Person:Sarah Cathey (6)

Information on Sarah Cathey

Sarah Cathey was born ca 1790/94 (per census analysis) in Burke (now McDowell) Co, NC. She is a proven child of William Cathey as she and her husband Samuel Roberson were named in the 1826 deed listing the heirs of William Cathey. Sarah seems to have been at home with her parents for the 1800 census (age "under 10", born ca 1790/1800), and still apparently home in 1810 (age 16-25, born ca 1784/94).

Sarah Cathey married Samuel Roberson between 1810 and ca 1818 in Haywood County. No marriage record was found, but the marriage is proven by the 1826 deed naming the heirs of William Cathey. It listed Sarah Robinson and husband Samuel Robinson.

Samuel Roberson was born ca 1798/99 (per 1850 census) in North Carolina. I don't know who his parents were. Since his surname is spelled various different ways (Robinson, Robertson, Roberson, etc.), it makes research a little more difficult. The 1810 census shows one G. Andrew Robison in Haywood County. He had apparent children Samuel's age. I mention him because Samuel named one of his sons "Andrew" (though he could have been named after Andrew Cathey instead). There were four Robertson families in 1810 Haywood: Isaac, William, John and Mary. Of these, only Isaac and Mary had apparent sons of Samuel's approximate age then.

The William Cathey Family Bible record shows "Sarah Cathey" who died on 23 May 1817. No one knows for sure who this is, but I suspect it is Sarah Cathey Roberson, though it is clear that the 1817 date is wrong. I believe it should have said 1827 instead. The deaths were all written in by the same hand, and apparently at the same time, with the last one being in 1836, so it seems to me that an older record was being copied, and this entry was just copied wrong. The reason I believe this is that Sarah Cathey Roberson did die between 1826 and 1828, and "23 May 1827" would be a perfect date of death. If this death record is for some other Sarah, then I don't know who it could have been.

Source: http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/cathey/cathey-william-haywood.htm

1.   Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina, in United States. 1800 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M32).

   This appears to be the right William Cathey household. There was 1 female under the age of 10.

2. ↑ Haywood, North Carolina, in United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

   She is assumed to be one of the 2 females aged 16-15 in the household of William Cathey.

3. ↑ Haywood, North Carolina, in United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

   Samueil Roberson
   1 male aged 26-44
   1 female aged 16-25
   1 male under the age of 10

4. ↑ Haywood, North Carolina, in United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

   1 male and 1 female aged 26-44
   1 male under the age of 10

5.   It isn't clear which of the 1820 census records is for her family with her husband (possibly both, accidentally taken twice, with her being on the cusp of age 26 at the time of the first one).