Thomas "Road Tom" Cate

Male 1724 - 1818  (94 years)


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  • Name Thomas "Road Tom" Cate 
    Birth 1724  Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Military Revolutionary War Patriot  [4
    Death 9 Jan 1818  Newberry County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    Person ID I25268  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2019 

    Father Robert (Ezra) Cate, Jr.,   b. 1700, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0Feb 1767, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Wyatt,   b. 1712, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1765, Sampson, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 1728  Henrico County, Colony of Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    Family ID F9668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ann Fussell,   b. Abt 1736, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1800, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Marriage (~1750)  (Rowan County, North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 9
    Residence (Family) 1799  Newberry County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Mary Unica 'Unicy' Cate,   b. 1754, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1794, Cleveland County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F8945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1724 - Orange County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 1799 - Newberry County, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Jan 1818 - Newberry County, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - (~1750) - (Rowan County, North Carolina) Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Ernie,

      Thomas "Road Tom ) CATE B.1724 son of Robert Cate Jr.b.1695 signed the bond. This Thomas married Elizabeth Fussell mother of all of his children. he married in his old age to Urith MacMillion Baskett ,no children from second marriage.

      Thomas" Road Tom "Cate land was on Bear Branch of Cane Creek, became known as Tom's Creek of Cane Creek, named for him.

      This research paper says that Thomas and Elizabeth moved to Newberry,S.C. in 1799, most of his sons moved there with him. One of those was Aaron Cates.

      The original will is Newberry Court House.

      end of comments [10]
    • Thomas "Road Tom" Cate
      Born after 1725 in Orange County, North Carolinamap
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Son of Robert Cate and Elizabeth Wyatt
      Brother of Barnard Cate, Richard Mathias Cate, Sarah Cate, Thomas (Cates) Cate, Robert Cate, Joseph Cate, Joseph Cate, Charles Cate, Ann Cate and John Cate Sr.
      Husband of Elizabeth Fussell — married 1757 in Rowan, North Carolinamap
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Father of Thomas B. Cate, Robert Cate, Mary Unity Unicy Cate, Thomas K Cate, Susannah Cate, Nancy Ann Cate, Elizabeth (Cate) Durham, Aaron Cate, Jehu Cate, Ezra Cate and Isaiah Cate
      Died 1818 in Newberry, South Carolina, USAmap
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      Categories: Orange County, North Carolina | American Revolution | Newberry County, South Carolina | Cate Name Study | North Carolina Line, American Revolution | US Southern Colonist.

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      Biography

      Thomas was born abt 1725, in Orange county, North Carolina to parents Robert Cate and Elizabeth Wyatt. Thomas became a road surveyor. Thomas was called due to his surveying Thomas Road Tom Cate. This name is also found in the references. In 1754 Thomas received land in Orange, North Carolina, USA.

      He married Elizabeth Fussell in 1757 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA. [1] Their children: Thomas1758, Robert1758, John, Ezra, Elizabeth1763, Mary1769, Aaron1768, Isaiah1776, Jehu1790, ThomasB (1750-1812), Mary (1754-1794) Elizabeth (1751-), Aaron(1768-1816) Nancy Ann(1759-1824), Robert (1760-1820) Elizabeth (1763-), Jehu(1770-) Ezra (1773.)

      Thomas Road Tom served in the American Revolution 1775-1783 for Orange Co., North Carolina, USA. Name misspelled "Keats", date Aug 1781. [2]

      In 1780 Thomas Cate was in Caswell County, North Carolina, shown by a petition with his name listed to the "House of Burgises" on a petition, 26 Oct 1779, from inhabitants of Caswell Co. asking that an equal division be made of the county since it is forty miles in length and twenty wide. (General Assembly; Box: Oct - Nov 1779 [North Carolina State Archives]; Call Number: Folder: Petitions; P 3; Family Number: 36.) [3] His first wife died.

      1800 US Fed Census[4]
      He married secondly in 1808 to Yourith Urith McMillian. US Federal census for 1810 reflects this. [5] Thomas was living in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina as per U S census. On 29 NOV 1802 (Age: 77) he made a Deed of Gift [6], filed in Orange, North Carolina Newberry District under Deed of Gift, D74 to a daughter and a son named Thomas..

      He passed away 9 Jan 1818 (Age: 93) Newberry, Newberry, SC [7]

      The will was probated in Newberry Dist Court on 9 Jan 1818. 1st settlement made to the family on 13 Dec 1819, Newbery, South Carolina.

      Sources

      ? U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      ? Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous.., Ancestry.com
      ? U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 about Thomas Cate
      ? "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRC-S3P : accessed 2 December 2016), Thomas Cate, Newberry District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 68, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 181,425.
      ? "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH23-DJ5 : accessed 2 December 2016), Thomas Cates, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 117, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 62; FHL microfilm 181,421.
      ? Deed of Gift. State of North Carolina Newberry District, Deed of Gift
      ? http://www.earljones.net/aqwg5620.htm
      D.A.R. Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in American Revolution: with an appendix
      Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous r
      1800 US Census
      Deed of Gift 84 State of North Carolina Newberry District, Deed of Gift
      U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      1800 United States Federal Census
      North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
      Orange County, 1752-1952
      U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820

      end of biography

  • Sources 
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    6. [S13599] Nicholas Wyatt (abt. 1649 - bef. 1720), Biography, Ancesotrs & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wyatt-3550, ab.

    7. [S13600] Elizabeth Wyatt (1712 - 1765), Biography, Ancestors & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wyatt-12, abstracted by.

    8. [S13602] "Elizabeth Wyatt (1712-1785)", Profile, http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I216914&tree=00, abstra.

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