Bible of John Cate, Sr., & Wife, Mary
Both Deceased, near Dumplin
From transcriptions prepared by W. A. Lyle, of Jefferson County, and subsequently typed and published by the Works Progress Administration under the title Jefferson County Bible Records.
Transcribed for this site from the WPA volume by Doris Kinser Fountain. We are extremely grateful to her.
Researchers Note: this is a transcription of a transcription of a transcription. Therefore, every item must be verified through separate sources.
Total names in this report is 48.
Possession: Mrs. J. T. Birdwell, near Dumplin, RFD #3, Dandridge, Jefferson
County, TN
Transcription: Oct. 11, 1937
BIRTHS
Cora Bell Mount was born Dec. 4, 1874
John Milton Mount was born Oct. 16, 1876
Emet Beecher Mount was born Oct. 7, 1878
John Cate, the Son of John and Mary, his wife, was born Jan. 16,
1771
Mary, his wife, was born Jan. 16, 1775 (?)
Rebecca Cate, their daughter, was born May 26, 1795
Noah Cate, their son, was born May 17, 1805
William Cate was born June 17, 1807
Michael Cate, their son, was born Dec. 20, 1808
Joseph Cate, their son, was born Aug. 30, 1810
Alzira, their daughter, was born Oct. 14, 1812
William T. Mount was born Nov. 8, 1803
DEATHS
Mary Cate, the wife of John Cate, deceased, Departed this life June
8, 1860.
BIRTHS
Commodore William Cate was born June 17, 1818
Lotia Cate was born May 11, 1820
Clabern, the son of Mary Cate, born in the year of our Lord, March
22, 1827
DEATHS
Alzira Mount departed this life July 22, at 6 P.M., 1885, age 72
years, 9 Mos, and 10 days.
BIRTHS
J. Hamilton Cate, the son of Daniel Avry Cate, was born Jna.
21, 1826.