Hi Folks,
            I recently subscribed and thought I should post a query.
I am trying to locate an ancester that may or may not have been born in
South Carolina.  According to a letter written by my gr grandfather John
Green CATES, I in 1895, to a cousin in TN, his ancestry is as follows:
father:     Wilson G. CATES b 1811 Shelbyville, TN d 1884 Muhlenburg Co,
KY
g Father    Robert D. CATES b 1700's in Shelbyville, TN,
gg Father:  James F. CATES from SC moved to Shelbyville, ? 1700's
            (According to the US Census Map 1790, Shelbyville could have
been in
            either North Carolina or The Land South of The Ohio River)
ggg Father: Robert CATE b abt 1670 in Eng d bef 18 Feb 1729 in Surrey
Co, NC
            m abt 1693 in Henrico Co, VA to Ann "Anna" unk

I also have another source that is dated 1944, "History of the
CATE/CATES Family", which is an excerpt from Cates and Sanborne's
"Cates/-Cate Family of New England".
(I went to the local library to see if there is a copy of this book in
the state of OH, and through the Internet connection, they were able to
locate 7 copies in libraries in the United States, 1 in St Louis, 1 in
TX, 1 in CA, 1 in NJ, 1 in NY, 1 in MO, & 1 in MN)

So my query is for James F. CATES may have been born in VA, or NC, or
SC.  There are a number of people that a doing research on the CATE &
CATES genealogy, but none of them seem to have this James F. CATES in
their databases or resources, so I am beginning to look for the missing
person.

Can any one doing genealogy research in South Carolina help me locate
some information on this person?  Land records?  Marriage records?
Court records (purchase and sale of land, live stock, slaves, etc.)?

If anyone can help me with this information it will be greatly
appreciated.

Don Stanton
[email protected]

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