Adruian wrote,
Henry
When I first started searching in Christian County for
Cato's and descendents I felt Henry and Tabitha probably
left Christian Couny and possibly went back to South
Carolina to die when all the others except Nathan left for
Mo. Now I feel that Henry and Polly stayed behind and
either cared for them or stayed with them in their latter
days until death because Henry and Polly didn't leave Ky
until 1821. That was the last census I saw them on in
Trigg County. They were on the 1820 State census and
1821 Trigg co. census. That is also the reason I think the
1820 Benjiman in the Mo. census belongs to Henry and
Polly because they were the only ones left in Ky. except
for Nathan and his family. Another reason for the thought
on 1820 Benjiman belonging to Henry and Polly is that Polly's
dad was named Benjiman Ladd.
Bonnie mentioned that you possibly had a book in the
making? Keep us posted as to your progress and keep in
touch
Adruain
Adruian,
Thanks for your thoughts. Because the tax lists in Christian Co. in
1811 go from 2 Henry Catos to one, I have figured that Henry died
about that time. However Tabitha may have lived some longer. From the
length of time that Tabitha apparently had children (at least one
after 1790), I have suspected she was several years younger than
Henry, b. perhaps about 1745-48. She could have easily lived to 1820.
Relative to my Cato book, I have my it written but am not releasing
it until as many as possible issues in question are settled. So it is
still in a stage of revision. This is part of a book I am writing on
all of the ancestors of my granchildren-- about 65 families. I will
sell portions of it in booklets. It starts with the first generation
of a family and follows the family down to the present. However I am
including all children and grandchildren and sometimes
greatgrandchildren in each generation so it will have a fairly broad
interest. It will not follow every line down to the present however.
So it will not the a Cato book that has all present day researchers
are in it, but I think it will be a useful book for researchers
especially relative to the early generations.
Henry