1. ROBERT (SR.)¹ TATE was born Abt. 1725, and died 1794 in Russell County, VA.

Notes for ROBERT (SR.) TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

There were several families of the name Tate in southwestern Virginia before the Revolution and some were not related. There was an early Robert Tate, in Washington County, VA, who was probably the ancestor of the Col. John Tate, Robert Tate, Jr. and William Tate who settled in Washington County, VA, in 1772. This Robert Tate estate was taxed in 1794, indicating that he had passed on prior to that date.

Augusta County, VA was formed in 1738 and comprised a great part of Virginia. Botetourt County was formed in 1769 and Fincastle County was formed in 1772. Washington County was formed in 1776 and Russell County was formed in 1785, where they eventually found themselves living. Robert Tate Sr. died prior to 1794, however his son, Robert Tate, Jr., continued to be called "Jr." In November 1804, in Russell County, VA, a power of attorney was granted by Sarah Hanley to her friend Robert Tate, Jr. to "receive rent due me" on land in Orange County, NC; witnessed by Richard Davis, Robert Tate, Jr., and Aaron Tate. Robert Tate and Aaron were brothers, thus it seems there were several generations of Robert Tates in the area. This early Robert Tate was probably the father of Col. John, Robert Jr. and William Tate.

Reference: Russell County VA, Tax Digest; power of attorney

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The following legal petition was filed in 1785 and signed by several Tates.

This is a petition asking the House of Delegates of VA to place a line "fixed along Clinch Mountain and Montgomery line to the Carolina line" to separate them from Washington Co. These inhabitants include those of Clinch River, Moccasin Creek, Powels Valley, north branch of Holstein River, and "others." Dated Dec. 9, 1785. Washington Co., VA, is in the far southern section of VA, just before the border into TN and not far from NC. Signers of this petition are: Alexander SEAL, James SHEWMAKER, John SHOEMAKER, John SHORT, Thoms. SHORT, David SKAGGS, Solomon SKAGGS, John SKAGGS, Henry SKAGGS, Edwd. SMITH, H. SMITH, John SMITH, Enius SMITH, Elijah SMITH, Wm. SMITH, Wm. SMITH, Eli SMITH, Evens SMITH, Jr., Edward SMOTE, Tom STACY, Masheck STACY, Meshack STACY, Sammuel STALLARD, Edward STAPLETON, Edw. STAPLETON, Isaiah STILLS, Yeah STILS?, John TATE, Thomas TATE, Robert TATE, Jr., Rober TATE, Sr., Richd THOMPSON, John THOMPSON, Wm. THOMPSON, John THOMSON, Saml VANCE, John VANDYETHE.

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Children of ROBERT (SR.) TATE are:

2. JOHN (COL.)² TATE (ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1743 in Augusta, VA, and died December 15, 1828 in Lebanon, Russell County, VA. He married MARY BRACKEN 1766 in Lebanon, Washington Couinty, VA. She was born 1742 in New Castle, Delaware, and died March 13, 1817 in Lebanon, Russell County, VA.

Notes for JOHN (COL.) TATE:

John Tate was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War according to the reference from Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 27, Tate Family. In a deposition in 1808 he moved to Russell Co., VA in 1772. They had 12 children., Robert, Samuel, Homer, John, Lydia, Isaac, Mattie and Hannah Tate. Hannah was born in 1772, died in 1844 and married Colbert Fugate.

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From The Tate Family of Russell Co., VA by David Farris, Gateway Press, 1986

From WFT V2 # 5573:

John Tate was born in 1743, Virginia, and is thought to be a son of Robert Tate. John is thought to be the brother to Robert Tate Jr., born 1745 and to William Tate, born 1747. John Tate, at the age of 23, married Mary Bracken in 1766.

In a deposition dated 24 February 1810 for the court case of George Fugate vs. Nancy Mahon; John Tate stated that he settled on Big Moccasin Creek on a spur of Clinch Mountain on the Holston River in November 1772 and that Francis Fugate family then lived on the land. The land was located in Botetourt County, and that Francis Fugate, deceased, who lived five miles from him, " did as the rest of us did, defended our land and families, and lived on the land in dispute (1772-1781) except for the time forted."

The land in the Moccasin Valley on which John Tate first settled was Botetourt County, then shortly thereafter became Fincastle County. (Jan. 1773- Jan. 1777) In 1777, Fincastle Co., was discontinued, and the land was then in Washington County. (Jan. 1777- May 1786) In 1786, John's original settlement near Lebanon, became present day Russell County.

John obtained his first land grant of 145 acres from the Royal Company of Virginia. The land was surveyed 12 December 1774 by John Floyd, Deputy to Colonel William Preston, Surveyor of Fincastle County.

Around 1775-76, John and his neighbors built a fort for protection against Indians on his land. The fort was called Tate's Fort and was known by early travelers to Tennessee and Kentucky.

John enlisted in the Washington County Virginia Militia and Patriots during the American Revolution and fought in the Revolutionary Battle of King's Mountain, 8 October 1780, in South Carolina. John Tate's name is found in the "History of Washington County and Southwest Virginia" by Lewis Preston Summers. The Washington County Militia was commanded by Colonel William Campbell who led them to victory against the British Forces. Colonel William Campbell was married to Elizabeth Henry, sister to Patrick Henry. She then married General William Russell, (for whom Russell Co. was named), after the death of Colonel Campbell.

A Land Treasury Warrant, survey recorded 1 May 1781 for $9,059, Washington County, gave John an additional 100 acres of land. In Nov. 1781, John Tate, Robert Tate, William Huston and John Wood were appointed to appraise the estate of Francis Fugate deceased, who was killed by a fall from his horse. John Tate in February 1782, was among the ones who were appointed to view and cut out the road down Moccasin Valley from Little Moccasin Gap in Clinch Mountain (present US 19) between Abingdon and Lebanon to Big Moccasin Gap (present US 23) near Gate City. With the formation of Russell County in May of 1786, John Tate was appointed constable and an overseer of the poor. He was also a Lieutenant in the Militia.

In 1787, John was appointed Captain in the upper Militia of the Moccasin Valley. He also took the "Oath of Allegiance" to the newly drafted Constitution of the United States. By appointment by the Governor of Virginia, John Tate served as a " Gentlemen Justice " on the Russell County Court with devotion for the rest of his life. Because of his position as Justice, he was referred to as John Tate; Gent., of John Tate; Esquire. John rode his horse to various places of county government meetings at Castlewood, Dickensonville and Lebanon, serving one to three days per month. He often presided, wrote the minutes of the meetings, and signed them with an attractive, bold signature.

Still in the Virginia Militia in 1789, John became Captain of the 2nd Battalion, 72nd Regiment. In 1792 when Lee County had been formed from part of Russell County, John was Appointed as one of the commissioners for Russell County to meet with the commissioners for Lee County to superintend and run the dividing line between the two counties. In 1800, John recorded his cattle mark with the Russell Co., Court. His cattle mark was a "swallow fork" in the left ear. John became Sheriff and Collector of Revenue serving 2 years in 1801.

James Monroe, the Governor of Virginia, later President, appointed John Tate to become Lieutenant Colonel Commander of the 72nd Regiment, 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia in 1802. Again in 1809, John was an overseer of the poor and served by re-appointments 15 or more consecutive years. In 1813, John and others, requested that a school be established officially as Amity Hall Academy. John was one of the signers and one of the trustees.

In 1819, John and his grandson, Robert Fugate, became executors of the estate of Colbert Fugate, deceased. Colbert Fugate married his daughter Hannah. Colbert was a farmer, part-time county official, and 3 times a member of the Virginia Legislature.

John as the senior Justice among 31 present for a special meeting in Lebanon in 1825, help start Emory and Henry College, 10 miles east of Abingdon at Emory, Virginia.

At the age of 83 in 1826, John again became Sheriff and Collector of Revenue for Russell County and served 2 years. This was his third term as Sheriff.

On the Tate Farm at Zumbeg, 15 miles southwest of Lebanon, in the Moccasin Valley, a moss-covered slab reads:

" Col. John Tate, died December 15, 1828, aged 85 years, and Mary Tate, his wife, died March 13, 1817, aged 75 years."

Inventory of his estate 11 Feb. 1829, wit: Martin Fugate, David Jessee and John Olson. At the sale 13 Feb. 1829 were: John Fugate, Hannah Fugate, Uriah Fugate, Hiram & John Owens, Elisha Price, John, Joseph, Robert and William Tate.

Administrator of estate, Robert Tate, a deed of 9 Dec 1829 is signed by: Robert Tate, Hannah Fugate, Samuel Tate and the heirs of Jane Haddox or Haddin, dec'd, John Buster and Martha his wife, William Fugate and Lydia his wife. To his son Isaac Tate, Hannah the widow of Colbert O. Fugate, etc. John Tate gave Isaac Tate a tract of land but did not deed it to him, consequently after his death in 1828, the family met and signed a deed to Isaac conveying the 108 acres on which he then lived to him, the deed dated 9 Dec. 1829.

SOURCES: JOHN TATE

Genealogies of Kentucky Families Vol. O-Y Register of the Kentucky Historical ociety

Tate Family - by R.N. Mayfield 1902 pg. 2-3; A History of Pulaski County Kentucky pg. 55-56 Complied by Alma Owens Tibbals, Published by Grace Owens Moore 1952 Bagdad, Kentucky

Tate Families of the Southern States by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

Printed by: Independent Enterprise 1984 Tate Families of Washington & Russell Co. Virginia pg. 1-15; Russell Co., VA Deed Book 1 Page 370; Tate-Burdine Family Cemetery, Russell Co., VA.; Tombstone Inscription; Record of 1st Land Grant - Fincastle Co. Records, Montgomery County, Virginia

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From The Tate Families of Russell County, VA, by David Farris, Gateway Press, 1986

The ancestors of Col. John Tate and his brother Robert Jr. are uncertain. Their whereabouts prior to their arrival in Southwest Virginia in the late 1760's or early 1770's has not been determined. There are some pieces of information that do point to the Tate family who first settled in York Co. in about 1635. This family lived in New Kent Co., which came out of York Co. from the mid 1660's, and through the 1760's in Hanover and Louisa Counties. Both Hanover and Louisa Counties came out of New Kent.

The association John and Robert Tate with this Tate family stems from the similarities in the family names, but more importantly, from their departure to Orange County, North Carolina. This connection can be made through John Tate's wife Mary Bracken.

Mary Bracken's grandfather, William Bracken, immigrated from England in 1699, landing in Philadelphia aboard the "Britannia" of Liverpool. He settled in New Castle, Delaware where he became well enough off to give land to his sons. John Bracken, Mary's father, sold his land in 1763 and left New Castle. He moved to Orange County, NC were he is recorded in 1766 and died in 1770.

The Tate family moved from the Louisa County area sometime in the 1760's with many of them settling in the Orange, Guilford and Caswell Counties of North Carolina. The census of 1790 shows the children of John Bracken living adjacent to several members of the Louisa County Tate family in the Chatham District. It is very possible that John and Mary Tate never did move to North Carolina, but struck out on their own during this time of westward movement.

Specific records of John and Robert (Jr.) Tate start in what was Botetourte County about 1770. Robert accumulated more land than John. Col. John Tate was active in the settlement of the area of what was to become Russell County. Both he and his brother Robert were very active in area affairs, with John the more civic minded of the two. A Robert Tate, possibly Robert and John's father, died in Russell County about 1794.

John Tate settled in Moccasin Creek in 1772, on land that Francis Fugate had lived on. John and Mary Tate remained their the rest of their lives. In the 1770's and 1780's he was active in the Militia, and he served as a Justice of the Court and as sheriff of Russell County. His daughter, Hannah, born about 1772, married Colbert Fugate about 1789 or 1790.

Robert Tate was not as active in civic affairs and less is know of him. His wife Mary's family is unknown. His oldest son Joseph married Margaret Floyd sometime before 1805. Joseph's son and Robert's grandson, Elisha, married Eliza Davenport. Elisha and Eliza Tate's daughter, Permelia Jane Tate married Ferdinand Joseph Colbert Fugate in 1850. This would make F.J.C Fugate and Permelia Jane Tate third cousins, sharing a common great-great grandfather, Robert Tate Sr.

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FRONTIER FORTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, by Emory L. Hamilton

From Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia, Number 4, 1968, pages 1 to 26

TATE'S FORT

Tate's Fort on Moccasin Creek in Russell County was another the early historians completely overlooked, and only two historical references brought it to light. The first made by Mrs. Samuel Scott of Jessamine Co., KY, who in referring to her stay on the Clinch makes this statement: "We moved out of Tate's Fort, close on Moccasin Creek, over to Holston to get ready to come to Kentucky." (15) This was in the spring of 1780 and she joined a party of emigrants to Kentucky in 1784.

The other statement was made by Captain John Carr, of Sumner Co., TN, who was born on Carr's Creek in Russell Co., VA, in 1773, and moved with his widowed mother to the Cumberland settlement in 1784. In speaking of the year 1776, he states: "My father settled on Big Moccasin Creek with some 15 or 20 families from Houston's Fort. The Indians were so troublesome that we built a "new fort". It was called Tate's Fort, where we forted in summer and returned home in winter." (16)

Carr's statement needs some clarification and he does not mean that his father settled on Moccasin Creek in 1776, but that it was this year in which they moved out of Houston's Fort where they had refugeed in the past and built a new fort for their convenience. His father had settled on Moccasin Creek much earlier for John, himself, was born there in 1773, and his father died there in 1782. This, then, places the construction of Tate's Fort in the year 1776.

That Tate's Fort was a stockaded affair certainly cannot be doubted, for 15 or 20 families could never have crowded into a fort house. It certainly must have been manned and defended by its occupants for I find no record of militia ever having been stationed there.

This fort was built on the lands of Colonel John Tate who had settled on Moccasin Creek in the year 1772, on a tract of 174 acres of land surveyed for him December 13, 1774. (17) I have not found any account that this fort was ever attacked directly by Indians.

More About JOHN (COL.) TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Buried in Tate-Burdine Cemetery, Russell County, VA)

More About MARY BRACKEN:

Burial: Unknown, Buried in Tate-Burdine Cemetery, Russell County, VA)

Children of JOHN TATE and MARY BRACKEN are:

3. ROBERT (JR.)² TATE (ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born Abt. 1745 in Augusta, VA, and died July 24, 1806 in Moccasin Creek, Russell County, VA. He married MARY 1774 in Rockbridge County, VA. She was born Abt. 1758 in Augusta, VA, and died Unknown.

Notes for ROBERT (JR.) TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Robert, born, circa 1745 of Augusta County, VA, but later of Fincastle County, VA, son of Robert Tate. Robert Tate Jr. received a land grant of 174 acres in Fincastle, County, VA on December 13, 1774 on Big Moccasin Creek, North Fork of Holston River. On April 20, 1784 he received a land patent of 250 acres in Washington County, VA on both sides of Big Moccasin Creek on a spur of Clinch Mountain on the Holston River some three miles from Col. John Tate. In 1781 he and his brother, John swore allegiance to the United States in Washington County, VA. In 1781, Col. John Tate, Robert Tate, Wiliam Houston, and John Wood were appointed to appraise the estate of Francis Fugate, deceased, who was killed by a fall from his horse and who lived in the valley when the Tate families arrived.

He was an Ensign of the Militia in 1786, while his brother, John was a Lieutenant. He died testate, July 24, 1796. His will executed 29, Jul 1796 to wife, Mary. "The still, the land I now live on, except the land on the S. W. side of Mill to the line where it crosses Ovelton's road, then to be given to my sons Joseph, Tate, Alexander Tate, Aaron Tate and my daughter Polly. To my sons, John Tate, James Tate, land S. W. of Mill, only they to pay my son Robert Tate", wit. Robert Tate, Jr., Isaac Tate and John Tate.

At a court held in Russell County, VA, February 3, 1807 and proven by the Oath of John Tate and William Fugate, and on motion of Mary Tate, Richard Davis and Colbert Fugate, security for Mary Tate, she posted bond of ($2,500) administered with the will annexed granted her. The witnesses to this will were, no doubt, the son of John Tate, Robert, John Tate, William Tate and Colbert Fugate, his son-in-laws. The Robert Tate of this sketch is the man who was a contemporary with and associated in many court affairs with Col. John Tate. I am quite sure they were brothers, but no documentary proof exists. Robert Tate's will did not mention that most of his children were minors, but they were. On October 10, 1816, John Tate and wife Dicey, James Tate and wife Ruth, Robert Tate and wife Susannah, Alexander Tate and wife Delilah, Aaron Tate and wife Betsey and Marady Price and wife Polly, all of Warren County, TN, of the first part to Joseph Tate of Russell County, VA, the home place. The same land this Robert Tate acquired in 1774 and 1784, adjacent to Richard Davis and Hullams, witnessed by John Rodgers and Reuben Berryman. All of the males signed, and Mary (Polly) Tate signed her right of dower to her son Joseph Tate.

References: Fincastle County, VA, Deed Book, page 80, 81; Russell County, VA will Book 2, page 132; Deed Book 5, pages 537, 539; History of South West VA, by Lewis Summers, page 389, 843; David Faris; See Leland B. Tate letter; April 1783 to View Road; May 1786 Robert Appointed Ensign or 2nd Lieutenant of Militia; April 1787 Appointed Full Lieutenant.

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Excerpts from Rebels, Saints and Sinners, An Ancestral History of the Southern States, by Dennis Armfield Tate, 2000

He received a land grant of 174 acres on December 13, 1774 on Big Moccasin Creek, North Fork of the Holston River in Fincastle County, VA. It begins near Hansonville and is a long valley extending to near Big Moccasin Gap in Scott County, VA. The Valley is paralleled by Clinch Mountain on the South and Moccasin Ridge on the North. Moccasin Valley adjoins Washington County, VA at the top of Clinch Mountain and Scott County, VA to the South. Big Moccasin Creek extends the entire length of the valley flowing into the north fork of the Holston River near Big Moccasin Gap. The story is told that early settlers coming through the valley found Indian moccasin footprints in the soft mud on the banks of the creek. This, the name Moccasin Creek and later Moccasin Valley. The naming of the creek has been attributed to Daniel Boone in about 1769.

Source: Heritage of Russell County, VA 975.5755 D3h

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Notes submitted by Roland Tate, descendant, in an email dated 01/13/2000

"Here is another date correction for you. J. Strigel Tate established Robert Tate's date of death as July 24, 1806, not 1796 as printed in the Updike book. I am sure that that date was provided them as well, but got confused with the date Robert signed his will (July 29, 1796). Robert Jr. appeared in court October 25, 1803 for the purpose of executing his brother William's will. In November of 1804 he was given Power of Attorney by Sarah Hanley for purpose of collecting rents due her in Orange Co., NC. His own will was presented in court on February 03, 1807, some four months following his death."

" James Striegel Tate, Individual 1531X on pages 102 and 103 did fully a third of the research that went into the Vol. II book. He was in almost constant touch with my mother and oldest sister for the last three years of his life. He sent considerable information directly to them and of course he sought information."

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Notes submitted by Roland Tate, descendant, in an email dated 04/14/2001

"The Personal Property Tax listing on the Russell County, VA Gen Web lists our Robert Tate, Jr. as Robert, Sr. and Col. John Tate's son Robert, as Robert Jr. The head of the household was tithed along with white males in the household between the ages of 16 and 21. Some with infirmities and/or old age are exempted and designated with a Zero." "On this forum, they include Col. John Tate, Robert Tate, and William Tate, all in the Lower District. I believe that the Upper district later became a part of Tazewell County. The 1791 List of the Lower District is missing. The Lists otherwise included are from 1787-1802 and 1810."

"In 1787, there was a Robert Tate listed that could be either our Robert Jr. or Robert Sr. (just himself or 1). In 1788, there was no Robert listed, but John was listed as 1 & 1 on two lines. This may be a typing error, or a mistake in the original records. In 1789 and 1790, Robert was taxed 1 (on himself) and 1791 (we don't know)." "In 1792, Robert paid for himself and 1 (16-21). In 1797, Robert is taxed on himself and 2 (16-21_. In 1798, Robert is taxed on himself and 2 (16-21). In 1800, Robert is taxed on himself and 1 (16-21), but none of his children are added to the Tax Lists. In 1801, Robert is taxed on himself and 2 (16-21) and Joseph is taxed on himself. In 1802, Robert is taxed on himself and 2 (16-21)."

"It would be nice if we had the information for 1803 - 1809, but I don't. Both Joesph and Alexander were taxed in 1810, but none of the others of Robert's family were." "James Striegel Tate sent a chart to my mother entitled "Five Tate Brothers of Warren County, Tennessee". In it, he bases the ages of the brothers on the 1830 Federal Census. He uses the 1820 Federal Census for some of the children and some of the wives. I believe that Mentzel and Updike mistakenly calculated from the 1820 Census for the ages of some of the brothers. Anyway, Striegel lists John, James and Robert as being 50 - 60 on the 1830 Federal Census. He lists Alexander and Aaron as being 40 - 50 on the 1830 Federal Census. It seems that Joseph was also among the 50 - 60 group on the 1830 Census. Thus, there were four sons born in the 1770-1780 group and two sons in the 1780-1790 group."

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Notes submitted by Roland Tate, descendant, in an email dated 04/15/2001

"The 1830 Federal Census of Warren County, TN lists John Tate, age 50 - 60, born 1770 - 1780 and Leodicia, age 40 - 50, born 1780 - 1790. On the 1820 Federal Census of Warren County, TN they were listed with six children, 3 males, 3 females between the ages of 16 - 26, 5 children under the ages of 10; 2 males and 3 females. On the 1830 Census, they were listed with 3 males 5 - 10 and 1 female under 5. On the 1840 Census there is 1 male under 5."

"The 1830 Federal Census of Warren County, TN lists James Tate, age 50 - 60, born 1770 1780 and Ruth, age 26 - 45, born 1785 - 1805.

On the 1820 Federal Census of Warren County, TN they were listed with 5 children; 3 males and 2 females between the ages of 16 - 26, 2 children; 1 male and 1 female between the ages of 10 - 16 and 5 children; 5 males, under the age of 10. By the 1830 Census, he had 1 male and 1 female with Ruth between the ages of 5 - 10 and 3 males under 5 with Elizabeth. Elizabeth is age 20 - 30 on the 1830 Census."

"The 1830 Federal Census of Warren County, TN lists Robert H. , age 50 - 60, born 1770 - 1780 and Suzannah, age 26 - 45, born 1785 - 1805. On the 1820 Federal Census of Warren County, TN, they were listed with 4 children, 2 males and 2 females between the ages of 10 - 16 and 4 children; 1 male and 3 females, under 10. From this chart, it appears that in 1830, Suzannah had had 1 male and 1 female ages 5 - 10 and 1 male under 5. His second wife, Cintha, had 1 male under 5. Her age was taken from the 1850 Federal Census of Warren County, TN as 40 - 50, so whe was still quite yound in 1830. On the 1840 Census they are listed with additional children; 2 males and 1 female, ages 5 - 10 and 1 male and 1 female under 5."

"The 1830 Federal Census of Warren County, TN lists Alexander Tate, age 40 - 50, born 1780 - 1790 and Delilah, age 40 - 50, born 1780 - 1790. On the 1820 Federal Census of Warren County, TN they were listed with 2 males under 10. In 1830 they had 2 additional children listed; 1 male and 1 female, ages 15 - 20."

"I will not list Aaron at this time, as there is no doubt that he was the youngest son and since Joseph remained in Virginia, he was not included in the chart. From this, I think that you can see my reasoning for the order of their births."

I concur with Roland's reasoning and have reflected these changes in the birth dates and order of birth for Robert Tate Jr.s children in this file. Note from Ricki Wilkins, descendant.

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Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984; Excerpts from Rebels, Saints and Sinners, An Ancestral History of the Southern States, by Dennis Armfield Tate, 2000

WILL OF ROBERT TATE

Russell County, Virginia

Will Book 2, Pages 122-123

Executed 03 February 1807

Be it remembered that I, Robert Tate of the county of Russell in the State of Virginia being in a very weak and infirm state of body but of sound mind and desirous of settling my worldly affairs do make this my last will and testament giving and bequeathing as follows, viz:

Imprimis,

1st I do give to my wife Mary Tate one Negro woman named Luce and one Negro boy named Jim and also one Negro boy named Sulas and also four cows and calves, two two-year old heifers, one two year old steer and also two bay horses and one gray horse, and also all my household furniture and also all my stock of hogs and also the land I now live on and also all working tools thereto belonging except that piece or parcel of land lying on the south west side of the mill dam beginning at the big spring thence with the dam to the saw pit thence to the cave by the big sink hole thence to the line where it crosses Ovaltons road and also do give to my wife Mary Tate one still and the implements thereto belonging and also all my flock of sheep and also one yearling steer to hold during her natural life or widowhood then at her death or marriage to be divided between my son Joseph Tate and my son Alexander Tate and my son Aaron Tate and my daughter Polly Tate reserving to my wife Mary Tate her third part only in case she should marry.

Item, I give to my son John Tate and my son James Tate that piece or parcel of land above mentioned lying south-west of the mill dam and bounded as above directed, only that my son John Tate and my son James Tate do pay my son Robert Tate a ten hands horse each at the time they receive the land.

I give to my son Robert Tate one Negro girl named Ryah and also one man's saddle.

Item, I do direct that the above mentioned part of my estate except the land be appraised but not sold and also do except the Negro girl named Ryah which I gave to my son Robert Tate.

Item, I do direct that one mare and colt and one two-year old mare, three steers, one two-year old heifer and four of the smallest size of the big barrows to be sold to discharge my debts.

Confirmed and subscribed by me this twentieth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety six.

/s/ Robert X Tate, his mark (Seal) Test: Robert Tate junr., Isaac Tate, John Tate

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Additional Addendum of Will: At a court held for Russell County the third day of February 1807.

This instrument of writing was witnessed in court as and for the last will and testament of Robert Tate dec'd and proven by the oath of John Tate one of the witnesses thereto and the hand writing of Robert Tate junr. another of the witnesses proven by the oath of the said John Tate and William Fugate and thereupon ordered to be recorded. An on motion of Mary Tate who made oath according to law and together with Richard Davis and Colbert Fugate her securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of $2,500 conditioned as the law directs administration with the will annexed is granted her on the said decedents estate in due form.

/s/ Teste Henry Dickenson, C.R.C.

Indenture Page 537 33832;

This indenture made the 14th day of October between John Tate and dicey, his wife; James Tate and Ruth, his wife; and Robert Tate and Susannah, his wife; and Alexander Tate and Delilah, his wife; and Aaron Tate and Becky, his wife, all of Warren County and the State of Tennessee and Merady Price (who married (Polly) Mary Tate), and his wife, of the aforesaid county and state of the one part and Joseph Tate of Russell County vs State of Virginia of the other part witnessed; That the said John Tate and dicey, his wife, James Tate and Ruth, his wife, and Robert Tate and Susannah, his wife and Alexander Tate and Delilah, his wife, and Aaron Tate and Betsy, his wife and Merady and Polly, his wife for and in consideration of the sum of thirteen hundred dollars to them in hand paid by the said Joseph Tate before the sealing and delivery of them present the right whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained and sold unto the said Joseph Tate his heirs and assignees there, several parts of a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Russell County on both sides of Big Moccasin Creek and bounded as follows to whit:

Beginning at a Spanish oak on the gravelly ridge thence south to black oak and dogwoods corner to Richard Davis' conditional corner and with his line to another of said Davis' corner on a dogwood and hickory on a line of Hulloms back of 13 acres and with Hulloms land up the several course and meanders of the creek to a rock on the south back of said creek. Thence, south to a white oak and to a tree on the old patent line thence with the old patent line N33 degrees West 95 poles crossing the creek to a small white oak on the top of a ridge N 5 E 85 poles crossing the walnut hollar to a white oak on the side of a ridge south 71 U 215 poles crossing a branch to the beginning containing one hundred and seventy seven acres it being part of a tract of land of 250 acres of land granted to Robert Tate deceased by patent bearing date the 20th day of April 1784. To have and to hold said tract of land together with all and every of its and there appentunances unto the said Joseph Tate his heirs and assignees forever and the said John Tate, James Tate, Robert Tate, Alexander Tate, Aaron Tate and Meridith Price and there severally gives before mentioned doth hereby warrant and defend the said tract of land unto Joseph Tate, his heirs and assignees against the claims of them and each of them and all persons claiming under them. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and date first above written.

/s/ Robert Tate (seal), Aaron Tate (seal), John Tate (seal), Alexander Tate (seal), Meridith Price (seal), James Tate (seal)

Testament: John Rodgers & Reuben Berryman /s/

I, Mary Tate, do hereby relinquish all my right of dowry on a certain tract of land on Moccasin Creek in Russell County in the State of Virginia, of which my former husband, Robert Tate, granted unto my son, Joseph Tate for value received of him. Given under my hand and seal this 14th day of October and in the year of our Lord, One thousand Eight Hundred and sixteen.

/s/ Mary Tate,

Test: James Tate & John Rodgers

State of Tennessee - Warren County: I Joseph Colville, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarters Session for said court do certify that the execution of the within deed was proven in open court by the oaths of John Rodgers & Reuben Berryman, the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded - let it be registered. I do further certify that the relinquishment of the dowry of Mary Tate widow and wife of Robert Tate dec's was proven in open court by the oaths of John Rodgers and James Tate, the subscribing witnesses thereto. Given under my hand and private seal (at office) having no seal of office (at office) this 7th day of March 1817

/s/ Jos. Colville, Clerk

I, Benjamin Wooton, Chairman or Chief Justice of the County Court of Warren County do certify that Joseph Colville is the proper clerk of our said court and that due faith and credit ought to be give to his official acts as such and that his certificate is in due form of law. Given under my hand March 29, 1817

/s/ Benjamin Wooton. Source Pages 537 & 538, Film 33832 or record thereof.

References: Virginia Historical Magazine, Page 194 states that Robert Tate, (died on July 29, 1806) beneficiaries, wife, Mary; children, Joseph, Alexander, Aaron, Polly, John, James, Robert executors (none) (Mary Tate, administratrix); Testator signed by mark, witnessed, Robert Tate Junr., Isaac Tate, John Tate, Probated February 3, 1807, Page 132, Abstracts of Wills of Russell County, Virginia from 1803 to 1850 by Elihu Jasper Sutherland Will Book B1.

On Page 148 of the Russell County, VA Will Family History Library 33826, An Inventory of the Personal Estate of Robert Tate, deceased dated March 5, 1807 appears:

One Stud horse, 36 pounds sterling; one brown mare, 24 pounds sterling, total 60 pounds sterling. One bay gelding, 36 pounds sterling; one brown jack horse, 24 pounds sterling, total 60 pounds sterling; one sorrel two years old, 12 pounds sterling; one bay filly 3 years old, 15 pounds sterling; one dun colt 7 y, total 18 pounds sterling, 12 shilling; one still, one worm, and one funnel 9 pounds sterling; six wash tubs, 1 fleakabout, 1 barrel and 1 keg, 2 pounds, 13 shilling; 1 large kettle and scale 6 oz., 1 pot and 1 cale ly 3 pounds and 12 shilling; five cows 1 calf, 18 pounds, 5 head of 2 year old cattle, 10 pounds, total 28 pounds; two iron pot racks, 1 pound, 4 shilling; one cutting knife, steel screws and box, 15 shilling; one mulatto girl named Janet, 60 pounds, one set of smith tools, 11 pounds and 2 shilling, twenty head of sheep, 9 pounds, 1 Negro boy named Jack 75 pounds, total 84 pounds, 4 yearlings 3 pounds 6 shilling, one corn harrow, 1 pound, total 4 pounds, 6 shilling. One drag harrow 1/2 belonging to Joseph Tate, 18 shilling, two carshars ploughs #1 clevis, 3 pounds; 4 pair of gears, 5 pounds, 8 shilling; total 8 pounds and 8 shilling. One pair stretchers and one pair double trees, 1 pound, 4 shilling; One big wheel, 15 shilling, one hand saw and one foot auger, 24 shilling, total 1 pound sterling and 19 shilling, one fros?, one iron wedge, 1 inch auger & 1 drawing knife, 17 shilling.

