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Mysteries/Questions

1. Joseph Cathcart (the spy)
   1. who are his children? wife?
   2. match him with known census listings
   3. match with yDNA results
2. Margaret and Elizabeth Bailey and the NC connection
   1. Elizabeth Bailey (Hipworth?) m. John Cathcart, Jr. (b. 1789-1792 -- d. bef. 1860)
      1. Is she related to the next Margaret Bailey?
      2. Is this the same John Cathcart (son of John and Mary/Felicity Fisher) as John C. Cathcart (perhaps son of Joseph Cathcart who m. Janet Macandless)?
   2. Margaret Bailey (b. 1798 NC) m. Robert Allen Cathcart (1796 NC - 1867 TN)
      1. are Margaret and Elizabeth related?
      2. see Robert Nicholas (Robert Allen's son) below
3. Who is the Allen Cathcart who witnessed a land deed in Chester County, SC in 1807?  We don't see the name "Allen" at that time outside of TN Cathcarts...   Need more research here!

General Notes

Monroe County: Notes / Court Cases | DeKalb County

Monroe County Cathcart Notes

James Allen Cathcart (1815-?)

• 1838 Marriage Bond for James A Cathcart and Cyntha Hammontree
• James Allen Cathcart appears in the 1840 census (Blount County) within the appropriate age block.
• He and Cyntha/Cynthia Hammontree Cathcart appear in the census listings for Monroe County in 1850 and 1860:
  • 1850: D19, Monroe Co., TN (6/6) Alen Kithcart age 36, Synthia 34, Farmer
    • Alen Kithcart, 36, Farmer
      Synthia 34
      Elizabeth 10
      Joseph 9
      John 6
      William 5
      Anney f, 2 [on next page, first page of 9th District]
  • 1860: PO Sweetwater, District 9, Monroe, Tennessee (246 1/12) age 44, Cynthia 43, Farmer, $1000 estate worth
    • Allen Cathcart  44 1815 Tennessee Male
      Cyntha Cathcart  43 1816 Tennessee Female
      Elisabeth Cathcart  21 1838 Tennessee Female
      J G Cathcart 18 1841 Tennessee Male [Joseph Grover]
      W L Cathcart  17 1842 Tennessee Male [William Lafayette]
      J H Cathcart  15 1844 Tennessee Male
      Anna E Cathcart  10 1849 Tennessee Female
      Sarah Cathcart  7 1852 Tennessee Female
      J E Cathcart  6 1853 Tennessee Male [James E]
      Hugh A Cathcart  4 1855 Tennessee Male

• In 1870, however, things get a bit "interesting."  It appears likely that Allen Cathcart remarried after his his first wife died (sometime after the 1860 census).
  • First of all, there is a 1870 Census listing with four of Allen's children: Joseph 27 (head of household), Lafayette 24, Sarah 18, and James 16.  These match up quite well with the children listed in the 1860 census above.
  • There's also this census the same year (also in Monroe County's 9th District), which might be Allen and a new wife (Emiline Barrett):
    
    
    
    • It's a bit difficult to read, but perhaps Allen's age is 56 (which would more closely match his circa 1815 birth year), rather than 50 as it appears to have been enumerated.
    • From TN marriage records, we know that Allen Cathcart was married to Emaline Barrett on the 18th of January, 1870 (certificate issued on the 15th)
      • Emaline was married to a Barrett before being married to Allen (see below for details on Emaline, and her children from a previous marriage... i.e. that James and Mollie's last names will change in the 1880 census below)
    • That still leaves us with the question, who is 37 year old Catherine Cathcart?  Is she also a Barrett? or a Cathcart?
• 1880 Census (on same page, two households away from his son, Joseph G. Cathcart); all born in Tennessee except for Emaline, who was born in Georgia:
  
  
  • Note that James B and Mollie are listed as stepson and stepdaughter and have their correct last name of "Barrett" listed.
  • Allen doesn't seem to have aged!  He was 50 (or perhaps 56) in the 1870 census, and now appears to be only 54.  Although the second digit in Allen's name is not completely clear, the first digit is definitely a "5." Perhaps he felt the need to lower his age a bit closer to his wife's age?

Hugh A. Cathcart (1856-1935)

• Marriage Cert/Bond SC Barony

Monroe County Court Cases

NNo.440) Original Bill Filed 1 Sept 1849 B.M. Russell vs Phillip and John Hamentree (Hammontree) Barckley M. Russell assignee of Martha Henry of Blount Co. died Aug 1840 testate, wife Sarah, sons Philip, John, Hugh, and Harvey; daughters Elizabeth Rosin, Martha Henry, Margaret, Phebe, Cintha J. Cathcart, Polly Black, wife of Joseph Black. Wit: John McClain Jr., David Hammontree and Berry Abernathy. Will made 18 Aug. 1840. 1850: Dr. Saml. Douthet, 72, of Blount Co. and James W. Lea 42, of Roane Co. witnesses, also Betsey Rosin 54, David Hammontree 53, brother to John Sr., Martha Henry, widow of Wm. Henry had 3 children when father died, has had 2 since, and 1 has died, and they all lived with John Hammontree and mother Sarah for 9 years. after John Sr. died. 1851, witness Sarah Hammontree about 78, 1851: witness Margaret Duncan of Blount Co., 45, is dau. of John Hammontree Sr
(http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/chancery/chanceryg.htm)

No.770) (78) Filed 16 Feb 1863 Payton Hudson by Gdn. Thos. H.S. Smith vs Thos. L.D. Trotter and Cross Bill. Sale of land. Payton is of weak mind, incapable of managing his affairs (But is witness for himself). By Apr 1867 T.L.D. Trotter is dead and E.M. Trotter and Joseph Cathcart are Adms.
(http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/chancery/chanceryk.htm)

Dekalb County Cathcart Notes

Robert Nickelas Nixon Cathcart (1818-1890)

1870 Census: PO Liberty, DeKalb, TN

The listing of 12 year old James Kithcart at the end indicates that he is not an member of the immediate family.  More research needed.

Google Map & Geographical Challenges

Google Map

This map is in its early stages of development.  I'm adding different geographic locations for the different lines of Cathcarts residing in Tennessee.  Just lick on the blue markers for more details.

See below for more geographical challenges/details.

Geographical challenges

Many of the early Cathcart settlers in eastern Tennessee lived in an area along the border between Monroe and Blount counties. Present day Loudon County had not yet been created when these Cathcarts first settled in the area; but many of the cities and towns associated with these Cathcarts are in the southeastern part of present-day Loudon County.

Figuring out exact locations is further complicated by...

• destruction of census records
• fairly frequent moving of County boundaries
• creation of new counties
• impact of various dam building/flooding

Morganton The town of Morganton (possible birth location for James Allen Cathcart, 1815-1884, wife Cynthia Hammontree) is an interesting example. The town is now submerged under the Tellico Lake. However in the 19th century, it was an important flatboat port. See Wikipedia article for more details.

Vonore Located in present day Blount and Monroe counties.