I am interested!! Thanks, printing this out now.
gladys
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#1 [CATO-L] Re: CATO-D Digest V98 #12 [Gladys Shannon <GSHANNON(a)Ardmore.N]
#2 [CATO-L] Mo. Cato's [Cato3240(a)aol.com]
#3 [CATO-L] Mo visit continued [Cato3240(a)aol.com]
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Any hope that my Susannah, b-1812 could be sister to this William, b-1816?
gladys
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>am looling for information on WILLIAM C. CATO born wilkenson county, ga 12 aug
>1816. he married #1 artimissa bates in wilkenson co., ga they had 7 children
>thomas c. b. 1838, melissa b. 1840, james b. 1841, william franklin b. 1842,
>frances b. 1843, serena a. elizabeth b. 1844, jessie b. 1846. artimissa had
>died about 1846 he married #2 wife elizabeth golden in wilkenson co or heard
>co, ga 18 march 1849 she was born in monroe co, ga 05 may 1831 by this wife he
>had david b. 1849, jeremian b. 1850, carolina b. 1852, andrew c. b. 1854,
>martha e. b. aug 1855, mary a.r. b. 1856, katherine b. sept 1860, amelia a. b.
>sept 1863, dove d. b. 1864, salina b. 1865, charles b. 1869. william c. died
>in heard county , ga 12 aug 1889 buried wesley chapel heard co., ga
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Summary of a recent trip to Mo.
On the week of 10-12-98 Shirley and Ron Cato (descendants of
the NorthEast Ark--formerly Mo Cato's), His Father D W Cato and
Mom Flora, Adruain (myself) and wife Vi went to South East Mo for
a Tour and hunt for family history. Some pictures were taken and when
they are developed I will try to send them over the computer but they
may be too large of a file for the parameters of the messages to accept.
If you are not familiar with the story of the Battle of Mingo swamp I
will refresh you memory before I start my journey.
On 2/3/1863 The Union army rode into Simeon Cato's farm where
Daniel McGee (nephew of Simeon) were holed up according to the
Union officer's report (F W Reeder) to his commanding officer B F
Lazear. He wrote and I quote" We suddenly came to the house of S.
Cato, a man who had been harboring these outlaws for a long time,
and perceiving a considerable number of men feeding their horses, we
dashed upon them before a single one of them had a chance to escape.
They were at once recognized McGee's band and as our approach was
as sudden as it was unexpected , they fled in confusion across the large
cornfield in the center of which the house of Cato stood. My men were now
in their element, and whilst others quickly tore down the fence of the
cornfield,
the rest surrounded it, and within 15 minutes we had exterminated the
whole band. We took no prisoners from amongst them, as I had previously
given the order not to do so. We counted 9 killed, amongst them McGee;
20 mortally wounded, and three slightly, the latter of whom we brought in."
He went on to say that they left them for the friends and neighbors to bury
because there were plenty close by.
On the internet from Rosecity net on the war in South East Mo. on the
Bollinger Co. site last paragraph reads---
Greenbriar cemetery, in southern Bollinger Co, contains a mass grave
discovered
many years ago. An investigation of the grave determined the plot contained
the remains of Confederate soldiers. Uniforms, Buttons,and skeletal remains
were found. The remains are thought by some to be those of Confederate troops
under the command of Captain Daniel McGee who were killed by Union troops
in the Mingo swamp on Feb 3 or 4, 1863. Although accounts may vary, over 20
confederates were killed in the encounter, while no Union soldiers were
injured.
Although McGee is documented in the National Archives as being a Confederate
officer, Union troops at the time considered him an outlaw.
I said all of this to set the tone for the summary of our visit which I
will send in my next message.
Adruain
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Approximately 2 mile south of Arab, Mo on State hwy. 51 and at
the crossroads where Co rd 716 goes West and Co rd. 624 goes East
you are in the middle of the Old Simeon Cato farm. On the NW corner
where 716 and 51 cross is where the house was. This is the current
hwy and the old road used to run in those days a thousand feet or so East
of this site. We stopped and tried to picture in our minds as to what happened
at the battle of Mingo Swamp. After a few minutes we proceded on to
Arab and turned East on Hwy C toward the Cato Cemetery. There are
50+ Cato's buried there and the oldest being Lewis 1786-1839. (The
Historian at Bollinger Co said many were buried there and not identified
because if you were a Cato and died in that era you were most likely
buried in that cemetery)
After a walk through the cemetery we proceeded on to Greenbriar
to visit the mass grave. Paul Stepp Sr. had shown me this area before
and I wanted to share it with all the rest. Paul was kind enough to
mark this grave and I'm in the process of getting the sons of the Confederacy
involved to get this battle site and mass grave marked as a historical site.
They are supposed to discuss it at the next meeting on 10/27/98 and I
have been invited as a guest to the meeting.
That afternoon we went back to the massacre site and looked for relatives
that might still be living in that area. We stopped where 3 men were working
on a house and asked if they might know where any Cato's were in that
area. They were Cato's and their names were Truman, Hadley and Winfred
Cato. After introductions we had to learn their line. Who was you father?
Slyvester (Buster) Cato they said. Who was you grandfather? Sim they
answered. Sim we questioned? Yep Sim--we pondered for a while and looked
at our census notes. Wouldn't by any chance be Simeon would it? Yep that
is it I believe, they said. Now who would Simeon be the son of or do you by
any chance know the name of your Great grandfather--they shook their heads no.
Would you know or recognize it if we say his name. We started going through
what I call the 2nd gen Mo Cato's (all sons of the first five that went there)
When I got to John, Hadley said that is his name I've heard dad talk of him.
What they said next is something that blew my mind and I'm going to repeat
it as they told it to us.
"The bushwackers killed old John" they said
"They(the family) told him dont't go out of the house but he did, and they
killed
him on the front porch" "The McGees were part of them and when the rest of
the guys came home that night they went down to the McGee's and got two of
them." "They buried him under the apple tree in the back yard near the Indian
graves. And as long as old man Arnold owned the farm he never would let
anyone cut the tree or farm around it. It was finally cut down and now is
farmed over."
Where did this happen?
"See where the massacre happened , 1/2 mile on down the road East"
So 1/2 mile from the massacre down hwy 716 is where John was murdered.
We drove down and measured the milage and came to an old house that
is now standing. Out in the back yard John was buried no doubt and we
just stood there dumfounded.
The rest of the week we visited The Library and Courthouse and the
historical society. After we get it all sorted out we will be happy to share
what we found if anyone is interested.
Adruain