Two chisels, 1 gauge, 1 claw hammer and one round shavs, 12 shilling; three cast boxes, two jack planes and one ford plane total 1 pound sterling and 4 shilling; one sang hoe, 1 twisted link, 1 gig, 2 bells and bell collars, 10 shilling; one old chest and old iron lumber, 6 shilling; four stirrup irons, 1 scythe anvil, 1 inshars and one chisel, 10 shilling, 6 pence, one scythe and cradle, 3 grass scythes and hangings, 2 pounds sterling and 6 pence, two yearling skins 1 y two mash tubs total 1 pound sterling, 4 pence; one wagon, 12 pounds, one log chain, one crowbar, 3 1/2 lbs of iron and two clevises, 13 pounds sterling, 10 shilling and 15 pence; three axes, one mattock, four weeding hoes, one shovel plough, and one sledge hammer, 3 pounds sterling, 6 shilling; two men's saddles and two bridles, 4 pounds sterling and 16 schilling, one side saddle and bridle 6 pounds, four iron pots, 3 dutch ovens and 3 pair of pot hooks, 3 pounds, 15 schilling; one iron pot rack, one pair fire tongs and one fire shovel, 1 pound sterling and 4 schilling, one loom, three slays, one quill wheel dividing bars, 2 pounds sterling and 8 schilling. Total 409 pounds sterling, 17 schilling 2 1/4 pence

/s/ Joseph Sampson, Jonathan Wood and John Wood, witnesses

The foregoing inventory continued March 20, 1807, one whip saw and filings, 2 pounds, 2 schilling; one broad axe 15/total 2 pounds sterling, 17 schilling; one flat iron 4/6, 4 sickles 1y, 1 pair saddle bags 15y, total 1 pound 9 schilling 6 pence; two pewter dishes, 3 casons, eight plates and 25 spoons, 4 pounds, 10 schilling, two coats, 1 waist coat, 1 pair shoe buckles and one small trunk, 3 pounds 12 shilling, two pair old cotton cords and pair wool cords, 13 shillings 6 pence, one pair tow cords 16, razor and strap 6, nine books 18/total 1 pound, 1 schilling 6 pence; one coffee mill and coffee pot 6/ two hackles 10/ total 16 schilling; two bottles 3/ 1 bottle with camphor 4/6; one jug owl 2/9 schilling 6 pence, one large delf dish, 2 plates and 2 earthen crocks, 16 schilling, six punch bowls 11/ two pitchers 6/ total 17 schilling, eleven saucers, eight tea cups, one cream jug, seven tea spoons and one pepper box 7 schilling; three tea pots, 1 sugar pot and one half pint mug, 8 schilling; one vinegar cruet, one have gill glass and one half pint tumbler, 3 schilling.

Inventory of Tate's Estate continued: One fire glass and one pair candle snuffers, 1 schilling, one pewter 9, 1 small tin bucket and 1 tin skimmer, total 11 schilling; half a dozen tin cups, 1 tin quart, 1 tin humpet and strainer, total 7 schilling, 6 pence; 4 3/4 blue cotton yarn 24, 4 vials 2/ one pair shears, 1 pound 6 schilling 6 pence; three spinning wheels and one check reel, 2 pounds 11 schilling, one lindsey hunting shirt, 1 lady shirt and 1 waist coat, 6 schilling; one looking glass 6/; 7 chairs and table 16/ ; 1 large trunk, total 2 pounds 6 schilling, two beds, steads, and furniture below stairs 12 pounds sterling, three beds steads, cords and furniture above stairs, 18 pounds; one woman's saddle and surcingle, 1 pound, 4 schilling; seven knives and nine forks, 6 schilling; 12 lbs feathers 36/; 1 pair steelyards 24/; 1 man;s had 2/; 3 pounds 2 schilling; one small sorrel mare, 17 pounds; 1 Negro girl names Riah; 100 pounds; total 117 pounds; twenty three out hogs, 8 pounds 17 schilling 6 pence, 2 in the pen 19/6 total 9 pounds, 12 schilling; two barrels, one churn, one dye tub, one vinegar cag, one honey cag and one can total 18 schilling; one middle 16, one meal sifter 16, one santhern, 6 pence, total 3 schilling, 6 pence; one ball scythe and one candlestick 7 schilling 6 pence, Total of this page 188 pounds 2 schilling.

/s/ J. Sampson, John Wood, Z Fugate /witnesses/

The foregoing Inventory still continued October 31, 1807; one bay mare and colt; bell and collar, 21 pounds, one small filly one year old, 9 pounds; 1 old sorrel horse, 12 pounds, total 21 pounds; one bay filly two years old, 16 pounds, 10 schilling, Total 58 pounds and 10 schilling plus 188 pounds 2 schilling and 4909 pounds 17 schilling and 2 1/2 pence for a total amount of 655 pounds 9 schilling 2 1/2 pence. We the underneath commissioners being first duly sworn for that purpose do certify that we have appraised the personal estate of Robert Tate deceased, and find the same to be as above stated. Given under our hands this third day of November 1807.

/s/ J. Sampson, John Wood, Z Fugate, Mary Tate Administratrix. At November court 1807, this inventory and appraisement of the estate of Robert Tate, deceased was produced in court and ordered to be recorded, Testa: /s/ Henry Dickenson C R C.

Brand of Robert Tate's livestock:

Ordered that Robert Tate's mark for his livestock a crop in the right ear and crop of the left ear be recorded. Washington County, May 16, 1782.

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From The Tate Families of Russell County, VA, by David Farris, Gateway Press, 1986

The ancestors of Col. John Tate and his brother Robert Jr. are uncertain. Their whereabouts prior to their arrival in Southwest Virginia in the late 1760's or early 1770's has not been determined. There are some pieces of information that do point to the Tate family who first settled in York Co. in about 1635. This family lived in New Kent Co., which came out of York Co. from the mid -1660's, and through the 1760's in Hanover and Louisa Counties. Both Hanover and Louisa Counties came out of New Kent.

The association John and Robert Tate with this Tate family stems from the similarities in the family names, but more importantly, from their departure to Orange County, North Carolina. This connection can be made through John Tate's wife Mary Bracken.

Mary Bracken's grandfather, William Bracken, immigrated from England in 1699, landing in Philadelphia aboard the "Britannia" of Liverpool. He settled in New Castle, Delaware where he became well enough off to give land to his sons. John Bracken, Mary's father, sold his land in 1763 and left New Castle. He moved to Orange County, NC were he is recorded in 1766 and died in 1770.

The Tate family moved from the Louisa County area sometime in the 1760's with many of them settling in the Orange, Guilford and Caswell Counties of North Carolina. The census of 1790 shows the children of John Bracken living adjacent to several members of the Louisa County Tate family in the Chatham District. It is very possible that John and Mary Tate never did move to North Carolina, but struck out on their own during this time of westward movement.

Specific records of John and Robert (Jr.) Tate start in what was Botetourte County about 1770. Robert accumulated more land than John. Col. John Tate was active in the settlement of the area of what was to become Russell County. Both he and his brother Robert were very active in area affairs, with John the more civic minded of the two. A Robert Tate, possibly Robert and John's father, died in Russell County about 1794.

John Tate settled in Moccasin Creek in 1772, on land that Francis Fugate had lived on. John and Mary Tate remained their the rest of their lives. In the 1770's and 1780's he was active in the Militia, and he served as a Justice of the Court and as sheriff of Russell County. His daughter, Hannah, born about 1772, married Colbert Fugate about 1789 or 1790.

Robert Tate was not as active in civic affairs and less is know of him. His wife Mary's family is unknown. His oldest son Joseph married Margaret Floyd sometime before 1805. Joseph's son and Robert's grandson, Elisha, married Eliza Davenport. Elisha and Eliza Tate's daughter, Permelia Jane Tate married Ferdinand Joseph Colbert Fugate in 1850. This would make F.J.C Fugate and Permelia Jane Tate third cousins, sharing a common great-great grandfather, Robert Tate Sr.

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Robert Tate, who, resided in Washington County, VA, assisted in establishing independence while acting in the capacity of a Surveyor of the Road and as a member of a Jury, qualifying him for service as a patriot in the Revolutionary War. He was a Surveyor of the Road from May 14, 1781 until April 16, 1783. He service on a Jury in 1782.

Cites: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800 by Lewis Preston Summers, Page 843; Copies of Washington County, VA court minutes, Minute Book 1, pages 113, 144 and 188.

It is also probable that Robert served with the "Kings Mountain Men" a group of militia formed in his area, however we have not yet found documentation to support this. The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has a concise application on Robert Tate and list all of his sources regarding his service. Descendants have been admitted into the association.

More About ROBERT (JR.) TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Tate Cemetery, Russell County, Va

Children of ROBERT TATE and MARY are:

4. WILLIAM² TATE (ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1747 in Augusta County, VA, and died September 15, 1803 in Russell Co, VA. He married ELIZABETH. She died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

William Tate, born about 1747 of Augusta or Botetourt County, VA, died September 15, 1803 testate. He settled in Washington County about the time, John and Robert did and is thought to be a brother. He was on the tax rolls for 1784. On February 20, 1793, Joel Hobbs and wife Margaret sold 145 acres on both sides of Big Moccasin Creek, a spur of Clinch Mountain on the Holston River to William Tate. It would seem that he was not a public spirited man, however, there are so many acts attributed to the other William Tate over this period that I wonder if this William Tate was active, but the other William has received all of the credit, living in the same county as they did. He lived within five miles of Col. John and Robert Tate. He executed his will, September 15, 1803 in Russell County, VA, probated October 25, 1803 by wife Elizabeth.

References: VA Tax Rolls; Russell County Deed Book 1, page 254, Will Book 2, pages 42, 43.

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WILL OF WILLIAM TATE

Russell County, Virginia

Will Book 2, Pages 42-43

Executed 25 October 1803

In the name of God, Amen

I William Tate of the county of Russell in the State of Virginia, being in a weak and infirm state of body but of sound mind and desirous of settling my worldly affairs do make this my last will and testament giving and bequeathing as follows:

After my lawful debts and funeral charges being paid Item, To my wife, Elizabeth Tate the land that I now live on during her natural life; After the decease of my wife Elizabeth I give and bequeath to my son William Tate that part of the tract of land aforesaid including the house that I now live in and with an with a direct course from the west side of the house to the sugar camp and a direct course with the west side of said house crossing the creek to the line of said land including the upper end of said tract.

Item, To my son Joseph Tate and my son Robert Tate all that part or tract of land from the house aforesaid with the aforesaid conditional lines including the lower end of the above tract of land.

Item, To my wife Elizabeth Tate one besion mare and one grey mare, three cows and two calves, eleven head of sheep and all the hogs that now own and all my household furniture now belong to me and all the tools and implements belonging to me during her natural life excepting the grey mare which my son Robert is to have when he arrives at twenty one years of age and all my

moveable property this is not otherwise directed after the death of my wife Elizabeth shall be disposed of as herein after directed that is to say to my son Isaac Tate my son Joseph Tate my son William Tate my son Robert Tate and my daughter Peggy each to have equal shares.

Item, To my son William Tate one sorrel horse colt.

I do further appoint Robert Tate junr, Executor of my estate; confirmed and subscribed by me this15th day of September 1803.

William X Tate

Robert Tate Junr

John Tate

Samuel Tate

At a court held for Russell County the 25th day of October 1803. This instrument of writing was exhibited in court as and for the last will and testament of William Tate deceased and proven by the oaths of Robert Tate Junr. and John Tate and Samuel Tate witnesses hereto and ordered to be recorded. And on motion of Robert Tate Junr. Executor therein named certificates is granted for

obtaining Setters Testamentary in due form he having first made oath and entered into and acknowledged his bond in the sum of two thousand dollars together with John Tate his security conditioned as the law directs.

Children of WILLIAM TATE and ELIZABETH are:

5. JANE³ TATE (JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1763 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA, and died Bef. December 09, 1829 in Pulaski County, KY. She married HENRY HADDOX (HADDIN?). He died Unknown.

Notes for JANE TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Jane Tate, daughter of Col. John Tate and Mary Bracken Tate was born about 1763 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA and died prior to December 9, 1829, when the heirs of Col. John Tate met to dispose of their inheritance. After she married, she settled in Pulaski County, KY.

References: Russell County, VA, Deed Book 8, page 370.

Children of JANE TATE and HENRY (HADDIN?) are:

6. ROBERT³ TATE (JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 31, 1768 in Fincastle, VA, and died August 03, 1844 in Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY. He married WINNIE ATKINSON Abt. 1805. She was born August 1766 in SC, and died April 13, 1856 in Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY.

Notes for ROBERT TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Robert Tate was born July 31, 1768 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA, son of Col. John and Mary Bracken Tate. He settled very early in 1773 in Augusta County, VA. In 1776, Washington County was organized so he grew up in the same place on Big Moccasin Creek, a spur of Clinch Mountain and Holston River. He died in Pulaski County, KY. He married Winnie Atkinson, and settled in KY in about 1806 with his siblings, Major Samuel Bracken Tate, Hannah Fugate and Martha Buster. They were living in KY in 1810 with two children. His will February 15, 1844, probated August 19, 1844 with heirs only: Mary Short, Lidia and Joseph Smith, Samuel B. Tate, Peter Smith and Samuel. Samuel was executor. Witnessed by H. N. Beaty.

References: Wills Pulaski County, KY

Robert Tate was a slave owner. A very religious man, always wearing fancy deerskin clothing and a hunting shirt at religious meetings.

Children of ROBERT TATE and WINNIE ATKINSON are:

7. HANNAH³ TATE (JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1772 in Russell County, VA, and died June 03, 1844 in Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY. She married COLBERT O. FUGATE 1800 in VA, son of MARTIN FUGATE and MARY MARTIN. He was born 1759 in Frederick County, VA, and died 1819 in Russell County, VA.

Notes for HANNAH TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Hannah Tate was born about 1772 on Big Moccasin Creek, near Lebanon, Russell County, VA and died near Tateville, KY in 1844. She was the daughter of Col. John and Mary Bracken Tate. She married Colbert O. Fugate, born 1759 and died in Tateville, Pulaski County, KY, August 1819. However, in 1810, the family lived in Clay County, KY. He was undoubtedly the son of old Francis Fugate, who was living on land near where Col. John Tate settled in 1772 and who died testate in 1781. Col. John Tate, Robert Tate, William Houston and Jonathan Wood appointed to appraise the estate of Francis Fugate, deceased, estate. His will is of record in Russell County, VA, July 7, 1819. Probate September 14, 1819, Wife Hannah. Children, Samuel Bracken, Isaac Beverly, Lucinda Clark (minor), Lydia Drucilla Melford, Robert Fugate, Zachariah, in Scott County, Va, Mary Dorton, John Fugate on Moccasin Ridge, Edith Fugate, Ex. Col. John Tate, father-in-law, and Robert Fugate, witnesses: Benjamin Sasile, Andrew McHenry.

References: Chalkley Volume 2, Page 144, 145, 146. Family Records, Russell County, VA, Will Book 4, Page 8; Augusta County, VA.

Notes for COLBERT O. FUGATE:

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From The Fugate Family of Russell Co., VA by David Farris, Gateway Press 1986

There is some doubt as to who the original Fugate was in America. Early genealogists thought that Peter LaFoucate of Baltimore County, Maryland was the original settler. Further study, however, casts doubt on this and points to James Fugett who married Martha Poel (Poole). James was the son of James Fugett and Emaline Lamb of Ltegray, London.

James Fugett married Martha Poel in Henrico County, Virginia in 1694. The county was established in 1611, just four years after Jamestown. It extended on both sides of the James River from the junction of the James and Appomattox Rivers to the Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1634 there were 4914 settlers in Virginia, with 419 of these in Henrico County. In 1694 Henrico County consisted of Goochland (1727), Albemarle (1744), Amherst(1761), Fluvanna(1777), Nelson, Chesterfield (1747), Cumberland(1749), Buckingham(1732), Powhatan and part of Appomattox Counties as well as the cities of Richmond, Charlottesville and Colonial Heights. The boundaries have remained essentially unchanged since 1747.

They are known to have resided in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina, from 1697 to 1702.

Josias Fugate is the earliest confirmed Fugate. He resided in the Northern Neck of Virginia in the Brunswick Parish of King George County. In Josias' will, dated 18 March, 1757, he mentions his sons Francis, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin and daughter Ann Swillavant, as well as his wife, Mary. Mary has, by tradition, been assumed to be Mary Martin. It is probable that his sons John, Josias, Randolph, and Martin, had moved elsewhere to settle. Randolph is known to have been in Orange County, Virginia, by 1738.

Martin Fugate was recorded in Frederick County in 1755. The area he was located in was possibly the area known as Dunmore County from 1772 to 1777, renamed Shenandoah County in 1777, and later divided into Page and Warren Counties. He was also recorded in Culpeper Co., Virginia, in 1761, 1763, and 1775. It is probable that all his children were born in this area. His brother John Jr. was recorded as selling his land in the same area on 09 October, 1771 then purchasing land in 1772 in the Moccasin

Valley in what was then Botetourt County, and later Fincastle, Washington, and finally Russell County. Martin was first noted in Russell County in 1789 as "exempt from taxation". It was in Russell County that Martin Fugate's estate was settled on 29 June, 1803.

The area which is now Russell County was an intertribal Indian hunting preserve until 1745 when it became part of Augusta County. Between 1769 and 1785 it was contained in Botetourt, Fincastle, and Washington Counties. In 1786, Russell Country was formed from Washington County. The boundary lines extended from Clinch Mountain to the Cumberland Gap on the Kentucky Border and eastward to a point near Bluefield, Virginia. In 1790 the County had a population of 3338, including 190 slaves.

The first known group of settlers arrived in Castles Woods, in 1770. Among this group, then considered squatters, was Charles Bickley, brother of Mary Carter. They claimed and settled on land to which they could not obtain legal title because of problems with the Loyal Company, Indians, and the Crown. Many of these first settlers did not obtain legal right to their land until the 1780s. A good account of the settlement of Southwest Virginia is given by Judge Lyman Chalkley.

In 1772, Francis Fugate settled at Moccasin Creek, one year after Col. John Tate. In 1774, because of continuing Indian raids, Captain William Russell was ordered to build a number of palisade forts as a means of protection. These forts, which protected many of the Fugate ancestors include Elk Garden Fort, where Solomon Litton was captured by Indians, Fort Blackmore, where Dale Carter was killed, and Tate's Fort, located on Col. John Tate's land. Following them were, among others, Colbert Fugate, Robert Tate Sr. and Robert Tate Jr.

The Moccasin Valley, where most of the Fugates and Tates settled, is a fertile but rocky farming area located in the southwestern part of Russell County. It extends from Hansonville to near Big Moccasin Gap in Scott County, with Clinch Mountain on the south and Moccasin Ridge on the North. The name of Big Moccasin Creek, attributed to Daniel Boone about 1769 after the first settlers found Indian moccasin footprints in the soft mud of the creek banks.

Martin Fugate had at least 4 sons Francis, Henley, Zachariah, and Colbert were all mentioned in court records. In addition, Benjamin and William Fugate, all residing in Moccasin Creek are probably his sons. He also may have had a daughter, Ann, married to Samuel Haddix of Moccasin Creek. A possible second daughter, married to James McCarty, was killed by Indians in 1788.

Martin's son Colbert, as well as Colbert's son, Isaac Beverly Fugate, who was born on 04 May, 1804, lived in Moccasin Valley, Russell County their entire lives.

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Colbert Fugate came to Russell County, VA in 1771 and settled on what was known as Big Moccasin Creek. Colbert Fugate served in Virginia's legislature for two terms. Colbert and his wife are buried on the family plantation which is still in the Tate family of Lebanon, VA. John Tate and Mary Bracken are buried there also.

WILL OF COLBERT FUGATE

Russell County, Virginia

Will Book 4, Page 8

Executed 14 September 1819

In the name of God. Amen!

I, Colbert Fugate of the county of Russell and State of Virginia being sick and weak in body but of sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with - I give and bequeath the same in manner following, that is to say:

1st. I bequeath to Hannah Fugate, my wife, the plantation whereon I now live together with my farming utensils and household furniture except such part thereof as is herein otherwise disposed of, my stock of hogs, one Sorrell mare called Phillis, one three year old colt called the Brafford colt, three milk cows to be chosen by herself and all my slaves also ten head of sheep; all which I give

and bequeath to her during her widowhood for the maintenance of herself and my infant children, Samuel Bracken, Isaac Beverly, Lucinda Clark and Lydia Drucilla Milford Fugate. If my said wife should hereafter marry then it is my will and desire that she should have the use of my said plantation during her natural life together with every thing above devised to her, except my slaves, which in that event, she is to have no part of.

2d. I have heretofore given to my son Robert Fugate and conveyed to him, the tract of land whereon he lives except a small portion of the purchase money which he paid, in addition to which and bequeath to him fifty acres of land adjoining his said plantation, which said 50 acres was purchased by my said son Robert and myself, together with all other property advanced by me to him.

3d. I have given to my son Zachariah Fugate the plantation in Scott County which I purchased of James Gibson Sen. who did not convey the same previous to his death, some of his heirs have conveyed part of it to my said son Zachariah & myself. It is my will and I hereby bequeath to my said son Zachariah the said plantation together with all the other property which I have advanced

to him, and desire that a complete conveyance be made to him of the said land by the heirs and representatives of said Gibson, or if they all not make the said conveyance, that by a suit as he compel them to do so. And this property being more than I desire for the share of my said son, Zachariah, I require that he pay to my son Samuel Bracken Fugate within seven years from the

date of this my will, five hundred dollars which I leave as a charge on the said land.

4th. I bequeath to my daughter Mary Dorton one hundred dollars in cash, in addition to what I have already advanced to her, and in addition to her equal share with my other children of such devices herein after inserted as shall dispose of any part of my property in that manner.

5th. I bequeath to my son John one hundred acres of land lying on Mocherson Ridge at the head of Dever's branch and one hundred dollars in cash, in addition to what I have already advanced him, and also in addition to what will be herein after devised to him equally with my other children.

6th. I bequeath to my daughter Edith one grey mare, saddle and bridle which she has not in possession; two good cows being those two called hers. Eight head of sheep: One feather bed and furniture and one hundred dollars in cash in addition to what will be herein after devised to her equally with my other children.

7th. I bequeath to my son Samuel Bracken Fugate five hundred dollars to be paid him as aforesaid by my son Zachariah. Also two cows, one two year hold heifer and one yearling, one spotted 2 year old colt, a bridle and saddle to be purchased by my executors and to be worth thirty dollars; one feather bed and furniture, and if the said horse dies before my said son attains full age, then I give him one hundred dollars in addition. I also give to my said son Samuel Bracken my Negro boy Billy hereby revoking so much of the devise to my wife as as gives the said Negro boy Billy to her. I also give to my said son Samuel Bracken the north west quarter of section seven of township four north, in range eight west of the tract of country appropriate for military bounty land in the state of Illinois, which quarter section contains one hundred and sixty acres, and was conveyed to me by Thomas Ja_____

and Mary his wife.

8th. I bequeath to my son Isaac Beverly Fugate ____in the plantation whereon I now live. _____ ____him in fee simple one third of the said plantation when he attains full age so as such third does not interfere with the buildings thereon. One Sorrell mare colt, one cow, and calf, a bridle and saddle worth thirty dollars to be purchased by my executors, one feather bed and furniture. By the plantation whereon I live I mean the tract I first purchased and all others which I have since added to it, and I hereby revoke so much of the devise to my wife as is inconsistent with this devise.

9th. I bequeath to my daughters Lucinda Clark and Lydia Drucilla Melford being my two youngest children four hundred dollars each to be paid by my executors when they the said Lucinda & Lydia severally attain full age; and I desire that my executors should place out this money in safe hands at interest for the use and benefit of my said two daughters.

10th. All my personal estate not herein specifically devised I direct shall be sold by my executors, and the money arising therefrom, after the payment of just debts and funeral expenses, to be first applied to the payment of the pecuniary legacies herein devised and not otherwise provided for and the residue if any to be equally divided amongst all my children except my sons Robert & Zachariah

to whom I have already devised their full proportion of my estate, and all that I intend for them.

11th. I desire my executors to sell a small tract of land lying in Scott County, adjoining the lands Samuel Stalliards lived on till his death, and also a tract of land in Russell County called the Crockett place lying on the head of the Drift Timber branch for which I hold Ashur Crockett s bond for title and for which a suit is now pending in the County Court of Chancery at Russell courthouse, and the money arising therefrom to go in aid of the fund created by the 10th devise herein made, and to be applied in the same manner as

the money is therein directed to be applied.

12th. I direct my executors or the survivors of them after the lapse of ten years from this date to sell a tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres, lying in the Illinois state being the north east quarter of section twenty three of Township five north in range six west. And I require my said executors to pay the taxes thereon and to do all that ____ _____to ____the said land until the time

arrives when they are herein directed to sell it. And when sold the money is to be applied as in the 10th devise herein made is directed.

13th. After the death or marriage of my said wife I direct that all my slaves and their issue herein before specifically devised to any of my children to be equally divided amongst my children except my two sons Robert and Zachariah to whom I have already devised all the portion of my estate that I intend for them.

14th. And lastly I herein appoint my father-in-law John Tate and my son Robert Fugate executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills made by me and establishing this to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Colbert Fugate (Seal)

Signed sealed and published as his last will and testament in presence of us. Benjamin Estill, Andrew McHenry

Virginia

At a superior court of law continued and held for Russell County the 14th day of September 1819. This instrument of writing was exhibited in court as and for the last Will and Testament of Colbert Fugate deceased, and proven by the oaths of Benjamin Estill & Andrew McHenry the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of John Tate and Robert Fugate executors therein named who took the oath of an executor, and together with James McFarlane and Andrew Caldwell their securities, entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of eight thousand dollars, conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted them for obtaining probate of the said will in due form

Teste, James P. Carrell DC

Children of HANNAH TATE and COLBERT FUGATE are:

8. SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³ TATE (JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born November 11, 1775 in Russell County, VA, and died May 21, 1845 in Pulaski Co, KY. He married JANE OWENS August 14, 1798 in Russell County, VA, daughter of WILLIAM OWENS and NANCY OWEN. She was born November 11, 1778 in Russel Co, VA, and died November 23, 1861 in Pulaski Co, KY.

Notes for SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR) TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Samuel Bracken Tate was born November 11, 1775 on Big Moccasin Creek near Lebanon, Russell County, Va, son of Col. John and Mary Bracken Tate. It is recited that he was born in Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA. He served in the was of 1812, joined August 23, 1813, and was discharged November 4. 1813. He died on May 21, 1845 near Tateville, Somerset, Pulaski County, KY where they settled in 1806. He married on August 14, 1798, Jane Owens, the daughter of William and Nancy Owens, cousins.

He was a witness to the will of William Tate, who died in Russell County, VA, in 1803. William is thought to be his uncle. In 1810, Pulaski County, KY Samuel Tate had a family of four sons under ten years of age and several girls. He was a witness to the will of his son, Reverend John Tate in 1841 and executor of his brother Robert Tate's will in 1844. His own estate record has not been found.

References: Wills of Pulaski County, KY; State Historical Society, Volume 27, Page 44; Pulaski County, KY; by Alma Owen Tribbals, Pages 48, 55, 154; KY History Page 441.

More About SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR) TATE:

Military service: War of 1812 - Virginia

Notes for JANE OWENS:

Six of her ten children born in the month of November. Must be something about those cold Februarys.

Children of SAMUEL TATE and JANE OWENS are:

9. MARTHA (MATTIE)³ TATE (JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1777 in Washington County, VA, and died 1847 in Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY. She married JOHN BUSTER. He died 1847 in Pulaski Co, KY.

Notes for MARTHA (MATTIE) TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

This family settled in Tateville, Pulaski County, KY within five miles of the town and died there.

Reference: KY State History Society, Volume 27, Page44

Children of MARTHA TATE and JOHN BUSTER are:

10. ISAAC³ TATE (JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 27, 1780 in Russell County, VA, and died Unknown. He married MARGARET (PEGGY) WILSON. She was born January 04, 1786 in Russell County, VA, and died Unknown.

Notes for ISAAC TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Isaac Tate was born on Big Moccasin Creek, near Lebanon, Washington County, VA, later Russell County, VA. Son of Col. John and Mary Bracken Tate. He migrated, after 1829, to or near Tateville, Pulaski County, KY and died there. His father, Col. John died intestate, however, he had given Isaac a tract of land, but did not deed it to him, consequently, after his death in 1828, the family met and signed a deed to Isaac conveying the 108 acres on which he then lived. The deed was dated December 9, 1829. On September 28, 1833, Isaac Tate and his wife, Margaret (Peggy) sold the 108 acres and 290 acres, a part of which was surveyed by John Tate, Hugh McClung and Thomas Hobbs.

Reference: Russell County, VA, Deed Book 9, page 384.

Children of ISAAC TATE and MARGARET WILSON are:

11. LYDIA³ TATE (JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1785 in Russell County, VA, and died October 15, 1854 in Scott County, VA. She married WILLIAM FUGATE 1810, son of MARTIN FUGATE and MARY MARTIN. He was born 1783 in Russell County, VA, and died Unknown.

Notes for LYDIA TATE:

It is unlikely that Lydia was the mother of William T., May and Lucinda as she was over 50 years old when these children were born. These may have been grandchildren.

Death:The Fugate Family of Russell Co., VA by David Faris, Gateway

Press, 1986

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Scott Co., VA Death Register page 3:

"Lidia Fugate died October 15, 1854, at the age of 69. Her parents were

John and Mary Tate. She was born on Big Moccasin. She was the wife of

Wiliam Fugate. Mary P. Fugate, her daughter, reported the death."

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Notes for WILLIAM FUGATE:

From The Fugate Family of Russell Co., VA by David Faris, Gateway Press, 1986, Gateway Press, 1986 Page 54:

"William Fugate received a warrant for one hundred acres on the south side of Moccasin Creek and north side of Clinch Mountain in Russell County on 3 Feb 1812 with survey recorded in Russell County Surveyor's Book 2:85 on 2 Apr. 1814. William Fugate purchased twenty acres on the south side of Moccasin Creek from Meshack & Aggie Stacy on 12 Aug 1808 (Russell County Deed Book 4:239). In the personal property tax list of 1810 William Fugate was recorded as one white tithable with no slaves and two horses. He was made constable in Russell county with his brother Benjamin in 1812. The land of William Fugate appears to have been in that part of Russell county which after 1814 was in Scott County.

Children of LYDIA TATE and WILLIAM FUGATE are:

12. JOHN³ TATE (ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1772 in Russell County, VA, and died 1845. He married LEDDICIA (DICEY) HOGG Abt. 1807. She was born 1783 in VA, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume 2, by Laura W. Mentzel and Ethel S. Updike, 1984.

John Tate was born about 1783 in Big Moccasin Creek, a spur of Clinch Mountain near Lebanon which later became Russell County, VA. He was mentioned in the will of his father Robert Tate, on July 29, 1796 and signed with his heirs in 1816.

