I want to thank all those who continue to submit articles on the Cato
family. I read them carefully looking for my Susannah (Suky), b-c1808 in
SC (census records). She married Reuben May in 1832 in Washington Co., GA.
Thanks again, and remember to keep Susannah in mind.
gladys
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#1 Re: [CATO-L] Devil's advocate to B [elizabeth elliott-kimmel
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#2 Re: [CATO-L] Ancestry of John Cato [Peggy Day
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 11:40:40 -0500
From: elizabeth elliott-kimmel <ejek(a)digitalabs.net>
Subject: Re: [CATO-L] Devil's advocate to Booie's notes on William Cato's
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i am attempting to trace a branch of my husband's family further back than
tabitha cato. can you help? from all these emails i have seen over the
last
year or so i have tentatively penciled it in as follows. does anyone
else
know
anything about this branch and cos and states they came from?
tabitha cato(1810 - 1869) m. thomas jefferson mcgee (killed by union
soliders in
front of womenfolk 1800-1864 along with several of his sons - mr.
mckee
wrote a
book several years ago about this civil war event). one of their sons
was
blair
mcgee.
i think tabitha's father was louis cato (1786-1839) and his father henry cato
(1742-)????
HBrackinjr(a)aol.com wrote:
> Bonnie,
>
> I have read your note on the William Cato's with much anticipation. I
> appreciate it very much. However I have some questions about some of it
which
> may be in some cases due to a lack of information or
understanding. In this
> letter I must be the Devil's advocate. Bonnie these are the same ideas I
> wrote to you yesterday and this letter was written before you sent me
tonight
> your letter of comment on my letter. I have not studied these
comments yet
> and do not know if you have changed my opinion as yet or not. I shall
put to
> the whole group my ideas as they are presently
>
> You say that the William Cato who was a soldier in the Rev. was a
brother of
> Sterling (and therefore a son of John and Jane) because Sterling
came to
the
> same area. It is true Sterling came to the same area at least 3
or 4 years
> later but the information I have is that this William was born in
Halifax Co.
> or Dist., NC. (Huxford Gen. Magazine, Vol. XXIII, number 3). If
this is so,
> then he would not be a son of John who we have no record of owning land or
> ever living in NC. The younger William Cato who sold ½ of the land of the
> older William Cato of Northampton Co., NC in 1778, in time to fight at the
> siege of Augusta in 1779, seems like a good, in fact better possibility for
> this William Cato, a Rev. War soldier of Georgia. Northampton Co. was a
part
> of the Halifax Dist of NC. There are many incidences where the
District was
> used in locating a place instead of using the County, both in NC and SC. In
> the 1790 census of North Carolina the State is divided into Districts with
> the Counties as subdivisions of the Districts. The same is true in SC.
>
> With this and my previous letter in which I have discussed the George
Cato in
> Camden Dist., SC, I have covered the brothers William and George
of
> Northampton Co., NC and eliminated them from consideration in my opinion
from
> later discussion.
>
> It is my opinion that William of Brunswick in the road orders of 1733
was the
> same man who acquired land in Northampton Co. NC on 6/22/1749 on
the North
> side of Jack's Swamp. This was right on the Va. line and surely was very
> close to where John and Daniel lived on Fountains Ck. in Virginia. Jack's
> Swamp empties into Fountains Ck.. I think old William was dead by 1778 when
> his children sold out.
>
> I do not know where you are getting this William Sr. and Jr. of
Fairfield, I
> only know of one William of Fairfield before 1820. There was no
second
> William in Fairfield until William of Fairfield's son William Jr., who was
> born ca 1794, reached manhood and has his own household in 1820, listed in
> age as 16-26 yrs. I cannot agree with the idea that William of Fairfield
was
> the William Jr. of Northampton because William Jr. of Northampton
was there
> until 1778 whereas William of Fairfield was buying land in Fairfield in
1772
> from Thos. Parrott. You have William Jr. of Fairfield as born in
1759.
Where
> did this date come from? William of Fairfield's daughter
Frances
Harrison who
> applied for a pension on his service said he was born in 1755.
