Extracted from microfilm # 0024055, LANCASTER DISTRICT COURT RECORDS:
Section # 2, Page # 300 -
"(10th March 1796)  State of South Carolina  Know all men by these
presents that I Henry Cato and Tabitha my wife of Lancaster county and
State aforesaid in consideration of five pounds sterling money to me paid
by William Horton of the county and state aforesaid Have granted
bargained sold and Released and by these presents do grant bargain sell
and Release unto the said William Horton all that one hundred and fifty
acres more or less lying on a branch of Little Lynches creek it being the
uppermost part of a certain tract of land laid out to Thomas Cooper on
the tenth day of April 1776 beginning at a new line run across said
survey by William Blackmon and John Blackmon on East and West corners or
near that To have and to hold all that is on the North side of said lines
in said survey One hundred fifty acres more or less said Tract of land
conveyed by lease from said Cooper To Thomas Larramore on 18th day of
June 1776 Conveyed by Lease from said Larramore to James Ezell on the 6th
day of February 1779 conveyed by Lease from Ezell to John Love on the
20th day of February 1779 Conveyed by Lease from said Love to Henry Cato
on the 15th day of January 1788 Conveyed by Lease from said Cato to
William Horton on the 26th day of January 1796 Together with all and
singular the Rights Members Hereditaments and appurtenances to the said
premises belonging or in any ways appertaining To have and to hold all
and singular the premises before mentioned unto the said William Horton
his heirs and assigns for ever And I do hereby bind myself my heirs
executors and administrators to warrant and for ever defend all and
singular the said premises unto the said William Horton his heirs and
assigns against myself and my heirs and every other person whomsoever
lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof Witness our
hands and seals this twenty sixth day of January one thousand seven
hundred and Ninety six and in the twentieth year of the sovereignty and
Independence of the United States of America
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence
//JAMES DEASON//                             //HENRY CATO// Henry X
Horton    
                          Tabitha X Cato Sterling X Horton               
    
                     

Additionally, on 14 Jan 1787, Henry and Tabitha sold to William Brewer a
parcel of 250 acres for £35 sterling, and on 16 Jan 1787 they sold to the
same William Brewer another 200 acres for five [5] shillings.

Revolutionary War Veteran - Lieutenant, South Carolina Militia.  Listed
in the DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part 1, page 518.




Bill Hughes
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