He was given the parcel of land southwest of Mill Dam to Ovelton's Road. On February 20, 1801, John Tate purchased from John Wood of Russell County, VA for 25 pounds, 100 acres on Big Moccasin Creek granted to John Wood by Patent on January 1, 1800 adj. John Johnson and a cliff of Moccasin Creek. On July 7, 1807, John Tate and his wife, Leodicie (Dicey) sold 100 acres to Ephraim Johnson of Sullivan County, TN. Also on that same day, John and Dicey completed another transaction with Mary Hogg, believed to be Dicey's mother. Land was assigned to Dicey Hogg by Henry Creek or Cook, before her marriage to John Tate. Signature Leodicie Tate. It is thought they married about that time.

On August 6, 1806, John Tate, James, Joseph and Robert Tate signed a petition to have a new County formed. John settled with his brother Alexander on Dry Creek, Warren County, TN and apparently lived there the remainder of his life.

On February 13, 1812, Vincent Hobbs of Lincoln County, TN sold to John Tate of Warren County, TN, land on Collins River, witnessed by James Clendenon, and on October 3, 1818, John Tate of Warren County, TN sold to John Tate, land on Collins River witnessed by Alexander Tate. On July 4, 1841, a notation for Edward Hoge, dec'd estate, by James Davidson and Hood Tate. (They were probably Dicey's people.)

The only John Tate listed in Warren County, TN in 1820 is over 45 with a large family, 5 sons and 6 daughters; wife 26-45. In 1830 there were 4 sons and as many daughters. In 1845, he had died intestate, a farmer who left few records. He had eleven children. The only children identified are those shown on the 1850 Census of Warren County, TN.

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Book P, page 355, Regional offices, Warren County, Deed of Trust dated March 5, 1844. John Tate to R. M. Stepp, Trustee, to secure payment of $120.00 to James Walker and Sterling Savage mentions Dicy Tate as being the widow of John Tate when the land was sold by said Trustee on January 18, 1847. John Tate died between March 1844 and January 1847. This is the place now known as the David Coppinger or Levi Scott place and was entered by Vincent Hubbs. R. M. Stepp sold this to Jacob Woodlee Sr., January 18, 1847 containing 80 acres.

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Warren County, TN Will Book 2

Page120-121. 1st Monday in October, 1845. It appears to the Court that John Tate, late a citizen of Warren County is dead, having made no will. His residence at time of death was said county. Dicy Tate and Edward Smith make application for letters of administration. Granted.

Page 146-147. No Date. Sale bill of the property of John Tate, dec'd. Purchases by M. B. Tate, Sarah Tate, John Tate, and others.

Page 276. November 2, 1847. Report of settlement with Dicy Tate and Edward Smith, administratrix and administrator of John Tate, dec'd.

Children of JOHN TATE and LEDDICIA HOGG are:

13. JAMES (MAJOR)³ TATE (ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1778 in Moccasin Creek, Russell County, VA, and died April 19, 1849 in Warren County, TN. He married (1) RUTH DAVIDSON 1798 in Scott County, VA. She was born Abt. 1784 in Scott County, VA, and died Unknown. He married (2) ELIZABETH (BECKY) SMITH February 23, 1829 in Warren County, TN. She was born August 08, 1807 in NC, and died November 25, 1867 in Decatur County, TN.

Notes for JAMES (MAJOR) TATE:

Excerpt the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984, and transcripts from Tennessee Militia Muster Rolls, Source location: NA, Washington DC, RG NO. 94, Stack Area 9W3, Row 17, Compartment 20, Shelf Bottom, Box 239 No. NNRI/M, described under record identification as 1 Brown NA Box, Copelands W. Tenn Militia Muster Rolls. ) More information is annotated and displayed at http://www.rootsweb.com~combs/records/tn-war14.htm.

"Born in 1778 in Big Moccasin Creek, a spur of Clinch Mountain on the Holston River, some 15 miles from Lebanon, Russell County, VA. Son of Robert and Mary Tate. Here he grew up and married Ruth Davidson, daughter of James Davidson (Davison) of Russell and Scott Counties, VA (1826 Scott County, VA Wills), in 1798. It is believed that he migrated to Warren County, TN before his father died in 1806 with Ruth and children.

In 1806 he met with some of his brothers (he and four of his brothers, Aaron, Alexander, John and Robert, are listed on the 1820 Warren County, TN tax rolls) and others to petition for a New County where they lived, consequently in 1807 Warren County was organized. James and his brother Robert settled in a remote section of the County, on Taylor Creek, until after he married his second wife (Elizabeth Smith) and moved to the mountains, in what later became Grundy County, TN. He accumulated a considerable amount of land (over 20,000 acres) in the valley, as well as on the Cumberland Plateau where he maintained a distillery. (Warren County was a major producer of apple brandy during his lifetime.)

He served in the War of 1812 at the rank of Captain, later promoted to Major and was known as Major Tate from that time on. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Warren County and was prominent in business and public affairs. Warren County Militiamen in the Creek Indian Wars of 1814, Captain James Tait's (Tate) Company, Col. Stephen Copeland's 3rd West Tennessee Regiment, General Thomas Johnson Brigade. The Creek Indian Wars of 1814 were classified by the U. S. Government as a "sub-war' of the War of 1812. Several militia companies were organized from the area of Warren County, TN and it's adjacent counties, including that of Capt. James Tait. Not only did Capt. Tait muster and pay rolls survive, but so did his personal pay voucher which specified dates, actual miles traveled and locations. The militia records of 1814 are particularly valuable to researchers because so many of these men were under 20 years of age--too young to have appeared on the 1812 Warren County tax lists, and often gone by 1820. The following is an exact transcription from the original records:

Voucher: The United States to James Tait, Capt.

For transporting 1100 lbs. his private baggage as a Captain in the Regiment of West Tennessee Militia, commanded by Col. Stephen Copeland composing part of Genl. Thos. Johnson's brigade; ordered into service of the United States, on an expedition against the hostile Creek Indians from the 28th Jan to the 18th day of May 1814 viz.

From Fort deposit (?) to Fort Strother 53

From Thence to Fort Williams 59

From thence to Tahopehsa & back to Ft. Williams 105

From Ft. Williams on ti---m March

by way of Caharvlea (?) to Fort Deposit (?) 157

From thence Fayetteville the primary

place of rendevious 57

Miles --------miles is 431

$34.48

Less $ 4.24

/s/James Tait $30.24

I do swear that the witin account is just and true, and that I performed the different marches, agreeable to the distance herein charged; and that on no part of the said several routes and distances was I allowed any public transportation whatever, for my private baggage allowed me as a Captain owing to a deficiency of the public means of transportation (sic) in said regiment or brigade, and that I have never received any money or other compensation from the United States in lieu thereof, or any part thereof herein charged, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

James Tate Capt.

Sate of Tennessee

Warren Caunty (sic)

Sworn to and subscribed before me

this 9th day of Jan 1817

John Cunningham

Justis of the peace

I certify that James Tait (sic) who filed this Claim served a Captain in the Regiment under my command which Regiment composed a part of Genl. Thomas Johnstons Brigad of West Tennessee Militia in the service of the United States and that he performed the different marches as herein charged or stated.

Signed Stephen Copeland - Col

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Recd. May 22nd 1818 of Howell Tatum agent for the department of War, Thirty dollars and Twenty four cents in full for this acct.

Signed James Tait

Test H L A (?) Gamble

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He and Ruth Davidson had thirteen children. They were divorced before February 23, 1829 when he married Elizabeth Smith. He and Elizabeth were the parents of five children.

That he was the son of Robert and Mary Tate of Russell Co. VA was recited in a deed dated October 14, 1816, Russell Co., VA, when the heirs of Robert Tate decided to dispose of certain land. James and wife Ruth; John and wife Dicey; Robert and wife Susannah; Alexander and wife Delilah and Mary "Polly" and husband Marady Price, met and sold the land to their brother Joseph Tate. The mother Mary who was also in Warren Co., TN, signed her dower to the son Joseph Tate who remained on the old plantation in Russell Co., VA.

Major James Tate also executed a will. He died testate April 19, 1849, buried in Philadelphia Cemetery, 13 miles south of McMinnville, TN. The will was contested, went to the Supreme Court of TN. The widow, Elizabeth received most of the estate. However, all of the children were named. Robert and Davidson Tate were named administrators.

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In an email dated February 16, 2001, Bill Ansley writes:

Major James Tate married Ruth Davidson. Her maiden name furnished by fults@infoave.net on 7/1998 (Ruth Savage

Fults). Ruth's father was James Davidson, per same source. Major James Tate is buried at Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery in either Grundy Co TN or county just to the north of Grundy?...I've visited the cemetery and have viewed his stone...a large oblisque? He divorced Ruth, a matter that went to the TN state legislature, almost unheard of during that

era. After the Major's death, his former wife and children by that marriage fought his will (which left them nothing) but lost. The Major owned some 26,000 acres on Grundy Mountain.

More About JAMES (MAJOR) TATE:

Burial: 1849, Philadelphia Cemetery, Grundy County, TN

Military service: 1812, War of 1812 (Tennessee Militia)

Notes for ELIZABETH (BECKY) SMITH:

In the Will of her son, J. W. M. Tate, book 5, Warren County, TN, he states that his mother died and was buried in West TN.

Source: Thomas Jefferson Barnes Papers, Tennessee State Archives, Film #634-2, H101-V192

More About ELIZABETH (BECKY) SMITH:

Burial: Unknown, Smith Chapel Cemetery, Western TN

Children of JAMES TATE and RUTH DAVIDSON are:

Children of JAMES TATE and ELIZABETH SMITH are:

14. JOSEPH³ TATE (ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 11, 1778 in Botetourt County, VA, and died March 16, 1843 in Lebanon, Russell County, VA. He married MARGARET (MARY) FLOYD. She died Unknown.

Notes for JOSEPH TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Joseph Tate was born on Big Moccasin Creed, a spur of Clinch Mountain on the Holston River, near Lebanon, Russell County, VA of Robert and Mary Tate. That his wife was Margaret (Mary) Floyd is indicated by several deeds. On March 25, 1800, Robert Tate and his wife Mary sold to Joseph Tate, 50 acres on both sides of the Big Moccasin Creek, a steep spur of Clinch Mountain, adjacent to William Hullams and Richard Davis. No doubt, a gift, shortly after his marriage.

On October 14, 1816, the heirs of Robert Tate, deceased, all residents now, or Warren County, TN, sold to Joseph Tate, the home plantation consisting of 177 acres, it being a part of a tract of land 250 acres patented to Robert Tate on April 20, 1784. Mary Tate, the widow of Robert Tate, of Warren County, TN signed dower to her son, Joseph. On July 15, 1825, Joseph Tate and wife, Margaret of Russell, County, Va sold 100 acres to Elish Tate, on both sides of Big Moccasin Creek. Joseph died March 16, 1843.

William Tate who is indebted to Elisha Tate, administrator of the estate of Joseph, sold 177 on which his father Joseph Tate, deceased, lived. On August 23, 1844, John Tate and wife, Jane; Robert C. Tate and wife, Nancy; Elisha Tate and wife Eliza; and William Tate, heirs-at-law of Joseph Tate, deceased, sold to Joseph C. Fugate, 100 acres and 170 acres on both sides of Big Moccasin Creek, a spur of Clinch Mountain, where Joseph Tate died, adjacent Samuel C. Fugate and Elish Tate.

Reference: Russell County, VA Deed Book 3, Page 72, Deed Book 5, Page 537, Book 7, Page 167; Book 11, Page 310, 429.

Children of JOSEPH TATE and MARGARET FLOYD are:

15. ROBERT HOOD (III)³ TATE (ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1780 in Russell County, VA, and died 1867. He married (1) SUZANNAH. She died Unknown. He married (2) CYNTHIA SCINTHY. She was born 1805 in GA, and died Unknown.

Notes for ROBERT HOOD (III) TATE:

"Robert was born 1780 on Big Moccasin Creek, a spur of Clinch Mountain near the Holston River. It is thought that his full name was Robert Hood Tate III, but no documentary proof has been found. He was, no doubt, a minor when his father executed his will July 29, 1796. However, no mention was made in the will regarding their ages. He and his wife had been living in Warren County, TN before 1806, since he signed, with his other brother, a petition requesting that there be a new County formed. He and his wife, Susannah were named in the deed on October 14, 1816 when the heirs of Robert Tate dec'd sold the home plantation.

They settled in Warren County, TN near his brother Major James Tate on Taylor's Creek out of McMinnville, Warren County, TN. A descendant stated he was the most active of all the brothers in Civil affairs and had four land grants totalling some 5,190 acres of land. On January 12, 1819 Robert H. Tate sold 150 acres adj. Aaron Tate, where he then lived, to John Gross, no wife signed dower.

The Federal Census of 1820, Warren County, TN lists this family with 3 sons and 5 daughters. In 1830 there was still 3 sons, however, one under 10 years of age. They had a large family and only those showing on the 1850 Census are known. He married Cynthia, born 1805, in Georgia. She was living with son Aaron in 1880.

Robert Hood Tate died testate in 1864. His will was dated April 8, 1864 in Grundy County, TN. Do not have the probate date. Wife Cynthia, son Aaron V. Tate, and grand daughter Harriet Webb, her small son, Aaron Woodlee Webb. Exor. Sedon Brown. Witness: Enoch Woodlee."

References: Russell County, VA Deed Book 5, page 537; Warren County, TN Deed Book L, page 125; Federal Census Warren County 1820, 39, 40, 50; Grundy County, TN page 361, 48; 1860 page 432, 128; 1880 page 14-44; Will Book 2, page 102; J. S. Tate Family Record. From the book, Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume 2, by Laura W. Mentzel and Ethel S. Updike, 1984.

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Robert had a very large family. No delineation has been located yet to determine which children were of his first wife (Suzannah), or second (Cynthia). Therefore, all children (except the last) are listed under Suzannah.

The Mentzel book lists a second daughter named Jennie who married Robert Mitchell. Also living with them in 1850 Census were William Tate and Ellen Tate, probably grandchildren.

Children of ROBERT TATE and SUZANNAH are:

Child of ROBERT TATE and CYNTHIA SCINTHY is:

16. ALEXANDER³ TATE (ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born Abt. 1783 in Russell County, VA, and died 1847 in McMinnville, Warren County, TN. He married DELILAH HENDERSON 1803. She was born Abt. 1782 in Canada, and died Unknown.

Notes for ALEXANDER TATE:

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Alexander lived at Big Moccasin Creek, a spur of Clinch Mountain and on the Holston River, Russell County, VA. He may have been a minor when his father Robert Tate signed his will on July 29, 1796 (executed February 3, 1807), Russell County, VA. He married Delilah Henderson, a Canadian girl. Alexander remained in Virginia until the settlement of his father's estate in 1816. He purchased 100 acres on August 5, 1817, in Warren County, TN. This was witnessed by John and Robert Tate. He and his brother John settled on Dry Creek on the line of Warren and what became Van Buren County, TN out of McMinnville, TN. He died there intestate in 1847. His administrator was Douglas Tate*. ) (Inv. date torn out.)

In 1820 they were living in Warren County, TN with three sons under 10, a daughter, under 10. In 1830 two boys, one 15-20, the other 10-15, the daughter 15-20. Apparently one son died before 1830.

Source: "The Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1984 and references Russell Co. VA Will Book, 2, Page 132; Warren County Deed Book 5, Page 537; Warren County Deed Book, page 470, 486. Inv. page 225; Deed Book, page 470-471; Deed Book 0 pg. 1; Clyde E. Durnil. Barnes Papers.

*This was probably Jahiel Douglas Tate, his oldest son. Note from Ricki Wilkins, descendant.

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, Volume I, 1824-1827 - Page 185. Entry No. 679, dated August 16, 1824.

Surveyed for Alexander Tate, 50 acres on Rocky River below where the Stage Road crosses the same which road leads through the land, (the following was crossed out: bounded as follows by theTurkey Creek mountain on the SW, by Mitchell on the North and West by the river), SW corner of Tate's survey of 100 acres. Mitchell's line, SE corner of said Mitchell's, Darky (Darby?) Morris', Durant's line, NE corner of said Tate's survey of 100 acres. Surveyed December 13, 1825, James Maberry and Peter Akins, CC. Sam Worthington, DS.

Page 203. Entry No. 308, dated July 3, 1824.\

Surveyed for Zachariah Hembree, 50 acres on Rocky River. Thomas Arnold's line, Alexander Tate's line, including his improvement, January 3, 1926, Wiley Hembree and Benjamin Hembree, CC. Sam Worthington, DS

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, Volume 2, 1827 - 1835 - Page 110

Surveyed March 10, 1829 for Thomas Mabry & George Cole, 100 acre entry dated February 7, 1827, No. 2194 on Rocky River adjoining of James Hembrees & others, SW corner of a 20 acre survey of said Hembry's at the north edge of Rocky River, line of Alex Tate, Mitchell's line, Brewer's corner, a 100 acre survey in the name of said Mayberry and Cole. Wm. Johnson & Isaac P. Williams, CC Geo. W. Durly, Ds. May 23, 1829. Given to register October 6, 1829.

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Surveyed December 2, 1830 for George W. Durley, 112 acres, entry dated February 14, 1829, No. 2732 on the waters of Rocky River adjoining of Thomas Arnold and others, SW corner of a 40 acre survey standing a little north of west from a spring said Arnold made use of, John Pain's corner, NE corner of said Arnold's 50 acre survey, Ja' Woods line, foot of the mountain, Alex Tate's line, Arnold's west boundary of his 40 acre tract. Zachariah Emry and Wiley Emry, CC Geo. W. Durly, DS, August 10, 1831. Sent on October 1, 1832 by G. W. Durley.

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, Volume 3, 1835 - 1839 - Page 337.

Surveyed November 29, 1838 for Joel J. Hembree, 19 acres by entry dated March 26, 1831, No. 3246 on south side of Rocky River, corner of Daniel Sewell's 100 acre survey. Alexander Tate's line. Charles Coal and Geo. Brewer, CC. A. Higginbotham, PS. June 29, 1839. Sent on July 4, 1842 by D. Lawrence.

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In a letter to Ethel Updike dated May 20, 1978, James Striegel Tate writes:

"Alexander lived on a farm situated on Dry Creek, a tributary of the Collins River located in the southern end of Warren County. McMinnville was the "Court" town of Warren County. The Collins River rises in the extreme south end of Grundy County. It empties into the Caney Fork River at Rock Island in the north end of Warren County. McMinnville is about miles from the closest place any of the five Tate brothers lived. The river course is entirely rural."

More About ALEXANDER TATE:

Property: 1824, Warren County, TN

Children of ALEXANDER TATE and DELILAH HENDERSON are:

17. AARON³ TATE (ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1788 in Russell County, VA, and died June 1862 in Fort Payne, DeKalb County, AL. He married ELIZABETH (BECKY) CONNELLY 1809 in Russell County, VA, daughter of HENRY CONNELLY and ANN MCGREGOR. She was born April 08, 1789 in Guilford, Guilford County, NC, and died December 22, 1871 in DeKalb County, AL.

Notes for AARON TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

Aaron Tate had several land grants in Warren County, TN and lived for some time adjoining his brother Robert H. Tate who sold his home place on January 12, 1819. He lived on Wannamaker Branch, a tributary of the Collins River in Warren County, TN, a planter. In 1820 they had a large family but we know they didn't marry until 1810, consequently it is thought that on their help was counted on the Census. By 1840 they migrated to Dekalb County, AL. They lived near Fort Payne, Dekalb County, AL for many years. He died and was buried near the same.

Warren County, TN land grants, Dekalb County, AL Deed Book F, page 554, 567. Marriage Record, SAR Lineage number 199606.

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Notes from the Estate Files of Aaron Tate, Sr., John Tate, Elizabeth Connelly Tate, and Maben Dock Tate, all late of Dekalb County, Alabama, by Roland Tate, descendant.

AARON TATE:

A personal note is as follows; many of the documents one would expect to find in these estate files are missing, and may never be recovered. In the course of trying to arrange and flatten these files for a forthcoming microfilming, I found that the papers had been misfiled between folders and some were difficult to read from their mishandling and abuse over the years, as well as poor penmanship and some illiteracy on the part of the initiators. For my part, I will hit the high points for the purpose of genealogy.

I found no documents requesting assignment as Administrator for the Estate and no document where the Bond was signed for the Estate. Aaron's date of death has been given as June of 1862, but I found no confirmation of that. It is clear that by January 12, 1863, Elizabeth Connelly Tate and Elias Killian were the Administrators, because they made application on that date to sell most of the lands of the Estate to Daniel Killian for $900.00. This would include the NE ¼ of the SE ¼, of Section 14, the NE ¼ of the NW !/4, the SE ¼ of the NW ¼, the W ½ of the NW ¼ , and the W ½ of the SW ¼ , excepting the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ (Description not included - all in Section 13, Township 7 South, Range8 East of the Huntsville Meridian).

On January 20, 1863, Elizabeth signed her consent to sell her Third part dower in the lands above. At some point in time, an apprenticeship Bond was entered into the Estate settlement. This Bond was made for the apprenticeship of Thomas Cunningham, a Sixteen year old minor (Born - 16 October 1622), and was signed July 14, 1838.

On March 25, 1864, John N. Franklin, Probate Judge, issued citations for the Court to be held the 2nd Monday in April. Summoned were: Elizabeth Killian, wife of Elias Killian; Maburn Tate; Aaron Tate; Robert Tate; Elizabeth Little, wife of William Little; John K. Hoge, Guardian ad Litem of the minor heirs " William Tate (a space) John Tate, Elizabeth Little wife of Thomas Little - decd."

Here, is the explanation for a number of things. Ethel Updike had a family chart that listed the Eleven children of Aaron Tate, but in view of the numbers found in the old census records changed it to Fourteen. She likewise indicated that no trace could be found of William. In her Book, Tate Families of the Southern States - Vol. II, she brings in the statement of Hood Tate that Stephen that died at Shiloh was a nephew of John and not a son. Here, I can but draw one conclusion. William Tate was married and had Three children; Elizabeth Louise who married Thomas Little, Stephen who died at Shiloh, and John, who married Elizabeth Weaver and died before May 06, 1863. William and his wife probably both died early on while the children were quite young.

On March 02, 1870, the court issued a citation to Elizabeth to file the account for final settlement. Again there are missing documents. A document confirming that James Cunningham and Susannah Cunningham had signed Power of Attorney to J. H. Davis, relating to this Estate, was signed in Comanche Co., Texas May 08, 1871, and was entered in this file.

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Notes for ELIZABETH (BECKY) CONNELLY:

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Research: Family Search Ancestral Files, (Church of Latter Day Saints), show a Family Group Record on the Connelly (Conley) family.

Elizabeth (Becky) was the second of eleven children born in Guilford County, NC. David, born June 24, 1781, died 1862; John, born August 8, 1785, died 1855 in Oil Springs, Johnson County, KY; Edmund born June 2, 1775, died 1865 in Johnson City, KY, buried in Caudill Cemetery; Thomas born January 25, 1777, died March 25, 1872 Hager Hill, Johnson County, KY, buried in Conley Cemetery; Peggy, born August 8, 1779, died 1826; David born June 24, 1791; Rachael, born April 8, 1783, died June 7, 1855, buried in Denver, Johnson County, KY; Henry, born December 1, 1787, died September 8, 1859 in Fennimore, Clay County, WI, buried in Mt. Ida Cemetery, Grant, WI; William, born July 8, 1791, died 1882, Floyd, KY; Joseph, born July 8, 1795, died 1860, Floyd, KY.

Becky's father was Capt. Henry Connelly, born May 2, 1752 in Chester County, PA, died May 7, 1840, Oil Springs, Floyd County, KY. He was Captain of the North Carolina Calvary in the Revolutionary War. He married Ann McGregor in 1774. She was born February 14, 1756 in Guilford, Guilford County, NC, died 1830, Oil Springs, Johnson County, KY.

Capt. Henry's father was Thomas Connelly, b 1720-1725, Charlestown, Charleston County, SC, died 1783 in Guilford County, NC. His wife was Mary Van Harlingden, born Abt. 1724 in Guilford, Guilford County, NC.

Thomas Connelly's father was Edmund Connelly, b 1688, Charlestown, Charleston County, SC, died 1783, Guilford, NC. He was wounded at Battle of King's Mountain. Conflicting accounts exist as to whether Dr. Hicks was the father-in-law or nephew of Thomas' brother Harmon. Dr. Hicks is said to have passed a silk handkerchief several times through the wound entirely through the body to cleanse it. Thomas died two years later as a result of this would. His wife was Mary Edgefield, born abt 1692, Charlestown, Charleston, SC, died Guilford, Guilford County, NC.

Becky's mother, Ann MacGregor was the daughter of Archibald MacGregor, born 1720, Scotland, died 1758, Guilford County, NC. He married Edith Mac Alpine, born February 14, 1756, Scotland, d Guilford County, NC, in 1755.

Edmund Connelly's father was Henry Connelly, b 1656, County Armaugh, Ireland, died Charleston, SC. His wife was Betsy Vaux Buckley, born 1666, County Armaugh, Ireland.

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Notes from the Estate Files of Aaron Tate, Sr., John Tate, Elizabeth Connelly Tate, and Maben Dock Tate, all late of Dekalb County, Alabama, by Roland Tate.

February 07, 1872, Henry Killian filed an application to administer the Estate of Elizabeth (Connelly) Tate, stating that more than 40 days had elapsed since her death. Henry E. Killian, Elias Killian, and Daniel Killian signed Bond for $600, and Henry was made the administrator. A list of the personal property of Elizabeth Tate that had been sold was submitted December 12, 1874.

More About ELIZABETH (BECKY) CONNELLY:

Burial: Unknown, DeKalb County, AL

Children of AARON TATE and ELIZABETH CONNELLY are:

18. JOSEPH³ TATE (WILLIAM², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1777 in Russell County, VA, and died Unknown. He married MARGARET (PEGGY). She died Unknown.

Notes for JOSEPH TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Joseph Tate, born CA 1777, Russell County, VA was the son of William and Elizabeth (?) Tate. That the two Joseph Tates had a spouse by the name of Margaret or Peggy is shown by deeds. On October 30, 1804, Joseph Tate and Robert Tate sold to Joseph Tate, 75 acres on both sides of Moccasin Creek on a direct course to exclude the house, lower end of a tract of 145 acres which was granted on December 15, 1792 to Joel Hobbs and bequeathed by the last will of William Tate on September 15, 1803 to the sons Joseph and Robert Tate, witnessed by John and Isaac Tate and Richard Davis

On October 1, 1805 Joseph Tate and wife, Peggy, to Robert Tate, 51 acres. On Big Moccasin Creek adj. Richard Davis and William Hullams. Signed by Joseph Tate, Peggy Tate, witnessed by the same persons.

On February 3, 1806, Joseph Tate and Margaret Tate of Russell County, VA sold to William Hullams, 70 acres, both sides of Moccasin Creek, direct line so as to exclude the house, lower end of tract granted to Joel Hobbs on December 15, 1792 containing 145 acres which was bequeathed to Joseph and Robert Tate by Will of William Tate September 5, 1803. This family probably left Russell County, VA at that time, however, it is not known by compiler where they settled.

Reference Russell County, VA Deed book 3, Page 582, 685, 705: Will Book 2, Page 42

Children of JOSEPH TATE and MARGARET (PEGGY) are:

19. LYDIA⁴ TATE (ROBERT³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born August 15, 1808 in Pulaski Co, KY, and died December 09, 1845 in Pulaski County, KY. She married JOSEPH SMITH December 30, 1823 in Pulaski County, KY, son of GEORGE SMITH and ELIZABETH. He was born 1800, and died Unknown.

Children of LYDIA TATE and JOSEPH SMITH are:

20. MARY⁴ TATE (ROBERT³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 05, 1811 in Pulaski Co, KY, and died December 18, 1864. She married (1) SAMUEL TATE. He died Unknown. She married (2) MILTON SHORT January 08, 1829. He was born May 18, 1807 in Pulaski County, KY, and died April 27, 1886 in IN.

Children of MARY TATE and MILTON SHORT are:

21. ROBERT⁴ FUGATE (HANNAH³ TATE, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1789 in Russell County, VA, and died Unknown. He married ESTHER SEYMOUR 1810 in Russell County, VA. She was born 1794, and died 1884.

Notes for ROBERT FUGATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Robert Fugate was born in 1789 in Russell County, VA, son of Colbert and Hannah Tate Fugate. He married September 13, 1810 to Esther Seymour. A pretty, old, brick house on State route 71, near Grassy Creek in Russell County, Va was the home of Robert Fugate. It was built prior to the civil War. Robert was a Justice of the Peace for Russell County, a Surveyor and an Engineer. He joined the Methodist Church in 1818 and nearby the old brick home, he built a brick church, long since torn down. It was named "Esther's Chapel" in honor of his wife. At the time slavery was abolished he owned 18 slaves. Their ages and birth dates were kept on a sheet of paper inserted into the family bible. Some of these slaves stayed on with the Fugate family after emancipation.

Reference: Emory L. Hamilton

Will Book 8, Page 370, dated December 9, 1829:

Robert Tate, Hannah Fugate, Samuel Tate and the heirs of Jane Haddox, dec'd. to wit: Usley Hay, wife of John Hay; Nancy Davidson, wife of Cyrus Davidson, Polly, wife of ???, Martha Williams, Wife of Jenkins Williams, Hannah Frazier, wife of John Frazier, John Haddox and Lydia, heirs of said Jane Haddox, John Buster and wife Martha, William Fugate and wife Lydia, heirs of John Tate, Esq., deceased of Russell County of one part and to Isaac Tate. Hannah Tate, widow of Colbert O. Fugate, Samuel Tate, Jane Haddox, wife of Henley Haddox, Isaac Tate, Lydia Fugate, wife of William, 108 acres on both sides of Big Moccasin Creek, sig; etc.

Will Book 4, page 403, dated February 11, 1829: Sale, Page 443, February 15, 1829:

Robert Tate, Martin Fugate, Zachariah Fugate, Isaac Tate, William Tate, John Tate, Hannah Fugate, Elisha Tate, Uriah Fugate, John Tate.

Robert Tate adm. Book 42 Page 502, Robert Tate adm. of John Tate, dec'd. Isaac Tate, $55.00; Hannah Fugate, $29.00, John Fugate, William Fugate

Fiduciary: Book 2, Page 154, dated January 4, 1808; Charles Robinson all my estate goods, chattels to my loving stepson James H. Tate, black horse. Sig. Colbert Fugate, John Tate.

Children of ROBERT FUGATE and ESTHER SEYMOUR are:

22. JOHN⁴ FUGATE (HANNAH³ TATE, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1796 in Russell County, VA, and died 1878. He married ELIZABETH HAMILTON. She died Unknown.

Child of JOHN FUGATE and ELIZABETH HAMILTON is:

23. WILLIAM OWENS⁴ TATE (SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born November 08, 1801 in Pulaski County, KY, and died 1849. He married LYDIA SLOAN, daughter of JAMES SLOAN and (?) THOMPSON. She was born May 15, 1804 in Wayne County, KY, and died January 18, 1894.

Children of WILLIAM TATE and LYDIA SLOAN are:

24. JOHN (REV.)⁴ TATE (SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born November 24, 1803 in Abingdon, Montgomery County, VA, and died November 16, 1841 in Buried in Old Tateville Cemetery, Pulaski Co, KY. He married LUCY HAIL February 16, 1825 in Pulaski County, KY. She was born 1804 in VA, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN (REV.) TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He was called an Elder and joined the Baptist Church, converted by Rev. Alexander Campbell.

