnson's sister and Thomas Frizzell was his
brother-in-law as he was the brother of Clarrisa Frizzell who married Uriah Johnson.
During the Civil War Joseph Johnson served under the command of Daniel McGee and
was one of the Missourians who refused to leave the state.
With the above background it can now be understood why the two youngsters,
David Frizzell and Maria L. Johnson, accompanied Joseph Johnson and his wife
Maria when they decided to journey overland to California and start a new
life. Maria's grandson, William Constant Johnson stayed in Missouri with his
father Hugh Johnson and step-mother Nancy (Murray) Johnson and he is enumerated
in 1870 in the household of his father Hugh. However, in 1871 William C.
Johnson also moved to California to join them and brought his great grandmother
Elizabeth (Cato) Johnson with him; a research thread indicates that they took
the Central Pacific to Sacramento. In the 1870 census for Sutter County Joseph
and Maria are enumerated with Maria Johnson and David Frizzell in their
household; Elizabeth (Cato) Johnson is not with them which raises the presumption
that she did not journey to California until 1871 and thus came with William
so her son Joseph could care for her during her declining years. In 1860
Elizabeth is with Joseph Johnson and is listed as a farmer; she was not
enumerated in 1870 but I have found this to also be true of others that I know were
living in Madison County and were missed or the marshals lost some of the
pages). She lived to see the marriages of her two great grandchildren: Maria
married Albert Ernest Davis July 6, 1871, and William married Jane McAuslan July
3, 1876, with Albert Davis being one of the witnesses.
There is evidence that Joseph and Maria joined the overland train of Ananais
Land and his relatives when they left Creek Nation in Madison County in
1869, with the Land party continuing on to Linn County, OR.(article in the
Fredericktown "Democrat News", Jan 18, 1922, about the pioneers in the Big Creek
area of Madison County). However, Joseph Johnson was still in Madison County
to conduct the ceremony of marriage of George W. Johnson (son of Noble
Johnson) and Mary Ellen Graham on July 18, 1869. The middle of July would be much
too late in the year to depart across the plains to California, and thus it is
more reasonable to believe that they arrived in California in 1870 in time to
be enumerated and once settled to then have William accompany Elizabeth
(Cato) Johnson to join them.
Elizabeth Cato is buried in the Meridian Cemetery and is the oldest person
as well as having the earliest date of birth in the cemetery. She died in the
home of her son Rev. Joseph D. Johnson who was a Baptist minister in Meridian
until his death July 24, 1907. Her monument states at the top "Elizabeth
Cato" and under that in script "Wife of Davis Johnson", "Died Feb 4, 1878, Aged
94 yrs and 4 d's", and at the bottom of the stone is the entire verse of Rev.
XV, Chapter VIII "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write,
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth Yea, saith the
Spirit, that their works do follow them," David Frizzell is buried to her left,
born (calc) February 15, 1851, died May 20, 1872, with an inscription that he
was a native of Madison County. Missouri. On the right hand side is the tome of
Maria Louisa Johnson Moss Johnson and her 2nd husband Rev. Joseph Darlington
Johnson.
So in Meridian Cemetery we have members of the Cato, Frizzell, and Johnson
families and just as we find them intermarrying in Kentucky and Missouri,
eventually I believe we will find them together in the Carolinas. Forgive me for
not including the citations to the evidence for the above as otherwise this
would have been even longer as this is abstracted from my 180 page and growing
narrative of the descendants of David and Margaret Johnson (copyright 2006).
John
John
Would you post the storyline on Davis and Elizabeth again,
I seemed to have misplaced it. How Davis died, and she ended
up in California and her being buried around Sacremento.
Thanks
Adruain
Cynthia asked:
>Do you know why Sarah "Sally" Johnson Spiva the widow of James
>ended up in Duck Creek Township, Stoddard County? Were there
>other family connections there?
In the 1850 census Sarah (Johnson) Spiva) is enumerated in Stoddard County,
MO, and she is surrounded by her married sons and her nephews and niece, the
children born to her deceased brother William Johnson who died in Cape
Girardeau County in April of 1827. Wm Johnson's widow Jane (McGee) Johnson also
moved to Stoddard County and by 1832 she had remarried Obadiah McGinnis. She was
in Wayne County in 1830 living next to Henry Cato.
