Archibald MCCLUNG

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Archibald McClung
Age: 56
Birth Year: abt 1794
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 51, Rockbridge, Virginia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 746
Household Members:
Name Age
Archibald McClung 56
Elisabeth McClung 51
Eliza J McClung 20
Delinda C McClung 18
James T Peyton 14

1860 Census
Name: Archibald McClung
Age: 66
Birth Year: abt 1794
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: District 6, Rockbridge, Virginia
Post Office: Lexington
Family Number: 387
Household Members:
Name Age
Archibald McClung 66
Elizebeth A McClung 62
Eliza J McClung 30
Delinda C McClung 28

Archibald married Beale. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

They had 2 children.

Archibald married Elizabeth A. Wallace 27 Jan 1825, Rockbridge Co. VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel WALLACE and Mary (Polly) TATE) was born 12 Jul 1798, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 10 Apr 1870, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , McDowell Cemetery, Fairfield, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers.
Name: Elizabeth Walace
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Archibald McCLUNG
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1825
County: Augusta
State: Virginia

1. Mary A. W. MCCLUNG was born ca 1825, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 27 Mar 1856, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , McDowell Cemetery, Fairfield, Rockbridge Co. VA.
2. Margaret Eleanor MCCLUNG was born ca 1827, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 11 Nov 1847, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , McDowell Cemetery, Fairfield, Rockbridge Co. VA.
3. Eliza J. MCCLUNG was born ca 1830, Rockbridge Co. VA.
4. Delinda C. MCCLUNG was born ca 1832, Rockbridge Co. VA; died Aft Nov 1868, Rockbridge Co. VA.

Other Events:

• _UID: D1D56B2122524FCB98788423B5BCA96AFBFC

Notes:

He was a farmer and a miller and lived near Fairfield, VA.

Died:
Or Rockbridge Co.

John married Mary [Polly] Stuart 12 Nov 1788, Augusta Co. VA. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Stuart and Eleanor TATE) was born 02 Mar 1769, Augusta Co. VA; died 26 May 1842, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 4991037B90844069899246B47AEE87CEE711

Notes:

John McClung was an early settler of Augusta Co. VA.

Chalkley

Vol. 2 Page 113--John McClung, Sr., aged 73, deposes, same time and place (deposes at Brownsburg, July, 1805).

Vol. 2 Page John McClung, Senior, deposes, 14th December, 1807, has known the land 63 years. Downey lived on it. Believes Downey was a hunter, from seeing bear skins hang about the house. Deponent lived in Borden's grant 63 years; he is now 77 years old.

Place of death was Rockbridge, Co., VA, but records may be in Augusta and Rockbridge.

He was an elder in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, then Augusta County, now in Rockbridge Co. VA. He was a tall man about six feet in height, weighing close to 200 pounds. He was a farmer having considerable estate in land and slaves.

"The Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland and America", compiled by Francis Austin Arnold of Carrollton, Missouri, 1896

Elizabeth Alexander married John McClung and had issue:

1. Margaret, married Robert Tate of Augusta 2. Jucge William, (see Collin's Kentucky, pg. 333, 442), married Miss Marshall 3. John, married Miss Stuart 4. Archibald, single in 1824 5. Elizabeth, married Robert Stuart 6. Phoeby, married first, James Paxton; he was shot; married second, Samuel Moore 7. Rebecca, married William Steel 8. James, a physician, "drowned in Licken County, Kentucky" 9. Joseph, married first, Elizabeth Wilson, second, Esther McClung

A Lt. John McClung from Rockbridge Co. who fought in the American Revolution is mentioned on p. 51 Bean, Robert Bennett, The Peopling of Virginia, Boston: Chapman & Grimes, c1938,

John married Elizabeth Parks ALEXANDER 1753, Augusta Co. VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Archibald ALEXANDER and Margaret PARKS) was born 28 Oct 1735, County Donegal,Ireland; died 29 Nov 1802, Augusta Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 163ABB54C969412FAA3DD225CC6D685CDCA7

Notes:

DOB source: Arnold, Frances Austin, compiled by. The Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland and America.. (Carrollton, Missouri - 1896), pg. 1.

