Sixth Generation


276. Martha Ellen (Ellen) Bryan3,46,222. Birth: about 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee.46

Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee, Martha 3 f w TN.

Census: 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee,46 Martha 11 f w TN attended school, enumerated Household of her father William Enyard Bryan.

Census: 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee, Martha E. 21 f w at home TN.

Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. Cate Martha 31 daughter female widowed white keeping house, born TN, father and mother born TN, enumerated with her children household of her parents William Enyard Bryan and Amanda Keener.

1880 Sevier County Tennessee Census, NA T9-1278, Pg. 413, Family 165, William Bryan 64, Amanda 61, Rufus 25, Alan 23, Martha Cate 31, daughter, Lafayette 9, grandson, George 8, grandson, Sallie 5, granddaughter and Joseph 3, grandson.

1907 Estate of William Enyard Bryan: Estate named heirs T. A. Bryan, R.A. Bryan, Amanda Bryan, daughter of T.A.; Mary Drinnen; Sis Roberts; Nancy Nicholson; heirs of Lydia Tinsley; heirs of Eve Line (Eveline) Sanders and ELLEN CATE $1.00 after five years. (They were John & Will Sanders, Betty Reynolds, Lou Mount, SALLIE JOHNSON and JOSEPH.)

Martha Ellen (Ellen) Bryan and William Manning Cate Marriage: 1871, Tennessee.

William Manning Cate3, son of Joseph Cate and Sarah Bailey,. Birth: about 1836, Tennessee.

Census: 1850, Jefferson County, Tennessee, William 13 m w TN attended school.

He appeared in the census on 29 March 1863 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.223 Tennessee Deed Index, Book 7, Page 197, 29 Mar 1863. Warranty Deed from Joseph Cate to A. P. Dukes, Carr Cate, Elizabeth Cate, Michael Cate Jr., Martin Cate, Joseph M. Cate, Samuel F. Cate, William Cate (Trustee) and Thomas J. Cate for tracts of 227 and 1/2, 116, 30, & 65 acres on Dumplin Creek and Cedar Creek. Registered on 31 Mar 1865.

Death: before 1880, age 44, Tennessee.

Martha Ellen (Ellen) Bryan-104 and William Manning Cate-817 had the following children:

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Lafayette Cate3. Birth: about 1871, Tennessee. Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. Lafayette 9 Gson, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school, enumerated along with his mother and siblings household of his grandparents William Enyard Bryan and Amanda Keener.

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George Cate3. Birth: about 1873, Tennessee. Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. George 8 Gson, male, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN, attended school, enumerated along with his mother and siblings household of his grandparents William Enyard Bryan and Amanda Keener.

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Sallie Cate-819.

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Joseph Cate3. Birth: about 1877, Tennessee. Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. Joseph 3 Gson female single white, born TN, father and mother born TN, enumerated along with his mother and siblings household of his grandparents William Enyard Bryan and Amanda Keener.