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A Cather Family Coat of Arms |
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Cather families in
the USA from the 1850 Census to 1990 Census
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On May 7th, 2003, my application for membership to the
Sons of the American Revolution was accepted. Above is the
notification I received from that organization and the certificate. |
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Jasper Cather - b: 1740 (Ulster,
Northern Ireland) - d: 1812 (Gainsboro , Frederick County, Virginia) |
My Revolutionary War Ancestor
 
My 4th
great- grandfather, Jasper Cather fought as a private for the state of
Virginia in the Revolutionary War. It is purported that he was
present at the surrender of the British at Yorktown, Virginia.
Left is the official Revolutionary War soldier marker on his grave in
Virginia. Right is a photo of him (at least it was labeled as
such) I found in his file in the Daughters of the American Revolution
Library in Washington, D.C.
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 Left is the headstone of
Jasper Cather in the Old Quaker Cemetery in Gainsboro, Frederick County, Virginia. His
eldest child from his first wife (Catherine Lawrence) was Jane.
Jane married Robert McKee, Jr. and were the parents of Bartholomew
McKee.
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Left is the original grave marker of Jasper Cather. Right is a
side view of Jasper Cather's grave. |
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Left is another shot of Jasper Cather's grave in the Old Quaker Cemetery
in Gainsboro, Virginia. Jasper's grave marker is the tall one in the
center of the photo. |
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| Jane Cather - b: November 12, 1773
(Flint Ridge, Frederick County, Virginia) - d: August 31, 1853 (At their home near North Mountain, Frederick County, Virginia) |
 Jane
Cather McKee, wife of Robert McKee,
Jr. is listed in the 1850 Frederick County, Virginia Census living
with her son David Lawrence McKee and his family. Jane was the
oldest child of Jasper Cather. |
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| Willa Cather |
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