Benjamin Catoe
| ID: | I27 |
| Last: | Catoe |
| First: | Benjamin |
| Middle: | |
| Birth: | ABT 1773 at North Carolina 1 |
| Death: | AFT 1850 2 |
| Burial: | Bethel Baptist Church?, Monetta, South Carolina 3 |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | According to family lore, the three Catoe brothers, Benjamin, Aaron, and Thomas settled in Orangeburg County, came from North Carolina. Meynel C. Cato's notes mention that no one knows when the Cato family came to the States, or from what country, but Ireland is a strong suspect. Census of 1850 in Edgefield county lists Benjamin Catoe's wife as Mary Ann,born in1795 and believed to be second wife, the first wife being Susanna Brown. |
| Mother: | UNKNOWN Unknown b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN |
| Father: | Unknown Catoe b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN |
| Marriage 1 | Susanna Brown b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN |
| Wedding: UNKNOWN 4 | |
| Children: | |
| 1 Benjamin II Cato b: 4 Jun 1820 South Carolina | |
| Marriage 2 | Mary Ann UNKNOWN b: ABT 1795 d: AFT 1850 |
| Wedding: UNKNOWN | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Edgefield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M432_852 Note: Birth year calculated from age 77 in census; location from census. Neighbors: HN/FN 475, John Kirkland 41 M Miller SC, Lavina 39 F and 10 children; HN/FN 476 Jesse Catoe 31 M Miller SC, Jane 19 F, and 2 children; HN/FN 477 Benj. Catoe 29 M Farmer, Malinda 26 F and 5 children; HN/FN 478 Jane Valentine 35 F (black); and HN/FN 480 Henry Scott 41 M Farmer. Text: [HN 479 / FN 479] Benj. Catoe 77 M Farmer 200 [real estate] No Ca [birthplace] Mary Ann " 55 F So Ca [birthplace] |
| 2 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Edgefield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M432_852 Date: Oct 1850 Note: Benj. Cato and second wife Mary Ann were still alive for census. |
| 3 | Repository: --Name: Library of Congress Title: Saluda County, South Carolina, Epitaphs (Formerly Old Edgefield District) Still Villages Author: Seay, June Anderson Publication: Privately published, Lexington, South Carolina, 1986 Call Number: Lib.Congr.86-90675, ISBN 0-9617786-0-1 and -1-x Page: p. 208-209 Note: Mentions Benjamin Cato - dead; Mary Cato; B.T. Boatwright & wife. There appears to be a wealth of genealogical and historical information in the records of Bethel Baptist Church (formerly Flat Rock) in the Monetta, Saluda Co., SC area, beginning in the early 1800's. Text: The current site of Bethel Baptist church is not the original site, nor was it originally named 'Bethel". the following informatin was derived from the church records located at Furman University, Greenville, SC, Baptist Historical Collection: Bethel Baptist church (called Flat Rock) 1810-1825, Saluda Co., SC, Organized circa 1810....Member of Bethel Baptist Assn 1818-1885; Ridge Baptist Assn 1886-__. Minutes 1853-1955. The following brief listing had no heading: Cobb Watkins...dismissed; L. Litter (Little??); Benjamin Cato...dead; Butler...dead; Alfred...expelled.........A check of the 1825 Mills Atlas shows that the property where the church now stands was that of Lamkin. |
| 4 | Title: Meynel Clowney Cato Collection |
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