So without doubt the reason Sarah located in Stoddard County was to be close
to family and in particular her married sons Pleasant Spiva who married
Margaret Anderson and Archibald Spiva who married Emily Owen, her sister-in-law,
and her nephews and niece: Cynthia Ann Johnson who married the Baptist
minister William Macom, Wilson Thompson Johnson who married Ellen (unknown) and
served under Captain Daniel McGee during the Civil War, Joseph Johnson who
married first unknown and second Matilida Majors and was murdered during the
closing days of the Civil War, Benjamin Franklin Johnson who married Amanda Owen
and served in the 12th MO State Militia Cavalry, David Green Johnson who served
in the CSA, and Jonathan Calvin Luther Johnson who married (probably) Nancy
Jane Black and he died prior to the Civil War.
Sarah's children who are living with her in Stoddard County in 1850 include
Jonathan, Elisha, Marzilla, Bathsheba, and Mary Ann. By 1870 Sarah is found
in Webster County living with grandchildren of her deceased niece Cynthia
(Johnson) Macom.
John
Hi all,
I find just a few early records for Wayne County Missouri listed at the MO State Archives website or in the LDS Family History Library Catalog.
1. Justice of the Peace. County Records. Summons, Receipts and Misc. -Papers. 1854-1871. Not indexed.
2. Deeds 1849-1936. Abstract and Index to deeds 1849-1916. Microfilmed from originals at the Wayne County Courthouse at Greenville.
3. Records of the Probate Court 1869-1930. Microfilm.
There's no way to tell whether there are really any worthwhile early things on these films, or not. Everything else seems to be dated after 1892, which I take it is when the last courthouse fire occurred.
Has anyone ever taken a look at these Justice of the Peace records? I may be able to order the films.
Cynthia
John, this information re: James Spiva is very helpful, I would not have made this Johnson-Spiva connection! William Cato or his father may have purchased James Spiva's patent after James' death around 1845. It's too bad that the Wayne County deeds are not intact.
Do you know why Sarah "Sally" Johnson Spiva the widow of James ended up in Duck Creek Township, Stoddard County? Were there other family connections there?
Best,
Cynthia
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Cynthia,
I can provide some information regarding James Spiva referred to as follows:
>((5. tract originally patented by James SPIVEY. 3-15-1837. 80 acres. Wayne
County. >Jackson Land Office. Doc #3811. cash entry. N1/2 NE Sect 25 Twp 28N
Range 8E))
I have the land entry case file for James Spivey (also spelled Spiva in
other family records).James Spiva is the son of Jonas and Bethany Spiva of
Madison County, MO and Jonas died in 1828 with a Will. James Spivia married Sarah
"Sally" Johnson, Sarah being the youngest child of David and Margaret Johnson
(my 5 g grandparents). Sarah was born circa 1805 in KY and probably Christian
County, KY. It will be remembered that one of Sarah's older brothers was
Davis Johnson who married Elizabeth Cato in Christian County, KY August 17,
1809. Ransom Ladd is their close neighbor in the 1830 census for Wayne County,
plus young Sterling, Richard, and Henry Cato.
By 1850 Sarah (Johnson) Spiva is a widow living in Duck Creek Twp, Stoddard
County, MO and thus James died after being enumerated in Wayne County, MO in
1840 and my "guess" is about 1845 or so. I have not checked deeds for him in
Wayne County. Perhaps this info will assist with your analysis and research.
John Hedger
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Thanks for your well documented information. It amazes me
the Cato/Johnson connections from Ky to Wayne Co and then
Madison Co where Old Sterling was.
Adruain
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> Cynthia,
>
> I can provide some information regarding James Spiva referred to as
> follows:
>>((5. tract originally patented by James SPIVEY. 3-15-1837. 80 acres.
