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