Children of JOHN TATE and LUCY HAIL are:

25. BOWEN GOGGIN (BANKS G)⁴ TATE (SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born November 06, 1818 in Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY, and died 1864. He married CHRISTINE H. SLOAN June 21, 1841 in Pulaski County, KY. She was born December 13, 1817 in Wayne County, KY, and died May 04, 1864 in Old Tateville Cemetery, Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY.

Children of BOWEN TATE and CHRISTINE SLOAN are:

26. WINNIE⁴ BUSTER (MARTHA (MATTIE)³ TATE, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1820 in Tateville, KY, and died Unknown. She married LEWIS SHADDOWN in Pulaski County, KY. He was born 1815 in KY, and died Unknown.

Children of WINNIE BUSTER and LEWIS SHADDOWN are:

27. MARTHA⁴ BUSTER (MARTHA (MATTIE)³ TATE, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1834, and died Unknown. She married JOHN SHADDOWN. He was born 1838 in KY, and died Unknown.

Notes for MARTHA BUSTER:

Note from Ricki Wilkins:

I am confused about these birth dates. Maybe Martha Mattie was not Martha's mother or maybe Martha's birth date is incorrect, as this birth date would make Martha Mattie 57 when Martha was born.

Children of MARTHA BUSTER and JOHN SHADDOWN are:

28. JANE⁴ TATE (ISAAC³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born March 20, 1811 in Russell County, VA, and died February 17, 1891 in Somerset, Pulaski County, KY. She married JOHN KELLY September 09, 1830 in Somerset, Pulaski County, KY. He was born August 27, 1809 in Somerset, Pulaski County, KY, and died March 27, 1859 in Leavenworth, KS.

Child of JANE TATE and JOHN KELLY is:

29. M B⁴ TATE (JOHN³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1821 in TN, and died Unknown. He married LOUISIANA. She was born 1825 in TN, and died Unknown.

Children of M TATE and LOUISIANA are:

30. JAMES DOUGLAS⁴ TATE (JOHN³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1837, and died Unknown. He married MARY JANE MCGREGOR January 13, 1858. She was born 1836, and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES DOUGLAS TATE:

Riverside Cemetery, Warren County, TN:

Tate. J.D. 21 May 1839-20 Aug 1902 James Douglas "Dug", son of Douglas and Sarah (Price) Tate, husband of Mary Jane McGregor

Tate, Mary Jane 24 Sep 1835-3 Oct 1911 [Daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (McGee) McGregor, wife of James Douglas "Dug" Tate, married 13 January 1858]

This marriage is recorded in Marriage Book A, Page 45.

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In going through the Tate book, I found this individual's history quite confusing. The book says that this James Douglas is the son of John Tate, b ca 1783, (brother of our Alexander). It also shows his mother as Leddicia (Dicey) Hogg, b 1783. It is hard for me to believe that Dicey had this son when she was over 50. But, the book says they were in Warren County, TN at the time that this James was born and married. Maybe there was a second wife that is not recorded. Some other researchers suspect that this individual did not exist, but is a confusion.

The book also mentions that he may have been the James to settle in Barry Co, MO. (At this point, I believe the author confused this James with Jahiel's John Douglas who the book says:

"married Mary E. Westfall, born 1844 in Missouri, a daughter of Naomi Westfall, born 1808 in Virginia who was living with the family in the 1880 Barry County, MO Census".

Reference: Clyde E. Durnil, Fed. Census 1850 Warren County, TN, page 43-266; 1880 Berry County, MO

In reference to the Riverside Cemetery and Marriage Book records, we know that Jahiel had a James Alexander and a John Douglas, I'm not aware of any James Douglas. Jahiel's John Douglas only lived in Warren County until he was about 11 years old when the whole family moved to Texas County, MO.

Notes from Ricki Wilkins

Child of JAMES TATE and MARY MCGREGOR is:

31. ROBERT H.⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born January 09, 1799 in Russell County, VA, and died Bef. January 08, 1889 in Livingston, KY. He married SARAH (SALLY) LOCKHART. She was born 1800 in SC, and died August 11, 1860 in TN.

Notes for ROBERT H. TATE:

Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1972

Son of Major James and Ruth Davidson Tate. His family emigrated shortly to Smith County, TN, but it became Warren County, TN in 1807 where he grew up. His family settled near Collins River, McMinnville, TN. He married Sally. Her parents were born in VA. References: Family data, Federal Census 1850 Grundy County, TN, pages 686-92; 1860 pages 435-172. Dennis Tate records; James Striegel Tate records; Buddy Duke stated that they moved to Livingston County, KY in 1880 with Vance Lockhart's family. Bible owned by Maggie Savage of Palmer, TN in 1972.

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, 1835 - 1839, Page 185

Surveyed June 3, 1837 for Robert Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated May 15, 1837, No 4438 on the waters of Collins River and Brush Creek on the left hand fork of Collins River below Wm. Knight's, it being the NE corner of a 5000 acre survey in the name of Elan Tate, also the beginning corner of a 5000 acre survey in the name of John G. Tate, crossing Hills Turnpike Road, waters of Brush Creek, crossing Hills Turnpike, including and platting out 62 1/2 acres of older title. James Tate and John Tate, CC. The above survey was transferred to Stephen Haight. Isaac Hill, DS, June 21, 1837. Sent on June 27, 1837 by W. Sims.

Children of ROBERT TATE and SARAH LOCKHART are:

32. DAVIDSON⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 27, 1802 in Russell County, VA, and died February 23, 1885 in Grundy County, TN. He married DORCAS MEYERS. She was born 1795 in NC, and died Unknown.

Notes for DAVIDSON TATE:

Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II", Metzel and Updike, 1972

Born In Big Moccasin, a spur of Clinch Mountain near the Holston River, near Lebanon, Russell County, VA. The son of Major and Ruth Davidson Tate. He married Dorcas Myers who, along with her parents was born in KY. Davidson came to TN with his parents when very young. In 1830 the family appeared with five children, some must have been working for them. They were not in Grundy County in 1840, but were there through 1880. On December 22, 1838, Davidson Tate purchased land, tools and slaves in Dekalb County, AL from Lewis D. Hall.

References: Bible records now in Possession of James Striegel Tate; Federal Census of 1850, Grundy County, TN, page 343-50; 1860 Census, page 436-187; 1880 Census page 7-563; Their children settled in Sequatchie County, TN. Other information from granddaughter Mrs. George Thompson of Tracy City, TN. Allen Dale Tate's web site: http//freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tatefamily/

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, 1835 - 1839, Page 193

Granted to Francis A. Dievins, S. No. 5521. Surveyed May 29, 1837 for Davidson Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated May 15, 1837, No 4443 on waters of collins River, North side of Lick Creek, crossed seveal branches of the middle fork of Collins River, waters of Clifty Creek, platting and 62 1/2 acres of older title. Robert Tate and Thomas L. Swan, CC. The above transferred to J. B. McComack. Isaac Hill, DS. July 2, 1837. Sent on July 4, 1837 by mail.

More About DAVIDSON TATE:

Burial: February 1885, Falls Creek Cemetery, Gruetli, TN

Children of DAVIDSON TATE and DORCAS MEYERS are:

33. JOSEPH⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born January 02, 1809 in Warren County, TN, and died Bef. 1840. He married ELIZABETH LEVAN, daughter of JAMES LEVAN and FRANCES (FANNY). She died Unknown.

Notes for JOSEPH TATE:

In an email from Ron Jones, descendant, dated February 19, 2001 he offers much research from his ancestral files:

Land Purchase:

Page 67. Surveyed 3/25/1828, 199 acre entry dated 11/25/1826. No. 2053 on Cumberland Mountain, North Bank of the Left Hand Fork of Collins River. The above survey includes 2 acres on an improvement claim belonging to Anderson Lord which is platted out.

James Tate & Davidson Tate, cc A. Higginbotham. SWC 3/27/1828

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Federal Census of 1830, Warren County, TN, Page 357

Joseph Tate - age 20-29

2 Females - age 15-20

1 Female - age under 5

Note: On the same page, and in close geographical proximity were John Gross and Davidson Tate (Joseph's brother). On Page

358, James Tate (another brother), William Killian, Samuel Killian and Elcain Killian.

Joseph and his wife, Elizabeth, left TN and moved to AL around 1835 and then moved to Dade County, GA, where Joseph died before 1840.

Davidson Tate moved to Dekalb County, AL in the 1830's and I think that is where Joseph went as well. Davidson later moved back to

Grundy County, TN. Notes from Ron Jones

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Federal Census of 1840, Dade County, GA, Page 83

Tate, Elizabeth

1 female - age 20-30

1 female - age 10-15

1male - age 5-10

2 males - age under 5

I believe the female age 10-15 to be my great-grandmother, who was born in 1829. The three males are the ones on the deed information. John and Elizabeth Wilkerson moved to Arkansas some time between 1850 and 1860. Notes from Ron Jones

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Federal Census of 1850, Dade County, GA, page 28B

Wilkerson, John, age 30, farmer, 100 acres, born in AL

Elizabeth, age 36, born TN

Tate, John, age 17, born AL

Wilkerson, Elizabeth, age 15, born AL

James, age 13, born GA

Joseph, age 12, born GA

I believe that this is the same family and that the first four children are Tates. Notes from Ron Jones

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Federal Census of 1860, St. Frances County, AR

John Wilkerson, age 40, born AL

Elizabeth, age 47, born TN

Houston, age 17, born GA

Jackson, age 14, born GA

Jane, age 13, born GA

Benjamin, age 12, born GA

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Abstracted Deeds of the Tates, Notes by Sue Forrester

Deed Book D, Page 156-7, Dade County, GA

State of Georgia, Dade County. Indenture made the sixth of August 1853 between John G. TATE, James TATE and Joseph TATE, the heirs of Joseph Tate dec'd of the State of Tennessee, county of Grundy of the the one part and Harvey Walker of the other part of the state aforesaid... witnesseth that the said Horace Walker for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and ten dollars to them in hand paid... sold half of that tract or parcel of land situated being and lying in the tenth district of Cherokee County, now Dade County, Land lot 184. Witness: John Gross and Sarah Gross. Signed John G. Tate.

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Deed Book D., Page 156-157: State of Georgia County of Dade

Date: 6th of August 1853

Grantor: John G. Tate & James Tate & Joseph Tate, the heirs of Joseph Tate, dec'd of the State of Tennessee, County of Grundy.

Grantee: Harvey Walker (of Dade County)

Amount: $210.00

Description: "All that tract OR parcel of land in 10th district; 4th section; lot 184".

Signed: John G. Tate, James Tate, Joseph Tate by their agent John Tate acting for James and Joseph Tate.

Witness: John Gross and Sarah Gross.

Attachment: State of Georgia; County of Dade

"Personally came before me John Gross who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he saw John G. Tate sign, seal and deliver the within deed for the purposes therein mentioned that the deposant subscribe the same as a witness and saw Sarah Gross do so likewise. Sworn to and subscribed before me this May 14, 1854".

Signed: John Gross

Witness: Shadrack C. Hale, J.P.

Registered August 30th 1854, E. T. Rogers, Clerk, SC [superior court]

John Gross came to Dade County to take care of this as Shadrack C. Hale was a J.P. in Dade County.

Deed Book F., Page 106-107: State of Kentucky, County of [blank]

Petitioner: William J. Tate

Petitioned E. D. Graham of Georgia as true and lawful attorney infact and hereby authorize him to ask, demand and for recover all the right title or interest profits or damages to which I am entitled by law in and of the estate of Joseph Tate, deceased, and in and of lot of land 184, 10th district and 4th section of Dade County Georgia and to execute and sign all necessary receipts, notices, bonds, demands, acqutinents(?) and deeds to sell on in any manner convert the same into money... and to do all other things necessary in and about to recovering and reclaiming said lot of land and selling the same.

Signed: 5 April 1866

Signed by: W.J. Tate

Witness: J. L. Lands(?) and J. H. Teasmore

Imore Lfr(?), J. P.

Registered: 30 Oct 1866 by J. G. Pace, Clerk

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Notes from Sue Forrester:

Okay, notice the dates... the first date was August 1853, the next dates were April 1866... a difference of 13 years.

I checked back on the 1840 and 1850 Dade County census, John, James and Joseph fit with the sons of Elizabeth Wilkerson on the 1850 census. Who was William and where did he come from? He wasn't on either the 1840 or 50 Dade County census... and why did he make a recovery attempt after 13 years? Could Joseph have been William Joseph?

None of the daughters, including Louisa and her husband, William Smith Jones, were included. While this would prove the sons, it won't help prove Elizabeth. Unless, there is something under Jones and/or Wilkerson/Wilkinson which mention LL 184, 10th district. I couldn't find where Joseph Tate (Sr) purchased this property which doesn't really surprise me. Dade County was formed from Walker Co 25 Dec 1837. Walker was formed from Murray Co in 1833. If this property was purchased (and it appears so) before Joseph died and before 1840, it was probably listed in Walker Co GA. They had a courthouse fire on 8 Feb 1883 which destroyed all records. Dade Co's first courthouse fire was April 1853. NOW, if it was purchased between 1832 and 1833 it could possibly be recorded in Murray Co GA. Chatsworth is the county seat and it is a good distance from us.

In deed book D, page 21 and 21, 7 Nov 1853, Jane M. Tanner, executrix of Thomas L. Tanner, sold lot of land 184, 10th district, to John Wigley for $50.00. It was witnessed by James Worthington and recorded by James M. Hall, Clerk. On the same page, deed dated 7 Nov 1853, John Wigley sold to Harvey Walker for $100.00 on a quit claim deed, "had or may have had two-seventh part of lot of land lot 184, 10th district". Signed John Wigley. No witness, recorded by James M. Hall, Clerk on Dec 15, 1853.

Thomas Tanner was said to have been the first white man in Dade County. I don't know when he came to Dade County, but do know of another white man who was here in the 1820's. I went back to check on land purchased by Thomas Tanner and found where he purchased land around 184 (including 185 and others) but NOT 184. Since the courthouse burned in April 1853, all of the deeds that were recorded with dates prior to April 1853 were recorded or recorded late. I checked the Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery (1832) and land lot 184, 10th district was awarded to a James B. Head of Gwinnett County GA. Very few of those who won land in north Georgia on this land lottery actually came to the area. Instead they sold the property to someone who wanted to come here or to a land dealer. Most were sold to land dealers. So whatever happened to that land did so after 1832. When did Joseph Tate and Thomas Tanner purchase it, I don't know, as there was nothing recorded prior to Jane Tanner selling as stated above.

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Deed Book F., Page 107:

State of Georgia, County of Dade

Petitioner: Jas L. Tate (of the county of Lincoln and state of Tennessee)

Hereby constitute E. D. Grahm of Dade County as true and lawful attorney to site(?) all claim or interest I have on claim in and to lot of land 184, 10th district, 4th Section and to authorize him... to execute all necessary & proper conveyances and other writings in reference to the sale or transfer of the same.

Dated: 27 Oct 1866

Signed: James L. Tate (his X mark)

Witness: A. J. Wilkinson

Registered: 30 October 1866, by J. G. Pace, CSC

Deed Book D, page 453: State of Georgia, County of Dade

Date: 15 December 1857

Grantor: Harvey Walker

Grantee: Reuben L. Taylor

Amount: $1600.00

Description: land lot 184, 10th district, 4th section.

Witness: Wm. J. Street

Joseph Killian, J.P.

Registered: Sept 4, 1858 by Serug Killian, Clerk

Now we go back to Deed Book F., page 108: State of Georgia, County of Dade

Date: 29th day of October 1866

Grantor: James L. Tate (of the County of Lincoln and State of Tennessee) and William J. Tate (of the County of Hopkins and State of Kentucky).

Grantee: Reuben L. Taylor (of Dade County)

Amount: $300.00 for two undivided sevenths of that tract of land in 10th district, 4th section, lot 184.

Signed: Attorney in fact, E. D. Graham for William J. Tate and James L. Tate.

Witness: J. R. Johnson

M. Nicholas

Now, a little something else I found... E. D. Graham was attorney in fact for a lot of people. It appears he made his living searching out deeds that had loop holes, then went out to find the people. He had this little business taken care of within days. If he had had a computer then, just think what he could have done. Anyway, this is how it was settled. Notes from Sue Forrester.

Notes for ELIZABETH LEVAN:

Warren County, Tennessee WILL BOOKS 1-3: (1827-1858).

Abstracted and Compiled by Betty Moore Majors in 1992.

Warren County, TN Will Book 1, Page 61

Page 571-572. August 22, 1843. Settlement with James Levan, guardian of the minor heirs of Benjamin Levan, dec'd. Receipt in full from Elizabeth Tate, Henry Levan, John Levan, Thomas T. Levan, Moses and Mary Patrick, Andrew and Nancy Lockhart. In guardian's hands for Henderson Levan, $62.88 for Margaret Levan $62.68.

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Grundy County Tennessee, Earliest Deeds 1852-1867

Abstracted and Indexed by Charles A. Sherrill, Nashville, Tennessee, 1966, Mt Juliet, TN, 1996.

450.26 March, 1847

James Levan, John Levan, Isaac & Sally Newton, Andres & Nancy Lockhart, Henry Levan, John & Elizabeth Wilkerson, Edward & Jane

Patrick, and Margaret Levan (heirs of Benjamin Levan) all of Tennessee, to Thomas Levan for $500, 90acres (no dist adj) Collins River, Traylor's Creek. On which Benjamin Levan resided at his death and where his widow now resides, which Benjamin purchased from James Tate. Subject to the life estate of Fanny Levan, the widow.

Signed by: John Levan, Andrew & Nancy Lockhart, James Levan, Edward Patrick, T.T.Levan.

Wit: J. Wanamaker, Ambrose Killian. Proofs: T.T. Levan proofed signature of James Levan 7 May 1860. Nancy Lockhart proved apart from her husband May 16, 1858; Witness A.H. Killian proved signature of witness Jacob Wanamaker (who is referred to in past tense) April 5, 1860. No other proofs.

447.October 8, 1849.

Jane and Edward Patrick, James Levan, Sara & Isaac Netwon, John Levan, John & Elizabeth Wilkerson, Thomas T. Levan, Nancy Lockhart his wife [husband's name omitted], Henry Levan and Margaret Howell to P.H. Levan for $25 to each of them, their interest in a tract [no acres or dist given] on Collins River adj Jeremiah Watkins residence, line between James Tate and Champion Farris.

Signed: Margaret LEVAN, Henry Levan, Isaac & Sarah Newton, John & Elizabeth Wilkerson, T.T. Levan, Edward & Jane Patrick,

James Levan.

Wit: John A. Walker, William Bost, John R. Bost, Abrahjam Jones, Ambrose H. Killian, Adam Moffitt. [Proved by Maragret Tipton, Sarah Newton & J Kane Patrick apart from their husbands. A.K. Killian proved signatures of Edward Patrick & John Wilkerson Issac Newton & James Levan proved own signatures. No other proofs!. J Proof taken in Grundy Co in May & Oct 1858. Filed for registration April 5, 1860.

Children of JOSEPH TATE and ELIZABETH LEVAN are:

34. JAHAZIEL H. (TWIN)⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born March 09, 1813 in Warren County, TN, and died August 04, 1888 in Poetry, Kaufman County, TX. He married (1) RUTH DYKES. She was born Abt. 1815, and died Unknown. He married (2) LAVINA (VINA). She was born 1810 in MS, and died Unknown. He married (3) NANCY. She was born April 05, 1824 in Hinds County, TN, and died December 07, 1893 in Poetry, Kaufman County, TX. He married (4) SARAH A. TATE October 18, 1839, daughter of AARON TATE and ELIZABETH CONNELLY. She was born 1821 in Warren County, TN, and died January 28, 1852 in Pulaski Co, KY.

Notes for JAHAZIEL H. (TWIN) TATE:

Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1984

Jahaziel married four times; (1) to a bride of whom we know little, except she died early leaving three sons, Andrew J., John S., and James Tate who were living with the Samuel Dykes' family in the 1850 Census of Grundy County, TN. Possibly the Dykes family were the grandparents of them since rural people always find room for their own kin. He was married to (2) Sarah A. Tate, on October 18, 1839, by Justice of the Peace, W. F. Mooney (M. P. 1836 - 7, 8 and 9.) She was born 1821, age 29 on the 1850 Census of Warren County, TN and died on January 28, 1852, in Pulaski County, AR. Her family was opposed to the marriage. They, however, eloped and settled near Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR. He married (3) Lavinia "Vina" who was born in 1810 in MS. He married (4) Nancy who was born April 5, 1824 in Hinds County, TX; she died on December 7, 1893 in Poetry, TX. Her parents were born in AL and VA respectively.

It is said that he suffered from epileptic seizures and never traveled alone. He lived to be an elderly man and died on August 4, 1888 testate, buried with wife Nancy, eight miles from Terrill, Poetry, Kaufman, County, TX in the Dry Creek Cemetery. Issue born in Warren County, TN or Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR.

His will: J. H. Tate, June 22, 1880, Kaufman County, TX, wife Nancy: To sons, Jackson, John S. and M. V. Tate, to the Methodist Church So, witnessed by H. W. Rogers, James McDonald, and J. T. Daniel. Signed September 29, 1880.

References: Pearl Tate Sanders, Warren County, TN, 1850 Federal Census pg 701 - 205: Pulaski County, AR 1850 Federal Census page 4, pt 4-28. November 1850: Kaufman County, TX 1870 lists Lavinia, age 60 as housekeeper. Federal Census 1880 page 330-340: Will Book 28, page 181: Dry Creek Cemetery: Married Dekalb County, AL 976.166 V25M

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, 1835 - 1839 Page 193

Surveyed June 1, 1837 for Jahaziel Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated May 15, 1837, No. 4444 on waters of Colline River, SE corner of a tract of 5000 acres in name of Elan Tate, crossing long fork of Dunaways Creek, SE corner of Peter Yates' 5000 acre survey, platting 62 1/2 acres of older title. Robert Tate and John Tate, CC. The above transferred to J. B. McComack. Isaac Hill, Ds. July 3, 1837. Sent on July 4, 1837 by mail.

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In a letter dated May 16, 1978 from Pearl Tate Sanders to James Striegel Tate she writes:

"As you can see by these Census records of Jahaziel Tate (note that his name is spelled three different ways), three wives were named Sarah, Lavina and Nancy. I think he had another (first) wife because my grandfather, martin Van Buren Tate was born in 1843 and his half-brother, Andrew Jackson was born about 1833 - ten years earlier. I have a copy of the Will of J. H. Tate, dated 1883 at Kaufman County, Texas. In it he names wife Nancy, sons, Jackson Tate, M. V. Tate and John S. Tate. (I had never heard of son John before this)."

"The only information I have on Jahaziel is what my father, Homer M. Tate told me. Martin V. B. and his father Jahaziel seemed close as a father and son. Jahaziel was a school teacher and M. V. B. Tate used to ride double behind his father to school. They both went off to the Civil War together, but were sent to different places. Jahaziel was captured and due to difficult conditions there, his health suffered later in life. My father always went with him on his daily walks, for if he (Jahaziel) had a 'spell' and fell, Dad would have to run for help. Jahaziel accompanied son M. V. B. Tate to Poetry, Texas where he and wife Nancy are now buried."

Children of JAHAZIEL TATE and RUTH DYKES are:

Children of JAHAZIEL TATE and SARAH TATE are:

35. SAMUEL JACKSON⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born June 15, 1815 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. He married SUSANNAH (SUSIE). She was born 1820 in TN, and died Unknown.

Notes for SAMUEL JACKSON TATE:

Excerpt from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1972

Born near Collins River, Warren County, TN which later became Grundy County, TN. Son of Major James Tate and Ruth Davidson Tate. He was called Samuel J. in the 1850 Federal Census of Grundy County, TN. However, in the Federal Census of 1870, Grundy County, TN, he was called Jackson Tate, age 55 years. He was a farmer and before 1860, he settled in Sequatchie County, TN.

Reference: Warren County, TN, estate papers; Thomas Barnes papers, Federal Census of 1850, Grundy County, TN page 136-145; Federal Census of 1860, Sequatchie County, TN, page 245-220; Federal Census 1870 Grundy County, TN, page 6-26; James Striegel Tate, "That Book". Issue 1-2 born Warren County, TN, 3-7 born Grundy County, TN

More About SAMUEL JACKSON TATE:

Occupation: Farmer

Children of SAMUEL TATE and SUSANNAH (SUSIE) are:

36. ELAN H.⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born October 15, 1817 in Grundy County, TN, and died December 19, 1879 in Decauter County, TN. He married JANE TURNER. She was born 1820 in NC, and died May 08, 1865 in Grundy County, TN.

Notes for ELAN H. TATE:

Excerpt from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, Early Decatur County Settlers and Biographies:

Tate Family

"Elon Tate was born in Grundy County, TN, October 15, 1817. He moved to Decatur County on August 12, 1870. He located at Decaturville, Grundy County, TN until his death on December 19, 1879. Elon was a Democrat. His wife, Jane (Turner) Tate died on May 8, 1865. Their family consisted of five children, 2 died in infancy, George was killed at Decaturville on November 30, 1877, John L and James H."

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Excerpt from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1984

He kept the Old Family Bible of the births of his siblings, called "That Book". Though he was of the first family of James Tate, (and Ruth), he was very fond of the second family. After his wife, Jane died, when she was only 45 years old, (and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Warren County) Elan moved to Decatur County in 1870. It is assumed that Elan and his family went and lived in Decatur County because Elizabeth (James second wife) went there to live with the Bost family in her later years. He died leaving two sons and four grand children, the oldest was an orphaned girl less than four years old.

References: Burials in Decatur County, TN City Cemetery, James Striegel Tate, Family records, Federal Census 1850 Grundy County, TN, page 723-16; Federal Census 1860 Grundy County, TN, page 15-3.

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, Volume 3 1835 - 1839

Page 174.

Surveyed May 2, 1837 for Elon Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated May 1, 1837, No. 4434 on the waters of Collins River, mouth of Tarpin Branch, NE corner of a 5000 acre survey of James Tate, also the SE corner of 5000 acres survey of Merday Tate's crossed the middle fork of Collins River, cross the left hand fork of said river, excluding 62 1/2 acres of older title. Robert Tate and John Dykes, CC. Isaac Hill, DS. May 3, 1837. Sent on May 20, 1837 by J. B. McComack.

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Elan H. Tate was living with his son John L. at Elan's death. Elan's papers passed through John L's family ownership into the hands of Martha Angie Raspbury of Hohenwald, TN. Mrs. Raspbury confirmed the information on the issue of James and Ruth and has been a close collaborator of James Striegel Tate in the compiling of my family story.

From the James Striegel Tate Papers, 1742 - 1980, Tennessee State Library and Archives

More About JANE TURNER:

Burial: Unknown, Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Grundy County, TN

Children of ELAN TATE and JANE TURNER are:

37. JOHN GOOLEMAN⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born January 16, 1820 in Warren County, TN, and died September 18, 1908 in McLain, Muskogee, OK (buried in Elm Grove Cemetery). He married (1) PERMELIA BROWN, daughter of ABSOLEM BROWN and JANE GREEN. She was born 1821 in TN, and died Unknown. He married (2) MALINDA BALDIN October 19, 1853 in Grundy County, TN. She died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN GOOLEMAN TATE:

Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1972

John was born near McMinnville, Warren County TN, later Grundy County, son of James and Ruth Tate. His name and date of birth was recorded in "That Book" (Family Bible). He and his first wife, Permilia were Methodist. After Permilia died, he married Malinda Baldin.

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, 1835 - 1839, Page 193

Surveyed June 2, 1837 for John G. Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated May 15, 1837, No 4439 on the waters of Collins River, NE corner of a 5000 acre survey in the aname of Elan Tate, crossing Hills Turnpike Road on the waters of Bush Creek, waters of Woodcock's Creek, NE corner of Jahaziel Tate's 5000 acres, SE corner of Elan Tate's 5000 acre survey, platting out 62 1/2 acres of older title. Robert and James Tate, CC. The above transferred to J. B. McComack. Isaac Hill, DS. July 3, 1837. Sent on July 4, 1837 by mail.

Children of JOHN TATE and PERMELIA BROWN are:

Children of JOHN TATE and MALINDA BALDIN are:

38. EVELINE⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1823 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. She married ANDREW GROSS. He died Unknown.

Children of EVELINE TATE and ANDREW GROSS are:

39. JAMES WILLIAM M.⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born August 17, 1827 in Grundy County, TN, and died May 17, 1873 in Grundy County, TN. He married (1) MARY DUGAN. She was born March 13, 1824 in TN, and died August 15, 1909 in Grundy County, TN. He married (2) LENCHA TIPTON August 14, 1853 in Warren County, TN, daughter of JOHN TIPTON. She was born 1830 in TN, and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES WILLIAM M. TATE:

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Excerpt from "Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II", Metzel and Updike, 1984

He was issue of his father James' second marriage to Elizabeth. James original will was contested by James William M. Tate and his mother (Elizabeth) won the estate for herself and her children. He is buried in the same cemetery as his father. James William M's first wife is also buried there but there is no marker. In his will he stated his mother died and was buried in West TN.

References; Will Book 5, CCC Pages 275-278; 1850 Federal Census of Grundy County, TN, 723-26; Warren County page 98-24; James Striegel Tate family record; Barnes Papers.

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Warren County, TN Plat Book, Volume 3, 1835-1839 Page 172

Surveyed April 22, 1837 for James Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated September 22, 1836, No. 4286 on the waters of Collins River and Little Sequatchie, SE corner of said Sitz's 200 acre tract he now lives on, east side of Clifty Creek, cross Sequatchie Creek, including and platting out 343 acres of prior claims belonging to Henry Spong and (blank) Wilson. Jas. Tate and J Dykes, CC. Isaac Hill, Ds. May 2, 1837. Sento on to McCormack.

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WILL OF J. W. M. TATE April 19, 1873

I bequeath my soul to God who gave it. Secondly, I direct that my debts and funeral expenses be paid. Thirdly, I will that a tombstone be bought in Nashville worth $100.00 and be put up at my father's grave, and one worth $50.00 at my mother's grave who died and was buried in West Tennessee. I also direct that a tombstone worth $50.00 be put up at the grave of my deceased wife, Mary, and worth $100.00 be put at my grave. Fourthly, I will that a good foundation of dressed stone be put around the graves of my father, my deceased wife, myself and little boy, and that an iron fence be put around said graves. Fifthly, I direct that my property, both real and personal, be sold. Sixthly, I will that my executor, after winding up my estate, pay over to L. D. Mercer, who I appoint to act as Trustee for my wife, Lyncha and two children, J. K. P. Tate and Susan E. Bain, formerly Susan E. Tate, all the money in his hands belonging to my estate. Upon the death of either or both of these, sufficient amount be used to give them a decent burial and tombstones for their graves worth $100.00, and the balance of any to be divided between the heirs of their bodies as they become of age. In the event that my said children having no heirs of their body, then his or her interest to be divided between the heirs of the other chid. Lastly, I appoint J. Furm Morford, executor of this will. Witnessed by W. B. Smartt and W. L. Swann. Recorded June 2, 1873.

Pages 284-296 June 24, 1873

Inventory of the estate of J. W. M. Tate, dec'd which has come to the hands of J. Furm Morford, executor, the widow having discented from the will at the June term of County Court 1873.

Pages 59 - 64 July 16, 1875

Report of settlement made with J. Furm Morford, executor of J. W. M. Tate, dec'd.

Page 191 November 23, 1876

Report of settlement made with J. Furm Morford, executor of J. W. M. Tate, dec'd. Bill for tombstone and iron fence. $361.20.

