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NOTES:
Boyt Cathey (1993 wrote): William Cathey (RN = 309) - Treasurer and Elder
On 12-May-1779. William was elected Treasurer of the Salisbury District for the state of NC and served 1779-1781. He was an elder of the Thyatira Presbyterian Church of the Cathey Settlement located west of Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC. He was elected State senator and served in the 1794-1795 assembly. During the period 1795-1799, he moved his family to Sumner Co., TN. He died intestate there in 1799. About 1805, William's widow Alice and her sons moved from Sumner Co. to what is now Maury Co., TN
Holcomb, Marriages of Rowan Co., NC 1753-1868: CATHEY, William and Else HAGAN, 24-Oct-1772; John Hagin, bondsman.
M. R. Long (1942): The Catheys went with General Rutherford's party to Tennessee in 1792.
Edna Cathey Trotter writes that William Cathey was a Major during the American Revolution and afterward a civil officer in Salisbury, NC. As a result of this service, he was given grants of land in what is now Tennessee. He and his brothers, who also had land grants, moved overland to the present site of Nashville, TN with Gen. James Robertson. The Catheys owned land in Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, and Sumner Counties. He died in Sumner County, TN, and is buried there. After his death, his widow and his sons claimed the grant of 4,000 acres of land on what is now known as Cathey's Creek in Maury County, TN, named for William Cathey. Alice (Else) Hagan Cathey lived on the property until her death in 1822; she is buried in the Old Cathey cemetery.
G.F. Burgnes (1981), "North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778-1791"
William Cathey #2934: 4,000 acres on the south side of Duck River on Cathey's Creek.
From Annie Mae Corcoran (1978):
William Cathey, b. 1747 in Salisbury, NC. During the Revolution, he was a Major. As a result of this service, he was given grants of land in what is now Tennessee. He died in Sumner Co., and is buried there. After his death, his widow and his sons claimed the grant of 4,000 acres on what is now known as Cathey's Creek, named for William Cathey.
Children:
(1) William; m. Elizabeth Gales.
(2) Alexander; b. 1774; d. 1861; m. Nancy Sanders.
- (3) James; 1782-1832; m. Honor Briggs Carson.
(4) Matthew Brandon; d. 1849. m. Matilda Dalton.
(5) Elizabeth; m. Thomas Walker.
(6) Thomas Dickey; b. 1795; d. 1872. Never married. He built the log house where Alexander Blair Cathey lived and died.
Garrett, "Maury Co. TN Historic Sketches"
p. 115: Thos. D. (Uncle Dickey) Cathey (1802-1872); b.in a fort near Nashville.
p. 27: Cathey's Creek named after Wm. (rec'd 4,000 acre land grant in 1785); Wm. d. in Sumner Co. TN - his sons: Alex., Wm., Matt B.; Thos. D. (p.31: "a fine scholar"), and dau. Eliz.
A chronology of significant events for the life of William Cathey - Soldier, Planter, Statesman and Frontiersman - (1747-1799) is presented in the 1991 edition of "Cathey Kith and Kin" , pp. 4-5. The first U.S. census in 1790 shows the following household (Salisbury District, Rowan Co., NC): 2 free white males age 16 and above (William, head of household, and son, Alexander), 3 free white males under 16 (James, Matthew, and ?), 2 free white females (wife, Alice, & dau. Elizabeth), and 6 slaves. In 1794, William served in the NC State Senate.
L.M. Bates, "Roster of Soldiers and Partiots in the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee," Tennessee Soc. NSDAR (1974): "CATHEY, William (b. 1747 Rowan Co., NC/ d 1827 Sumner Co.). Patriot. Auditor, Treas., Justice of the Peace. M. 10-7-1772 to Alice HOGAN (HAGIN) b. 4-10-1754 Rowan co., NC/d 3- 6-1822 Sumner Co., TN. Ch.: Alexander b 1774 m Nancy Sanders; William b 1779 m Elizabeth Gale; James b 1782 m Honor B. Carson; John m Jane Rutherford; Thomas D.; Martha B.; Elizabeth b 1775 m Thomas Walker; Matthew Brandon m Matilda Dalton. Ref.: DAR # 447550; NC Col. Record vol 19 p. 364, vol. 24 p. 387-322, vol. 18 pp 804-06, vol. 29 p. 22, NC Booklet."
W.S. Ray, Tennessee Cousins" (1971), p. 675: One of the first land warrents issued in Davidson Co. Was to Wm. Cathey, 640 acres on Richland Creek, 27- Dec-1784.
B.G.C. Cartwright & L.J. Gardiner, "North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778-1791 " (Memphis, 1958): p. 61: to Wm. Cathey: military warrent #2934 - 4,00 acres on the south side of Duck River on Cathey's creek"; p. 102: #1029 - 640 acres on the east fork of Stones River.
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