John Cathey, Sr

1725 - 1788  (63 years)

• Name	John Cathey  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1725	Cecil, Maryland, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1788	Steel Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  	Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  Will	4 Mar 1788	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  	LW&T
  Death	4 Mar 1788	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I52293	Rountree Family
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	George Cathey,   b. 1690, Northern Ireland d. 1767, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean,   b. 1692   d. 12 Mar 1777 (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F35068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Henry,   b. 1722, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1802, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1742	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
  Children	+ 1. Colonel Archibald Cathey,   b. 20 May 1769, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 1811, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F35069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1725 - Cecil, Maryland, USA Marriage - 1742 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Burial - 1788 - Steel Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Will - LW&T - 4 Mar 1788 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Death - 4 Mar 1788 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3955] Alexander, John Brevard, MD, Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of theHopewell Section, (Name: Name: Observer Printing and Publishing House; Location: Charlotte,North Carolina; Date: 1897;;), Reminiscences of the Pioneers and Their Descendants and Families http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/alexander_j_b/default_alexander_biographical_sketches.htm, 01002603 LC F264.88A3. [S4055] Holcomb, Brent H, Abstracts of Early Wills, (Name: Name: Cleafield; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1980;;), This book gives abstracts of wills that were recorded in Mecklenburg,NC, between 1763 and 1790. [S4637] Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Steel Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina,USA;;).