More About JAMES WILLIAM M. TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Philadelphia Cemetery, Warren County, TN

More About MARY DUGAN:

Burial: Unknown, Philadelphia Cemetery, Warren County, TN

Children of JAMES TATE and MARY DUGAN are:

40. FRANCIS ASBERRY⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born August 1830 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown in Madison County, TN. He married (1) LOUISA MATILDA BROWN. She was born 1834, and died Unknown. He married (2) AMANDA F.. She died Unknown.

Notes for FRANCIS ASBERRY TATE:

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Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1972

He was probably named for the very popular Devine of the name Asberry.

Reference: Estate papers, Page 114, 118; Federal Census 1860 Grundy County, TN, Page 98, 99; Jean Mullis, 8148 Debbie Circle, Norfolk, VA 23518, a descendant of Joseph Brown and Martha Savage Tate; Verla Bailey

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, Volume 3, 1835 - 1839, Page 173.

Surveyed April 25, 1837 for Asberry Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated December 3, 1826, No 4346 on the waters of Collins River, NE corner of a 5000 acre survey claimed by M. Griswold, NE corner of a 5000 acre survey in the name of Meredith Tate, including and excluding 62 1/2 acres of older title. Robert Tate and John Dykes, CC. Isaac Hill, DS. May 2, 1837. Sent on to McCormack.

More About FRANCIS ASBERRY TATE:

Military service: Civil War - Soldier in Confederate Army

Children of FRANCIS TATE and LOUISA BROWN are:

Children of FRANCIS TATE and AMANDA F. are:

41. MEREDITH (MEREDA) PRICE⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born August 1830 in Grundy County, TN, and died November 28, 1908 in Gainsville, MO. He married (1) MARY MOFFITT in TN. She was born in TN, and died Unknown in Gainsville, MO. He married (2) MARTHA HENNEGAR. She died Unknown.

Notes for MEREDITH (MEREDA) PRICE TATE:

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Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II", Metzel and Updike, 1984

Some of the Tate family moved over to Decatur County, TN and it is probable that Meredith moved over with his mother.

References: 1860 Federal Census of Decatur County, TN.

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, Volume 3, 1835 - 1839 Page 172

Surveyed April 24, 1837 for Meriday Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated December 23, 1836, No. 4347 on the waters of Collins River, Fall Creek, corner of a 5000 acre survey claimed by M. Griswold, it being also a corner of another 5000 acre tract surveyed for Griswold, crossing Fall Creek, Peter House Creek and Round Mountain Creek, middle fork of Collins River, above Tarpin Brahcn, NE corner of said Griswold 5000 acre survey, including 62 1/2 acres of older title. Sm. Sitz and John Dykes, CC. Isaac Hill, DS. May 2, 1837, Sent on to McCormack.

Children of MEREDITH TATE and MARY MOFFITT are:

Children of MEREDITH TATE and MARTHA HENNEGAR are:

42. NANCY⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born Abt. 1833 in Warren County, TN, and died Abt. 1854 in Grundy County, TN. She married JONATHAN M. BOST, son of JOHN BOST and NANCY WALKER. He was born July 18, 1826 in Warren County, TN, and died December 04, 1899 in McMinnville, TN.

More About NANCY TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Philadelphia Church Cemetery,

Notes for JONATHAN M. BOST:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

References Verla Bailey, 5715 Countess Drive, Fort Wayne, IN;

More About JONATHAN M. BOST:

Burial: 1899, Shellsford Cemetery, McMinnville, Warren County, TN

Child of NANCY TATE and JONATHAN BOST is:

43. ELIZABETH⁴ TATE (JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1835 in Warren County, TN, and died August 05, 1877 in Henderson County, TN (Buried at Smith Chapel Cemetery). She married MARCUS D. L. BOST October 31, 1850, son of JOHN BOST and NANCY WALKER. He died Unknown.

Notes for ELIZABETH TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Elizabeth was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Smith Tate. No information is known on her daughters Mary and Ader. In 1850 she was living with her mother in Grundy County, age 15. In 1860 she had married and was living in Henderson County, adjacent to Decatur County, TN and living with the family was her mother, Elizabeth, age 50.

Reference; Estate Settlement Court Record, Page 9, 10, 114, 115; Federal Census 1850 Grundy County, TN, Page 45; Federal Census 1860 and 1870 Henderson County, TN.

Children of ELIZABETH TATE and MARCUS BOST are:

44. ELISHA⁴ TATE (JOSEPH³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born April 14, 1801 in Burdine Farm, Big Moccasin Valley, Russell County, VA, and died June 19, 1858 in Big Moccasin Valley, Russell County, VA (buried on Tate-Burdine Cemetery). He married ELIZA DAVENPORT in Russell County, VA. She was born 1805, and died 1883 in Lebanon, Russell County, VA.

Notes for ELISHA TATE:

Died intestate.

Reference: Will Book Russell County, VA, Book 7, page 124; Book 11, page 167; Book 11, 429, 167, 124. Federal Census 1850 Russell County, VA, page 294-1025

More About ELISHA TATE:

Cause of Death: Consumption

Children of ELISHA TATE and ELIZA DAVENPORT are:

45. JOHN (REV.)⁴ TATE (JOSEPH³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1803 in Russell County, VA, and died Unknown. He married VIRGINIA JANE LARK. She died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN (REV.) TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike, 1984

On August 1844, John Tate and his wife, Jane, with his brothers Robert C. and his wife Nancy; Elish and wife, Eliza; and William Tate met and sold 170 acres of land on which their father, Joseph Tate (deceased) lived. After 1844, John Tate with his family moved from Russell County, VA to Powell's Valley, VA in what was then a part of Lee County, now a part of Wise County, VA where he settled.

He was pastor of the "Three Forks Baptist Church", which was founded in the year of 1798. He was pastor from February 1853 to January 1855 and from March 1857 to October 1873. He, as an elder of the church, together with Deacons Thomas Wells, Jeremiah Wells and Isaac Willis, at the request of the Toms Creek Baptist Church, was appointed to help organize a church at the Big Glades, now the town of Wise, on the first Monday in May, 1847. He was active in church affairs, and public affairs of the county and was elected and served as constable in the Richmond Township for two terms, from 1860 to 1864.

Children of JOHN TATE and VIRGINIA LARK are:

46. WILLIAM⁴ TATE (JOSEPH³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1805 in Tate-Burdine Plantation, Russel Co, VA, and died Unknown. He married FORBIA. She was born Abt. 1805 in VA, and died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM TATE:

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Excerpt from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1984.

Born on the old Tate-Burdine plantation, about 15 miles from Lebanon, Russell County, VA. He was mentioned in his father, Joseph Tate's estate papers, on May 22, 1843, William Tate with John W. Owens and Elisha Tate, a third part. William Tate is indebted to Elisha Tate admin. of the Joseph Tate estate. On March 22, 1844 he sold to John W. Owens the tract of land his father Joseph lived on in his lifetime, 177 acres to John W. Owens, witnessed by John Fugate, John Tate and all three signed the deed. After 1850 he and his wife moved to Hancock County, TN where they were living in 1870 next door to their son, Elisha Tate and family.

Reference: Russell County, VA Will Book. Deed Book 11, page 310, Book 55, Page 436; Federal Census 1850 Russell County, Page 230-294-1023; Federal Census 1870 Hancock County, TN, Page 30-16-35-5.

Children of WILLIAM TATE and FORBIA are:

47. HOOD⁴ TATE (ROBERT HOOD (III)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1805 in Warren or Grundy County, TN, and died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH. She died Unknown.

Notes for HOOD TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume 2, by Laura W. Mentzel and Ethel S. Updike, 1984.

"He perhaps had a first name before Hood. He and Elizabeth were living in Barry County, MO. The Barry County, MO 1850 Census was very dim, but a neighbor gave names of his children and there in this file."

Reference: Federal Census of Barry County, MO and marriage records.

Children of HOOD TATE and ELIZABETH are:

48. SOPHRONIA (PHRONIE) ELIZABETH⁴ TATE (ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1810 in TN or VA/Tennessee, and died 1879 in Wayne or Iron County, MO. She married THOMPSON DUNNEGAN 1835 in Warren County, TN, son of ABSALOM DUNNEGAN. He was born 1809 in Wythe County, VA, and died Unknown in MO.

Notes for SOPHRONIA (PHRONIE) ELIZABETH TATE:

See notes on the Family of Thompson and Sophronia Dunnegan under Thompson Dunnegan.

Notes for THOMPSON DUNNEGAN:

The Family of Thompson and Sophronia Dunnegan, compiled by Carol E. Vaughan, Lexington, KY

Thompson lived with his father, Absalom, and remaining family members in White or Warren Counties, TN until around 1835 when he started his own family. His mother apparently died before 1830. Thompson married Sophronia Elizabeth Tate, daughter of Alexander Tate and Delilah Henderson. She was born around 1810 in VA or TN. It was said that Sophronia was "born with a veil" which, according to Appalachian folklore, could mean that she may have had an extra sensory "gift" or "powers." Certainly, she was held in high esteem since two of her granddaughters were named for her. Thompson and Sophronia had seven children, six of which were born in TN.

Thompson and Sophronia made their home in Warren County, TN in the Civil District 2 community of Campaign. He appears on the Tax Lists of 1836 and 1838 which show him as having 100 acres of land. The only record of land transactions found in TN was a Trust Deed dated April 25, 1838 in which a George Cole pays off a debt Thompson owed to Miller and Pennen for interest and possible sale of property. They lived in Warren County at the time of the 1850 Census but moved to Missouri shortly after that count. Their seventh child, Leander was born in MO in 1854. In the 1860 Census they are shown living in Iron County, MO with all seven children. By 1870, the family had settled in the town of Greenville in Wayne County, MO. Jane, Mary L., and Irvin were still living with them. James Elgin and William Samuel were married and living in Iron County. Sarah C. had married George B. Wallace by that time. The 1870 Census shows a Samuel Spears, farm laborer from TN, living with Thompson and Sophronia. We believe that Samuel was the son of Nancy Dunnegan and James Spears. At this time, Nancy is thought to have been Thompson's sister.

The dates and places of death for Thompson and Sophronia are unknown. The last record of Sophronia is shown on a deed dated March 22, 1879 in which she and Thompson sold a parcel of land in Wayne County to Emmanuel Lovelace. In another deed dated June 22, 1880, Thompson and his second wife, Sarah (Sallie) E. Foquaide sell a parcel of land to Irvin George Dunnegan. No evidence has been found to pinpoint the date of his death...only that he was still living in 1880. Nor, have any cemetery records been found showing their burial in Wayne or Iron Counties. There is a possibility that both were buried in a part of Old Greenville, located on the St. Francis River, which has been under water since the creation of Wappapello Dam.

A record of Thompson's marriage to Sarah E. Foquaide was found in Iron County. They were married April 14, 1880. The 1880 Census shows Thompson as head of household, 70 years old, farmer from VA, with his wife Sarah, 48 years old from TN. Also are listed two children, John (17) son, and Frances (11) daughter. The surname Dunnegan is shown for these children, but I do not believe that Thompson adopted them since their real names show up on later records. It is possible that Thompson died in St. Louis. Sally is shown living there in the 1890 Census but, most likely, she moved there after Thompson died.

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Warren County, TN 1840 Census, Reel 35 UK, pg. 333; 1 m <5, James Elgan;1 m 30/40 Thompson - head; 1 f 5/10, Delila Jane; 1 f 30/40, Sophronia.

Warren County, TN 1850 Census, 2nd Civil District 41, pg. 263.

Iron County, Union Township 757, MO 1860 Census, pg 137.

Wayne County, Logan Township, Greenville, 1880 Census

Children of SOPHRONIA TATE and THOMPSON DUNNEGAN are:

49. JAHIEL DOUGLAS⁴ TATE (ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1814 in Russell County, VA, and died Aft. 1875 in Texas County, MO. He married (1) SARAH PRICE Abt. 1838, daughter of JOHN PRICE and JANE POTTS. She was born 1824 in Jackson County, AL, and died Aft. 1860 in Texas County, MO. He married (2) RACHEL KATHERINE KIMBRO Abt. 1870 in MO. She was born 1830 in AR, and died Abt. 1900 in Fannin County, TX.

Notes for JAHIEL DOUGLAS TATE:

Texas County, Missouri was formerly Ashley County. Texas County was organized February 14, 1845 from Shannon and Wright Counties. The new County was named for the Lone Star State. Houston, the county seat, was named for General Sam Houston, the "hero" of San Jacinto. Townships in the county are Boone, Burdine, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Current, Date, Jackson, Lynch, Morris, Ozark, Pierce, Piney, Roubidoux, Sargent, Sherrill, and Upton. The Texas County courthouse was destroyed during the Civil War, it burned on February 12, 1881 and again on December 14, 1930.

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Information from "History of Cooper County", by W. F. Johnson, 1919 and "Tate Families of Southern States", by Metzel and Updike, 1972.

Douglas and Sarah (Price) Tate, the former of whom was born in Warren County Tenn., and the latter in Jackson County ALA., who came with their family to Sherrill Township., Texas County, Missouri in 1852 and settled on a farm in Texas County where they spent the remainder of their lives. Douglas Tate and wife were the parents of 11 children of whom Louisa Tally was the fourth in order of birth.

The names and ages of children born in Warren County, TN were confirmed by the Warren County, TN 1850 Census. On that Census it indicates that he was a farmer whose land was worth approximately $300.

He married his second wife, Rachael C., a widow with three daughters. E., b. 1855; Harriett McLaughlin, b. 1860 AR and Adaline McLaughlin, b. 1862, AR. These children were listed in the Sherill, Texas County Census of 1870, pg 479-34 and 1880, pg 368-272.

Douglas and Rachael had two additional children, Thomas J. Tate, b. 1871 and Emma Tate, b. 1874 in Sherrill Township.

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Information from "Texas County Missouri Heritage, Volume II" Submitted by Nellie Gatchel

In 1859, Jahiel bought land in Sherrill Township of Texas County as did his son James A. Jahiel's brother, Elgan was living in Texas County during the 1850 Census.

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1860 Texas County, MO Federal Census - Sherill Township

Page 138, Dwelling 908, Household 851

Tate, J. D. - 40 - farmer, Value of Real Estate $600, Value of Personal Estate $750, born TN

Sarah Tate - 37 - wife - born AL

John A. Tate - 18 - farmhand

Laura - 15 -born TN

Lorenza D - 13 - born TN

America - 10 - born TN

Philander - 7 - born MO

Silas - 5 - born MO

Julia - 3 - born MO

Sherrill - 1/12 - born MO

Living on the property next to his brother, James Elgan Tate.

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Land Patents were issued to Jahiel Duglass Tate:

NWSE Sec. 27, Twnshp. 33-N, Range 9-W Texas County, MO - 40 acres - December 1, 1853 Doc. # 15054, Bureau of Land Management

NESW Sec. 27, Twnshp. 33-N, Range 9-W Texas County, MO - 80 acres - August 1, 1860 Document #38701, Bureau of Land Management

SENW Sec. 27, Twnshp. 33-N, Range 9-W Texas County, MO - (same)

SWNE Sec. 27, Twnshp. 33-N, Range 9-W Texas County, MO - 40 acres - August 1, 1860 Document 38408, Bureau of Land Management

N1/2NE Sec. 27, Twnshp. 33-N, Range 9-W Texas County, MO - 80 acres - August 1, 1860 Document 37885, Bureau of Land Management

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1880 Texas County, MO Federal Census - Sherill Township

Page 31, SD 4, ED 131, Line 38, Dwelling 268, Household 272

Tate, Jahiel D. - 65 - farmer - born TN, parents born VA

Rachael C. - 50 - wife - born TN, father born TN, mother born VA

Loranzo D. - 30 - IDIOTIC - born TN, parents born TN

Harriett McLaughlin - step daughter - 20 - born AR - parents born TN

Adaline McLaughlin - step daughter - 18 - born AR - parents born TN

Thomas J. - 8 - son - born MO - parents born TN

Emma - 6 - daughter - born MO - parents born TN

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I have noted that there are differences in the reported year of Jahiel's birth. The 1860 Federal Census of Texas County, MO reports his age as 40. That would make the year of his birth about 1820. The 1880 Federal Census of Texas County, MO reports his age as 65. That would make the year of his birth about 1815.

Ricki Wilkins

More About JAHIEL DOUGLAS TATE:

Census: 1850, Warren County, TN

Occupation: Farmer

Notes for SARAH PRICE:

It is believed that Sarah married (Jahiel) Douglas in or around Jackson County, AL and lived there during the birth of her first three children. The 1850 Warren County Census shows that James D., and John D. with Alabama birth places. Since Sophronia who died when young and was not listed on this Census, was the second born, she was probably born in AL too. This same Census shows Sarah and "Douglass" living in Warren County, with additional children, Louisa Adeline, Lorenzo D., and America M. In 1852 she moved with Douglas from Warren County, TN to Sherrill Township, Texas County, MO with five of their children. It is believed that she died some time shortly after the birth of Julia in 1857. She was about 33 when she died.

Notes for RACHEL KATHERINE KIMBRO:

EARLY HISTORY OF PIONEER PULASKI COUNTY FAMILIES April 2, 1961

"The History of the McLaughlin and Wood Families"

written by Mrs. Mary Lane, of Duke, MO

Part One

My grandfather, Marcus McLaughlin, came to this country from Ireland when he was 19 years old. He had two brothers who lived in Tennessee. He married there and there is where he met my grandmother, Catherine Kimbro and they got married and moved to Batesville, Arkansas.

The Civil War broke out in 1861 and grandfather joined up with the south and his two brothers said they wouldn't join either side. Grandmother had a brother and he didn't join either side so they all left together and went out west. Grandfather never heard from his

brothers and didn't know what happened to them. It had been over two years when grandmother heard from her brother and he was in Texas.

The war was about over and the soldiers moved to Dew Balls Bluff, Arkansas. Then granpa got in touch with grandma and told her to take the children and what she could and meet him in Rolla, Mo. He was still at Dew Balls Bluff in camp. When peace was made he got an honorable discharge and would be on his way to Rolla, Mo.

Grandma started out with a cart and a yoke of oxen pulling it. Her and the children made it to Hutton Valley where the bushwhackers overtook her and robbed her and took everything she had. She had $300.00 in gold and silver coins. She had it in a money belt around her waist and it rubbed her side and she had took it off for a few days and sealed it up in the corner of the feather bed. Grandfather gave her

this money he had collected and told her to hold on to it and he would see her in Rolla, Mo.

The bushwhackers took the feather bed and she followed one half mile and begged and cried for the feather bed for her children to sleep on. There was a guy in the bunch that only had one eye. Grandma had a pair of new brogans shoes on. The brogan shoes were made of hard and stiff leather and this one eyed man told her she could have her dammed old dirty feather bed if she would pull off her shoes and give them to him. So that is what she done. She sat right down and pulled off her new shoes and that left her barefooted. He was standing on the wagon or cart and she handed her shoes up to him. He took the shoes and kicked the feather bed off the wagon. She said it didn't hit the ground until she grabbed it and sat on it, until they drove out of sight.

The bushwhackers went on down the road and when they turned the corner and got out of sight she ripped the corner of the feather bed open and got the money out and put it around her waist and never took it off until she got to Rolla, Mo.

Can you imagine how heavy $300.00 in gold and silver coins were? She and the children walked on to Rolla. She left the feather bed by the side of the road.

During this time peace was declared and the war was over and then grandpa got very sick with the fever. He told two of his buddies to find grandma when they got to Rolla, Mo., that he wasn't going to make it. And he gave these two men what money he had and told them to

give it to grandma and tell her of his death. He was buried at Dew Ball Bluff, Arkansas.

Part Two

The railroad had a line from St. Louis to Rolla, Mo. Grandma met every freight train that came. There were soldiers hanging on the sides and on top and all over but no grandpa. The last train that came brought the sad news. Those two men found granma and told her the sad news and gave her the money.

In these Civil War days there were bushwhackers and marauders that did much destruction and damaged homes and people. Supply wagons during the Civil War days were burned by the rebels. Just before dusk on a Monday evening a supply train May 24, 1862, bound for Springfield, Mo., consisting of 17 wagons loaded with bacon was overtaken by a band of Marauders belonging to Colemands Band who let the mules lose from the wagons and turned them loose and set the wagons afire. They saved a small amount of the bacon but the

rest was burned and completely destroyed and only a few of the mules were recovered.

Then on Tuesday a train came through consisting of 25 wagons bound for the Army beyond Houston, Mo. and they were attacked by the band of Marauders and rebels. The mules were cut loose from 13 wagons. Five of them belonged to Captain

McKays train loaded with Ordinance Stores was taken with the rest of the wagons was set afire before the work of destruction was completed.

Lt. Segit, who with a squad of cavalry men was escorting another wagon train in the rear, they drove the rebels pickets and the thieving crowd took to their heels and fled.

Here is the genealogy of grandpa Marcus and Grandma Catherine McLaughlin. They had 7 children, Wiley, Marcus (nicknamed Bud), Mary, Harriet and Addie, Carl died when he was young and a baby died in infancy. Grandma lived in Rolla until all the children were about grown. Wiley and Marcus (Bud) went to a farm on Big Piney river at Slabtown, MO. and worked for a Mrs. Miriam Merrell. This is where my dad (Wiley) got his first horse he ever owned. He worked on this farm one year for room and board and for the horse and feed.

Later years Grandma moved from Rolla to Licking, Mo. She met a Mr Douglas Tate and they married and had two children, one girl Emmie and one boy Tommy. He died when he was about 15 weeks old. Later years Mr. Tate died and grandma was left alone again. She lived west of Licking on a 40 acre farm that she just had a lifetime dowery in it.

Then Emmie married Willie McGuire and they lived close to grandma. Then they moved to Texas and grandma was left to herself. Later grandma went to Texas where Emmie and Willie were. Later she came back a couple of times and visited Dad and Mom

and two of Dads sisters Addie and Harriet. My dads name was Wiley McLaughlin.

Part Three

I don't have any history on Addie, but Harriet married Tom Crook, and he had been married before and had children by his first wife. They left Missouri and went to Arkansas and they had two children, Frank and Lucy and they were 10 and 12 years old when they separated.

Mr. Crook took Jim by his first wife and went to the state of Washington. He had been in the Army and drew a small pension. No one ever heard of him again. Harriet kept Frank and Lucy and she worked for a Dr. Hutchinson at Calico Rock, Arkansas.

Harriet took sick and died suddenly. The doctor didn't know anything about her folks, so he found grandmas address in some of Harriet papers and wrote and told grandma about Harriet's death and that she was buried in Arkansas. The doctor had Frank and Lucy.

Grandma wrote my dad (Wiley) McLaughlin and told him that Harreit was dead and buried that for him to go get Frank and Lucy. and bring them to his house. So Wiley got his brother, Markus to go with him and they went to Arkansas in a covered wagon with a team of horses. It took over a week to make the trip. They got Frank and Lucy and returned home. The children stayed about three weeks and grandma came from Texas and visited a month and she took Frank and Lucy home with her to Texas.

Lucy married a Mr. Will Pratt, and Frank married a Emmie Skeen. Frank and wife Emmie were married December 24, 1905 at Bonhan, Texas. They had nine children, Freeman, Lila, Cecil, Bob, Mrs Ruby Joplin, Leonard Blunt from Clarkesville, Texas, Mrs. Mamie Zeliff and Bennett Red is from Dallas, Texas, and Jessie Nolin lived in Texas. The youngest son passed away.

Frank and Emmie and son came to see my brother Columbus McLaughlin and I a few years ago. Thomas was a traveling salesman and they were on their way up north and Frank and Emmie (Skeen) Crook came to Red River County, Texas in 1914. They had 24 grandchildren. The last I heard from them was when they celebrated their 53 wedding anniversary. He was 83 years old and she was 77 years old.

Wiley McLaughlin met my mother Grace Ellen Victoria Wood at Big Piney, Mo. The first name Big Piney has been called Post Oak Flatts.

Dad and mother were married July 10, 1881 and lived on my mother's farm on the Big Piney River the second farm above the Ross Farm or bridge. My oldest brother, Columbus was born there October 8, 1882. Mother wasn't well living so close to the river. She had chills and fever. The doctor told her to to move and get away from the river. So they traded the river farm for a ridge farm on Musgrave Hollow at Palace, MO. The rest of their children were born there. There were 8 of us children, Columbus, Mark, Samuel, Rufus, Clarence, Newton, Belle, and Mary. Columbus and Mae Carrell married November 10, 1907. They had seven children Altha, Meda, Alta, Hazel Shirley and two boys, Lawrence and Warren.

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Dew Balls Bluff is actually probably De Valls Bluff in either Prairie or Monroe County, directly east of Little Rock, AR wrote Vicky Drake in an email on October 15, 2000.

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More About RACHEL KATHERINE KIMBRO:

Burial: Menasco Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County, TX

Children of JAHIEL TATE and SARAH PRICE are:

Children of JAHIEL TATE and RACHEL KIMBRO are:

50. JAMES ELGAN⁴ TATE (ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1816 in McMinnville, Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. He married ZILLA B. (?). She was born 1818 in TN, and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES ELGAN TATE:

Born 1814 near McMinnville, Warren County, Tn. He was listed with the families of Clyde E. Durnil for Alexander Tate, however, does not appear on any 1850 census for Warren or Grundy County, TN. Mr. Durnil named some of Elgan's children in the 1870 and 1880 census for Sherrill, Texas County, MO, some of the children are listed.

Reference: Clyde C. Durnil: Fed Census 1870, Texas County, Mo, page 480 - 5 and 1880, page 31, 273; Durnil List: Ruth, Amanda, Neb4aska, Sadie, Jo., Joshua A. James and Oliver. He married Zilla B. born 1818, TN

Source: "The Tate Families of Southern States, Metzel and Updike, 1972

1860 Texas County, MO Federal Census - Sherill Township

Page 138, Dwelling number 848.

James E. Tate - 46 - farmer, value of real estate $1200, value of personal estate $760 - born TN

Z. B. - 39 - born TN

Amanda M. - 15 - born MO

Jahiel E. - 14 - born MO

Ruth E. - 11 - born MO

Joshua E. - 9 - born MO

Brintha (sp?) - 8 - born MO

James E. F. - 6 - born MO

Clinton O. - 4 - born MO

Sarah S. 10/12 - born MO

Living next door to his brother Jahiel D. Tate

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1880 Texas County, MO Federal Census - Sherill County

Page 273.

James E. Tate - 66 - born TN

Zilla, wife - 62 - born TN

Amanda, daughter - 36 - born MO

Joshua, son - 30 - born MO

Nebraska B., daughter - 28 - born MO

Oliver, son - 22 - born MO

Children of JAMES TATE and ZILLA (?) are:

51. NANCY A.⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 25, 1809 in Bathsheeba Springs, Grundy County, TN, and died April 27, 1878 in DeKalb County, AL. She married GEORGE ELIAS KILLIAN, son of DANIEL KILLIAN and NANCY. He was born November 18, 1811 in NC, and died December 30, 1885 in DeKalb County, AL.

Notes for NANCY A. TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

On September 23, 1848, Elias Killian and wife Nancy sold land to Aaron Tate which he in turn sold December 24, 1860 (Aaron and wife, Teletha, to Sylvia Rock.) George probably had a brother, Delaney (Lane) Killian.

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See the letters written by Henry E. Killian in his file.

More About NANCY A. TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Killian Cemetery, Portersville, DeKalb County, AL

More About GEORGE ELIAS KILLIAN:

Burial: Unknown, Killian Cemetery, Portersville, DeKalb County, AL

Child of NANCY TATE and GEORGE KILLIAN is:

52. MAYBEN (DOCK)⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born Abt. 1813 in Warren County, TN, and died Bef. 1887 in DeKalb County, AL. He married DELANA (DELANEY (LANE)) KILLIAN, daughter of DANIEL KILLIAN and NANCY. She was born 1826 in AL, and died Unknown.

Notes for MAYBEN (DOCK) TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He was born circa 1824 in Warren County, TN. The 1870 Federal Census for Dekalb County, Al shows him to be 46. The enumerator recited in 1880 that he was born in 1812. He died in Dekalb County, AL prior to 1887 and in a letter to Martin Van Buren Tate family, Dr. Killian stated he died in 1874/77. He married Delaney (Lane) Killian, born in 1826 in AL. There were many of the name in Warren County, TN. However, because of the destruction of court records it is difficult to determine just where they came from or who they were. Her parents were Elias and Nancy Killian.

On January 11, 1887 in Dekalb County, Al, Anthony Abraham Tate, and wife; Alexander Colett and wife Mary E.; Sally Tate, parties of the first part, being legal heirs of Mayburn and Lane Tate, deceased, certain of the estate to Garret W. Webb and William E. Quinn together with other heirs viz: Thomas Horn, and wife Betty; John Bost and wife Jane, Joseph J. McNutt and wife, Almeda, now residents of Howard County, AR.

Reference: Dekalb County, AL Deed Book "Q", Page 242, Federal Census 1850, Dekalb County, AL, Page 755; Federal Census 1880, Dekalb County, AL, Page 20-25; Cunningham records; Lonnie McPherson, Herbert Tate of Fort Payne, AL.

Children of MAYBEN TATE and DELANA KILLIAN are:

53. AARON (JR.)⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 01, 1814 in Warren County, TN, and died February 21, 1893 in DeKalb County, AL. He married SELETHA (LETHA) WARD March 23, 1839 in DeKalb County, AL, daughter of THOMAS WARD and MARTHA. She was born December 15, 1822 in TN, and died April 15, 1908.

Notes for AARON (JR.) TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

Married march 23, 1839 in Dekalb County. Bond signed by M. Tate to Teletha (Letha) Ward, born 15 December 1822, died April 15, 1808, born in Tn, a daughter of Thomas E. and Martha J. Ward, who gave their grandchildren William D. and Mary V. Tate certain gifts. On September 23, 1848, Elias Killian and wife Nancy sold land to Aaron Tate, Jr. and wife Teletha, sold land to Sylvia Rock. On December 23, 1860, Martha J. and Thomas B. Ward sold or gave land to Mary V. and William D. Tate, thought to be their grandchildren.

Reference: Dekalb County, Al Deed Book F, Page 5, 554; Book G. page 225; Book A, page 155, Book Y. page 293;

Federal Census Dekalb County, AL 1850, Page 152, James S. Tate, Marriage Record Dekalb County, AL.

More About AARON (JR.) TATE:

Burial: February 24, 1893, Gravel Hill Cemetery, Dekalb County, AL

Children of AARON TATE and SELETHA WARD are:

54. MARY⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1816 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. She married JAMES S. BRYANT. He was born in TN, and died Unknown.

Children of MARY TATE and JAMES BRYANT are:

55. SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 22, 1817 in Warren County, TN, and died June 08, 1899 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. She married JAMES (CAPT.) CUNNINGHAM February 14, 1835 in Dekalb County, AL, son of DAVID CUNNINGHAM and UNITY RYAN. He was born April 08, 1817 in Grassy Cove, Warren County, TN, and died July 08, 1894 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX.

Notes for SUSANNAH (SUSIE) TATE:

Cunningham Family Record, by Mrs. Howard B. Cox. 1850 Federal Census of Dekalb County, AL.

More About SUSANNAH (SUSIE) TATE:

Burial: June 1899, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Notes for JAMES (CAPT.) CUNNINGHAM:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

Capt. Cunningham was of Irish descent. They moved from Alabama to Texas in 1839 and sixteen years later, the family settled in Comanche County, TX, then on to the extreme frontier. He and his sons were brave Indian fighters. Many of his sons were officers of the counties in which they lived.

