Asa Cates was born on 31 December 1782, in Orange, North Carolina, United States as the son of Robert Cates and Sarah Sykes. He married Frances PRATT on 7 August 1807, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years and District 691, Coweta, Georgia, United States in 1840. He died on 7 August 1850, in Coweta, Georgia, United States, at the age of 67.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English (Middlesex and Surrey): from the Middle English reflex of the Old Norse male personal name Káti, Kati, Kate (from kátr ‘merry’), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s (Kate was not in use as a pet form of Catherine during the Middle Ages). See also Kates .
Americanized form of German Katz . See also Kates .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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