George Cathey 
General Notes
1790 Census for Burke County, North Carolina lists George Cathey ashead-of-household consisting of 2 WM over 16, 3 WM under 16/over 60, 4 WFall ages.
George was a Revolutionary War Soldier, receiving two grants of land inWestern North Carolina (now the state of Tennessee) for his service,which he claimed circa 1785-1788. The 2500 acre grants were staked out inthe Farmington area of Bedford County (later Marshall County and at KnobCreek in Maury County, Tennessee.
Maury County Court Records Book 1, Page 87 (1807-1809) - In March 1784,Elijah Patton, Griffith Rutherford, John Rains and several other personswere on the Creek known as Cathey's. Deposition by Henry Rutherford.
George and Ann were married in a religious ceremony in Probably Rowan County, North Carolina. They had four daughters named Rebecca, Ester, Ann and Violet.
Family Notes
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Children
Rebecca Cathey
Rebecca was born about 1766 in North Carolina. She died about 1828 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. She was buried in Patton Cemetary, Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina.