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pid: LZDR-CQM imageURL: https://tree-portraits-pgp.familysearchcdn.org/6hby/thumb200s.jpg url: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Barry name: Catherine Moore Barry gender: Female desc: >- Catherine Moore Barry October 1752 – September 1823 was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War. She was the daughter of Charles and Mary Moore, and the eldest of ten children. She married Andrew Barry in 1767 at the age of 15 and lived on Walnut Grove Plantation in Roebuck, South Carolina during the 18th century. She was instrumental in helping to warn the militia of the coming British before the Battle of Cowpens in 1781. According to legend, she tied her toddler to the bedpost while she rode out to warn neighbors that the British were coming.