When Elizabeth Cato was born on 9 January 1789, in Lancaster, Camden District, South Carolina, United States, her father, William Henry Cato, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Massey, was 18. She married John Daniel Roach about 1810, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 15 April 1866, in Wilcox, Alabama, United States, at the age of 77.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the "head tax" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Scottish and English: variant of Catoe .
Swedish: perhaps a soldier's name, bestowed with reference to Cato, the Roman statesman.
Bosniak, Serbian, and Croatian (Ćato, in Bosnia and Herzegovina also Čato): occupational name from Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian ćato ‘scribe, clerk’.
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