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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 26 Apr 1741 West Augusta Dist / / VA Death: Dec 1813 / Haywood / NC
Qualifying Service Description:
SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, BURKE CO, OCT 1778
Find-a-Grave notes that "Cathey’s Fort was built by William Cathey in 1776. He had purchased land near Turkey Cove at the foot of the Mountains . It was raised to protect his family and his neighbors from the Cherokee. It played a part in the western campaigns of events leading up to the Battle of King’s Mountain on 7 Oct 1780"
Additional References:
HUGGINS, BURKE CO NC LAND RECS, Volume 1, pg 45, ENTRY #474
The Overmountain Men (1986) by Pat Alderman
King’s Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King’s Mountain (1967) by Lyman C. Draper
Find-a-Grave lists his burial as UNNOWN, specifically burial around Richland
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