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Rebecca Catherine “Kate” Dunivant

Birth
Henry County, Virginia, USA
Death
1875 (aged 26–27)
Grayson County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Mouth of Wilson, Grayson County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Kate Dunivant/Dunivan

Name may be Catherine or Rebecca Catherine or vice versa after her mother

Parents James B Dunivant and Catherine Rebecca Mills

Born ca 1851
in Grayson Cty VA per son's Alex death cert
Parents may have been in Henry Cty Va

Died by or ca 1875 maybe Grayson Cty Va (son bound out @ age 3 in 1875)
Kate either died or moved,
she "disappeared", and does not appear on any census records for 1870 and beyond in VA/NC/TN/KY
Burial unknown.
May be buried with her employees.
Her employees, The Rosses, have a cemetery with several unmarked graves.

Children

1 Charles b ca 1869, also disappeared after 1870 census with his mother, believed to have died with her in an epidemic in Grayson Co and buried in Ross Family Cemetery

2 Alexander b ca 1872 FaG 8037365
was "bound" out 22 Nov 1875 Grayson Co to Wiley and Clara Standiford (aged 3 1/2)
Alex' marriage register states his father was "not given" and mother was Kate Dunivant
Alex death certificate states father unknown, and mother, Katie Dunivant b Grayson.
Many atDNA results are in showing matches to Dunnavant and Mills descendants of Henry Co / Cabell Co WV and Grayson Co, VA

Pls contact me with more info on Kate.

NOTES
1870 Grayson Cty Va CENSUS pge 83/84
living with widow Ludema Ross Elliot in Elk Creek Township
Charles is listed too.
She is listed as Rebecca aged 18 born in NC
NC is believed to be an error
It is believed that Rebecca was born where her parents lived and are buried: Henry Cty Va
Rebecca Catherine is listed as Domestic
John Williams of SC is also listed as an African American laborer

Also listed on the 1870 Census is Daniel and Lucy Dunnavant who are believed to be her uncle and Aunt.

there is also a James Dunnivant on the 1860 and 1870 census b 1835.
He cannot be connected yet
Kate Dunivant/Dunivan

Name may be Catherine or Rebecca Catherine or vice versa after her mother

Parents James B Dunivant and Catherine Rebecca Mills

Born ca 1851
in Grayson Cty VA per son's Alex death cert
Parents may have been in Henry Cty Va

Died by or ca 1875 maybe Grayson Cty Va (son bound out @ age 3 in 1875)
Kate either died or moved,
she "disappeared", and does not appear on any census records for 1870 and beyond in VA/NC/TN/KY
Burial unknown.
May be buried with her employees.
Her employees, The Rosses, have a cemetery with several unmarked graves.

Children

1 Charles b ca 1869, also disappeared after 1870 census with his mother, believed to have died with her in an epidemic in Grayson Co and buried in Ross Family Cemetery

2 Alexander b ca 1872 FaG 8037365
was "bound" out 22 Nov 1875 Grayson Co to Wiley and Clara Standiford (aged 3 1/2)
Alex' marriage register states his father was "not given" and mother was Kate Dunivant
Alex death certificate states father unknown, and mother, Katie Dunivant b Grayson.
Many atDNA results are in showing matches to Dunnavant and Mills descendants of Henry Co / Cabell Co WV and Grayson Co, VA

Pls contact me with more info on Kate.

NOTES
1870 Grayson Cty Va CENSUS pge 83/84
living with widow Ludema Ross Elliot in Elk Creek Township
Charles is listed too.
She is listed as Rebecca aged 18 born in NC
NC is believed to be an error
It is believed that Rebecca was born where her parents lived and are buried: Henry Cty Va
Rebecca Catherine is listed as Domestic
John Williams of SC is also listed as an African American laborer

Also listed on the 1870 Census is Daniel and Lucy Dunnavant who are believed to be her uncle and Aunt.

there is also a James Dunnivant on the 1860 and 1870 census b 1835.
He cannot be connected yet


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