William Cate’s Civil War Southern Claims Commission File — Additional Testimony Summary
Additional Testimony for the Commissioners of Claims at Washington
Claim of William Cate of Bradley county, Tennessee no. 15.774 and 20702
It is hereby certified that on different days from the 1st of August to the 14th of August 1875 at my office except in the case of Leonard Carrouth which I took at his own farm, in Cleveland Tennessee, came before me for the purpose of further learning on rebuttal examination in the above named case the following persons. William Cate, Joseph H. Davis, Leonard Carrouth,Capt. A.E. Blount, John A. Steed, J.F. Larrison, Mrs. Sidney Henderson, Col. David M. Nelson, Samuel Grigsby, Andrew J. Maples, John H. Hague, Herman Foster, Thomas L. Cate, James McGhee, Captain Thomas Rains, D.B. Oneal, Thomas A. Cowan, C.S. Hardwick, Joseph Calloway, J.C. Steed, Joseph R. Taylor, William W. Wood, James H. Brown, James S. Robertson, John H. Craigmiles, John H. Parker, John McReynolds, every deponent previous to his or examination was properly and duly sworn to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth concerning the matters under examination. The witnesses were examined separately and apart from each other and the testimony of each deponent was written out by me in the presence of such deponent who signed the same in my presence after it had been read over to him or her and the signature of such deponent was by me witnessed at the time it was affixed to the deposition. Witness my hand and seal this August the 16, 1875.
John W. Ramsey
Special Commissioner
Links to each section of the transcribed file:
- Introduction & Part VIII — Conclusion
- Part I — William Cate’s Claimed Losses
- Part II — Notes from the Office of the Commissioners of Claims
- Part III — Depositions Taken in 1875 Regarding Claimant’s (Cate) Loyalty
- Part IV — Opinion Submitted by John B. Brownlow, U. S. Special Commission
- Part V — Additional Testimony for the Commissioners of Claims at Washington
- Depositions:
William Cate ~ Joseph H. Davis ~ Leonard Carrouth ~ Capt. A. E. Blount ~ John A. Steed ~ J. F. Larrison ~ Mrs. Sidney Henderson ~ Col. D. M. Nelson ~ Samuel Grigsby ~ Andrew J. Maples ~ John A. Hague ~ Herman Foster ~ Thomas L. Cate ~ James McGhee ~ Thomas Rains ~ D. B. Oneal ~ Thomas A. Cowan ~ C. L. Hardwick ~ Joseph Calloway ~ J. C. Steed ~ Joseph R. Taylor ~ William W. Wood(s) ~ James H. Brown ~ James S. Robertson ~ John H. Craigmiles ~ John H. Parker ~ John McReynolds ~ John W. Witcher
- Depositions:
- Part VI — Summary of All Evidence for and Against Cate’s Loyalty
- Part VII — Opinion of Witnesses by John W. Ramsey
- Part VIII — William Cate’s Letter to Judge A. O. Alder
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