DAR ID Number 149364 has her DOD as 1802.



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61036436

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=stuart&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2810&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=24835673&df=all&

Benjamin married Eleanor TATE ca 1765, possibly Augusta Co. VA. Eleanor (daughter of John TATE and Mary Mitchell) was born 4 Nov 1747, Augusta Co. VA; died 1801, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co. VA; was buried , Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 01BEF785BDD34B25969F3A491F15AF6B41F3

Notes:

Nov 21, 1792
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks: John Tate's will--Third son, John; oldest son, Thomas, tract to John and Isaac Tate, sons of James, deceased, his grandsons; daughter, Eleanor Stuart; son, Robert Tate; son Robert and son-in-law Benj. Stewart, executors.
Book date: CC1-41
Prove date: Apr 1, 1801

Died:
Wilson, Howard McKnight. The Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom. (Privatetly published by The Tinkiling Spring and Hermitage Presbyterian Churches, pub. Fishersville, Virginia), pg. 467.

Other Events:

• _UID: E866136BED1A4BCDBA08F0DCF4243CFCC9F4

Notes:

All of his children were born in Ireland.

R.D. Campbell "History of the Campbell Family"

"William McClung and his children arrived in Lancaster County, PA around 1745-46. The family seemed to immediately scatter to Delaware and Virginia. At least one son stayed in Upper Leacock Township, in Lancaster County (PA). William's oldest daughter was Elizabeth McClung."

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5016427

William married Jean Dun. Jean died , Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge Presbyterian Churchyard, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59570427

Other Events:

• _UID: 703A16682E564E88BB75C400ED6336B0AC2C

Notes:

He was one of the early settlers of Augusta Co. VA.

A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton, published in 1920 source for the following information:

Archibald, son of William Alexander, Sr., came from near Londonderry, in 1737, and lived about ten years near Philadelphia. He was well-to-do for those days, and was a man of character, education, and influence. Archibald removed in 1747 from the bank of the Schulykill and settled on South River nearly opposite the mouth of Irish Creek.

Archibald Alexander, the Captain of the Sandy Creek expedition and the first sheriff of Rockbridge County. He married his cousin, Margaret Parks.

Chalkley's:

Page 463 18th February, 1747. £29. Benj. Borden, &c., to Archibald Alexander (sold in testator's lifetime), 980 acres, part of 92,100; corner Thomas McSpaden; corner Alexander McCleary, near a sink hole called the Punch Bowl. Teste: None. Acknowledged as above.

Page 139 20th August, 1765. Archibald Alexander sold to Joseph Alexander, £30, 256 acres, crossing the South River. Teste: John Lowrey, John Peoples, Nathaniel McClure.


DAR ID Number 149364 has the following information:
Archibald Alexander was appointed sheriff and justice of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Va.

BIOGRAPHY

From Find A Grave

Like nearly all the early settlers of Rockbridge Co, Archibald Alexander was a farmer, but living on the dangerous American frontier. He was commissioned into the military service and fought in the French and Indian Wars between 1750-1760. He captained a company of Rangers at the Sandy Creek expedition and for this service he received several thousand acres of land in Kentucky. Archibald who was an elder in Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church was married twice. In 1734 to his cousin Margaret Parks. She died in 1753, and four years later he married Jane McClure who was also Irish born. He had seven children by the first marriage and eight by the second. (JB orig site creator)

Joseph Waddells' Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, supplement has the data above, adding he was born in County Down instead of County Donegal, per the site I took over.

Archibald Alexander was born on 4 Feb 1708 in Ulster. His will was probated on 1 Feb 1780 in Rockbridge, Co., VA, so he died prior to this date.

He married twice. First to his cousin Margaret Parks (1708-1753, the daughter of Joseph Parks) on 31 Dec 1734 in Ireland and second, to Jane McClure in 1757 in Augusta Co., Virginia.

With Margaret (1708 - 1753), he had 5 known children: Elizabeth, William, Phoebe, Jane and jean.