>>Wayne
> County. >Jackson Land Office. Doc #3811. cash entry. N1/2 NE Sect 25 Twp
> 28N
> Range 8E))
>
> I have the land entry case file for James Spivey (also spelled Spiva in
> other family records).James Spiva is the son of Jonas and Bethany Spiva of
> Madison County, MO and Jonas died in 1828 with a Will. James Spivia
> married Sarah
> "Sally" Johnson, Sarah being the youngest child of David and Margaret
> Johnson
> (my 5 g grandparents). Sarah was born circa 1805 in KY and probably
> Christian
> County, KY. It will be remembered that one of Sarah's older brothers was
> Davis Johnson who married Elizabeth Cato in Christian County, KY August
> 17,
> 1809. Ransom Ladd is their close neighbor in the 1830 census for Wayne
> County,
> plus young Sterling, Richard, and Henry Cato.
>
> By 1850 Sarah (Johnson) Spiva is a widow living in Duck Creek Twp,
> Stoddard
> County, MO and thus James died after being enumerated in Wayne County, MO
> in
> 1840 and my "guess" is about 1845 or so. I have not checked deeds for him
> in
> Wayne County. Perhaps this info will assist with your analysis and
> research.
>
> John Hedger
>
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Adruain, I don't know what the relationship between the Grebler/Gribbles is, but 1810 William and wife Winney sold Henry's land to Joseph Grebler in 1857, and I see Joseph "Gribler" on the census 1860 Wayne Co hh54, with wife Catharine age 49 and children who match the 1870 record for "Catharine Gribble" (apparently widowed) and with Claiborn (probably Cato) age 12 MO in the household, next door to Rebecca Jackson with other children of 1810 William and Winney.
Do you think Henry Jr. is the one with marriage record in Bollinger County, Henry Cato to Mary J. Reed 12-6-1866? This could easily be the "Nancy J." found with William, Henry and Ann in 1870 Arkansas near the Grimsleys. Isn't Mary J. the one who ended up marrying your wife's gg?grandfather after Henry Jr. died?
Cynthia
Cynthia,
I can provide some information regarding James Spiva referred to as follows:
>((5. tract originally patented by James SPIVEY. 3-15-1837. 80 acres. Wayne
County. >Jackson Land Office. Doc #3811. cash entry. N1/2 NE Sect 25 Twp 28N
Range 8E))
I have the land entry case file for James Spivey (also spelled Spiva in
other family records).James Spiva is the son of Jonas and Bethany Spiva of
Madison County, MO and Jonas died in 1828 with a Will. James Spivia married Sarah
"Sally" Johnson, Sarah being the youngest child of David and Margaret Johnson
(my 5 g grandparents). Sarah was born circa 1805 in KY and probably Christian
County, KY. It will be remembered that one of Sarah's older brothers was
Davis Johnson who married Elizabeth Cato in Christian County, KY August 17,
1809. Ransom Ladd is their close neighbor in the 1830 census for Wayne County,
plus young Sterling, Richard, and Henry Cato.
By 1850 Sarah (Johnson) Spiva is a widow living in Duck Creek Twp, Stoddard
County, MO and thus James died after being enumerated in Wayne County, MO in
1840 and my "guess" is about 1845 or so. I have not checked deeds for him in
Wayne County. Perhaps this info will assist with your analysis and research.
John Hedger
Cynthia
No I don't think so on the Henry Jr marriage, he seems to have always
been Married to Matilda?. after Matilda died he married Mary
(probably Kegly) then when Henry Jr died she married a Massey and then
Robert Henry Hillis in Butler Co Mo. (my wifes great grandfather) They
are both buried in the Hillis family Cemetery.
I think the William/Henry in the same household in 1870 Arkansas census
are brothers and the sons of 1810 William.
Shirley and Ronnie, Vi and myself are going to SouthEast Mo next week
to finalize the plans for the monument dedication on 5/27. The monument is
finished and I need to show them where to place it. I also have road signs
that I need the historical society to get put up for me.
We plan to do some research especially at Wayne Co, but if the deeds
were not rerecorded, it reveal much I'm afraid.
