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William Baines Cathey

William Baines Cathey

Male 1741 - 1812  (71 years)

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  • Name William Baines Cathey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth 26 Apr 1741  Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Baptism 26 Apr 1741  Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Church-Augusta Stone (Fort Defiance)    		 Church-Augusta Stone (Fort Defiance)
    Gender Male 
    _MILT Abt 1776  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 8, 9, 10] 
    American Army - Revolutionary War: Fort Builder and Owner. Soldiers used Cathey's Fort as a base of operations prior to Battle of King's Mountain 
    Census 1790  Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1800  Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    DAR/SAR Daughters of the American Revolution: # A134804; Sons of the American Revolution: # P-130349  [8, 9] 
    Seal-DAR    		 Seal-DAR
    Seal-SAR    		 Seal-SAR
    FSID L2Q2-YTL 
    Death 23 Dec 1812  Haywood County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • (Richland Creek)
    Will 8 Jun 1814  Haywood County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Haywood County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • (near Richland Creek)
    Person ID I24465  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Andrew Cathey,   b. 1722, Monaghan County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1790, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Martha Armstrong,   b. 1723, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1765, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1736  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1471  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Holeman,   b. 1745, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1830, Macon County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 1769  Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Daniel Harrison Cathey,   b. 1776, Burke County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1810, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F9920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Apr 1741 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1769 - Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_MILT - American Army - Revolutionary War: Fort Builder and Owner. Soldiers used Cathey's Fort as a base of operations prior to Battle of King's Mountain - Abt 1776 - Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1790 - Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1800 - Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Dec 1812 - Haywood County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 8 Jun 1814 - Haywood County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Haywood County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Arms and Icons
    Seal-DAR    		Seal-DAR
    Seal-SAR    		Seal-SAR

    Places
    Church-Augusta Stone (Fort Defiance)    		Church-Augusta Stone (Fort Defiance)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1168] Ancestry.com, Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).

    2. [S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).

    3. [S2495] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).

    4. [S1924] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1776-1783, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1998;).

    5. [S212] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Rowan, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 324; Image: 520; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
      1790 United States Federal Census      		 1790 United States Federal Census


    6. [S891] Ancestry.com, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    7. [S516] Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1800; Census Place: Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 29; Page: 165; Image: 110; Family History Library Film: 337905.
      1800 United States Federal Census      		 1800 United States Federal Census


    8. [S2493] DAR: William Cathey, CATHEY, WILLIAM - Ancestor #: A134804.
      CATHEY, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A134804
      Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
      Birth: BAPTISED 4-26-1741 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA
      Death: POST 12- -1813 HAYWOOD CO NORTH CAROLINA
      Service Source: HUGGINS, BURKE CO NC LAND RECS, VOL 1, P 45, ENTRY #474
      Service Description: 1) SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, BURKE CO, OCT 1778
      http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A134804
      Seal-DAR      		 Seal-DAR


    9. [S2494] SAR: William Cathey, Ancestor # P-130349 CitationSAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004.
      Fort Builder & Owner. Soldiers used Cathey's Fort as a base of operations prior to Battle of King's Mountain.
      http://patriot.sar.org/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Grave%20Registry&-loadframes
      Seal-SAR      		 Seal-SAR


    10. [S2496] North Carolina Historical Marker Program, (Name: North Carolina Office of Archives & History - Department of Cultural Resources; Location: North Carolina; Date: 2008;), Cathey's Fort Historical Marker.
      CATHEY'S FORT -- A rendezvous for the North Carolina militia led by General Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee in 1776, was one mile east.
      -- Cathey’s Fort in northern McDowell County was a rendezvous point for the militia assembled by Griffith Rutherford in preparation for his expedition against the Cherokee in September 1776. Rutherford, brigadier general of the Salisbury District militia, that summer called for volunteers to conduct the expedition. With militia reporting from several western counties, Rutherford gathered about 2,500 men and enough supplies for forty days afield. From Davidson’s Fort (Old Fort) Rutherford and his men set out on September 1. Prior to their assembly at Davidson’s, men of the expedition gathered or camped at other points to the east and north, among those Quakers Meadows and at or near Cathey’s Fort.
      Cathey’s Fort was on land around the headwaters of the North Catawba River. Pension statements of those who participated in the expedition reveal that some joined the party at Quaker Meadows, others at Cathey’s Fort, others at Pleasant Gardens and many at Davidson’s. The diary kept by William Lenoir remains the key primary source for documenting the course of the expedition. On the return trip Lenoir recorded: “On Friday 4th (October) we xd the Ridge though very slippery & the horses would slip sometimes 20 or 30 feet but all got over & Campt just below Cathey’s fort & Colo. Armstrong treated with 6 gals. Brandy.”
      In 1777, the year after the expedition, Waightstill Avery instructed Gov. Richard Caswell on a route sending him by “Cathey Fort on Head of the Cataba River.” Lyman Draper in his book on Kings Mountain in 1881 wrote that the Overmountain Men in 1780 had visited many of the same camp sites used by Rutherford’s troops including the Cathey homestead and Pleasant Gardens.
      Local historian Mary Greenlee assisted Archives and History in 1952 with identifying the general location of Cathey’s Fort by providing references to land grants placing William Cathey on tracts on the headwaters of the North Catawba River. By her account Cathey in 1781 transferred ownership of the property to William Wofford. In time her own family, the Greenlees, acquired the property. When she was writing, the Cathey-Wofford-Greenlee House was still extant, although removed from its original site.
      -- Location: US 221/NC 226 north of Woodlawn
      http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?MarkerId=N-26
      Historical Marker - Catheys Fort      		 Historical Marker - Catheys Fort



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