Mecklenburg Co. NC - Cathey Family Bible

Submitted by Linda Blackwelder <blckwldr@ls.net>

CATHEY FAMILY BIBLE
This was a Cathey family of Steele Creek, Meck. Co., NC
The bible belonged to Mary Francis Cathey who married William J. Brown.
The bible was old, however, the Cathey's recorded in it were on pages
that had been taken out of an even older bible and pasted into the back
of the old bible.  It appears that even some of the later records had
also been pasted into the bible.  The bible is now in the possession of
the Grier family of Steele Creek.  The above Mary Francis Cathey was one
of their ancestors. (copied as it was written on the pages)

Births:
Josiah Cathey...was born May 15th 1749
Elizabeth Cathey...was born May 15, 1752
Jean Cathey....was born March 27th 1754
George Cathey...was born March 10th 1756
Andrew Cathey..was born Feb 24th 1758
Alexander Cathey...was born Sept 11th 1759
Mary Cathey ...was born December 24th 1761
Frances Cathey...was born December 26th 1763
John Cathey...was born Sept 25 (?) 1766
Henry Cathey...was born February 9th 1770
Walter Carruth (a grandson) born Nov 5th 1780
(Note at bottom) The above 10 children are the offspring of George 
Cathey & Frances Henry (alias) Cathey.
(at the bottom of the page) Sam (Jan?) Swann was born April 10, 1781 - 
June 1875.

Births:
(many of the next listings were written in different handwritings and 
appeared to be from another bible - the birth page was different)
G.  C. Cathey was born Aug 25 (21?-no clear) 1815
Nancy A. Cathey was born Feb 20th 1822
The following birth an names are children of B.C.C. & N. A. Cathey
Sarah E. Cathey..was born May 18th 1843
Martha A. Cathey..was bornDecember 12, 1844
Mary F. Cathey...was born Jan 25th 1849
Henry A. Cathey was born June the 14th 1851
Sophia Alis Cathey was born August the 19 1853
(skipped line)
Robert Carruth Cathey second son of Geroge Carruth and Nancy A. Cathey
was born February 19th 1856
Amanda Alin (sic) Cathey fifth dater (sic) of George and Nancy A. Cathey
was born May 30th 1859
Eldora Alice the first daughter of John L. and Martha A. Cathey was born
March the 30th 1867
Lorenzo Amon, first son of John L. and Martha Ann Cathey was born July
7th 1869
(Another page of births-different than the others)
William A. Sloan was born January 13th 1862
Amanda Cathey Sloan was born May 30th 1859
Calvin Cathey Sloan was born November 11th 1899 (? Not legible)
Macie Alexander Barnhart Sloan was born October 29-1889
Louise Warwick Sloan was born November 23-1908

Death of the children of G. C. Cathey and Nancy A. Cathey
Sarah Elizabeth Cathey died April 7th 1843
Sophia Alis(sic) Cathey died September 8th 1854

page 5 (written in back section at bottom of a page in the back of the bible)
Repeats some of the above names but adds:
Sarah Cathey was born June 24th 1773 and was married June 6th 1799 (name
of husband not give-this may have been Henry Cathey's wife since she
appears right under his name)
Nancy A. Cathey (written under George C. Cathey's name) was born February
20th 1822 and was married December 5th 1839

(After marriage of Henry Cathey and Sarah Cathey was married June 6th,
1799, the following are listed but were to faded to read well..looks like)
Fanney Henry Cathey born May 12 18..
Pegy (sic) An (sic) Cathey was born in November the 12th 1802

Marriages:

G.  C. Cathey and Nancy A. Cathey was married Dec 5 1839
John L. Cathey and Martha A. Cathey was married January 25th 1866
William J. Brown and Mary Freancis Cathey were married September 9th 1869
Henry A. Cathey and Lorenna A. Neel were married Jan 28th 1874
William A. Sloan and Amanda A. Cathey were married Dec 31st 1896
Robert C. Cathey and Lelia Cochrane were married March 24th 1897
Calvin C. Sloan and Macie Alexander Barnhart were married Jan 31 - 1925

Deaths:
Sarah E. Cathey died April 7th 1843
Sarah (Navah??) Cathey, mother of G. C. Cathey, died August 10th 1841
Mary M. Ford died August the 11 1881
Martha Ann Cathey died July 24th 1886
Annom Lorenzo Cathey died Feb 9th 1886
Nancy A. Cathey died Oct 11th 1896
George C. Cathey died Dec 2nd 1896
(the other deaths listed died in the 1900s so I have not included them)
The last sections of marriages and death were written in many different
handwritings with some almost not readable.)
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