With Jane (dates unknown), he had 5 known children: Joseph, John, James, Samuel and Archibald, Jr.

Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: extracted ..., Volume 3, page 429 in Deed Book 12:
"Page 139.--20th August, 1765. Archibald Alexander to Joseph Alexander,£30, 256 acres, crossing the South River. Teste: John Lowrey, John Peoples, Nathaniel McClure."

The Westminster Presbyterian site has the "Archibald Alexander Travelogue" by Sherman Isbell:
"The older Archibald Alexander died about 1780 and is apparently buried two miles north, at Muse Cemetery, the older burying ground for Timber Ridge Church, though his grave stone is now gone."1-11.

The site has a LOT OF DATA: http://www.westminsterconfession.org/the-doctrines-of-grace/archibald-alexander-travelogue.php

Buried:
Grave location and biography:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40433616

Died:
Now in Rockbridge Co. VA

Archibald married Margaret PARKS 31 Dec 1734, Ulster Ireland. Margaret (daughter of Joseph PARKS and Margaret ALEXANDER) was born 31 Jan 1712, Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland; died ca Jul 1755, Augusta Co. VA; was buried , Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 06596C38DAA04DF196160BA775B1C5BCC0E6

Notes:

Arnold, Frances Austin, compiled by. The Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland and America.. (Carrollton, Missouri - 1896), pg. 2.

Margaret, wife of Archibald Alexander, died in July or August, 1755.

Biographical information:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103136128

Other Events:

• _UID: C37B682A077F4EF697DDA2AFF52BC8ADF43E

Notes:

Source: Mentzel, Laura and Ethel Updike. Tate Families of the Southern States. p 169, 170, 185.

John was born in Northern Ireland and came to the colonies with this father in 1730. John Tate or Tait came to Augusta Co. VA from Pennsylvania. [Note: Some researchers have the location as being Bedford Springs in Lancaster Co. PA and Cumberland Co. PA, but this has not been documented.] He married Mary Doak and had five sons, James, John, William, Robert, and Thomas, plus a daughter whose name is not certain.

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Source: Riley, Agnes. The Pioneer Tate Family of Augusta County, VA. This booklet was first published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1969,
Vol 57, issue 3, p 179-192.

She indicates John Tate was born 1722 in Ireland, immigrated to Bedford Springs, PA and m Mary Doak in 1743. They had; Thomas, James, Eleanor, John and William Tate.

Recent research presents a convincing argument that John Tate's wife was actually Mary Mitchell. Please look at her record for the documentary evidence.

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Source: History Of Augusta County,Virginia; by J. Lewis Peyton; 1st addn. 1882; Pub. by Samuel M. Yost, Staunton, VA.

I received these notes from the owner of the book: "There are 6 short paragraphs dealing with the Tate family. The Tate section begins as follows, "The Tates came from the north of Ireland to Penn., and thence to Augusta about 1745. The first immigrant left four sons, James, William, John, and Robert. The descendants of the first brothers married among the Van Lears, Ewings, Moffetts and Finleys, of Augusta and Rockbridge."

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Site owner's note:

The Tates are a tangle to unravel. There are two lines that may spring from John Tate and Sarah Beaty. This John Tate descendants tended to stay in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, VA and marry into other Scot-Irish families of the Shenandoah Valley i.e. the Campbells, McClungs, Stuarts, Finley, and Alexanders.

His brother Robert Tate, whose wife isn't known at this time, eventually settled in Washington Co. VA. His three sons, Col. John Tate, Robert Tate, and William Tate all played prominent roles in the history of Southwestern Virginia. They lived in four frontier counties(1) Botetourt Co., until 1772; (2) Fincastle Co., January 1773 to January 1777; (3) Washington Co., January 1777 to May 1786; (4) Russell Co., May 1786 until their deaths. They didn't move, but their land changed with formation of the counties.

Robert's descendants were the Traveling Tates. Their offspring founded Tatesville in Pulaski Co. KY or settled in Warren and Grundy Co. TN and DeKalb Co. AL. Robert's grandchildren ended up in Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma.

