Col. Cato West, Sr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: ASSOC-Cato West/Charles Cato West
• Research Notes: Faquier Co, Virginia; Two Cato West?
• Residence: 08 Dec 1784, Natchez District, Mississippi; overseer of inventory
• Residence: 25 Apr 1794, Natchez District, Mississippi; deposition
• Will: 13 Jul 1818, Adams Co, Mississippi

Notes:

West, Cato West, a native of Fairfax County, Virginia, was son-in-law of Thomas Green, the elder, emigrating with him to Georgia (CI.212) and then to South Carolina where they lived on the Wateree before going to Natchez District. (Nat. Rec.) Here, with 32 other men, Cato West volunteered in writing, addressed to "Mr. Robert Ellison, between the Wateree and Congaree Rivers on Simpson's Creek" "to make up a company to march to any part of the Province to defend it against the enemies of its liberty", dated 2nd Sept. 1775. A list of officers and men follow, with Robert Ellison captain. (S.C.I 195-6)

Cato West was born in Fairfax,Virginia, where he married his wife, and moved with father in law Thomas Green first to Georgia, then South Carolina then Natchez, Mississippi. The family is said to have "lived on the waters."

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Did Cato West meet the Greens during the Revolutionary War?


From Barbara Garrison

http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_sc_fifth_regiment. html

There is a Cato West on here for a 1776 regiment in South Carolina.

WEST, CATO
Ancestor #: A123098
Service:
SOUTH CAROLINA Rank: FIRST LIEUTENANT
Birth:
(CIRCA) 1750 FAIRFAX CO VIRGINIA
Death:
1819 JEFFERSON CO MISSISSIPPI
Service Description:
1) 5TH REGT.

Residence
1) State: SOUTH CAROLINA
1) X WINN
2) MARTHA GREEN
Associated Applications and Supplementals
Nat'l NumAdd Vol.Docs Child/Spouse Number/Spouse89989 376 MARTHA / [1] JAMES JEFF. MONTGOMERY 483287 BENJAMIN F. / [1] GABRIELLA JOHNSTON 426446 430 JAMES RAIFORD / [1] ELIZABETH D. PARKER

http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm

C ato from the D,A,R,

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This online article has a section on the Greens and mentions Cato. I will later take the time to read closely and try to determine where the Greens were prior to coming to MS. I now think they met Cato in the Rev. War. I found out that Everard Green was one of the sons who came to MS. He had a
daughter named Martha Wills Green and so did Thomas Green, his brother, both named after their mother.
Cato married one and Everard Green married the other. Maybe this article will explain that. Barb


http://www.archive.org/stream/ewinggenealogywi00ewinrich/ewinggenealogyw i00ewinrich_djvu.txt

6. Martha Wills, born December 25, 1763; married Col.
Cato West, a man of great ability and extended influence
in Mississippi. Children:
( i ) Martha, married John Davidson.
(2) William, married Sarah Kirkland.
(3) Mary, married Edward Turner.
(4) Thomas, died unmarried.
(5) Eliza, married McCoy.
(6) John, died unmarried.

Who's Who in America, 1916-17.

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Research Notes:
The tale of two Catos. Charles Cato West born abt. 1764 is, I think, the brother of Littleberry West of the family of Wm and Keziah. He married Sarah Withers in 1785 in Faquier County, Va. I think he stayed around there for the rest of his long life. Do you remember responding to a query in May about him? This helps us account for the double life of Cato. The one who went to Natchez is Cato Thomas whose father is William G. West as the letter and lawsuit says. I never found the Will of William West born in 1688-1769 or a will of Thomas West who the letter said gave his money to his nieces and nephews and was Cato Thomas' guardian.

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nks to Barbara Garrison

Charles Cato West 1760-1819, brother of Littleberry and Cato was born in 1760 and married: 20 JUN 1785 in Fauquier Co., VA
Sarah Withers 1765- 1794

They had:
Cato Charles West b in Fauquier, Virginia, USA aug 3, 1789--- d Jan 9, 1866 New Orleans
who married Janet Scott Chinn in Harrison KT 1810

OUR CATO CAME TO MS Territory in 1782...WHICH WIFE WAS ON THE FLATBOAT IN 1782?

Cato C. West (my record shows a Charles) and Martha Wills Green b Dec 25, 1763 d after 1804 had Charles C WEST b 1792 in Natchez Dist, Span, Mississippi, USA

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Residence:
p 12 6 Dec 1784 Inventory of estate of Israel Folsom, of Cole's Creek, by Cato West and Thomas Murdock.
Natchez Court Records 1767-1806, p 136

Residence:
pg 256. John Gaskin versus Jacob Huffman. John Gaskin, of district of Villa Gayoso, makes oath that the violent threats made against him by Jacob Huffman may be bound over for the safety of person and property of him, the said John Gaskin. 25 April 1794. Before William Murray.//
Personally appeared Jacob Crumbolt and John Roberts and made bond for $200 for 12 months from that dy that Jacob Huffman shall behave himself peaceable toward John Gaskin and shall not hurt the said Gaskin by any manner or means, or his property. 25 Apr 1794. Signed William Murray. (The daughter of the wife of John Gaskins was poisoned accidently at the house of Charles Collins, a neighbor, previous to which a Michael McGinnis has rought into the house a vine and Mrs. Collins said it wsa poisonous and therw it away. Various depositions that the vie from which tea was made which caused the death of the girl was like that Mrs. Collins threw away, etc. Depositions by Richard Adams, Ben Fletcher and his wife, Sarah, Cato West, John McDonald.)
Natchez Records, 1767-1805 by May Wilson McBee

Will:
Source Information for Cato West will:.
Will of Cato West.
Wife- Matha West.
Son - Charles West.

Youngest children - John Smith West, Richard Claiborne West, Benjamin Franklin West, Cart West, Martha Wlizabeth West, Mary Jane West..

Lands purchased of William Stampley..

Executors - Wife; and Cowles Meads, Esq., son; Charles West, son.

Witnesses - Isaac McClutchen ; Robert Cocks ; Adam Cloud.
Dated July 13, 1818.

Family/Spouse: Martha Wills Green. Martha (daughter of Col. Thomas Marston Green, Sr. and Martha Wills) was born on 25 Dec 1763 in James City Co, Virginia; died after 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Jane West was born about 1781 in Mississippi Territory; died in Feb 1811.
2. Martha Wills West was born in 1785; died in 1808.
3. Thomas West, (m cousin) was born in 1790; died in 1845.
4. Elizabeth West was born in 1792; died in 1850.
5. John Smith West was born in 1794; died in 1860.
6. Anna D. West was born in 1796; died in 1860.
7. Susan West was born in 1796; died in 1856.
8. Charles C. West was born about 1798; died after 1850.
9. Richard Claiborne West was born in 1800; died in 1877.
10. Benjamin Franklin West was born in 1802; died in 1829.
11. Cato West, Jr. was born in 1805; died in 1845.
12. Martha Elizabeth West was born in 1808 in Mississippi; died after 1840.