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Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Alexander Cates and Nancy Cates. Resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 141B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 609.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 224A.

"Richard Cates (1838-1926)," Find A Grave, Memorial #46200583, accessed December 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46200583.

Citation

Cates, Richard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199344 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (3)

Petition
Edward Bumpass et al. to Beriah Magoffin
Correspondence
Richard Cates and Alexander Cates to James F. Robinson
1863-03-04
Petition
William Hull et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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