Bonnie,
The information below shows clearly that Needham and Nehemiah were
two separate people, one living in Christian Co., Ky. and served in
the War of 1812 from Kentucky while the other was living in Stewart
Co., Tn. and served in the War of 1812 from Tennessee.
NEEDHAM CATO, b. ca 1790 in S.C. He was surety in the marriage of
Frances Ladd to Tabitha Cato in 1811. He was taxed on 100 acres of
land in 1812 on the Muddy Fork in Christain Co., Ky. He enlisted
9/18/1812 in the War of 1812, in Capt. Thomas Alsbury's Co., 1st Reg.,
Ky. Mounted Militia. He is in the 1830 census of Wayne Co., Mo. (30-
40 yrs.) with 1 son (b. 1825-30).
NEHEMIAH CATO, b. before 1790, was on the tax list of Stewart Co., Tn.
in 1810 and served in the War of 1812 in Capt. Gray's Co., the same
Co. that Henry Cato served in. He obtained a Military Land Grant,
Warrant # 23,675, for 160 acres, dated 2/14/1825 in Faulkner Co., Ark.
In the 1837, 1838, 1839 tax lists of Van Buren Co., Ark. there was a
Nedum (Nedom, Nedam) Cato. Was this the Needham from Christian Co who
went to Wayne Co., Mo. or the Nehemiah from Stewart Co. who obtained
a War grant of land in Faulkner Co., Ark. in 1825?
There seems to have been two Needham Catos, one which was called
Nehemiah sometime, sometime was called Nelson and sometime called
Needham. What bothers me is that the Nehemiah - Needham from Stewart
Co. who seems to have gone to Arkansas and owned land granted to
Nehemiah Cato for military service should have been born in NC but
the 1850 and 1860 census has him born in SC. The Needham in Christian
Co., Ky.should have been born in SC. This would suggest that the
Needham - Nelson Cato in Ark. came from Christian Co. if so but how
did he get the land that the Nehemiah of Stewart Co. received. Again
the census may be wrong.
Henry Brackin