Cato West Timeline

1775/09/02Camden, SCCato West joins a Volunteer Company of Rangers.
1776/01/01Revolutionary WarServed as Lieutenant in SC 6th regiment
1778/09/14MarylandResigns his commission.
1778/12/25Washington, NCRobert Stone transfers 250 acres to Cato West.
1781/03/28Washington, NCThomas Hardiman sells Cato West a slave named Jupiter.
1782/01/01NatchezSettled in the Natchez district. 
1785/01/01NatchezThomas Green and Cato West present a petition to the Georgia council to have the Natchez district become a county in Georgia called Bourbon County.
1785/01/05NatchezDavid Odom sells 200 arpents to Cato West.
1785/03/27New OrleansSale of slave with Benjamin Monsanto.  Notary Fernando Rodriguez.
1785/03/28New OrleansSale of slave with David Hodge
1792/01/01NatchezVilla Gayoso resident.
1797/06/01NatchezCato West is elected to a safety committee to restore order in the face of growing mob activity.
1798/01/01MS TerritoryWest heads an opposition to WCC Claiborne’s policies.
1798/12/02MS TerritoryCato West oversees Oaths of Allegiance with Thomas Green.
1800/01/13MS TerritoryCato West and others petition the federal government, complaining of the government of the MS Territory.
1804/08/29MS TerritoryWCC Claiborne cautions MS territorial governor Cato West and Pointe Coupee commandant about possible inference near Spanish boundary.
1804/10/27New OrleansJames Madison writes Cato West following the Kemper brother’s rebellion in Baton Rouge, giving instructions for their arrest.