CATE/CATES/KATES GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


I learned about my Cate family through my study of the PYRON family. John Cate, Jr. left a will in Caswell County, North Carolina in 1785 where he names his grandson, Joshua PYRON. He also mentions a Margery PYRON and a John PYRON in the will who appear to be the parents of Joshua Pyron, although this is not specifically stated. Also, since in the will he is styled as John Cate, Jr., my educated guess is that he is the son of a John Cate, Sr. Either that, or there was another John Cate living nearby who was older than John Cate, Jr. Any ideas on this line would be appreciated.

Several books have been written on various branches of the Cate/Cates family. There also used to be a family newsletter called Kates Kin which was published by Anna Kates Gardner of Rarden, Ohio. This newsletter was an excellent source of information on the Cates family by any spelling. This covered Cate, Cates, Kates and variant spellings. I have access to most of these newsletters, but they are not indexed. I have found other Cate/Cates families living in North Carolina and Tennessee who have similar first names as the Cate family members in my branch. I feel there must be a connection somewhere.

Here are some good Cate/Cates resources:


    Cates, Banks R., Jr. Robert Cate--Virginian, Quaker, Shoemaker. Typewritten manuscript, 1989. 10 p.

    Dawson, Aurelia Cates. Our East Tennessee Kinsmen.

    Gardner, Anna Kates. Formerly published a family newsletter called Kates Kin. Her address is: Anna Kates Gardner, P. O. Box 8, Rarden, OH 45671


Here is my CATE lineage as far as can be determined:

  1. John CATE, Sr., b. ca. 1700??? (possibly father of John Cate, Jr.?)
  2. John CATE, Jr., b. ca. 1730, d. 1785 Caswell Co., NC
  3. Margery CATE, b. ca. 1750 NC, d. ? at NC; md. ca. 1768 in NC to John PYRON, b. ca. 1750 NC, d. ? at NC
  4. Joshua PYRON, b. ca. 1770 Orange Co., NC, d. aft. 1850 McNairy Co., TN; md. Susannah KERNS, b. ca. 1780 TN, d. aft. 1850 McNairy Co., TN
  5. William Riley PYRON, b. 20 June 1824 Marion Co., TN, d. 20 Dec. 1907 Berryville, AR; md. 6 March 1845 McNairy Co., TN to Martha Jane RILEY, b. 30 May 1824 Alabama, d. 18 Nov. 1903 Berryville, AR (both buried at Snow Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR)
  6. William Henry PYRON, b. 8 Jan. 1846 McNairy Co., TN, d. 20 Sept. 1909 McNairy Co., TN; md. 17 Sept. 1867 McNairy Co., TN to Sarah Elizabeth SWAIN, b. 12 Oct. 1846 McNairy Co., TN, d. 12 May 1934 McNairy Co., TN (both buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN)
  7. Docia Bell PYRON, b. 5 Oct. 1872 McNairy Co., TN, d. 1 Sept. 1944 Lyford, TX (buried at Combes, TX); md. 28 Oct. 1894 McNairy Co., TN to James David HARRIS, b. 9 Jan. 1871 McNairy Co., TN, d. 22 Sept. 1938 Marlow, OK (buried at Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, OK)
  8. William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 Nov. 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, CO *These are my wife�s grandparents.



If you have queries concerning the Cate surname, you may post these at the Cate Family Genealogy List.

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ROOTSWEB CATE MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the CATE surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Cate Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any CATE name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.



ROOTSWEB CATES MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the CATES surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Cates Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any CATES name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the CATE family. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/cate


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the CATES family. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/cates

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the CATE/CATES lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.



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Last updated November 10, 2004.


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