Noah Caton (1788 - 1862)

Born 16 Jan 1788 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (McDermid) Caton — married 24 Nov 1814 in Saint Charles, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died Mar 1862 at age 74 in Drywood Township, Vernon, Missouri, United States

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Biography

This is the profile manager - don't cite findagrave for a non-existent gravesite when there are far better sources."" The proof of the 1788 date was already on this page - his family Bible, see below, AND the 1860 census states that he was 72. Findagrave has no photo of a grave marker because as far as we know his burial spot is unmarked, and the cemetery lost.

Noah was born in 1788^[1] in Rowan County, NC. He passed away before 15 Dec 1865, when Sylvester Fuller,his son-in-law, posted a bond for the fair administration of his estate, ^[2].

Marriages

Noah married twice, first to his first cousin Jemima Caton, daughter of George Dent Caton and Nancy Hurley. They were married in Mercer County, KY after the 16th of October 1808 consent date, and before the birth of Lourenda on the 3rd of January 1809.^[3][4]

There is no record of a divorce for Noah and Jemima. The 2.5 month gap between the marriage bond date and the birthdate of Lourinda suggests that Noah may have been persuaded to marry her to keep her from bearing a child out of wedlock. The Noah & Fannie Caton Bible never mentions his other family, and the only other record besides the marriage bond is an 1875 court case brought by the children of Jemina Caton long after the 1869 administration of Noah's estate. ^[5] Seen 20230722. Site created by Nancy Thompson. Ancestry is going to freeze all the rootsweb sites, and may delete them.

Noah left his cousin wife in Kentucky when he joined the military in 1812, and apparently never went back. Kentucky and Missouri were not that close and Noah fathered numerous children in Missouri. Jemima had other children, including a son born after 1815 whose death certificate years later had Noah Caton as his father. He was not a part of the 1879 court case referenced below.

Noah's second marriage was to Frances McDermid, in St Charles Co, MO, 24 Nov 1814. ^[6]

Travels

Noah was born to Jesse and Ester Sparks Caton in 1788 either in NC or Kentucky. Jesse & Ester moved to Kentucky sometime between the Dec 1787 deed that Jesse witnessed in NC and the 1789 Kentucky tax list that lists Jesse as a taxpayer in Fayette County (basically all of Kentucky) Noah Cayton and a hash mark in the appropriate column for his first wife Jemima & Lourinda were in the Lincoln Co, KY census of 1810.

In 1812 Noah left both Jemima and Kentucky for Missouri. He was a private in Captain Boone's militia during the War of 1812 ^[7] Louis Houck's "A History of Missouri" [Chicago: R R Donnelley & Sons Company 1908] pps 137-138 states that he was living in Fort Kinkead in 1814. Noah Caton and Fanny McDermid's marriage bond, dated Nov 1814, was signed in St Charles Co, MO. The young family remained in St Charles County for several years. Noah is listed in the 1817 tax list for Femme Osage Twp, St Charles Co along with Jonas and Jesse Caton, and his father- or brother-in-law Hugh McDermid. ^[8] Two years later, in 1819, Jonas and Noah are in Montgomery County, MO, in another tax list, along with Daniel Boone and Flanders Callaway. [4]

Regarding Findagrave Memorial # 44363923. There is no confirming gravestone and the grave's location is unknown. Noah is believed to have been buried on his farm, and the farm's well was found and photographed by several Caton family members in the late 20th C, but no graves were found in the area.

Family Members:

Child w/Jemima Caton Lourinda Sally Caton (b 1809)

Children w/Frances McDermid: Christopher Pittman Caton (1815-1867), Hugh McDermid Caton (1817-1894), Jesse H Caton (1819-1863) William S. Caton (1822-1882), Elizabeth A Caton (1824- between 1860-1870) Susanna Wright Caton (1826-1912), Noah T Caton (1829-?) Frances Roseltha Caton (1829-1873) Nelson B. Caton (1832-1862) Emily Caroline Caton (1834 -1915) Hester Ann Caton Moore (1839-1900) Thomas J Caton (1842-1854)

Citations

1. ↑ Caton New Testament, as transcribed by Sergia Dunlap, see below.
2. ↑ Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988; Bond for Adminstration of Estate of Noah Caton. Sylvester Fuller, executor, Hugh M Caton & Jas H Moore sureties, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/106996319/person/290058085622/media/007631141_00079?_phsrc=lhV1349&usePUBJs=true
3. ↑ McGhee, Lucy Kate, Mercer County, Kentucky marriages, 1785 to 1852 Lincoln County Kentucky - Stanford (at Allen County Public Library) (self-published Box 6183 Apex StationWashington, 4 DC), http://archive.org/details/mercercountykent00mcgh p 27. Repository: Internet Archive [1]. Cit. Date: 31 Dec 2018.
4. ↑ [2] [Saw this site sometime before it disappeared. It is only in the wayback til 2002.] It cites a marriage consent as follows: "[5340] "Noah Caton to Jerima Caton, with Dorsey McGinnis as surety, October 16, 1808. Consent of George Caton and Nancy Caton for their daughter October 18,1808 witnessed by John McGinnis and Neal McGinnis"- Records Vol 2, pg. 118>"
5. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~movernon/pdf/Brief_Synopsis_Caton_Court_Case.pdf Caton Court Case
6. ↑ Ancestry.com database "Missouri Marriages to 1850" Noah Caton Spouse: Fanny Mcdermid Marriage Date: 24 Nov 1814 Marriage County: St Charles Source Information Dodd, Jordan. Missouri Marriages to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Missouri.
7. ↑ Name: Noah Caton Company: LIEUT. COL. DODGE'S COMMAND, MISSOURI MILITIA. Rank - Induction: PRIVATE Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE Roll Box: 36 Microfilm Publication: M602[3]
8. ↑ Footprints, Volumes 20-21 by Fort Worth Genealogical Society p 81

Sources

• Caton New Testament, as described here. Caton New Testament, Marsha Hoffman's excellent website on families of the Ozarks, citing "Caton Family Record: single sheet in small New Testament published NW MO Gen Soc. Journal 10 (October 1990)1-4. The information was submitted by Mrs. John R. Dunlap. The early family information from 1788-1842 appears to be entered at one time: Noah Caton 16 Jan 1788;Frances Caton 3 June 1798; Christ P. Caton 16 October 1815 (m. Emily); Hugh M. Caton b. 13 October 1817. Jesse H. Caton b. 10 December 1819; Wm. S. Caton b. 23 January 1822; Elizabeth A. b. 29 February 1824; Susan W. Caton b. 26 April 1826; Fanny R. and Noah T. b. 29 April 1829; Nelson B. b. 18 June 1831; Caroline E. b. 16 Sept. 1833; Hester Ann A. b. 19 June 1840; Thomas J. b. 19 Jan. 1842." I also corresponded with Sergia Dunlap in the 1990's.

Noah Catan Bible.pdf received from Nancy Carroll Thompson, historian in Vernon Co, Missouri - starts with the births of Noah (1788!) and Fannie (1798) and continues with the births of all their children in the same hand. On page 2 are the births of the children of Christopher Pittman Caton, in the same hand, but changing over time. Likely a Bible received as a marriage present from father Noah to son Christopher.

• Jesse Caton Family BIble

20230528 film 8135452, frame 00586 of 786 Miscellaneous records, 1605-1970 Item 4 Miscellaneous records, 1605-1970 Bible, cemetery and family records, Missouri, 1750-1970 image in Item 4, labelled Bible, Cemetery, and Family Records, Missouri transcribed in 1971 p 107 of typescript

Acknowledgments

• Patricia Prickett Hickin created