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Date: Saturday, 25 April, 1998 17:27:34
From: cherokee
To: Cato3240(a)aol.com
Cc: CATO-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Fw: Simeon Cato
mailto:cherokee@igateway.net
http://www.bounce.to/cherokee
http://homepage.usr.com/c/cherokee2/104605.shtml
Hi Adruain,
While doing my reasearch on Sam Hildebrand I am finding some interesting
infor and I just had to share it with you.
I think I know why the Massacre at Mingo Swamps happened. It was
actually
Sam Hildebrands gang they were wanting.
The Union was really upset. At about 11:00 on the evening of Feb. 4,
1863
the Federals had decided to station some men at Bollinger Mill, this
was
a
known location for southern recuits for some time. Sam and about 25 of
his
men sneacked up on the Federals, killed six and captured many. What
really
brings it together, if this is the same date of MIngo Swamp is that
William Cato was one of Sam Hildebrands men. Sam thought William had
died,
but he showed up later at a place the gang had been hiding out. Now we
also know that Sams mother was Rebecca McKee, and that after the killings
at the Cato farm, Lieutenant Colonel Bazel F. Lazear reported that there
were only three of the notorious McGee gang left,. Their names are
Sam Hilderbrand,Cowen,and Dixon
These were from notes taken from Sam himself. These records are very old
and I cannot have total access to them.
They were at my home for a very short while and I was able to get this
much. I hope in my hast I got it right. But I have been promised to get
them again maybe over night. I will have to do some fast reading. I will
get all the Cato names I can as I did see
some in there. The more I study this the more confussing it gets!
Pitter.