Adruain
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> Adruain, I don't know what the relationship between the Grebler/Gribbles
> is, but 1810 William and wife Winney sold Henry's land to Joseph Grebler
> in 1857, and I see Joseph "Gribler" on the census 1860 Wayne Co hh54, with
> wife Catharine age 49 and children who match the 1870 record for
> "Catharine Gribble" (apparently widowed) and with Claiborn (probably Cato)
> age 12 MO in the household, next door to Rebecca Jackson with other
> children of 1810 William and Winney.
>
> Do you think Henry Jr. is the one with marriage record in Bollinger
> County, Henry Cato to Mary J. Reed 12-6-1866? This could easily be the
> "Nancy J." found with William, Henry and Ann in 1870 Arkansas near the
> Grimsleys. Isn't Mary J. the one who ended up marrying your wife's
> gg?grandfather after Henry Jr. died?
>
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Cynthia
Shirley says all the land was patented by Henry Cato
1) patented Jan3 1856
2&3) patented 10/30/1857
We believe that this is William son of 1810 William who went to Arkansas.
He either came back and sold sold them or this is when he sold and went
to Arkansas. In 1860 William and Henry are still at home with 1810 William.
Clabon ends up in house hold with Catherine Grebler in 1870 (so what is
their relation to Winney/William. Catherine is living next door to Rebecca
Jackson (1810 William daughter) who has Malvina E, Mary, Daniel, & Nellie.
so it appears.
Adruain & Shirley
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Subject: [CATO] William Cato, wife Ann or Anny
> This is what I have:
>
> Bollinger County MO marriages database USGenWeb Archives
> February 6, 1866
> William CATO to Anny CATO
>
> MO Wayne County Deed Book 1 p 364
> William Cato and wife Ann to Burl (Burrell?) Holland, several tracts:
>
> 160 acres 1. S1/2 NE1/4 Sect 25 Twp 28N Range 8E AND
> 2. W1/2 NW1/4 Sect 30 Twp 28N Range 9E
>
> 3. 40 acres NE NE Sect 27 Twp 28N Range 8E
> 4. 40 acres SW SE Sect 24 Twp 28N Range 8E
> 5. 80 acres N1/2 NE Sect 25 Twp 28N Range 8E
>
> 6. 80 acres: NE NW Sect 26 Twp 28N Range 8E AND
> 7. NW NE Sect 26 Twp 28N Range 8E
>
> This is a loose page from my "Unidentified Williams" file, which is, sad
> to say, pretty huge.
> Tomorrow I will look up these tracts and see if I can identify who
> originally patented them. I think that the original patentee of #3 was
> Ransom Ladd.
>
> You are right, Adruain, it looks like we need to dig into this further.
> This might be William, son of 1810William, who shows up in Arkansas in
> 1870, but I can't say for sure.
> I wonder if there is any more information re: the marriage record, like a
> witness or bondsman.
>
> Cynthia
>
>
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> I was not aware of the 1869 deed, but we are going over there
> next week to finalize the dedication of the monument on 5/27.
> I think we will dig into this a little further.
>
> Adruain
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> > Hi Adruain,
> >
> > I took another look at the affidavit and you may be right about the
> > controversial "3" being a "2". The problem I have is, if Henry Jr.
> > patents it, why would William and Winney be the ones to sell this land?
> > We know Henry Jr. was living at the time, seems like he would at least
> > have to sign with them? Maybe there is a deed from Henry Jr. to 1810
> > William. Do you have a copy of the William and Winney deed? I guess
> if
> > there was anything else in the deed, we would already know about it.
> >
> > Here's another thing: have you seen the 1869 deed from William Cato and
> > wife Ann to Burl Holland? That's a lot of land they are selling (400
> > acres I think). Is this William son of 1810 William, or do we know
> which
> > William THIS one is.
> >
> > Cynthia
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Cynthia,Peggy
> > Are you ready for my thoughts on the Henry Land document?
> > I studied this document for some time and have convinced myself that
> > the controversial "3" is really a 2. If you look closely you can see
> how
> > that person drug his pencil when he made a curly-q to start the number
> 2
> > and how he straight-lined the qurly-q to finish it. I started looking
> at
> > how he might
> > write the number 3 and directly below the "2" a couple of lines is
> indeed
> > a 3.