To make things even more confusing, they married women named Mary and named their sons John, Robert, William, and Joseph. Because of this, it isn't hard for generations to be confused. For example, Robert Tate of Washington/Russell Counties married Mary ? and had Joseph, Alexander, John, Aaron, James and Robert Jr. He is confused with his nephew, Robert Tate, son of John Tate and Mary Mitchell. This Robert married Margaret McClung and had about 11 children. Some researchers have combined these two Robert's families. See what I mean about a tangle of Tates?

Some researchers have the parents of Col. John Tate, Robert Tate, and William Tate as being Robert Tate born 27 FEB 1691 in New Kent Co. VA and died 1759 in St. Paul's Parish,Hanover Co. VA. But given the ties to Augusta Co. and the intermarriage with the Mitchells by William Tate, brother to Col. John and Robert, this may not be likely.

Hopefully DNA testing will clarify some of these lines.

LAND RECORDS

Source:This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.

John Tate
Date: Nov 19, 1747
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property:309 1/2 acres in Beverley Manor; corner to James Lynn and John Tate; corner to David Steel.
Remarks: Acknowledged by Geo. Brackenridge 18 Nov 1747 and Ann releases dower. 27 current money Virginia.

Apr 5 1749, William Beverley sold 344 acres in Beverley Manor to John Teat adjoining James Linn, Steel's land, John Lockhart, and Brackenridge's line. (Augusta Co. VA Deed Book 2 p 273.)

May 22 1750, his adjoining land was mentioned in a deed from James Lynn to Andrew Lynn: 269 acres in Beverley Manor, on Samuel Doak's line, Buffler Hill; corner on John Teat and Samuel Wilson. Teste: Andrew Cowan, Elijah McClenachan, John Ramsey. (Augusta Co. VA Deed Book 2 p 286)

In 1750, John Tate's brother-in-law John Greer died in Augusta Co. Among the purchasers at Greer's estate sale were John Teat [Tate], John Mitchell, Thomas Teat [Tate], and Francis Beaty. (Augusta Co. VA Will Book 1 p 26)

Jun 28 1755, John Teat [Tate], plantationer, bought 160 acres in Beverley Manor from his brother-in-law Francis Beaty, surveyor, for £25 on Borden's lines, surveyed for James Lockhart, gent., being the place known as Beatey's well place. Witnesses, David Hay, John and Patrick Campbell, Thomas Teat [Tate]. (Augusta Co. VA Deed Book 7 p 338)

Nov 20 1759, Tate's land was mentioned in a deed from Helenor (Helander) Mitchell to Robert Mitchell in Beverley Manor, on Robert Wilson's line; corner John Teate [Tate], David Doack's [Doak] land; Jno. Lockart's corner. Teste: James Kowan. (Augusta Co. VA Deed Book 8 p 357)

John Tate
Date: Mar 18, 1760
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property: 309 1/2 acres in Beverley Manor; corner James Lynn; corner David Steel.
Remarks: 67.10.0. Grantor, Thomas Baird/Beard.
(Augusta Co. VA Deed Book 8 p 359)

John Tate
Date: Nov 18, 1760
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property:
200 acres in Borden's tract; corner to tract sold by Francis Beaty on Flat Spring Run; corner Thomas Berry.
Remarks: 5 shillings. Property conveyed by Borden, Jr., to David Kerr and by David and Katherine to grantor.

John Tate
Date: Aug 19, 1766
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property: 180 acres; corner John Tate, Thomas Tate's line.
Remarks: Delivered to Nathaniel Steel, Apr 1773.

Mar 16, 1768
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property: 202 1/2 acres in Beverley Manor, part of the tract Nathaniel formerly lived on; corner John Tate's land; corner John Fulton.
Remarks: Delivered to David Steel, 16 Nov 1771.

John Tate
Date: May 17, 1768
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property: 200 acres; corner James Lynn and John Tate.
Remarks: Delivered to Pat. Campbell, 4 Aug 1773.

