Person:William Cathey (10)

Parentage of William Cathey

NOTICE: For many years it has been thought, and generally accepted, that William Cathey who died in 1812 in Haywood Co., NC is the son of Andrew Cathey. Andrew had a son named William Cathey who was baptized on 26 Apr 1741 in Augusta Co., VA. New information has come to light that shows this is probably wrong and that William Cathey (d 1812) is a son of George Cathey (1735-1805) instead. Court records show that George Cathey died leaving many heirs and they were named regarding land in Wilson Co., TN. Among those heirs were a son William Cathey, already deceased by then, so his children were named. Those names match the children of our William Cathey (d 1812) to such an extent that it must indeed be the same William formerly thought to be Andrews son.

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