He ran a trading post on his land in Kentucky that served trappers and hunters, and the town of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, on the Ohio River, was named after him. Alexander Catlett's father was John Catlett of Fauquier (Virginia), 1714-1778; his mother is unknown. About 1773, Alexander married Susanna Beall, daughter of Ninian Beall, 1724-1790. In Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, there is a listing for "Alexander Catlett, Loudon Militia, rec. as 2nd Lieut. Sept. 9, 1777." County records show Alexander was appointed commissioner of revenue taxes for Greenup County, Kentucky on February 24, 1805. According to the WPA Guide to Kentucky, part of the Federal Writers' Project of 1939, Alexander Catlett established a trading post that served trappers and hunters of the Ohio and Big Sandy River regions. From William Ely's Big Sandy Valley, History of the People and Country, published 1887: "The Catletts were Virginians. ... The creek running through the town of Catlettsburg bears the Catlett name, in addition to the name of the live, busy mart of trade often called the 'Gate City'—the only monuments, commemorating the once proud family. Sawny Catlett's bones lie buried in the old Catlett burying ground near the barn of Col. Laban T. Moore."
He ran a trading post on his land in Kentucky that served trappers and hunters, and the town of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, on the Ohio River, was named after him. Alexander Catlett's father was John Catlett of Fauquier (Virginia), 1714-1778; his mother is unknown. About 1773, Alexander married Susanna Beall, daughter of Ninian Beall, 1724-1790. In Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, there is a listing for "Alexander Catlett, Loudon Militia, rec. as 2nd Lieut. Sept. 9, 1777." County records show Alexander was appointed commissioner of revenue taxes for Greenup County, Kentucky on February 24, 1805. According to the WPA Guide to Kentucky, part of the Federal Writers' Project of 1939, Alexander Catlett established a trading post that served trappers and hunters of the Ohio and Big Sandy River regions. From William Ely's Big Sandy Valley, History of the People and Country, published 1887: "The Catletts were Virginians. ... The creek running through the town of Catlettsburg bears the Catlett name, in addition to the name of the live, busy mart of trade often called the 'Gate City'—the only monuments, commemorating the once proud family. Sawny Catlett's bones lie buried in the old Catlett burying ground near the barn of Col. Laban T. Moore."
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