Reference: Cunningham Family - Alma Meadows Cox: Marriage records Comanche County, TX

More About JAMES (CAPT.) CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: July 1894, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Children of SUSANNAH TATE and JAMES CUNNINGHAM are:

56. ROBERT HOOD⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born November 30, 1819 in Grassy Cove, Warren County, TN, and died January 24, 1902 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. He married (1) ELIZABETH EDMONDSON February 11, 1844 in Warren County, TN. She was born 1823 in Warren County, TN, and died Bef. 1858 in DeKalb County, AL. He married (2) JULIA ANN ASBURY October 23, 1858 in DeKalb County, AL. She was born December 30, 1838 in Lebanon, Dekalb County, AL, and died February 07, 1894 in Comanche County, TX.

Notes for ROBERT HOOD TATE:

From the Compilation of Genealogy Records of Robert Hood Tate by Billie Bailey, January 2001

The tombstone at Board Cemetery in Gustine for Robert Hood is very tall and is inscribed: Robert Tate, born May 30, 1819, died January 24, 1902. They settled in Comanche County in the 1870's in the Board Church Community.

1850 Census Dekalb County, AL and 1860 Census Rawlingsville, Dekalb County, AL

1870 Census Rawlingsville, Dekalb County, AL, real estate $700, personal estate $644

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Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1972, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He was a farmer. He married February 11, 1844 an Elizabeth Edmondson, born 1823 in Warren County, TN and died in 1859 in Dekalb County, Al. He married again on December 25, 1858 in Dekalb County, AL Julia Ann Asbury Shankles, born December 30, 1838 in AL. She was probably a widow. She died on February 7, 1894 in Comanche County, TX. Both are buried in board Church Methodist Cemetery. They appeared in 1879 Dekalb County, AL Census, but in 1871 they had moved to near Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Robert Hood Tate moved to Texas after 1870 by wagon train with 3 wagons and $500.00 in gold tied up in a rag. There were 14 children, Columbus being the first child born in Texas.

References: Fed Census 1850 Dekalb County, Al, Page 152; Federal Census 1870, Federal Census 1880, Comanche County, TX, Page 4. In the Federal Census of 1900, he was living in Comanche County at ate 80 with daughter J. Cornelia O'Dell. He had 23 children, 4 having been stillborn.

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More About ROBERT HOOD TATE:

Burial: January 1902, Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, TX

Occupation: Farmer

More About JULIA ANN ASBURY:

Burial: February 1894, Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, TX

Children of ROBERT TATE and ELIZABETH EDMONDSON are:

Children of ROBERT TATE and JULIA ASBURY are:

57. SARAH A.⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1821 in Warren County, TN, and died January 28, 1852 in Pulaski Co, KY. She married JAHAZIEL H. (TWIN) TATE October 18, 1839, son of JAMES TATE and RUTH DAVIDSON. He was born March 09, 1813 in Warren County, TN, and died August 04, 1888 in Poetry, Kaufman County, TX.

Notes for JAHAZIEL H. (TWIN) TATE:

Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1984

Jahaziel married four times; (1) to a bride of whom we know little, except she died early leaving three sons, Andrew J., John S., and James Tate who were living with the Samuel Dykes' family in the 1850 Census of Grundy County, TN. Possibly the Dykes family were the grandparents of them since rural people always find room for their own kin. He was married to (2) Sarah A. Tate, on October 18, 1839, by Justice of the Peace, W. F. Mooney (M. P. 1836 - 7, 8 and 9.) She was born 1821, age 29 on the 1850 Census of Warren County, TN and died on January 28, 1852, in Pulaski County, AR. Her family was opposed to the marriage. They, however, eloped and settled near Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR. He married (3) Lavinia "Vina" who was born in 1810 in MS. He married (4) Nancy who was born April 5, 1824 in Hinds County, TX; she died on December 7, 1893 in Poetry, TX. Her parents were born in AL and VA respectively.

It is said that he suffered from epileptic seizures and never traveled alone. He lived to be an elderly man and died on August 4, 1888 testate, buried with wife Nancy, eight miles from Terrill, Poetry, Kaufman, County, TX in the Dry Creek Cemetery. Issue born in Warren County, TN or Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR.

His will: J. H. Tate, June 22, 1880, Kaufman County, TX, wife Nancy: To sons, Jackson, John S. and M. V. Tate, to the Methodist Church So, witnessed by H. W. Rogers, James McDonald, and J. T. Daniel. Signed September 29, 1880.

References: Pearl Tate Sanders, Warren County, TN, 1850 Federal Census pg 701 - 205: Pulaski County, AR 1850 Federal Census page 4, pt 4-28. November 1850: Kaufman County, TX 1870 lists Lavinia, age 60 as housekeeper. Federal Census 1880 page 330-340: Will Book 28, page 181: Dry Creek Cemetery: Married Dekalb County, AL 976.166 V25M

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Warren County, TN Platt Book, 1835 - 1839 Page 193

Surveyed June 1, 1837 for Jahaziel Tate, 5000 acres by entry dated May 15, 1837, No. 4444 on waters of Colline River, SE corner of a tract of 5000 acres in name of Elan Tate, crossing long fork of Dunaways Creek, SE corner of Peter Yates' 5000 acre survey, platting 62 1/2 acres of older title. Robert Tate and John Tate, CC. The above transferred to J. B. McComack. Isaac Hill, Ds. July 3, 1837. Sent on July 4, 1837 by mail.

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In a letter dated May 16, 1978 from Pearl Tate Sanders to James Striegel Tate she writes:

"As you can see by these Census records of Jahaziel Tate (note that his name is spelled three different ways), three wives were named Sarah, Lavina and Nancy. I think he had another (first) wife because my grandfather, martin Van Buren Tate was born in 1843 and his half-brother, Andrew Jackson was born about 1833 - ten years earlier. I have a copy of the Will of J. H. Tate, dated 1883 at Kaufman County, Texas. In it he names wife Nancy, sons, Jackson Tate, M. V. Tate and John S. Tate. (I had never heard of son John before this)."

"The only information I have on Jahaziel is what my father, Homer M. Tate told me. Martin V. B. and his father Jahaziel seemed close as a father and son. Jahaziel was a school teacher and M. V. B. Tate used to ride double behind his father to school. They both went off to the Civil War together, but were sent to different places. Jahaziel was captured and due to difficult conditions there, his health suffered later in life. My father always went with him on his daily walks, for if he (Jahaziel) had a 'spell' and fell, Dad would have to run for help. Jahaziel accompanied son M. V. B. Tate to Poetry, Texas where he and wife Nancy are now buried."

Children are listed above under (34) Jahaziel H. (twin) Tate.

58. HENRY L.⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1822 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown in AR. He married EMILY (MILLY) EDMONDSON 1845 in Lebanon, Dekalb County, AL. She was born 1829 in AL, and died Unknown.

Notes for HENRY L. TATE:

1860 Federal Census, Dekalb County, AL

Children of HENRY TATE and EMILY EDMONDSON are:

59. ELIZABETH⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 09, 1826 in Grassy Cove, Warren County, TN, and died Bef. 1862 in Blount, AL. She married (1) JOHN LAKEWAY. He was born 1819, and died Unknown. She married (2) THOMAS M. LITTLE August 01, 1844. He was born February 27, 1819 in Lexington, Fayette, KY, and died September 04, 1874.

Notes for ELIZABETH TATE:

Information in Genealogy Notes of Samuel Joseph Carson Waring of February, 2001

"At least two children by Thomas Little; they are mentioned as heirs in the probate of Aaron Tate (Dekalb County Probate Records 1858-1867, Page 153."

Child of ELIZABETH TATE and THOMAS LITTLE is:

60. JOSEPH⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1827 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. He married MARY LOUISE EDMONSTON. She was born 1827 in AL, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOSEPH TATE:

They were living next door to Aaron Tate, Sr., as of the 1850 Federal Census of Dekalb County, AL, had been recently married, but no children.

Children of JOSEPH TATE and MARY EDMONSTON are:

61. ELIZA LOUISE⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born August 11, 1829 in Warren County, TN, and died April 01, 1898 in Comanche County, TX. She married WILLIAM LITTLE. He was born 1822 in TX, and died Unknown.

Notes for ELIZA LOUISE TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1972, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

She was reared in Dekalb County, AL. She married William Little whose parents were born in KY. Eliza and William lived next door to her brother Robert Hood Tate and his family in Comanche County, TX

Children of ELIZA TATE and WILLIAM LITTLE are:

62. JOHN⁴ TATE (AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1833 in Warren County, TN, and died Abt. 1863 in DeKalb County, AL. He married ELIZABETH WEAVER August 06, 1856 in DeKalb County, AL. She was born Abt. 1833 in AL, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN TATE:

1850 Census of Dekalb County, AL, he was living at home with his father.

1860 Census of Dekalb County, AL he showed the following issue:

Patsy Tate, born 1855, Dekalb County, AL

Aaron Tate, born 1959, Dekalb County, AL

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Notes from the Estate Files of Aaron Tate, Sr., John Tate, Elizabeth Connelly Tate, and Maben Dock Tate, all late of Dekalb County, Alabama, by Roland Tate.

JOHN TATE:

On May 06, 1863, Elizabeth (Weaver) Tate, Samuel Weaver, A. Frazier, and G. W. Malone signed a bond, and application for the appointment of Elizabeth Tate and John B. Frazier as Administrators of the Estate of John Tate was made. They qualified as Administrators on February 18, 1867.

July 10, 1867, a petition was made for a distribution to be made to the John Tate Estate from the Aaron Tate Estate. Apparently, a distribution was made. Elizabeth Tate promptly made application for the sale of the John Tate lands to pay John's debts. A petition for a guardian's fair share of the Estate was denied and was set at a 1/30th. Part.

September 11, 1867, a John Tate Estate accounting was made, and the expenses for the children were obviously inflated. Then another accounting was made on February 26, 1869. Elizabeth listed well in excess of $6,000 in tuition, board, and clothing for her minor children, Mary "Polly" Ann Tate, Aaron Tate, and Hannah Elizabeth Tate. A distribution was made which included the widow, the children, and interest on the admin. expenses for the estate for 5 years. Elizabeth resigned as Administrator of the Estate. The Judge asked for Two men who knew the land and the heirs of John Tate to give him an evaluation and description of the land. A voucher for legal services was submitted on March 16, 1869.

July 22, 1869, the Two men requested on February 26th gave testimony in verification of the lands described as the SE ¼ of the Se ¼ of Section 14 and the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 13, both in Township 7S, Range 8E of the Huntsville Meridian. They further stated that they knew the heirs, Elizabeth Tate the widow about 36, Polly Tate about 12 or 14, Aaron Tate about 10, and Elizabeth Tate about 8.

Children of JOHN TATE and ELIZABETH WEAVER are:

63. JANE⁵ SMITH (LYDIA⁴ TATE, ROBERT³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born April 20, 1824 in Pulaski County, KY, and died January 27, 1885 in Buried in the Old Tateville Cemetery, Pulaski County, KY. She married WILLIAM (JR.) SHADDOWN September 12, 1842. He was born November 03, 1819 in Pulaski County, KY, and died 1880 in Pulaski County, KY.

Children of JANE SMITH and WILLIAM SHADDOWN are:

64. JAMES HENLEY⁵ FUGATE (JOHN⁴, HANNAH³ TATE, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1826, and died 1906. He married PENELOPE MILLS. She was born 1824, and died 1903.

Child of JAMES FUGATE and PENELOPE MILLS is:

65. JAMES SLOAN⁵ TATE (WILLIAM OWENS⁴, SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born October 13, 1830 in Pulaski County, KY, and died December 16, 1900. He married MIRANDA BOONE LEWIS. She was born 1832, and died 1894.

Children of JAMES TATE and MIRANDA LEWIS are:

66. SAMUEL⁵ TATE (JOHN (REV.)⁴, SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 19, 1825 in Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY, and died June 22, 1914 in Buried Somerset Cem., Sect. 4,5,18, Pulaski County, KY. He married (1) ELIZA JONES. She died Unknown. He married (2) MINERVA MARTIN May 02, 1846 in KY, daughter of MOSES MARTIN and SUSAN GAINES. She was born April 23, 1826 in KY, and died December 11, 1898 in Buried Somerset Cemetery, Sect. 4,5,18, Pulaski County, KY.

Children of SAMUEL TATE and MINERVA MARTIN are:

67. STEPHEN (JUDGE) HAIL⁵ TATE (JOHN (REV.)⁴, SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 05, 1828 in Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY, and died January 21, 1899 in Pulaski Co, KY. He married (1) ELIZA JONES. She was born 1840, and died Unknown. He married (2) MINERVA JANE LEWIS September 27, 1853 in Tateville, Pulaski County, KY. She died September 06, 1910.

Notes for STEPHEN (JUDGE) HAIL TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

The 1860 Federal Census of Pulaski County, KY listed this family with their three children. His mother Lucy and a brother Martin O. Tate in the home, however, their mother is not in the home at the time of enumeration.

Reference: LSD Archives; 1860 Federal Census of Pulaski County, KY, Page 87-198

Children of STEPHEN TATE and MINERVA LEWIS are:

68. WILLIAM W. (WARLESS)⁵ TATE (BOWEN GOGGIN (BANKS G)⁴, SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 1848 in Tateville, Pulaski County, KY, and died Unknown. He married AMY ANN (SUZANNAH/ANNIE/EMMA) MARTIN February 01, 1866 in Pulaski County, KY, at the home of Susan Martin.. She died Unknown.

Children of WILLIAM TATE and AMY MARTIN are:

69. JOHN M.⁵ TATE (BOWEN GOGGIN (BANKS G)⁴, SAMUEL BRACKEN (MAJOR)³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 11, 1855 in Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY, and died January 11, 1927 in Old Tateville Cemetery, Tateville, Pulaski Co, KY. He married HARRIETT (HATTIE) LEWIS June 14, 1877 in Pulaski County, KY. She was born November 1859, and died Unknown.

Children of JOHN TATE and HARRIETT LEWIS are:

70. JOHN TATE⁵ KELLY (JANE⁴ TATE, ISAAC³, JOHN (COL.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) died Unknown. He married RACHEL VICTORIA SMITH. She died Unknown.

Children of JOHN KELLY and RACHEL SMITH are:

71. JAMES (JIM) W.⁵ TATE (ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 22, 1822 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. He married LUCINDA (CINDY) SAVAGE November 01, 1844, daughter of STERLING SAVAGE and MARTHA POPE. She was born 1827 in GA, and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES (JIM) W. TATE:

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Excerpt from "Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Metzel and Updike, 1972

"Born near the Collins River, Beersheba Springs, Warren County, but later Grundy County, TN. Son of Robert H. and Sarah Lockhart. Married Lucinda Savage, born 1827, GA, daughter of Sterling and Martha Pope Savage. They were living in Grundy County, TN in 1850, however, in later years, they lived in Sequatchie County, TN. Reference: Family Record J. S. Tate; Federal Census 1850 Grundy County, TN 682-58, Sequatchie County TN 1860, page 46-35; 1870 page 1-23. Some of the family settled in Livingston County, KY

Children of JAMES TATE and LUCINDA SAVAGE are:

72. JOHN JACKSON⁵ TATE (ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born March 25, 1823 in Near Beersheba Springs, Warren County, TN, and died March 24, 1898 in Beersheba Springs, Warren County, TN. He married MARTHA P. HICKS May 11, 1845 in Grundy County, TN. She was born December 01, 1829 in Beersheba Springs, TN, and died December 13, 1906 in Beersheba Springs, Warren County, TN.

Notes for JOHN JACKSON TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

John J. Tate family bible now in possession of Oscar Tate.

G. S. Tate et al vs. Virgil Hill, et al

In this course, the death of one of the complainants, J. J. Tate, was suggested and admitted in open court, and it being admitted in open court that Elizabeth Tate, F. M. Tate, R. D. Tate, J. S. Tate, E. M. Tate, W. M. Tate, J. A. Tate, Mary Creighton, and V. L. Tate as the children, and Agness Boyd, Fannie Nunley, Mary Northcutt and Lucy Northcutt are the grandchildren and only heirs at law of the said J. J. Tate, deceased and Frank Boyd is the husband of Agness Boyd and John Creighton is the husband of Mary Creighton and J. J. Nunley is the husband of Fannie Nunley, on motion of K. P. Pearson, solicitor of complainant, this suit is filed in the name of the above mentioned parties as heirs at law of the said J. J. Tate, and the cause ordered to stand in the same plight and condition as it was at the time of the death of the said J. J. Tate. (No date given. Page and book not readable.)

More About JOHN JACKSON TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Armfield Cemetery, Beersheba Springs, Warren County, TN

More About MARTHA P. HICKS:

Burial: Unknown, Armfield Cemetery, Beersheba Springs, Warren County, TN

Children of JOHN TATE and MARTHA HICKS are:

73. WILLIAM HOLEMAN (HOLE)⁵ TATE (ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born October 20, 1825 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. He married PRUDENCE LOCKHART January 23, 1845 in TN. She was born 1825 in TN, and died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM HOLEMAN (HOLE) TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He was not killed in the Civil War for he appeared on the 1880 Census with his wife Prudence, He was wounded in the Civil War.

Reference: Family records of Oscar and daughter, Elsie Tate: William Victor Tate; his natal day from Robert Tate Family, by Dennis Tate: Federal Census for 1850, Grundy County, TN, Page 100-19; Federal Census for 1860 Grundy County, TN, Page 435-173; Federal Census for 1880 Grundy County, TN, Page 18-89.

Children of WILLIAM TATE and PRUDENCE LOCKHART are:

74. FRANCIS MARION⁵ TATE (ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born April 08, 1826 in Near Beersheeba Springs, Warren County, TN, and died 1858. He married MARY SARAH BOST. She was born 1824 in TN, and died Unknown.

Notes for MARY SARAH BOST:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

She was living as a widow in 1860.

Reference: Federal Census 1850, Grundy County, TN, Page 723-49; Federal Census 1860 Grundy County, TN, Page 16-29; Grundy County Marriage Records, James J. Barnes Papers.

Children of FRANCIS TATE and MARY BOST are:

75. ELIZABETH⁵ TATE (ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born May 17, 1828 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. She married (1) JAMES M. REILLY April 25, 1850 in Grundy County, TN. He died Unknown. She married (2) L. W. CARLETON October 17, 1865 in Sequatchie County, TN. He was born 1827 in Sequatchie County, TN, and died Unknown.

Child of ELIZABETH TATE and JAMES REILLY is:

Children of ELIZABETH TATE and L. CARLETON are:

76. HUMPHREY (POSE) P.⁵ TATE (ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born April 20, 1829 in Grundy County, TN, and died December 01, 1909 in Sequatchie County, TN. He married ELIZABETH A. GUESS. She was born 1840 in TN, and died Unknown.

Notes for HUMPHREY (POSE) P. TATE:

Grundy County, TN Death Records # 31936; cause of death - Old Age

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He stated in the Federal Census of 1880, Sequatchie County, TN that his father was born in Virginia and his mother in North Carolina. They were living in Sequatchie County, TN in 1870 and 1880

Reference: Federal Census 1870, 1880, Sequatchie County, TN, Pages 1-5; 3-24; J. S. Tate record. Frank Kelly Tate, Whitwell, TN

Children of HUMPHREY TATE and ELIZABETH GUESS are:

77. CALVIN G. S.⁵ TATE (ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 20, 1831 in Marion County, TN, and died September 01, 1908 in Beersheba Springs, Grundy County, TN. He married (1) JULIA POLK. She died Unknown. He married (2) FRANCES (FANNY) A. CHRISTIAN October 05, 1854 in Grundy County, TN. She was born June 24, 1837 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, TN, and died October 04, 1910 in Tracy City, Grundy County, TN.

Notes for CALVIN G. S. TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He was a Corporal in Company H. of the 35th Infantry in the confederate Army and served during the Civil War. He was wounded in the wrist and side during the battle of Shiloh. At the time of his second marriage he was rather an old man, and it was said that the only reason the young lady married him was that he was getting a pension and she wanted the money. After a while, Hattie S. Tate, his daughter and my grandmother brought him home to her own house and cared for him until his death in 1908.

Reference: Grundy County court records; Death records, Mrs. Dennis (Blanche) Armfield Tate family record. Nettie Sims, 1977; Wm Victor Tate, Palmer, TN

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This family is listed in the 1860, 1870 and 1880 Grundy County Federal Census

Updated and corrected information came from Michael Tate, descendant via email August 2, 2001.

More About CALVIN G. S. TATE:

Burial: 1908, Hobbs Hill Cemetery, Grundy County, TN

Children of CALVIN TATE and FRANCES CHRISTIAN are:

78. PRUDENCE (PRUDY)⁵ TATE (ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born March 1834, and died August 11, 1911 in Lyon County, KY. She married VANCE THATCHER LOCKHART October 14, 1853 in by Justice of the Peace, John Lockhart, Vances' father, Marion County, TN. He was born 1823, and died Unknown.

Children of PRUDENCE TATE and VANCE LOCKHART are:

79. ELISHA⁵ TATE (DAVIDSON⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born November 1823 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. He married FRANCES MATILDA WOOD. She was born 1832 in TN, and died Unknown.

Children of ELISHA TATE and FRANCES WOOD are:

80. JAZEAL (ZILL)⁵ TATE (DAVIDSON⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born October 03, 1828 in Warren County, TN, and died June 05, 1914 in Tracy City, TN. He married FRANCES (FANNIE) SITZ December 28, 1850 in Grundy County, TN. She was born July 04, 1828, and died Unknown.

More About JAZEAL (ZILL) TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Oak Grove Cemetery, Grundy County, TN

Children of JAZEAL TATE and FRANCES SITZ are:

81. PLEASANT HUSE⁵ TATE (DAVIDSON⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1834 in DeKalb County, AL, and died Unknown. He married (1) SALLY (SARAH) DYKES January 09, 1855 in Grundy County, TN, daughter of JOHN DYKES and DOLLY WALKER. She was born 1842 in Grundy County, TN, and died Unknown. He married (2) SARAH DYKES January 11, 1885. She died Unknown.

Children of PLEASANT TATE and SALLY DYKES are:

82. LADDEN (REV.) FARRELL⁵ TATE (DAVIDSON⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born August 1835 in DeKalb County, AL, and died September 1931 in Grundy County, TN. He married LOUZETTA M. COLSTON. She died 1929.

Notes for LADDEN (REV.) FARRELL TATE:

Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984

He is said to be a minister and was living at home in 1850. In the Grundy County, TN Federal Census of 1860 he was married to Louzetta M. Colston. She lived to be 96, 11 months and 5 days old. They lived next door to his father, Davidson Tate in Grundy County, TN.

Reference: William Victor Tate family record; Federal Census 1860 Grundy County, TN, Page 436-193; 1870, Page 2-45; 1880, Page 7-64; 1900. Children born Laager, Grundy County, TN.

More About LADDEN (REV.) FARRELL TATE:

Burial: September 1931, Grundy County, TN

Children of LADDEN TATE and LOUZETTA COLSTON are:

83. ANDREW JACKSON⁵ TATE (JAHAZIEL H. (TWIN)⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1832 in Near Beersheeba Springs, Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. He married LOUISE RAINIE T. HOBBS September 02, 1852 in Grundy County, TN. She was born 1834, and died Unknown.

Notes for ANDREW JACKSON TATE:

Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984

Son of Jaziel B. or Jahaziel and Sarah A. Tate. In 1850, the lived in Grundy County with three boys with the Dykes family, Andrew, age 18; John S., age 16; and James, age 13. I am sure they were brothers and probably living with their Dyke grandparents. His father Jahaziel Tate who lost his wife and on October 18, 1839 married a new bride. The family lived in Grundy County, Tn for some time but in 1880, were residents of Kaufman County, TX, living next door to his half brother Martin Van Buren Tate and family. In fact, Martin Van Buren Tate's daughter Elizabeth Ellen married her cousin William (Bill) Martin Tate. His father, Jahaziel Tate mentioned his sons, Jackson Tate, John S. Tate and M. V. B. Tate, dated June 22, 1880, Kaufman County, TX, descendants mentioned that there was first wife and children.

Family records of Pearl Tate Sanders; Federal Census 1850, Grundy County, TN, page 701-205; 1860, Page 61-13; Marriage Records; 1880, Kaufman County, TX, Page 20-37.

Children of ANDREW TATE and LOUISE HOBBS are:

84. JOHN STUBBLEFIELD⁵ TATE (JAHAZIEL H. (TWIN)⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born February 04, 1834 in Grundy County, TN, and died June 10, 1919. He married ELIZABETH (BETTY) LOCKHART October 13, 1858 in Grundy County, TN. She was born February 04, 1840 in Grundy County, TN, and died February 03, 1933 in Altamont, TN.

Notes for JOHN STUBBLEFIELD TATE:

Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984

He was mentioned in his father's will of June 22, 1880 in Kaufman County, TX. However, I don't think John S. ever lived outside of TN. He was living with his brother Andrew Jackson Tate and James Tate in 1850 in the Samuel Dykes home. His father has been married to Sarah Tate for eleven years so it is thought they were living with their grandparents' family. In 880, the family was living in Altamont, Grundy County, TN.

Reference: Federal Census 1850, Grundy County, TN, page 701-205; 1860, Page 233-25; 1880, page 23-49; Grundy County Marriage Records, Kaufman County, TX Will Book 28, Page 181. Notes from Helen Sanders.

More About JOHN STUBBLEFIELD TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Altamont Cemetery, Altamont, TN

Occupation: Farmer

More About ELIZABETH (BETTY) LOCKHART:

Burial: Unknown, Altamont Cemetery, Altamont, TN

Children of JOHN TATE and ELIZABETH LOCKHART are:

85. JAMES L.⁵ TATE (JAHAZIEL H. (TWIN)⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1837 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. He married RACHEL MYERS January 01, 1855. She died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES L. TATE:

Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1984

Living with the Samuel Dykes family in the Grundy County, TN 1850 Federal Census.

Children of JAMES TATE and RACHEL MYERS are:

86. MARTIN VAN BUREN⁵ TATE (JAHAZIEL H. (TWIN)⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born February 18, 1843 in Near Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR, and died October 18, 1919 in Safford, Graham County, AZ. He married (1) DORENDA ELLEN MORRIS February 15, 1866 in Smith County, TX, daughter of WASHINGTON MORRIS and MARY MCDONALD. She was born February 15, 1843 in Panola County, TX, and died March 06, 1879 in Kaufman County, TX. He married (2) MARGARET VINING May 13, 1880 in Kaufman County, TX, daughter of JOHN VINING and GRACIE CAIN. She was born February 03, 1860 in Carterville, Cass County, GA, and died December 18, 1914 in Thatcher, Graham County, AZ.

Notes for MARTIN VAN BUREN TATE:

Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984

Martin Van Buren and his family lived in TX before moving to OK. The Tate family joined the Mormon Church in Oklahoma Indian Territory at the time Andrew Kimball, Father of Spencer Kimball, was Mission President of the area.

Martin V. and his wife, Margaret moved from Spanish Fork, Utah to Arizona during the summer of 1898. With them were seven of their then, nine children. The two older girls, Maggie and Myrtle, then 16 and 17 years old, remained in Spanish Fork, working for individual families. The seven children who came to Arizona were Homer, Nellie, Bessie, Gracie, Mable, Alma and Ruth.

In 1894, the Tate family moved to Utah. and settled in Spanish Fork. The winters in Utah affected Margaret's arthritis so severely, they felt a warmer climate would give her more relief. When Martin heard that Andrew Kimball was being called to preside as Stake President over the St. Joseph Stake, he sought his advice concerning moving the Tate family to Arizona. On the recommendation of President Andrew Kimball, the Tates started for Arizona with all their possessions in two wagons. One wagon was pulled by mules, the other by horses. martin V. drove one wagon and Homer, age 13, drove the other. They arrived in Central in the late summer of 1898. The only available housing at the time was an empty grainery located near the church and school. The tenth child of the Tate family, Zina Myrtle, was born in Central. Martin V. and his family stayed in Central a little more than six years. In order to provide better for the large family, they moved to Globe, AZ where they started a boarding house for the miners. This gave an opportunity to put the girls of the family to work. The Tate family eventually moved back to the Gila Valley locating permanently in Thatcher, AZ.

In the Gila Valley, daughter Nellie Bly married her Central school teacher, Spencer C. Heywood. Homer M. married his neighbor, Emma Pearl Coombs of Central.

Reference: Family records by Pearl Tate Sanders; Federal Census 1880, Kaufman County, TX, Page 20--37; Will Book 28, Kaufman County, TX, Page 181.

Children of MARTIN TATE and DORENDA MORRIS are:

Children of MARTIN TATE and MARGARET VINING are:

87. GEORGE WASHINGTON⁵ TATE (SAMUEL JACKSON⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 1850 in Tracy City, Grundy County, TN, and died April 13, 1918 in Tracy City, Grundy County, TN. He married (1) CAROLINE. She died Unknown. He married (2) AMANDA LAYNE 1874. She was born 1855, and died Unknown.

Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON TATE:

Source: Thomas Jefferson Barnes Papers Film 634-2, TN State Archives, Folios H101 - V192, Tate folio #181

George Washington Tate and his wife went to Knoxville, TN in 1880.

More About GEORGE WASHINGTON TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Knoxville, TN

Children of GEORGE TATE and AMANDA LAYNE are:

88. MARTHA⁵ TATE (SAMUEL JACKSON⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1857 in Grundy County, TN, and died Unknown. She married CANOVA THOMAS CAGLE August 21, 1873 in Grundy County, TN. He died Unknown.

Children of MARTHA TATE and CANOVA CAGLE are:

89. JOHN LEE⁵ TATE (ELAN H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 07, 1849 in Grundy County, TN, and died May 01, 1902 in Decaturville, Grundy County, TN. He married MARTHA J. WELCH September 28, 1871, daughter of HENRY WELSCH. She was born August 14, 1845 in Decaturville, Grundy County, TN, and died January 18, 1917 in Decaturville, Grundy County, TN.

Notes for JOHN LEE TATE:

Excerpt from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, Early Decatur County Settlers and Biographies:

Tate Family

"John L. Tate was born on December 7, 1849, in Warren County, TN and enlisted in Forrest's Confederate Cavalry in 1864. He returned to Warren County and farmed until 1869, when he moved to Oak Grove, Decatur County. The following year he came to Decaturville where he followed merchandising. On September 20, 1871, he married Martha J. Welch, daughter of Henry Welch. They were the parents of 7 children: Mary, Maggie,William H. Carrie, B., Anna Jane, John Elmer, and Grover Cleveland."

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Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984

Son of Elan H. and Jane Turner Tate. Elan did not remarry after Jane's death. John, George and Martha's graves are unmarked. George was murdered in Decaturville on December 1, 1876 (Goodspeed's History says November 30, 1877 and used here). The indications are that Martha had preceded him in death. Possibly at the birth of Mattie on February 3, 1876. The records of Grov Liles trial and conviction for George's murder were lost in the Decatur County courthouse fire of 1926 so more positive information is lost.

Jane, Grover, and Bobby died before Elan H., and the three surviving sons moved to Decatur County, TN in 1870. I find no records or tombstones for Grover and Bobby. Jane is buried in Warren County, TN, near its border with Grundy County. Elan H. Tate was living with his son, John Lee. At Elan's death, Elan's papers passed through son John Lee's family ownership into the hands of Martha Angie Raspbury of Hohenwald, TN. Mrs. Raspbury supplied the information on the Issue of James and Ruth Tate and has been a close collaborator of James Striegal Tate in the compiling of this family study.