> > He makes his 3 as a vertical m with no curly-q's.
> > Thought this maight wake you this morning. This would make it young
> > Henry
> > born 1827-29 according to what records you find on this Henry as to
> his
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Hi Adruain,
I took another look at the affidavit and you may be right about the controversial "3" being a "2". The problem I have is, if Henry Jr. patents it, why would William and Winney be the ones to sell this land? We know Henry Jr. was living at the time, seems like he would at least have to sign with them? Maybe there is a deed from Henry Jr. to 1810 William. Do you have a copy of the William and Winney deed? I guess if there was anything else in the deed, we would already know about it.
Here's another thing: have you seen the 1869 deed from William Cato and wife Ann to Burl Holland? That's a lot of land they are selling (400 acres I think). Is this William son of 1810 William, or do we know which William THIS one is.
Cynthia
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Subject: [CATO] Two vs Three
Cynthia,Peggy
Are you ready for my thoughts on the Henry Land document?
I studied this document for some time and have convinced myself that
the controversial "3" is really a 2. If you look closely you can see how
that person drug his pencil when he made a curly-q to start the number 2
and how he straight-lined the qurly-q to finish it. I started looking at how he might
write the number 3 and directly below the "2" a couple of lines is indeed a 3.
He makes his 3 as a vertical m with no curly-q's.
Thought this maight wake you this morning. This would make it young Henry
born 1827-29 according to what records you find on this Henry as to his age.
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Are you ready for my thoughts on the Henry Land document?
I studied this document for some time and have convinced myself that
the controversial "3" is really a 2. If you look closely you can see how
that person drug his pencil when he made a curly-q to start the number 2
and how he straight-lined the qurly-q to finish it. I started looking at how he might
write the number 3 and directly below the "2" a couple of lines is indeed a 3.
He makes his 3 as a vertical m with no curly-q's.
Thought this maight wake you this morning. This would make it young Henry
born 1827-29 according to what records you find on this Henry as to his age.
Adruain
There's an interesting record in Louisiana for a Daniel Cato that I don't think has been posted to this List yet. It can be viewed online at http://louisdl.training.louislibraries.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact...<http://louisdl.training.louislibraries.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact...>
This is a bill from Daniel Cato to Benjamin Bradford, for medical services 1809-1812. I can't tell whether the services were performed in Louisiana, or somewhere else.
Mr. Benjamin Bradford to Daniel Cato
1809. August 15th.
To one visit to your house and giving your Negroe a puke? and working it off......1.50
To 1 dose of tartar....................................................................................25
1 puke? for yourself and working it off..........................................................1.50
2 doces of Lee's pills..................................................................................50
To one sweat? of Snake root and my attendance in working it off.....................1.50
To one puke? for your wife and my attendance in working it off........................1.00
To one visit to your house &c?...................................................................1.00
1810
To one half pint bottle..............................................................................25
To __? of medical wine.............................................................................37 1/2
To one Curneld? sugar tree stock already got?out?.........................................1.00
1812
To 22 ducks? at 1?..................................................................................3.66 2/3
To 1 puke? to Miss Sally Smith with my attendance to work it off......................1.50
By your direction to charge it to you
To 1 puke? for your wife with my attendance to work it off..............................1.00
Errors Excepted $14.74 1/2
(signed) Danl Cato
We know that the Bradfords and the Catos were associated in Stewart County TN, and that a Daniel Cato was deceased by 1814, when Henry Cato, David Bradford, and John Allen were the administrators of Daniel's estate in Stewart County. Wonder if this is the same Daniel.
Also wonder just what a "puke" was. Or maybe we don't really want to know : )
Cynthia
Hi Adruain,
Yes, I saw that the land William patents in 1853 is right there by Henry's land. What year was the Wayne County map made?
There is still something that bothers me about these land transactions, like in the application Henry's witness Archibald D. Moore states that Henry is "head of a family, having a wife and children" ( which is technically true, but Henry and Mary/Polly are living alone in 1850, in their 60's, their family apparently having their own homes) and that the application states that Henry is "age 38" in 1856. I guess we decided that the clerk must have made a mistake.