Sep 9 1768, both John Tate and his son John Tate Jr proved the will of Robert Wilson. Witnesses, Robert Mitchell, John Tate Sr, John Tate Jr; proved in court by John Tate and John Tate Jr. (Augusta Co. VA Will Book 4 p 106) On Feb 2 1769, Robert Wilson's estate was appraised by John Tate, Robert Alexander, John Fulton, David Doack. (Augusta Co. VA Will Book 4 p 108)

Oct 10 1769, Francis Beaty of Mecklenburg Co NC, Gent, gave power of attorney to his brother-in-law John Tate to sell all lands belonging to Francis, including land bought of John Greer, on Flat Spring Branch, joining the other land where Beaty last lived; also 200 acres joining Charles Berry. Teste: Robert Gay, John and James Beaty. (Augusta Co. VA Will Book 16 p 501)

1771 and 1772 brought the deaths of the husbands of two of John's sisters. On Feb 1771, Tate was a witness to the will of his brother-in-law John Mitchell; will proved in court Aug 20 1771. (Augusta Co. VA Will Book 4 p 120)

Nov 5 1771, Samuel Doak wrote his will, leaving John Tate and John Finley to advise the executors. The witnesses to Doak's will were John and James Mitchel, William Tate, John Tate Jr. Will proved May 19 1772 by James Mitchel and the Tates. David Doack qualified with John Tate, Nathaniel Steel. (Augusta Co. VA Will Book 4 p 123)

Mar 18 1772, John Tate and Mary sold [land?] to James Tate. Teste: William Campbell. Wm. Livingston. Thomas Tate. (Augusta Co. VA Deed Book 18 p 516)

May 15 1779, John and Mary Tate sold [land?] to Hance Patton. (Augusta Co. VA Deed Book 22 p 558)

Mar 11 1786, John Taite [Tate] Sr sold 400 acres to Thomas Stevenson delivered to Jacob Swallow Jun 1 1787, patented to said John Taite [Tate] on Pine Run, a branch of South River near South Mountain. Teste: Samuel McConkey, Anthony Mustoe. (Augusta Co. VA Deed Book 25 p 574)

WILL ABSTRACT

John Tate's will, dated Nov 21 1792, probated Apr 1 1801: to third son John; to oldest son Thomas; tract to John and Isaac Tate, sons of James deceased, his grandsons; daughter Eleanor Stuart; son Robert Tate; executors, son Robert Tate and son-in-law Benjamin Stewart.
[Augusta Co. VA Will Book 1 p 250]

Source: Johnson, Charles A. A narrative history of Wise County, Virginia Norton, Va.: Norton Press, 1938, p. 235.

Nov 21, 1792
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Remarks: John Tate's will--Third son, John; oldest son, Thomas, tract to John and Isaac Tate, sons of James, deceased, his grandsons; daughter, Eleanor Stuart; son, Robert Tate; son Robert and son-in-law Benj. Stewart, executors.
Book date: CC1-41
Prove date: Apr 1, 1801

Buried:
This may be the grave of John Tate at Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fishersville, Augusta Co. VA.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=tate&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2810&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=97125145&df=all&

Died:
Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
Name: John Tate
Date: 1 Apr 1801
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks: Robert Tate, executor of John Tate, bond.
Description: Decedent
Book: CC1-81

John married Mary Mitchell Abt 1741, Pennsylvania. Mary (daughter of Thomas Mitchell and Eleanor (Helen)) was born ca 1710, Ulster Irelend; died Aft 1802, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

WeRelate.org presents documentation that Mary Mitchell is the wife of John Tate and not Mary Doak.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Mitchell_%28132%29

Below are the extracts of the argument.

From the following Augusta Co. VA record, John Tate and Francis Beaty were brothers-in-law.

10th October, 1769. Francis Beaty, of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Gent., to his brother-in-law, John Tate, power of attorney to sell all lands belonging to Francis, including land bought of John Greer, on Flat Spring Branch, joining the other land where I last lived; also 200 acres joining Charles Berry. Teste: Robert Gay, John and James Beaty.

