Robert TATE, Jr.

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Sources: 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.

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."

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

Alexander, Aaron, John, James and Robert (H.) Jr., all continue to appear in the public records of Warren County, Tennessee and of Grundy County, Tennessee which was founded from Warren County in 1844.

The White County court record for 1806 shows Robert Tate to be a resident of the county.

Two of Robert Tate?s sons, John and Robert Jr., were witnesses to his will and had to return to Virginia to prove the will for probate. The other heirs also appear to have returned to Virginia to settle the estate.

James and Robert H. lived on Taylor's Creek near to Mt. Olive and Philadelphia Church where James is buried. The formation of Grundy County in 1844 left them residents thereof and they remained as afterward.

Robert H. died testate in Grundy County in 1867. His burial place is unknown. He also had two wives. Nothing is known of Susannah (the first). She signed the deed to Joseph in 1816 as Robert's wife. The second wife, Cintha, is also unknown to us. She survived Robert in 1867, and jointly inherited his estate with Aaron, a son of Robert and Susannah's. After Aarons death, in 1907, a suit was instituted to make possible the final settlement of Robert' estate. The suit named the children of Robert and Susannah. No clear records have been found in to identify the children of Robert and Cintha. They were not involved in the suit.

Robert married Susannah. [Group Sheet]

Robert married Cynthia (Scinthy). [Group Sheet]

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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.

Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/barry.htm

Hood Tate was a First Lieutenant in the Stone Prairie Independent Home Guard Company during the Civil War. His sons, William Jasper Tate and James Jefferson Tate, were killed during the Civil War defending Springfield, Green Co., Missouri. They are buried in the National Cemetery in Springfield.

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Grave location and tombstone photo:
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Hood married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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

"According to the Federal Census of 1880, Barry County, MO, Aaron V. Tate was exempt from working on road, a cripple, living with his mother in 1880, single. He is thought to be offspring of the second family, mother Cynthia."

Francis married Sarah Killian 21 Jun 1858, Grundy Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

Evaline married A. J. Marbut 29 Dec 1853, Barry Co. MO. [Group Sheet]