Reference: James Striegel Tate

More About JOHN LEE TATE:

Burial: 1902, Decaturville, Grundy County, TN

More About MARTHA J. WELCH:

Burial: 1917, Decaturville, Grundy County, TN

Children of JOHN TATE and MARTHA WELCH are:

90. GEORGE W. M⁵ TATE (ELAN H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1851 in Grundy County, TN, and died November 30, 1877. He married MARTHA (MATTIE) STEGALL April 02, 1874. She died Unknown.

Notes for GEORGE W. M TATE:

Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984

Son of Elan H. and Jane Turner Tate. Elan did not remarry after Jane's death. John, George and Martha's graves are unmarked. George was murdered in Decaturville on December 1, 1876 (Goodspeed's History says November 30, 1877 and used here). The indications are that Martha had preceded him in death. Possibly at the birth of Mattie on February 3, 1876. The records of Grov Liles trial and conviction for George's murder were lost in the Decatur County courthouse fire of 1926 so more positive information is lost. Murdered by Grove Liles

Reference: James Striegel Tate

Child of GEORGE TATE and MARTHA STEGALL is:

91. JAMES HARRISON⁵ TATE (ELAN H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 30, 1856 in Grundy County, TN, and died April 13, 1891 in Decaturville, Decatur County, TN. He married EMMA JONES December 21, 1875 in Decaturville, Grundy County, TN, daughter of TROY JONES and SARAH YARBRO. She was born June 19, 1859 in Decaturville, Grundy County, TN, and died June 15, 1922 in Decaturville, Grundy County, TN.

Notes for JAMES HARRISON TATE:

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Excerpt from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, Early Decatur County Settlers and Biographies:

Tate Family

"James H. engaged in the mercantile business in partnership with his brother, John Lee. In 1884, he went to Perryville, TN and engaged in business there until May 6, 1885, when he lost a large part of his property by fire. He then returned to Decaturville. James was born in Dekalb County, September 30, 1855 and married Emma Jones, daughter of Dr. T. W. Jones of Decaturville, on December 21, 1875. She bore five children, Emma Myrtle, deceased, Jesse, Allie, Lewis L. and James F."

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More About JAMES HARRISON TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Decaturville City Cemetery, Grundy County, TN

More About EMMA JONES:

Burial: Unknown, Decaturville City Cemetery, Grundy County, TN

Children of JAMES TATE and EMMA JONES are:

92. ELIZABETH M.⁵ TATE (JOHN GOOLEMAN⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1842 in Warren County, TN, and died Unknown. She married ISHAM (JR.) DYKES October 30, 1865 in Grundy County, TN. He died Unknown.

Children of ELIZABETH TATE and ISHAM DYKES are:

93. JOHN⁵ TATE (JOHN GOOLEMAN⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1854, and died Unknown. He married SARAH SMITH. She died Unknown.

Children of JOHN TATE and SARAH SMITH are:

94. RUTH⁵ TATE (JOHN GOOLEMAN⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1856 in Grundy County, TN, and died 1923 in Delaware, OK (buried in Lenapah Cemetery with husband). She married JAMES MONROE DUGAN December 02, 1874, son of JOHN DUGAN and LOUISA. He was born Abt. 1851 in SC, and died 1936 in Delaware, OK (buried in Lenapah Cemetery).

Children of RUTH TATE and JAMES DUGAN are:

95. NANCY JANE⁵ TATE (FRANCIS ASBERRY⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1857 in Warren County, TN, and died January 19, 1914 in Decatur County, TN. She married (1) E. J. STEGARD. He died Unknown. She married (2) ANDREW JACKSON RUSHING December 11, 1878. He died Unknown.

More About NANCY JANE TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Oak Grove Cemetery

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Children of NANCY TATE and ANDREW RUSHING are:

96. JAMES (JIM) H.⁵ TATE (FRANCIS ASBERRY⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 11, 1859 in Warren County, TN, and died May 19, 1916 in Decatur County, TN. He married AMANDA ELIZABETH CHURCHWELL August 15, 1879 in Decatur County, TN. She was born November 07, 1862, and died February 06, 1907 in Decatur County, TN.

More About JAMES (JIM) H. TATE:

Cause of Death: Bright's Disease

Children of JAMES TATE and AMANDA CHURCHWELL are:

97. JOSEPH BROWN⁵ TATE (FRANCIS ASBERRY⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born March 13, 1871 in Decatur County, TN, and died February 06, 1923. He married MARTHA LENTINE SAVAGE July 22, 1893 in Decatur County, TN, daughter of JAMES SAVAGE and NANCY VEAL. She was born July 13, 1872 in Decatur County, TN, and died April 09, 1945 in Bemis, TN.

Children of JOSEPH TATE and MARTHA SAVAGE are:

98. JAMES B. W. M.⁵ TATE (MEREDITH (MEREDA) PRICE⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 16, 1853 in Craighead, MO, and died Unknown. He married (1) MOLLIE WOLFORD. She was born 1858 in KY, and died Abt. 1892 in Pocahontas, Randolph County, AR. He married (2) SARAH E. PRATT. She died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES B. W. M. TATE:

James and Rachael are probably twins.

More About MOLLIE WOLFORD:

Burial: Unknown, Shiloh Cemetery

Children of JAMES TATE and MOLLIE WOLFORD are:

99. WILLIAM WASHINGTON⁵ BOST (ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born May 12, 1851 in Grundy County, TN, and died Unknown. He married SUSANNA ELIZABETH SMITH Abt. 1870 in Henderson County, TN, daughter of JOHN SMITH and MARGARET KENNEDY. She was born July 1849 in TN, and died 1934 in Carroll County, TN.

Notes for WILLIAM WASHINGTON BOST:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Reference Census Records, Cemetery Records, Carroll County, Tn Historical Society

More About SUSANNA ELIZABETH SMITH:

Burial: Unknown, Oak Grove Cemetery, Grundy County, TN

Children of WILLIAM BOST and SUSANNA SMITH are:

100. NANCY C.⁵ BOST (ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1859 in Henderson County, TN, and died Bef. 1900 in Dunklin, MO. She married JAMES B. AUSTIN October 26, 1879 in Dunklin, MO, son of ALFRED AUSTIN and MARGARET FRAZIER. He was born July 29, 1853 in Henderson County, TN, and died February 08, 1926.

More About NANCY C. BOST:

Burial: Unknown, McGrew Cemetery

Child of NANCY BOST and JAMES AUSTIN is:

101. JOSEPH ASBERRY⁵ BOST (ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born January 08, 1861 in Henderson County, TN, and died November 14, 1904. He married (1) POLLY REED October 25, 1884 in Dunklin County, MO. She died Unknown. He married (2) MARY IDA BAKER October 15, 1889 in Dunklin County, MO, daughter of HENRY BAKER and MARY KIRK. She was born July 29, 1865 in Obion, TN, and died March 25, 1928 in Senath, MO.

Children of JOSEPH BOST and MARY BAKER are:

102. MARCUS DANIEL⁵ BOST (ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1864 in Henderson County, TN, and died Unknown. He married (1) HENRIETTA ALLEN. She was born August 1867 in MO, and died Unknown. He married (2) MOLLIE ADAMS. She died Unknown. He married (3) LIZZIE WILSON. She died Unknown.

Children of MARCUS BOST and HENRIETTA ALLEN are:

103. JONATHAN CAROL⁵ BOST (ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 16, 1866 in Henderson County, TN, and died April 08, 1952 in Malden, MO. He married MARY E. ROSENBUM April 11, 1886 in Dunklin County, MO. She was born November 04, 1867 in MO, and died February 13, 1951 in Senath, MO.

Children of JONATHAN BOST and MARY ROSENBUM are:

104. R. NEWTON⁵ BOST (ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1874 in Henderson County, TN, and died Unknown. He married NANCY A. POSTON August 30, 1894 in Dunklin County, MO. She was born December 1875 in MO, and died Unknown.

Children of R. BOST and NANCY POSTON are:

105. JAMES MONROE⁵ TATE (ELISHA⁴, JOSEPH³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1831 in Russell County, VA, and died 1902. He married SARAH JANE OWENS February 14, 1853 in Russell County, VA, daughter of JACOB OWENS and HANNAH FUGATE. She was born 1831 in Russell County, VA, and died 1916 in Russell County, VA.

Notes for JAMES MONROE TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1972, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

Issue born on old original Col. John Tate plantation near Lebanon, VA

Reference: Leland Burdine Tate: Russell County Marriage Records; Will Book 7, Page 124.

Children of JAMES TATE and SARAH OWENS are:

106. ELISHA⁵ TATE (JOHN (REV.)⁴, JOSEPH³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1824 in Russell County, VA, and died 1918 in Wise County, VA. He married MARY LANDSDOWNE. She died Unknown.

Notes for ELISHA TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He was a prominent citizen of Wise County, VA in its early history, and held the office of Assessor in the Richmond Township of the county from 1872 to 1874. He lived to be 94 years of age and was very active up until the time of his death. He served as a Confederate Soldier all during the Civil War.

More About ELISHA TATE:

Military service: Confederate Soldier - Civil War

Children of ELISHA TATE and MARY LANDSDOWNE are:

107. ELISHA⁵ TATE (WILLIAM⁴, JOSEPH³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1846 in Russel Co, VA, and died Unknown. He married MARY ANN. She was born 1849 in TN, and died Unknown.

Children of ELISHA TATE and MARY ANN are:

108. FRANCIS MARION⁵ TATE (HOOD⁴, ROBERT HOOD (III)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1833 in Barry County, MO, and died Unknown. He married SARAH KILLIAN June 21, 1858 in Grundy County, TN. She died Unknown.

Children of FRANCIS TATE and SARAH KILLIAN are:

109. JAMES ELGAN⁵ DUNNEGAN (SOPHRONIA (PHRONIE) ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1840, and died 1896 in Iron County, MO (buried Mt. View Cemetery, Des Arc). He married MARTHA HICKMAN Abt. 1868. She was born 1842 in TN, and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES ELGAN DUNNEGAN:

Elgan fought in the Civil War. He was in the Calvary, Union Army for about two years (1863-1865). His grave, at Mt. View Cemetery in Des Arc is marked with a Civil War marker.

More About JAMES ELGAN DUNNEGAN:

Military service: Bet. 1863 - 1865, Civil War - Calvary Soldier in Union Army

Children of JAMES DUNNEGAN and MARTHA HICKMAN are:

110. SARAH CATHERINE⁵ DUNNEGAN (SOPHRONIA (PHRONIE) ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born January 16, 1843 in Warren County, TN, and died November 30, 1928 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR (buried Poplar Bluff City Cem., Butler, Co, MO). She married GEORGE B. WALLACE 1865 in MO. He was born 1840, and died Abt. 1913 in MO.

Notes for SARAH CATHERINE DUNNEGAN:

The Census of 1910, Butler, County, MO reports nine children born with 4 living at that time. These are the known names.

Notes for GEORGE B. WALLACE:

Census of 1910, Butler, County, MO reports 9 children born, 4 living at that time.

Children of SARAH DUNNEGAN and GEORGE WALLACE are:

111. WILLIAM SAMUEL⁵ DUNNEGAN (SOPHRONIA (PHRONIE) ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born November 08, 1846 in Warren County, TN, and died June 10, 1903 in Wayne County, MO. He married (1) ELIZA WALLIS 1868 in Iron County, MO. She was born 1852 in Iron County, MO, and died Unknown. He married (2) EMMALINE AUGUSTA ALCORN 1877 in Wayne County, MO. She was born 1849 in MO, and died 1944 in AR.

Children of WILLIAM DUNNEGAN and ELIZA WALLIS are:

Children of WILLIAM DUNNEGAN and EMMALINE ALCORN are:

112. IRVIN GEORGE⁵ DUNNEGAN (SOPHRONIA (PHRONIE) ELIZABETH⁴ TATE, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born June 30, 1849 in Warren County, TN, and died June 17, 1895 in Wayne County, MO. He married SARAH ANNA (ANNIE) KIMMEL 1878 in Wayne County, MO. She was born 1860 in MO, and died 1944 in AR.

Notes for IRVIN GEORGE DUNNEGAN:

Notes from Carol E. Vaughan, great granddaughter, Lexington, KY

Irwin George, the sixth child of Thompson Dunnegan and Sophronia Tate, was born in Warren County, TN in 1849. Thompson's family had moved from VA to middle TN sometime between 1810 and 1817. After Irvin's grandfather, Absalom Dunnegan, died in White County, TN, his uncles, John and Samuel Dunnegan left that area and moved to southeast MO around 1843. After about ten years Irvin's father Thompson followed them to Iron County, MO and later to Wayne County, MO.

Irwin was a farmer and owned a sawmill in Des Arc which he sold to G. W. Graves in 1890 for one thousand dollars. He was involved in a number of land transfers in Wayne County. One of the deeds reflected an understanding between Irvin George and his father, Thompson, in which Irvin would have a parcel of land for a nominal cost and would provide elder care for Thompson. It was signed in 1880 by Thompson and his second wife, Sallie E. Foquaide.

Irvin died in 1895 of injuries resulting from a very serious accident in 1894 at a saw mill in Wayne County. Carol Vaughan remembers this version as told by her grandfather, Walter C. Dunnegan. "Granddaddy said that people would come to their house and cut off patches of their own skin to graft onto his father's are flesh in hopes that his wounds would heal. He was at home in bed a long time before he died." The following death notice in the Iron County Register paints an even more agonizing and painful death.

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Iron County Register, June 20, 1895

From Des Arc

I. G. Dunnegan, who was scalded in a wreck on a log boom below Poplar Bluff last summer, was brought home last winter. All the flesh was burned off his legs from his hip down. He has suffered death a thousand times, and of late he suffered so much you could hear him hollow and take on for some distance. So the Doctors concluded to cut off one of his lets, and Sunday, Drs. Petit, Gay, Tates and Sebastian amputated his leg, but he only lived until night. Poor man! He is better off. May God help his bereaved widow and children! He will be buried at Des Arc Tuesday. June 17, 1895

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On his grave in Mt. View Cemetery in Des Arc his epitaph reads:

"Farewell my wife and children all, From you a father Christ

doth call. Mourn not for me, it is vain to call me to your sight again."

Notes for SARAH ANNA (ANNIE) KIMMEL:

Notes from Carol E. Vaughan, great granddaughter, Lexington, KY.

In the 1900 Wayne County, MO Census, Anna was a widow with 6 children. She managed a boarding house and had 14 boarders at that time. Some of their property was sold for taxes in 1910 and it was around that time when Anna married M. A. Thompson and moved to Arkansas. Other members of her family (Kimmel) had already moved to the area around Pine Bluff.

Before 1910, Annie married M. A. Thompson and moved to Pine Bluff, AR where he owned a grocery store on Cherry Street. Walter lived with them for a while and Eddie lived most of his adult life with them. Genevieve Dunnegan Wilkes said that Eddie had a place behind his mother's house in Pine Bluff where he lived and worked as a painter. He is buried in Pine Bluff at Graceland Cemetery. Ted, struck out on his own at a young age and spent most of his life in Texas. Ida married Frank L. Baird in 1901. They lived for a while in Izard County, AR. Etta was still single in 1904 and living in/near Piedmont, MO (she did some traveling with her grandmother, Caroline Dunnegan Kimmel.) She later married Guy Hauser who worked for the railroad. After her death, Guy married his sister-in-law, Ida Dunnegan Baird, who was a widow by that time. They lived in Newport, AR, at least until the mid 1940's. Nothing is known about Charley. Annie Kimmel Dunnegan Thompson died in Newport, AR on December 3, 1944, at the home of Guy and Ida Houser. She was 84. Her death certificate shows that she had broken her hip which contributed to the cause of her death of an embolism. Since M. A. was 86 at that time, it would have been difficult for him to care for her. He (Magnus A. Thompson) was 93 when he died. He is buried in an unmarked grave next to his mother's plot in Graceland Cemetery in Pine Bluff, AR.

Children of IRVIN DUNNEGAN and SARAH KIMMEL are:

113. JAMES ALEXANDER⁵ TATE (JAHIEL DOUGLAS⁴, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1839 in AL, and died July 03, 1863 in Vicksburg, MS (Casualty of Civil War, Battle of Vicksburg). He married SARAH ANN FLOWERS January 13, 1858 in Sherrill Township, Texas County, MO, daughter of GREENBERRY FLOWERS. She was born 1838 in KY, and died Unknown in Cheatham County, TN.

Notes for JAMES ALEXANDER TATE:

Information from "Texas County Missouri Heritage, Volume II"

Submitted by Nellie Gatchel

James A. Tate was killed at the Battle of Vicksburg, MS on July 3, 1863. He enlisted at Licking, MO on January 1862, Confederate 1st and 4th Consolidated Regiment. He was on the Company Muster Roll, November and December 1862. He was last paid on October 30, 1862 and for each two months until it shows him killed.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Very little is known about James Tate and Sarah A. Flowers Tate----especially James Tate. They were living in (Texas) near Licking, Missouri when the boys were born. According to the son, James C. Tate, his father was serving in the Army during the Civil War in the New Orleans, Louisiana area. His mother received word he was sick. She took the two small boys and a slave to drive the oxcart; two barrels of salt to use as money and went to Louisiana to see her husband. When they got there she was told he had died of small pox and already buried. That was when small pox was raging there. She came back to Missouri, and later married again.

Notes from Aline Brown Tate

More About JAMES ALEXANDER TATE:

Military service: Bet. 1862 - 1863, Civil War - Confederate Soldier

Notes for SARAH ANN FLOWERS:

Information from "Texas County Missouri Heritage, Volume II"

Submitted by Nellie Gatchel

After James Alexander Tate's death, Sarah married William T. Gentry. He had come to the Mountain Grove area in 1854. Somehow he became involved with Union persons in skirmishes and was captured and taken to Springfield, MO to the Federal Stockade where he was held. Later, when released, he came home to find that his wife, Sarah had died.

Children of JAMES TATE and SARAH FLOWERS are:

114. JOHN DOUGLAS⁵ TATE (JAHIEL DOUGLAS⁴, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1843 in AL, and died Unknown. He married MARY E. WESTFALL, daughter of (?) WESTFALL and NAOMI. She was born 1844 in MO, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN DOUGLAS TATE:

Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984

Born circa 1843, Jackson County, AL. Son of Jahiel Doublas and Sarah Price Tate. His father courted and wed a girl, Sarah Price of Jackson County, AL and apparently lived there for some time as his two sons were born there, then they returned to Warren County, TN where they grew up. They were living there in 1850, but shortly thereafter, John Douglas Tate and several others moved to Missouri. He married Mary E. Westfall, born 1844 in Missouri, a daughter of Naomi Westfall, born 1808 in Virginia who was living

with the family in the 1880 Barry County, MO Census

Reference:. Clyde E. Durnil, Fed. Census 1850 Warren County, TN, page 43-266; 1880 Berry County, MO

Children of JOHN TATE and MARY WESTFALL are:

115. LOUISA ADALINE⁵ TATE (JAHIEL DOUGLAS⁴, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 22, 1845 in Warren County, TN, and died April 29, 1936 in Cooper County, MO. She married WILLIAM THOMAS TALLY August 14, 1863 in Cooper County, MO, son of HENDERSON TALLY and MARY TAYLOR. He was born October 14, 1839 in Saline Township, MO, and died Unknown.

Notes for LOUISA ADALINE TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1972, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

She was said to have been the fourth child of Jahiel and Sarah (Price) Tate. After she married, she and her husband lived in Cooper County, MO all of their lives.

Reference: Clyde E. Durnil; Family record by Joshua A. Tate

Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS TALLY:

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An Excerpt from The History of Cooper County by W F Johnson, 1919

William T. Tally, a veteran of the Civil War and a substantial retired farmer of Cooper County was born on a farm in Saline Township, Oct. 14 1839 son of Henderson and Mary Ann (Taylor) Tally, the former a native of Tennessee, born Jan 6, 1811 and the latter of Kentucky born Feb. 10, 1816. They were married in this county Dec 15, 1836 and spent the remainder of their lives here. Henderson Tally died in 1887. He and his wife were the parents of six children: Mrs. Louisa Hopkins, deceased; William T.; Judge James P. Tally, Pilot Grove; Mrs. Mary Woods, deceased; Marion C., deceased and Mrs. Catherine Newlin a widow, Boonville.

William T. Tally received his schooling in the primitive schools of the time and was living at home when the Civil War broke out. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union cause for two years and was attached to Company F, Fifth Regiment, Missouri State Militia. At the end of his two years he re-enlisted and went to the front as a member of Company I, Twelfth Missouri Cavalry, serving with Sherman's army. Nov. 24 1864, in the battle of Franklin, his horse was shot from under him and he was taken prisoner and sent to the Confederate prison at Andersonville GA., where he remained until the close of the war and was mustered out under a general order, April 29, 1865.

During a visit home on furlough in the summer of 1863, Mr. Tally had married and upon his return home, after his long military service, he resumed farming in Saline Township, where he owned a farm of 120 acres. He added to his holding, and from time to time was the owner of several farms in this county. In 1903, Mr. Tally disposed of his farm holdings and moved to Boonville, where he since has made his home at 1026 Fifth Street. Mr Tally is an ardent Republican, but has not been a seeker after office. He is a member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic.

August 14 1863, William T Tally was united in marriage to Louisa A. Tate, who was born in Warren County Tenn., Dec 22, 1845, daughter of Jahiel Douglas Tate and Sarah (Price) Tate, the former of whom was born in that county and the latter in Jackson County, ALA., who came with their family to Missouri in 1852 and settled on a farm in Texas County where they spent the remainder of their lives. Douglas Tate and wife were the parents of 11 children of whom Mrs. Tally was the fourth in order of birth. Mr. & Mrs. Tally have six children: William A., Boonville, Alice, wife of A. L. Durnil, Saline township; Joseph D., Boonville; Charles E., of Excelsior Springs; Oscar F., a railway mail clerk of Kansas City and Hattie E., widow of David A Snyder, resides with her parents in Boonville. Mrs. Snyder has three children, two daughters and a son, the latter of whom, Oscar E. Snyder, enlisted in the aviation corps of the National Army January 25 1918, and was assigned to Camp Sevier, NC C., where after a period of training, he was made a first class sergeant and in March 1918 sailed for overseas service and is still (spring of 1919) in France.

More About WILLIAM THOMAS TALLY:

Military service: Bet. 1862 - 1865, Civil War - Union

Children of LOUISA TATE and WILLIAM TALLY are:

116. PHILANDER (PHIL) MARION⁵ TATE (JAHIEL DOUGLAS⁴, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1854 in Mill Creek, Texas County, MO, and died March 12, 1914 in Bluejacket, OK. He married (1) MARY CLEMENTINE MERRELL 1873 in Mill Creek School, Texas County, MO. She was born November 08, 1838 in Mill Creek, Texas County, MO, and died Abt. 1875. He married (2) ELIZABETH ELOUISA WOOD Abt. 1876 in Texas County, MO, daughter of NELSON WOOD and MARTHA A.. She was born June 1857 in Big Piney Township, Pulaski County, MO, and died Abt. 1904 in Bluejacket, OK. He married (3) MARTHA JANE FINCANNON October 22, 1906 in Bluejacket, OK. She was born 1870 in GA, and died Unknown.

Notes for PHILANDER (PHIL) MARION TATE:

Excerpt from "Tate Families of Southern States" by Metzel and Updike, 1972

"Son of Jahiel Douglas and Sarah Price Tate. He was listed by C. Durnil as one of the sons of Douglas and Sarah. He said Philander Tate visited my grandmother Louisa Adaline Tate Tally in Cooper county, MO one time. He married Louise E., born June 1857 in MO. It is thought this is the Phil. Tate who had a son, born about 1874 called M. B. Tate said to be about 82 in 1953 in Fort Payne, AL, knew they were related to the Aaron Tate family but distantly.*" Roubidaux Township, Texas County, MO. Reference: Family record by Clyde E. Durnil: Federal Census 1880 Pulaski County, MO page 26-221. 1900 Texas County, MO

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Bluejacket, OK Newspaper, March 12, 1914

P. M. Tate died Thursday morning, March 12, 1914 at his home two miles southeast of Bluejacket, about 70 years old. Leaves wife and 15 children, 12 by a previous marriage. He is buried in Afton Cemetery.

Bluejacket, OK Newspaper, March 19, 1914

an addendum to the previous obituary - P. M. Tate had 18 children, 3 were dead when he died.

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In an email dated February 15, 2001, his great grandson, Sonny Tate reported "Phil's daughter, Lydia, signed the guest register at the funeral as Mrs. Anna Mathias. Daughter, Julia, signed in as Mrs. A. J. Watson in John B. Tate's funeral register under the "relatives attending" section. It is thought by this Tate that Mary E. and Philander are probably two of the deceased that preceded their father in death."

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Philander's first wife was Mary Clementine Merrell, his second was Elizabeth Elouisa Wood. The Merrells

and the Woods were neighbors in Pulaski County.

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1910 Federal Census of Craig County, OK

Tate, Philander M., husband, age 54, Married 2, Present marriage 3, born MO, father born TN, mother born AL; Martha J., wife, age 40, Married 2, Present marriage 3, born GA, father born GA, mother born GA

William B., son, age 22, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born MO

Henry N., son, age 18, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born MO

Charles D., son, age 15, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born MO

Newton E., son, age 14, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born MO

Ada, daughter, age 11, single, born MO, father born MO, mother born MO

Rife, Grace E., step-daughter, age 17, single, born OK, father born KY, mother born GA

Clay M., step-son, age 14, single, born TX, father born KY, mother born GA

Roy R., step-son, age 12, single, born TX, father born KY, mother born GA

Blanche M, step-daughter, age 10, single, born TX, father born, KY, mother born GA

Carl J., step-son, age 5, single, born OK, father born KY, mother born GA

Frederick M., son, age 2, single, born OK, father born MO, mother born GA

More About PHILANDER (PHIL) MARION TATE:

Burial: March 1914, Mount Hope Cemetery, Afton, OK

Occupation: Farmer

Notes for ELIZABETH ELOUISA WOOD:

1860 Federal Census of Pulaski County, MO.

Lines 19 - 22, Household Number 255.

Nelson Wood, age 37

Martha A. , age 28

James C., age 4

Eliza E., age 2

1870 Federal Census of Pulaski County, MO

Page 164-165

Nelson Wood, age 48

James Wood, age 14

Louisa, age 12

Samuel G., age 9

Ellen N. Wood, age 6

William, age 4

More About ELIZABETH ELOUISA WOOD:

Burial: Abt. 1904, Mount Hope Cemetery, Afton, OK

Census: 1860, Federal - Pulaski County, MO - Listed as 2 years old.

Notes for MARTHA JANE FINCANNON:

From the Bluejacket, OK Gazette about 1917.

Mrs. P. M. Tate visited here sister, Mrs. John Ford of Kansas City. Mrs. Ford is still affected by a paralytic stroke.

More About MARTHA JANE FINCANNON:

Nickname: "Persnickety"

Marriage Notes for PHILANDER TATE and MARTHA FINCANNON:

From Cherokee Nation Marriages 1902 - 1907

Philander Marion Tate, age 48 marriage to Mrs. Martha Jane Rife, age 36, (both of Bluejacket, OK) on October 22, 1906.

Child of PHILANDER TATE and MARY MERRELL is:

Children of PHILANDER TATE and ELIZABETH WOOD are:

Children of PHILANDER TATE and MARTHA FINCANNON are:

117. JULIA A.⁵ TATE (JAHIEL DOUGLAS⁴, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born May 13, 1857 in Sherrill, Texas County, MO, and died January 31, 1926 in Chicago, IL. She married JOHN M. BOYLES 1876, son of (?) BOYLES and MARY MILLER. He was born March 16, 1842 in Boonville (Overton), Missouri, and died September 29, 1921 in Higginsville, MO (buried in Confederate Cemetery, Kirksville, MO).

Notes for JULIA A. TATE:

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The state of Missouri was torn by differing politics during the Civil War. Julia A. Tate married John M. Boyles who fought for the Confederacy. Her older sister, Louisa A. Tate married William T. Tally who fought for the Union and was eventually imprisoned by the Confederacy at Andersonville, GA.

On Julia Death Certificate from the Department of Health - Division of Vital Statistics, State of Illinois, there appear to be some errors. It states that her father was John Tate and that she was born in Boonville, MO. This seems to be incorrect. Other documentation indicates that her father was Jahiel Douglas Tate and that she was born in Sherrill, Texas County, MO. The informant on the Death Certificate was her son, Stanley Boyles.

Source: "The History of Cooper County", by W. F. Johnson, 1919.

The Tate Families of Southern States, Updike and Metzel, 1972

Notes for JOHN M. BOYLES:

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His military service was in the " War between the States" (Civil War) from 1861 to June 14, 1865. He was in Company "F", Elliott's Regiment, Jackman's Brigade, Shelby's Division.

He was buried in a cemetery designated for Confederate Soldiers in Kirksville, MO on September 30, 1921. (This information comes from a Certified Copy of the Original Certificate of Death, Missouri State Board of Health).

He fought in the following battles: Paris, Boonville, Vera Cruce, Baterville, Brurswiek. He applied for admission to the Confederate Home of Missouri at Higginsville, MO sometime around 1907. His application states he had a "lame arm" and he suffered from Catarrh. (This information comes from his Application for Admission to the Confederate Home of Missouri, at Higginsville, MO, and other Confederate Home Records. Not sure of the spellings of the battles).

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An Excerpt from W. F. Johnson's "History of Cooper County", 1919

The George B Harper Camp No. 714 United Veterans of the Confederacy was organized in the City of Boonville Aug. 17 1895 with the following roster of attending veterans:

Robert McCulloch, B F Bedwell, J L Campbell, A M George, F M Davis, J C Berry, Jan Halley, H. Allen, James Posell, E I Smith, J H B Street, T B Simmons, Amos O'Neal, R A KIrkbride, W E Toler, O F Arnold, W W Trent, J E Fairchild, J W Williams, Isaac Henry, J M Givens, A W McFarland, Eph Simmons, A L Zollinger, John M Boyles, J H Zollinger, R E Howlett, W H Eades, J A Howard, A G Dinwiddie, John Heplin, Dr. H H Miller.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++In October, 1999 in a telephone conversation I had with Joe Boyles (Joseph Owen Boyles, son of Owen Boyles), he told me that his father used to tell the story of his father's (John M.'s) military induction. The story recited to him says that John M. Boyles, aged 19 years, was plowing corn in a field on his farm when he was approached by several Confederate soldiers who were walking through the field. They told in no uncertain terms that he was to go with them. He felt that they were forcing him and went along rather than face their threats. When he was able to return home four years later, he returned by riding a riverboat that dropped him off. He talked of cooking flapjacks on the smokestack of the riverboat.

Ricki Wilkins

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Durnil, John - Age 29 - Male - Blacksmith - born in TN

Durnil, Mary - Age 28 - Female - born in MO

Durnil, Elizabeth - Age 12 - Female - born in MO

Durnil, Benton - Age 10 - Male - born in MO

Durnil, John - Age 6 - Male - born in MO

Durnil, James - Age 4 - Male - born in MO

Durnil, Nancy - Age 3 - Female - born in MO

Durnil, Samuel - Age 1 - Male - born in MO

Adams, Robert - Age 24, Male - born in MO

Adams, Amanda - Age 30 - Female - born in VA

Later Census indicate that the first three children shown on this Census record were Mary's fathered by (?) Boyles and this is confirmed by family documents.

