Sunday, March 16, 2008

William Cage

William Cage, the head of the Sumner County Cages, was born in Virginia in 1745; served in the Revolutionary War with the rank of Major. Married, first, Elizabeth Douglass, daughter of Colonel Edward Douglass; second, Ann Morgan. Removed to Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1785, and settled at Cage's Bend. When the Territorial Government was organized, in 1790, he was appointed by Governor Blount, Sheriff of Sumner County, and by successive appointments served to 1796, when he was succeeded by his son, Reuben Cage, who served to 1800, when he was in turn succeeded b James Cage., William Cage died at his home in Cage's Bend, March 12, 1811. His tombstone bears this inscription: "William Cage, a major in the Revolutionary War. Died March 12, 1811.

From Jay Guy Cisco, Historic Sumner County, Folk-Keelin Printing Company (Nashville 1909).

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