CATES NOTES - Mecklenburg Co., Virginia

Notes of the late Bernard C Rodenhizer, Jr., contributed by his son, Bernard C
Rodenhizer III - Nov. 1997

        Wm. J. Cates was living in Mecklenburg County by 1855. He posted
bond
after being elected a constable for the town of Clarksville, 17 October
1855. (Mecklenburg County, VA, Deed Book 34, p. 569) He also bought some
land.
 

DEEDS
        Susan M. Langhorne of Richmond, VA, widow of Alexander
Langhorne,
deceased, conveyed to W. J. Cates - cons. $75.00 - 6 acres more or less
on the road leading from the Town of Clarksville to Sandy Fork and
adjoining the lands of Robert Andrews and George W. Moore, with all
improvements.
                                                        /s/ Susan M.
Langhorne
Dated 14 December 1855                          Recorded 1 January 1856
        (Mecklenburg County, VA, Deed Book 35, p. 1)

        John Lanive (Lanieve), Senr., conveyed to W. J. Cates - cons.
$102.00 -
20 « acres where Lanieve, Senr., now lives and household and kitchen
furniture. This land adjoined that of Joseph G. Sneed, William Jeter,
etal.

        (John Lanieve, Senr., was in debt to Joseph Lanieve, Junr.,
for
$102.00)        His
                                                                /s/ John
X Lanieve, Sr.
                                                                         
Mark
Dated 27 October 1856                                   Recorded 27
October 1856
        (Mecklenburg County, VA, Deed Book 35, p. 174)

W.  J. Cates had to give on or more deeds of trust for debts so he sold
part of his property.
        
        Know all men by these present that I Wm. J. Cates have this day
bargained, sold and conveyed to Joseph G. Sneed one lot of land near
Clarksville containing 11 acres bounded by Skipwith Ferry Road   for
$125.00
                                                        /s/ Wm. J. Cates
Dated 29 November 1859                                  Recorded 6 March
1863
        (Mecklenburg County, VA, Deed Book 36, p. 568)

        Wm. F. Small conveyed to Wm. J. Cates - cons. $300.00 cash -
lots Nos.
162, 163 in the old survey and 5 2/3 acres in the new survey located on
Blue Creek, adjoining the lands of John F. Daniel on the south and
Springfield on the east (Springfield at that time was township on the
east side of the Roanoke River and the aforesaid referred to the line
between Clarksville and Springfield) lying and being in the town of
Clarksville, together with all tenements, etc.
                                                        /s/ Wm. F. Small
Dated 17 March 1866                                     Recorded 17
March 1866
        (Mecklenburg County, VA, Deed Book 37, p.185)

        According to family tradition, Wm. J. Cates took frequent trips
to Hot
Spring as he suffered from arthritis.

Census 1860 - Mecklenburg County, VA, Clarksville District. (the
writing was dim and part impossible to read.)

        Cates, Wm. J.   - male, white
        Elizabeth       - female, white
        Green, Clara    - female, white age 11
        Cates, William  -male, white, age 10
        Elizabeth       -female, white age 7
 

Census 1870 - (as above ) Clarksville Township, Christiansville Post
Office - taken 19 August 1870
p. 29
#254, #254
        Cates,  William J.      -       male, white, age 49, shoemaker
R. Estate $1000.00, p. property $100.00
b.  North Carolina
                Elizabeth       -       female, white age 50, keeps
house
                Elizabeth A.    -       female, white, age 17, at home,
b. Virginia
                Mary B.         -       female, white, age 15, at home,
b. Virginia
        Greene  Clarice         -       female, white, age 21, at home,
b. Virginia

DEEDS

Note:   This property was purchased by Wm. F. Small by deed from W.
Small
by deed from W. H. Pully, 
        January 1863; it having been conveyed to Sarah Pully by C. W. 
Liewellen, 18 January 1859.

        Last Cates deed recorded in the Mecklenburg County records was
that of
Wm. J. Cates selling the following land.

        Wm. J. Cates and wife, Elizabeth H. Cates, conveyed to Erasmus
Baptist
(Cold) - cons. $200.00 - lots Nos. 162 and 163 in the old survey and 5
2/3 acres in the new survey situated on Blue Creek and being in the town
of Clarksville together with all tenements, premises, etc. This land was
conveyed by Wm. F. Small to Wm. J. Cates, 17 March 1866.
                                                        /s/ Wm. J. Cates
                                                        /s/ Elizabeth H.
Cates
        Elizabeth, wife of Wm. J. Cates, being privily examined,
appeared in
court and released her dower right in said land, 18 November 1867.
Dated  12 November 1867                                 Recorded 18
November 1867
        (Mecklenburg County, VA, Deed Book 37, p. 392)

DEATH CERTIFICATE - Bureau Vital Statistics, Richmond, Virginia
        Mecklenburg County, VA, Clarksville Township
        Wm. J. Cates died November 2, 1871
        Age 48          Disease - diarrhea
        married         no occupation   
        Parents:        D. H. and E. H. Cates
                (David H. and Elizabeth H. Cates)
        Informant:      J. H. Cates, son
Wm. J. Cates is probably buried at the home place where he died.
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Notes of the late Bernard C Rodenhizer, Jr., contributed by his son, Bernard C
Rodenhizer III - Nov. 1997