To be Francis' brother-in-law, John would have married either Francis' sister or Francis would have married John Tate's sister or the two would have had to marry sisters. No documentation has been found to prove the first two options, so it is more likely John and Francis married sisters.

Thomas Mitchell's will in 1734 mentions his daughter, Mary, along with his wife Elloner, son John, and other daughters Martha (eldest), Jean and Jenat. The will was written 4 May 1734; probated 14 Nov. 1734, (Lancaster Co, PA, Will Book A, vol 1, pg 17)

Mary Doak is a least likely candidate for two reasons. One, there is no will of Samuel Doak in Augusta County records to indicate that Mary was his daughter. In addition there are no records of any of Samuel's other children listing her as a probable sister.

Two, the following record is interesting because Samuel Doak would have been the brother of Mary, if she was the daughter of Samuel Doak, Sr. Samuel Doak in his will extract names his "brother-in-law John Finley, husband of Samuel's sister Thankful. However John Tate is not also named as a brother-in-law, which he would have been if Mary, the sister of Samuel Doak was his wife, but he is named as an advisor to the executors. This is another key piece of evidence to possibly support Mary as a Mitchell and not a daughter of Samuel Doak, Sr.

Page 497.--5th November, 1771. Saml Doak's will, farmer--To wife, Jane; to daughter, Elinor, unmarried; to wife, to have disposal of all household furniture at her Pleasure to her 3 daughters, Elinor, Mary, Isbel; to son, John; to oldest son, David, plantation David now lives on as Robert Doak laid it off; to son, Samuel, plantation at head waters of Rockfish in Amherst; to son, John, plantation testator lives on; to son, Robert, tract testator formerly lived on in Rockfish, joining Capt. Crawford; daughters, Jane and Elizabeth. Executors, wife Jane, son David, son-in-law Wm. Brown. Brother-in-law John Finley and John Tate to advise executors. Teste: John and James Mitchel, William Tate, John Tate, Jr. Proved, 19th May, 1772. by James Mitchel and the Tates. David Doack qualifies with John Tate. Nathaniel Steel.

There are many records linking the Tate, Mitchell, Beaty, and Doak Families in the Augusta Co. VA records.

Page 330.--13th August, 1747. Wm. Beverley to Helen Mitchell, widow, £6.8.6; 200 acres in Beverley Manor; Brackenridge's line; corner to Teat's [Tate] line; corner to David Doak; John Lockhart's corner; John Teat's [Tate] land. Witnessed and proved as above.

Page 275.--15th September, 1750. John Greer's nuncupative will [John Greer married Thomas Mitchell's youngest daughter, Jennet]

Debts to be paid to William Long, William Nul, John Kennedy, Nathaniel Patterson; son Alexander to be bound to a trade; one child to be bound to John Mitchell; one child to be bound to S D [prob. Samuel Doak]; oldest girl to go to some descent woman to learn housewifery. Executors, John Mitchell and Samuel Doak. Teste: James Cowin, Jno. Mitchell, Saml. Doak, Francis Beatey. Proved, 28th November, 1750, by Cowin and Beatey.

Page 447.--24th August, 1752. John Mitchell and Samuel Doage's [Doak] bond as guardians (appointed) of Rebecca, Alexander, Martha, Mary Greer, orphans of John Greer, deceased, with sureties Francis Beatey.

Augusta Co. VA Records for Mary Tate from Chalkley's Augusta County Records:

Page 75.--18th March, 1772. John Tate and Mary to James Tate. Teste: William Campbell. Wm. Livingston. Thomas Tate.

Page 520.--15th May, 1779. John Tate and Mary to Hance Patton.

Vol. 2 - Reuben Norvell vs. Thomson and Teas--O. S. 367; N. S. 133--Copy of record from Amherst. Bill there in 1802 by Thomson and Teas vs. Elizabeth England, widow; John; William; Sally, wife of Josiah Martin; Mary, wife of John Tate; Patty, wife of Robert Evans; Anna; Anderson; Elisha (infant); Jane (infant), children and representatives of William Anderson England.