Bonnie,
Hi, we talked on the phone this weekend. I will be sending you the information
on Lewis Lwellen Cato's family by mail tomorrow. I've straightened out the
question I had as to which of his daughters was married to H. H. Cobb. Louisa
(Lou) Green Cato and Henry H. Cobb were married 6 Nov !879 in Russell Co., Al.
You've probably seen it on marriage lists as Lulu or Lula Cato married to H.
H. Cobb. I found the proof in the L. L. Cato estate papers in the Clayton
County, Alabama courthouse.
William Cato, private from Maryland, pension. Funny you should mention
it....... I was looking at those papers in the National Archives last week.
This record is with pension applications of George Cato and Henry Cato. I
copied George and most of Henry and ran out of money. I took some notes on
William, but didn't get everything as I was also out of time. Here' s what I
have from this record :
William Cato has two entries for service dates in 1782 (they could be the same
period of time ??) - 134 days militia duty in 1782 and 133 days as a horseman
in Capt. Gray's Company, 27 Apr 1782 - 7 Sep 1782.
The pension paperwork starts with William, then his widow Susan and finally
their daughter, Francis W. Harrison. In Francis Harrison's letter she states
the following :
Her parents were married after the war, about 1785.
William died in Fairfield District, S. C. in 1829. (I wrote down at the age of
74 in my notes but I wouldn't bet the ranch that I copied that correctly.)
Susan died 14 Sep 1842 at the age of 74 in Fairfield District, S. C.
Francis stated that her father spoke of serving in 7 campaigns.
I hope this helps and it wasn't just a typing excersize. If you need me to get
a copy of the record from the Archives I will probably be there next week...
let me know.
Also, back to L.L. Cato. I talked to Gary Smith last night. Gary and Pat Smith
bought the Cato House from Annie Cato ( Miss Annie's my first cousin three
times removed) and are restoring it. I visited with them this summer and
they're doing a great job. Anyway, Gary said they are near completion and the
house will be back on the Eufaula pilgramage this year, which will be the
first week of April I believe.
As I told you, I have been trying to find Lewis L. Cato's older brother,
Sterling Green Cato after the 1850 census. According to the book "America In
1857, A Nation on the Brink" by Kenneth M. Stampp, as a judge in the Kansas
territory he was in the middle of the slavery fight. As I told you, it
mentions something about a "Blue Lodge" which tells me they might have been
Masons. Perhaps somebody on the net with Masonic ties could look in to this
and also the same for the Eufaula Regency. I found Sterling in Kansas City,
Mo. on the 1860 census and not in St. Louis as I have always understood is
where he went after Kansas. My great grand father, W illiam R. Cato said that
his Uncle Sterling practiced law in St. Louis until his death. Maybe St. Louis
was his final stop ?
Hope this made some sense. this is my first time on the net. I've been reading
your discussions, but have not work Va. that much and have been concentrating
on Ga. and Al.
Tom Tilton