1730s, died 1784, was a frontier wife and mother for whom Kate's Mountain in Greenbrier County, West Virginia is named.
[6] Legends vary, but generally agree that Nicholas and Kate had a very young daughter, Frances Carpenter, who was too young to travel fast enough to escape the attackers, so Kate took her up on the highest mountain near their cabin in hopes of finding refuge while Nicholas went for help from the forts on Jacksons River in present-day Allegheny County, Virginia.
After the danger subsided, Kate made her way to the settlements on Jacksons River and then to Staunton, Virginia where she decided to remain in safer circumstances.
Frances grew up there, and in 1766 married soldier and statesman Captain Michael Bowyer II, a friend of Thomas Jefferson.
Frances inherited her father's and mother's land at White Sulphur Springs, which later became the site of the Greenbrier Resort.