What bothers me also is that there are so many Catos in TN that are unaccounted for, and if they are Daniel's children, they would be close relatives to the children of Old Henry and Tabitha. So I think they could easily have joined up with their cousins and traveled south. And there's also the fact that the line between Ky and TN in the Christian County KY and Stewart County TN areas were not well defined so finding a name in one area may not mean what it seems. Anyway, I'd like to keep looking for more info. I mean, what happened to all those Cato boys in the Stewart County records? They couldn't just disappear.
One thing, I guess if Henry Sr of Missouri was really born in 1786 in NC, then we can probably eliminate him as a son of Old Henry and Tabitha, because we know that Henry and Tabitha are firmly in South Carolina by 1786. Though there is similar confusion re: the SC-NC state line as with the KY-TN line, in all the deeds Old Henry and Tabitha are "of Lancaster County SC."
Adruain, did I send you the copies of the Henry cash entry land files?
Best,
Cyn
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Subject: Re: [CATO] TN William Cato, did he go to Missouri?
Cynthia
I lean toward the William in Missouri being the son of Henry/Polly for
the
following reasons.
1) William was born 1810 and Henry/Polly were married Jan 1810 (ample
time for a child born that year.
2) In the 1860 census Benjiman son of 1820 Benjiman Franklin Cato is in
the house with William who I think is there because he is a nephew. Benjiman
had died by 1852.
3) William is involved in the land transaction of Henry in selling of the
Henry Cato land.
4) In an early map I have of Wayne Co located just above where Lewis is
located, It says Henry Cato farm and nearby is William Cato farm.
5) In the Provost Marshalls records William Sr, Wilson Sr, and Nathan are
arrested for killing their neighbor, therefore I believe they are brothers.
I believe that the Tn bunch are descendants of Daniel Jr.
Adruain
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Subject: [CATO] TN William Cato, did he go to Missouri?
> Hi all,
>
> Have been reading through some Stewart County Court Minutes, and old
> notes, and etc, and find that there was a William Cato associated with
> Henry Cato in Stewart County TN in 1834 and 1835. William and Henry Cato
> made bond for a ferry together in 1834, and William Cato served as a
> petit-juror in 1835.
>
> Since William was appointed a juror in 1835 (and I take it that means he
> would have been over 21 at the time) it seems safe to say that he was born
> before 1814.
>
> Isn't it possible that this William in Stewart County is the same William
> who went to Missouri and is found there on the 1840 Wayne County MO
> census:
> William Cato age 20-30
> 1 fem 20-30
> 1 fem 10-15
> 1 fem under 5
>
> I think this 10-15-year-old girl is possibly his sister, and may be the
> Mary A. Chronister age 20 who is found with William in Missouri on the
> 1850 census. Mary A. states that she was born in TN (about 1830). It's
> possible that they are both the children of Henry Cato of Stewart County
> TN, who seems to have quite a few children unidentified and unaccounted
> for, if you look at the census records. It looks like he may have had as
> many as 4 sons born between 1810-1820, a son born 1820-30, and two
> daughters born 1820-1830.
>
> Given the confusion over the line between KY and TN, it seems entirely
> feasible that William would state in 1850 Missouri census that he was born
> in KY in 1810, and also be found in Stewart County TN records in the
> 1830s.
>
> There is another William Cato of about the same age in TN (well, naturally
> there is, ha ha) who seems to be the son of Roland Cato Jr. This family
> seems to have been resident in Davidson County TN from at least 1805 and
> on, starting with Roland Cato Sr. from Greenville Co Va. William H.
> doesn't show up on the census in Davidson County until 1840. We know he
> was born in 1808 in TN and that he died about 1877 in TN. It's possible, I
> suppose, that this is the William who is found in Stewart County,
> associating with Henry, but (from looking through past messages and
> discussions re: this Roland line posted to this list) it doesn't seem that
> likely.
>
> So what do you think? Is it possible that William in Missouri is from the
> Henry Cato of Stewart County TN line?
>
> Would appreciate your comments/input!
> Cynthia
>
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