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Thomas J. Cates (Webster Co., ky, farmer, pvt and serg. 17th Ky cav )

b. 1831-07-04 d. 1899-05-29

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Cates and Frances Cates. Married to Nancy Cates. Father of Mary F. Cates, William L. Cates, John N. Cates, and Richard E. Cates. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U. S. A.) as a private and sergeant from December 3, 1864, to September 20, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 157A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 610.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0137.

"Thomas Jefferson Cates (1831-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #46200771, accessed November 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46200771.

Citation

Cates, Thomas J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198138 (November 12, 2026).

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