However the
> 1800 census has him over 45 yrs., born before 1755. I suspect he was born
> 1750/51 since he bought land in 1772 ( had to be 21 yrs.) and was 70-80
years
> old in 1830 census (b. 1750-60). Who his father was remains in
doubt but
> since he named a son Stephen Francis I believe his father was either named
> Stephen or Francis. I favor Francis with his grandfather being Stephen for
> reasons that will be given below. I think he had a brother named Stephen
> Francis for whom he surveyed land in Fairfield in 1795. You have William of
> Fairfield as marrying in 1786 yet he had 2 sons and 2 daughters in 1790
> census, rather fast on the trigger I would say. Also his oldest son is
16-26
> yrs. in 1800 census, thus born 1774-84. From the 1830 census we
can
conclude
> that the oldest son, Phillip Wade Cato was born 1780-84. William
had 9
> children born before 1800, indicating a marriage before 1786, since
children
> of most nursing mothers are born around 2 years apart. I think he
married
> around 1780/1. He was very busy fighting the War before, having
participated
> in almost every engagement of the Rev. War in SC.
>
> In 1790 in Edgecombe Co., NC there were two Cato men who I suspect are
> brothers. They are
> Stephen Cato (Jr., I think) listed as 22400.
> William Cato listed as 12400 (a son of Stephen Sr. who was too young to
> testify in 1742).
>
> Both seem to be gone in 1800 but there is another younger William still
there
> listed as 00010-011. I suspect that this younger William is the
over 16 yr.
> old son of Stephen in the 1790 census. Stephen's other two sons could be
> Francis and Cullen Cato who were in Hancock Co., Ga. 1810. Cullen was in
> Martin Co., NC in 1792.
>
> Since William of 1790 census was still in NC as late as the 1790 he
seems to
> be a prime candidate for the William Cato who is said to be the
father
of a "
> William Cato 1789-1868, the forefather of the name in Coffee Co.,
Ga.
who was
> born in North Carolina in 1789 and was a the son of William Cato,
a Rev.
War
> soldier, of Halifax Co., NC who moved to Green Co., Ga. where he
died.
> William the subject, came to Georgia with his parents and left home
early and
> migrated to Montgomery Co. His wife Polly Ann was born 1790 in SC
but her
> maiden name has not been learned. William Cato lived in Montgomery Co until
> about 1821-22 when he removed to Telfair Co. where he lived until his
death.
> His children were William, b. 1809; Henry, b. 1810; Candacy, b.
1812;
Robert,
> b. 1814; Mary, b. 1818; Cassandra, b. 1823; Jincy, b. 1824;
Jemina, b.
1828;
> John, b. 1829; Olive, b. 1832." The William of the 1790
census of Edgecombe
> Co., NC had another son in the 1790 census that has not been identified.
>
> There is one other William who lived in Wilkes Co., Ga. born in the 1770's
> that has not been identified. Presently I am guessing he is a son of the
> William of Washington Co who was a Rev. War soldier and who I think is
> William Jr. of Northampton Co., NC, since we have a son William for
Francis,
> Stephen Jr. and Stephen Sr. George (Stephen's son) apparently
only had a
son
> John and Syrack had no children.
>
> Henry Brackin
>
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Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 15:49:43 -0500
From: Peggy Day <pcday(a)worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: [CATO-L] Ancestry of John Cato and Jane Cooke
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Have you tried finding a copy of "Roach, Ridgeway and Roberts" (I think
the author is Maryilou Fair)? My Grandmother bought a copy years ago
and it is the ancestry and decendants of the above, I believe.
Somewhere I have a copy but cannot locate it at the moment. Do not
remember how much info it has on the Lee connection. I have not looked
at it in many years since it does not (as far as I have been able to
ascertain) contain any info on my George Franklin CATO. Good Luck.
P.C.Day
Garner,NC
learry(a)intrstar.net wrote:
>
> Is anyone working on the ancestry of John Cato and/or Jane Cooke or
> both? I am descended from their daughter, Mary, who married Peter
> Lee. Any info greatly appreciated. Learry Lawrence Warren, Dunn, N.C.
> Diggin Up
> Bones!!
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