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1870 Federal Census, Cooper County, MO - Saline Township

Durnen, Mary - Age 48 - Female - White - Keeping House - born in MO

Boyles, John M. - Age 27 - Male - White - born in MO

Durnen, Nancy - Age 21 - Female - White - born in MO

Durnen, Samuel - Age 19 - Male - White - born in MO

Durnen, Andrew - Age 15 - Male - White - born in MO

(Note: Durnen should be Durnil - Ricki Wilkins)

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1880 Soundex and 1880 Federal Census, Cooper County, MO - Saline Township

Boiles, John - Color W - Male - Age 39 - Married - Farmer - born in MO

Boiles, Julia - Color W - Female - Age 23 - Married - wife - keeping house - born in Texas (County, MO)

Boiles, Ely - Color W - Male - Age 3 - Son - born in MO

Boiles, Mary L. - Color W - Female - Age 1- Daughter - born in MO

Durnil, Ely - Color W - Male - Age 29 - 1/2 Brother - farmer - born in MO

Durnil, Andrew - Color W - Male - Age 26 - 1/2 Brother - farmer - born in MO

(Note: Boiles should be spelled Boyles - Ricki Wilkins)

Lived next to George Davis and George Westermund

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1900 Soundex and 1900 Federal Census, Cooper County, MO - Saline Township

Boyles, John - Color W - born Mar, 1842, aged 58, born in MO

Boyles, Julia - wife - born May 1857 - aged 43, born in MO

Boyles, Stanley - son - born April 1885 - aged 15 - born in MO

Boyles, Lesley - son - born November 1882 - aged 17 - born in MO

Boyles, Owen - son - born August 1888 - aged 11 - born in MO

Boyles, Jessie - daughter - born June 1891 - aged 8 - born in MO

Boyles, Elonzo - son - born August 1894 - aged 5 - born in MO

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More About JOHN M. BOYLES:

Cause of Death: Catarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy

Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1865, Civil War - Confederacy

Children of JULIA TATE and JOHN BOYLES are:

118. RUTH E.⁵ TATE (JAMES ELGAN⁴, ALEXANDER³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1855 in Sherrill, Texas County, MO, and died Unknown. She married DANIEL MERRELL December 27, 1869, son of ALFRED MERRELL and MARGARET CANOY. He was born January 30, 1847 in Texas County, MO, and died Unknown.

Children of RUTH TATE and DANIEL MERRELL are:

119. HENRY (DR.) ELIAS⁵ KILLIAN (NANCY A.⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 15, 1839, and died Unknown. He married (1) NANCY. She died August 06, 1876. He married (2) MARTHA. She died Unknown.

Notes for HENRY (DR.) ELIAS KILLIAN:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

The following letters written in 1911 are of interest to us now, they are from H. E. Killian and written to Martin Van Buren Tate who then lived at Thatcher, AZ:

January 18, 1911

Dear Cousin,

I want to tell you how good it was to get a letter from you. Mart, I have been practicing medicine for 30 years. I am doing well. Got plenty to live on if I can take care of it. I own a 281 acre farm. Got it well fixed up, a good house and barn, plenty of stock on the farm, horses, cattle and hogs. I have 125 acres in cultivation. Make plenty to live on. I have four living children. 3 boys and one living girl, Georgie (C) Parr he wrote to us last night. He is selling goods at Collbran, doing very well. Artimus Daniel is a fine Physician. He lives at Hold, AL, about 140 miles. Smith W. (heare), Martin C. (E) Killian namesake lives in Meridian MS, he has the yards in Meridian, he is a Rail Road man. Claud D. Killian the babie is in Medical College in Birmingham and he making a Doctor. I think he will make a good one. We have 3 dead, Maud A., she died at 12 1/2 years. She was the best scoller of her age I ever saw. She could read Latin. It was the work thing I ever had to give her up. I thought I never could stand it. I want you to write me and tell me all the latest news from Kaufman County and all the people that I knew when I lived there and all about cousin Nimi and your children. V---Hamilton went back to Texas and died. I guess you head that Henry G. Hamilton died September the 5th day. He had consumption, he had 8 children. Uncle Maban Tate died 1874 or 1877. Grandfather Tate has been dead about 34 years, grandmother Tate has been dead about 27 years. I guess you heard about Nan's death. She died of consumption. She has been dead since August 6, 1876. I heard of Aunt Vinn's death but have never heard about your {a's death. Give my love to all your family.

H. E. Killian (Henry()

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February 1, 1911

Dear Cousin,

Yours of recent date, I was glad to hear from you. I have been busy for the last few days. Have had a lot of sickness in the naborhood. Mart how come you to go out so far West? I am 72 years in September, I am stout and in very good health. I am stout for a man that has done the work that I have for the last 41 years. Mart, I had 4 children by Nan and 3 by last wife. 2 boys and 2 girls by Nan and 2 boys (Martain) and Artemus Daniel. 2 boys by Mat and one girl Maud died at 12 years old and the first one at 11 months old. My babie will be 28 years old the 3rd of next December. He is in school at Birmingham. I am making a doctor of him. Cousin, all of the old Tates are dead. Most of them lived to be very old before they died. Uncle Aaron died 1892. I think Aunt Susannah Cunningham was the last of the family to die. Mart, I can't remember anything about your Pa's people. They did not live in Alabama. They lived in Warren County, TN. If you will write to Uncle James or Dave Cunningham they might give you some information about your family on your pa's side. This leaves us all well, there is but me and (Mat) since Claud went to Coledge. He will be home the last of April for 5 months more. I will close, write soon.

H. E. Killian

Grundy County, TN Will Book Volume 1 1838-1874, page 30, Power of Attorney Dekalb County, AL, 1859.

I, Martha Killian of Dekalb County, AL, October 15, 1859 appoint Dan Killian of same County to collect money due me from the estate of my grandfather Jeremiah Walker, deceased, of Warren County, TN. Witness. A. Tate, John Tate. Will of Jeremiah Walker, page 20, dated October 25, 1854, wife Polly: Children, William C.; James H. Dec'd; Nancy Anna Killian, dec'd; Sarah Lockhart Jeremiah A. Walker; Frances M.; Isam E. Walker; Margaret Walker. Exor. Wife Polly. Witness: Noah Bost and Elisha Tate.

Reference: Dekalb County, Al, Deed Book F. page 5, 554: Pearl Tate Sanders. Issue born Dekalb County, AL

Killian, Dr. Henry Elian, born September 15, 1839 married Nancy who died on August 6, 1876 mentioned in the letter above. However, it is knot know if this was his mother or his wife. He married Martha, called "Mat" in letter.

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Children of HENRY KILLIAN and NANCY are:

Children of HENRY KILLIAN and MARTHA are:

120. ABRAHAM ANTHONY BUEL⁵ TATE (MAYBEN (DOCK)⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1848 in Fort Payne, AL, and died Unknown in Fort Payne, AL. He married LOUISA H. HIXSON. She was born 1848 in AL, and died Unknown.

Children of ABRAHAM TATE and LOUISA HIXSON are:

121. SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁵ TATE (MAYBEN (DOCK)⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1852 in Fort Payne, AL, and died Unknown. She married (1) JOHN R. BOST. He died Unknown. She married (2) WILLIAM MCPHERSON 1880. He died Unknown.

Children of SUSANNAH TATE and WILLIAM MCPHERSON are:

122. SARAH (SALLY)⁵ TATE (MAYBEN (DOCK)⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born May 10, 1862 in Fort Payne, AL, and died March 01, 1938. She married WILLIAM NATHAN BLACKWOOD 1885. He was born September 1851 in MS, and died August 31, 1924 in Keller, TX.

Children of SARAH TATE and WILLIAM BLACKWOOD are:

123. ELIZABETH⁵ TATE (AARON (JR.)⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1840 in DeKalb County, AL, and died Unknown.

Children of ELIZABETH TATE are:

124. HARRIETT E.⁵ TATE (AARON (JR.)⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born 1844 in DeKalb County, AL, and died Unknown. She married GEORGE W. WHEATLEY. He died Unknown.

Child of HARRIETT TATE and GEORGE WHEATLEY is:

125. MAYBURN L. (DR.)⁵ TATE (AARON (JR.)⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born October 08, 1846 in DeKalb County, AL, and died August 05, 1923 in Cagle, Sequatchie County, TN. He married ADELAIDE DEARING July 05, 1866 in St. Mary's Church, Warren County, TN, daughter of WILLIAM DEARING and NELLIE. She was born March 10, 1843 in McMinnville, Warren County, TN, and died June 02, 1932 in Warren County, TN.

Notes for MAYBURN L. (DR.) TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

He enlisted in the Confederacy on August 7, 1863, in Jackson County, AL in Company "K", 3rd Confederate Regiment. He was released May 5, 1865. He stated he had a wife and one daughter, aged 28, but did not give her name. He stated later that he had eight children, six girls and two sons, but none of their names were recited. He married in Warren County, TN on July 5, 1866 by the Reverand Lyon Brown at St. Mary's Church, Adelaide Deering, born March 10, 1843 of McMinnville, Warren County, TN. Witnesses at their wedding Thomas Brown and Annie Rogers. She stated she was born in TN, her father born in VA and her mother in TN. She died on June 2, 1932 after having received his pension for some time.

Reference: Pension files #7999 and 10345; Federal Census 1880 Jackson County, AL, 1880 Sequatchie County, TN.

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In a letter from James Striegel Tate to Ethel Updike on June 9, 1978, he wrote:

"Dock Mayburn Tate was born in DeKalb County, AL on October 8, 1846. He was the son of Aaron Tate, Jr.) On August 7, 1863 he enlisted in Co. "K" of the 3rd (also 11th) Confederate Cavalry Regiment in Jackson County, AL. He was paroled on May 5, 1854 at Guntersville, AL. On July 22, 1908 he filed for a pension which was granted under number 10,345. He died at Cagle, Sequatchie County, TN on August 5, 1923. On July 5, 1866 in Warren County, TN he married Adelaide Deering, born in McMinnville TN. On December 20, 1923 she filed for a widow's pension which was granted under No. 7999. Her application stated there were two sons (aged 41 and 46) and six daughters (aged 38, 44, 49, 51, 53, 54). They are not on the Sequatchie Census for 1870 and 1880 is too dim to read."

From the James Striegel Tate Papers, 1742 - 1980, Tennessee State Library and Archives

Children of MAYBURN TATE and ADELAIDE DEARING are:

126. AARON⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born April 08, 1836 in DeKalb County, AL, and died January 03, 1914 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. He married (1) MINERVA J. MONTGOMERY October 18, 1860 in Newberg, Comanche County, TX. She was born December 19, 1843 in AL, and died September 22, 1883 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. He married (2) AMANDA JANE HENSEN May 19, 1884. She was born May 27, 1853, and died January 15, 1928 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX.

More About AARON CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: January 14, 1914, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

More About MINERVA J. MONTGOMERY:

Burial: September 1883, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

More About AMANDA JANE HENSEN:

Burial: January 1928, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Children of AARON CUNNINGHAM and MINERVA MONTGOMERY are:

Children of AARON CUNNINGHAM and AMANDA HENSEN are:

127. ELIZABETH⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born February 16, 1839 in DeKalb County, AL, and died November 24, 1922 in Comanche County, TX. She married THOMAS JEFFERSON HOLMSLEY October 22, 1856 in Comanche County, TX, son of BURRELL HOLMSLEY and LUCINDA WAGNON. He was born September 01, 1834 in Comanche County, TX, and died April 12, 1903.

Children of ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM and THOMAS HOLMSLEY are:

128. DAVID HOUSTON⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born January 24, 1842 in Titus County, TX, and died October 1928 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. He married REBECCA ANN MONTGOMERY April 19, 1866 in Comanche County, TX. She was born November 13, 1845 in Tippah, MS, and died March 15, 1879 in Comanche County, TX.

More About REBECCA ANN MONTGOMERY:

Burial: March 1879, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Children of DAVID CUNNINGHAM and REBECCA MONTGOMERY are:

129. RICHARD TANKERSLEY⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born January 26, 1844 in Titus County, TX, and died September 1931 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. He married LUTITIA WRIGHT November 24, 1864. She was born May 19, 1847, and died Unknown.

More About RICHARD TANKERSLEY CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: September 1931, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Children of RICHARD CUNNINGHAM and LUTITIA WRIGHT are:

130. JOHN VALENTINE⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born February 14, 1846 in Titus County, TX, and died March 22, 1921 in Brownwood, Brown County, TX. He married (1) MARTHA (MATTIE) LIGON December 29, 1864. She was born July 06, 1848, and died May 02, 1896. He married (2) JIMMIE STACY June 29, 1897. She was born April 19, 1862, and died March 13, 1912. He married (3) FRANCES HAVECOTTE February 07, 1915. She was born December 29, 1868, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN VALENTINE CUNNINGHAM:

John was born on his parents eleventh wedding anniversary. Hence, the middle name Valentine.

Children of JOHN CUNNINGHAM and MARTHA LIGON are:

131. WILLIAM HENRY⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born August 17, 1848 in Titus County, TX, and died November 27, 1918 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. He married MILDRED WRIGHT BAUGH July 04, 1867. She was born January 31, 1845, and died Unknown.

More About WILLIAM HENRY CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: November 1918, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Children of WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM and MILDRED BAUGH are:

132. JAMES WASHINGTON⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born February 14, 1850 in Titus County, TX, and died June 1938 in Comanche County, TX. He married (1) LAURA ANN TRAYLOR January 09, 1873. She was born July 06, 1848, and died December 01, 1903 in Comanche County, TX. He married (2) EVA NUCKOLS February 22, 1905 in Comanche County, TX. She was born February 17, 1854, and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES WASHINGTON CUNNINGHAM:

James was born on his parents' fifteenth wedding anniversary.

More About JAMES WASHINGTON CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: June 1938, Shiloh Cemetery, Comanche County, TX

Children of JAMES CUNNINGHAM and LAURA TRAYLOR are:

133. JOSEPH JACKSON⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born February 11, 1852 in Titus County, TX, and died October 1918 in Comanche County, TX. He married (1) GEORGETTA MONTGOMERY September 07, 1875 in Comanche County, TX. She was born June 03, 1858, and died September 08, 1883 in Comanche County, TX. He married (2) NANNIE CHANCELLOR March 03, 1887. She was born May 20, 1867, and died Unknown.

More About JOSEPH JACKSON CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: October 1918, Albin Cemetery, Comanche County, TX

More About GEORGETTA MONTGOMERY:

Burial: September 1883, Albin Cemetery, Comanche County, TX

Children of JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM and GEORGETTA MONTGOMERY are:

Children of JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM and NANNIE CHANCELLOR are:

134. THOMAS ANDERSON⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born August 30, 1855 in Titus County, TX, and died 1933 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. He married LOU ELLA STEED December 15, 1881. She was born April 15, 1864, and died Unknown.

More About THOMAS ANDERSON CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: 1933, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Children of THOMAS CUNNINGHAM and LOU STEED are:

135. GEORGE WASHINGTON⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 21, 1857 in Titus County, TX, and died August 04, 1926. He married (1) ELIZA JANE ISAACS July 04, 1878. She was born November 16, 1859, and died August 27, 1890. He married (2) KATE MCCALL NEE DANLEY September 01, 1891. She was born October 11, 1869, and died January 08, 1924.

Children of GEORGE CUNNINGHAM and ELIZA ISAACS are:

Children of GEORGE CUNNINGHAM and KATE DANLEY are:

136. MARY JANE⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born April 16, 1860 in Titus County, TX, and died April 02, 1939 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX. She married JOSEPH MERCER NEELY March 30, 1875, son of FLETCHER NEELY and SARAH HICKS. He was born January 14, 1856 in Newburg, TX, and died July 14, 1918 in Hamlin, TX.

More About MARY JANE CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: April 04, 1939, Comanche, Comanche County, TX

More About JOSEPH MERCER NEELY:

Burial: July 1918, Comanche, Comanche County, TX

Children of MARY CUNNINGHAM and JOSEPH NEELY are:

137. UNITY ANN⁵ CUNNINGHAM (SUSANNAH (SUSIE)⁴ TATE, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 21, 1862 in Titus County, TX, and died July 04, 1940 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. She married JAMES RUSSELL LEWIS November 07, 1878 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX. He was born November 29, 1858, and died September 22, 1951 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX.

More About UNITY ANN CUNNINGHAM:

Burial: July 1940, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

More About JAMES RUSSELL LEWIS:

Burial: September 1951, Newburg, Comanche County, TX

Children of UNITY CUNNINGHAM and JAMES LEWIS are:

138. MARTHA JANE⁵ TATE (ROBERT HOOD⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born May 11, 1846 in DeKalb County, AL, and died June 14, 1919 in Fleming Community, Comanche, TX. She married ALFRED NEWBERRY SHANKLE Abt. 1866 in DeKalb County, AL, son of GEORGE SHANKLE and ELIZABETH HOLLAND. He was born May 1847 in Jackson County, AL, and died August 26, 1916 in Comanche County, TX.

Notes for MARTHA JANE TATE:

From the Compilation of Genealogy Records of Robert Hood Tate by Billie Bailey, January 2001

She was called "Jane".

The 1870 Census of Dekalb County, Al shows Alfred, age 25, Jane, age 20 and George, age 4. Alfred and Martha Jane were in the 1900 Census in Comanche County, TX.

Alfred Newbery Shankle and his wife have a tall, double tombstone: "Mother and Father SHANKLE" with inscriptions showing names and dates. Comanche County Gravestone Inscriptions.

The Register of Death, Comanche County, TX Certificate shows she died of Typhoid Fever.

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Martha Jane Tate and her brother, Aaron Sylvester Tate, married a brother and sister from the George and Elizabeth Shankle family.

More About MARTHA JANE TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, TX

Notes for ALFRED NEWBERRY SHANKLE:

From the Compilation of Genealogy Records of Robert Hood Tate by Billie Bailey, January 2001

Alfred Shankle, private, Company B, 2nd Battalion (formerly Company C, 5th Battalion) Tennessee, confederate State Army, enlisted October 10, 1861 in the Civil War. He drew a pension (#14954 I) in Gustine, Comanche County, TX in 1909.

From Alfred Newberry Shankle's pension application filed July 24, 1909 and approved August 31, 1909 in Gustine, Comanche County, TX, Alfred stated: "I enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States, and that I did not desert the Confederate service, but during said war I was loyal and true to my duty, and never at any time voluntarily abandoned my post of duty in the said service; that I was honorably discharged at Flat Gap, TN in 1864 on account of ill health and that I am 62 years old, was born in Dekalb County, AL and have resided in Texas since 1871 in the county of Comanche."

Alfred's brother-in-law, Aaron A. Tate aged 61 years of Hamilton County, TX, testified on the application for Alfred's Confederate Pension stating: "I have known him all of my life. I was at his home when he came home on a furlough with a spell of fever, and knew that he was from the army of the Confederacy located in Georgia, as well as I remember at this time, and heard him speak of the service in the said army. I lived in the same community about ten or twelve miles apart and associated together frequently. I did not know of any other soldier in the service by that name. I am certain that the said applicant is the person I have testified about in the foregoing answers. I have answered in the foregoing that I lived near the applicant and personally know him and saw him while at home, and my knowledge of the same is not based on conjecture. I know he stayed in the service until the surrender. I do not know what company, I don't recollect. He went in about the 3rd year of the war and stayed a long time, about the last two years of the war. He is not able to do a days work. He is too old and feeble. He has lived in Texas since the year 1870 and has continuously lived here.

Myra Ann (Shankle) Tate, Alfred's sister and the wife of Aaron A. Tate, testified on the application stating: "I have known the applicant about 50 years. I knew him in Dekalb County, Al. Knew him about all my life. I know that the applicant enlisted in the service of the Confederacy about three years after the war began and served until it closed, and performed the service of a soldier. I do not know that company he enlisted or served in. He enlisted sometime in 1864 in the Western Army, about two years. He is not able to support himself by labor. I am the sister of the applicant and was at home at the time and place designated above and actually knew that he left home and joined the army and returned to the army and remained there until the close of the war. I am positively certain that the applicant is the identical person testified about. I have answered above. He was my brother and we lived together in the same family. He has lived here since 1870."

When Alfred died in 1916, his widow, Martha Jane drew his pension until her death in 1919.

The 1870 Census, Dekalb County, AL shows Alfred age 25, Jane age 20, George, age 4. Alfred and Martha Jane were in the 1900 Census in Comanche County, TX. Alfred Newbery Shankle and his wife have a tall, double tombstone: "Mother and Father SHANKLE" with inscriptions showing names and dates. Comanche County Gravestone Inscriptions.

More About ALFRED NEWBERRY SHANKLE:

Burial: Unknown, Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, TX

Occupation: Farmer

Children of MARTHA TATE and ALFRED SHANKLE are:

139. AARON SYLVESTER⁵ TATE (ROBERT HOOD⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born June 28, 1847 in Dekalb County, AL, and died September 17, 1926 in Comanche County, TX. He married MYRA ANN SHANKLE February 09, 1870 in Dekalb County, AL, daughter of GEORGE SHANKLE and ELIZABETH HOLLAND. She was born August 15, 1847 in Dekalb County, AL, and died March 22, 1928 in Comanche County, TX.

Notes for AARON SYLVESTER TATE:

Aaron Sylvester Tate and his sister, Martha Jane Tate married a brother and sister from the George and Elizabeth Shankle family.

More About AARON SYLVESTER TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Energy Cemetery, Energy, Comanche County, TX

More About MYRA ANN SHANKLE:

Burial: Unknown, Energy Cemetery, Energy, Comanche County, TX

Children of AARON TATE and MYRA SHANKLE are:

140. JAMES HENRY⁵ TATE (ROBERT HOOD⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 25, 1860 in DeKalb County, AL, and died November 08, 1949 in Comanche County, TX. He married LILLIE ELVIRA SEAGO December 24, 1885 in Comanche County, TX. She was born April 16, 1868 in TX, and died April 19, 1936 in Comanche County, TX.

Notes for JAMES HENRY TATE:

From the Compilation of Genealogy Records of Robert Hood Tate by Billie Bailey, January 2001

Comanche County Gravestone Inscriptions confirm the birth and death of James Henry Tate.

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More About JAMES HENRY TATE:

Burial: November 1949, Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, TX

More About LILLIE ELVIRA SEAGO:

Burial: April 1936, Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, TX

Children of JAMES TATE and LILLIE SEAGO are:

141. GEORGE WASHINGTON⁵ TATE (ROBERT HOOD⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born February 14, 1864 in DeKalb County, AL, and died December 16, 1931 in Comanche County, TX. He married AVA ADELAIDE ROBERTSON in Dublin, Erath County, TX. She was born 1878, and died 1962.

More About GEORGE WASHINGTON TATE:

Burial: December 1931, Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche County, TX

Child of GEORGE TATE and AVA ROBERTSON is:

142. JOHN FRANKLIN⁵ TATE (ROBERT HOOD⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 21, 1865 in DeKalb County, AL, and died January 25, 1949 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX. He married MARTHA ANN WETZEL January 16, 1890 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX. She was born November 12, 1869 in GA, and died January 11, 1959 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX.

More About JOHN FRANKLIN TATE:

Burial: January 1949, Comanche, Comanche County, TX

More About MARTHA ANN WETZEL:

Burial: January 1959, Comanche, Comanche County, TX

Children of JOHN TATE and MARTHA WETZEL are:

143. GENERAL COLUMBUS⁵ TATE (ROBERT HOOD⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born March 15, 1871 in Newburg, Comanche County, TX, and died March 14, 1907 in Comanche County, TX. He married JESSIE S. CREAMER October 13, 1892 in Comanche County, TX. She was born September 11, 1874 in Comanche County, TX, and died March 03, 1961 in Comanche County, TX.

More About GENERAL COLUMBUS TATE:

Burial: March 1907, Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, TX

More About JESSIE S. CREAMER:

Burial: March 1961, Board Church Cemetery, Gustine, Comanche County, TX

Children of GENERAL TATE and JESSIE CREAMER are:

144. J. CORNELIA⁵ TATE (ROBERT HOOD⁴, AARON³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born June 01, 1876 in Comanche County, TX, and died June 01, 1976 in Comanche County, TX. She married ALANZO E. O'DELL December 27, 1896. He died Unknown.

Notes for J. CORNELIA TATE:

Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1972, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

She joined DAR #415144.

Children of J. TATE and ALANZO O'DELL are:

Children of J. TATE and ALANZO O'DELL are:

116. ELIAS P.⁶ TATE (JAMES (JIM) W.⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born December 25, 1845 in Grundy County, TN, and died 1885. He married JANE THOMPSON May 18, 1866 in Grundy County, TN. She died Unknown.

Children of ELIAS TATE and JANE THOMPSON are:

117. JOSEPH (HOODY)⁶ TATE (JAMES (JIM) W.⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 12, 1866 in Grundy or Sequatchie County, TN, and died October 10, 1927. He married LYDIA EMERLINE WARD February 27, 1894. She was born July 31, 1875, and died January 26, 1954 in DeSoto, MO.

Notes for LYDIA EMERLINE WARD:

Mrs. Lydia Tate, 79, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ada Zoph in DeSoto, MO, yesterday, where she had been visiting since last August.

Reported in the local paper, in an email from Robert Tate, Spring Hill, TN

More About LYDIA EMERLINE WARD:

Burial: Unknown, Charleston, MO

Children of JOSEPH TATE and LYDIA WARD are:

118. ELIZABETH (LIZZIE)⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born October 01, 1847 in Northcutt Cove, Grundy County, TN, and died August 22, 1911. She married (1) WILLIAM HENNESSEY in Beersheba Springs, TN. He was born 1845, and died Unknown.

Children of ELIZABETH TATE and WILLIAM HENNESSEY are:

119. SARAH S.⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born November 21, 1850 in Northcutt Cove, Grundy County, TN, and died 1879. She married JAMES K. POLK NORTHCUTT December 01, 1870 in Grundy County, TN. He was born 1845, and died May 27, 1936 in Van Buren County, TN.

Children of SARAH TATE and JAMES NORTHCUTT are:

120. FRANCIS MARION⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born January 30, 1853 in Northcutt Cove, Grundy County, TN, and died December 02, 1927. He married MINERVA (NERVA) FRANCES TATE. She died Unknown.

Children of FRANCIS TATE and MINERVA TATE are:

121. ROBERT DAVID RICHARD⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 24, 1855 in Northcutt Cove, Grundy County, TN, and died February 08, 1926 in Altamont, Altamont, TN. He married SERENA AMERICA DUTTON November 18, 1877, daughter of JOHN DUTTON. She was born May 28, 1855 in Cherokee, AL/Cherokee, Colbert Co., AL, and died May 18, 1932 in Altamont, Grundy County, TN.

More About ROBERT DAVID RICHARD TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Altamont Cemetery, Altamont, TN

Children of ROBERT TATE and SERENA DUTTON are:

122. ELIJAH M. (TWIN)⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 20, 1858 in Northcutt Cove, Grundy County, TN, and died July 20, 1935 in ID. He married MARY ANN WILLIAMS January 04, 1883 in Sequatchie County, TN. She died Unknown.

Children of ELIJAH TATE and MARY WILLIAMS are:

123. JOSEPH SMITH (TWIN)⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 20, 1858 in Grundy County, TN, and died July 30, 1935 in Jerome County, ID. He married (1) MINERVA GREEN. She was born August 11, 1887, and died February 09, 1977 in Beersheba Springs, Warren County, TN. He married (2) SUSAN SMITH Abt. 1878. She was born in Grundy County, TN, and died Unknown in Madison County, AL.

More About MINERVA GREEN:

Burial: Unknown, Grace Chapel Cemetery, Beersheba Springs, Grundy County, TN

Children of JOSEPH TATE and MINERVA GREEN are:

Children of JOSEPH TATE and SUSAN SMITH are:

124. JOHN ARMFIELD⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born March 17, 1861 in Grundy County, TN, and died July 03, 1955 in Henryetta, Okmulgee County, OK. He married HARRIETT (HATTIE) SATTERFIELD TATE June 30, 1881 in Tracy City, Grundy County, TN, daughter of CALVIN TATE and FRANCES CHRISTIAN. She was born October 01, 1866 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, TN, and died July 20, 1956 in Henryetta, Okmulgee County, OK.

Children of JOHN TATE and HARRIETT TATE are:

125. ALBERT C. H.⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born September 18, 1863 in Grundy County, TN, and died March 31, 1934. He married EVA THOMPSON. She died Unknown.

Child of ALBERT TATE and EVA THOMPSON is:

126. VICTOR LAFAYETTE⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 02, 1867 in Northcutt Cove, Grundy County, TN, and died November 21, 1946 in Grundy County, TN. He married CARRIE HADLEY COPPINGER August 28, 1889, daughter of DAVID COPPINGER and MARY PURDOM. She was born August 19, 1875 in Altamont, TN, and died June 13, 1951.

Notes for VICTOR LAFAYETTE TATE:

Source: Thomas Jefferson Barnes Papers Film 634-2, TN State Archives, Folios H101 - V192, Tate folio #181

A newspaper clipping says:

TATE - Victor Lafayette Tate, died at his home in Beersheba Springs November 21. His funeral was held from the Grace Chapel Church at Beersheba November 28, with Revs. Bean, Poole and Killian officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Born in Grundy County, July 2, 1867, he was a son of John A Tate and Martha Hicks Tate. He is survived by widow, Mrs Carrie Tate, three sons, Wiley Tate of Beersheba Springs, Herbert Tate, of Chattanooga and David E. Tate of Raleigh, N. C., six daughters, Mrs. Hans

Hegge of Cleveland, Mrs. Ruby Gross of Palmer, Mrs. Naomi Melfi of Nashville, Mrs. Oliver Anderson of Nashville, Mrs. Hazel Lane of Doyle and Mrs. Victoria Morrison of Beersheba Springs and two brothers, Will Tate of Beersheba Springs and John A. Tate, of Oklahoma.

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Southern Standard Newspaper, Warren County, TN - December 6, 1946, Page 14

Victor Lafayette Tate, 79, died at his home in Beersheba Springs, on November 21. The funeral was held from the Grace Chapel Church at Beersheba on November 23, with Revs. Bean, Poole and Killian officiating. Burial was in the Chruch Cemetery. Born in Grundy County, July 2, 1867, he was a son of John Tate and Martha Hicks Tate. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Tate, three sons, Wiley Tate of Beersheba Springs, Herbert Tate of Chattanooga and David E. Tate of Raleigh, NC; six daughters, Mrs. Harry Hegge, of Cleveland, Mrs. Ruby Gross of Tracy City, Mrs. Oliver Anderson of Palmer, Mrs. Naomi Melfi of Nashville, Mrs. Hazel Lane of Doyle and Mrs. Victoria Morrison of Beersheba Springs; and two brothers, Will Tate of Beersheba Springs and John A. Tate of Oklahoma. Arrangements by the High Funeral Company.

More About VICTOR LAFAYETTE TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Grace Chapel Cemetery, Beersheba Springs, Grundy County, TN

More About CARRIE HADLEY COPPINGER:

Burial: Unknown, Grace Chapel Cemetery, Beersheba Springs, Grundy County, TN

Children of VICTOR TATE and CARRIE COPPINGER are:

127. MARY VICTORIA⁶ TATE (JOHN JACKSON⁵, ROBERT H.⁴, JAMES (MAJOR)³, ROBERT (JR.)², ROBERT (SR.)¹) was born July 02, 1867 in Northcutt Cove, Grundy County, TN, and died December 27, 1943. She married JOHN HUNT MORGAN CREIGHTON. He was born January 08, 1863, and died August 07, 1941.

More About MARY VICTORIA TATE:

Burial: Unknown, Falls Creek Cemetery, Gruetli, TN

More About JOHN HUNT MORGAN CREIGHTON:

Burial: Unknown, Falls Creek Cemetery, Gruetli, TN

Children of MARY TATE and JOHN CREIGHTON are: