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12951	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. CENSUS RECORDS 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Louisa A Tate Age: 5 Birth Year: abt 1845 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1850: District 2, Warren, Tennessee Gender: Female Family Number: 266 Household Members: Douglass Tate 36 Sarah Tate 26 James A Tate 11 John A Tate 7 Louisa A Tate 5 Lorenza D Tate 2 America M Tate less than 1 year old 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Laura Tate [Louisa] Age in 1860: 15 Birth Year: abt 1845 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Sherrill, Texas, Missouri Gender: Female Post Office: Licking Household Members: J D Tate 40 Sarah Tate 37 John A Tate 18 Laura Tate 15 Lorenza D Tate 13 Marica Tate 10 Philander Tate 7 Silas Tate 5 Julia F Tate 3 Sharill Tate 1 month	TATE, Louisa Adaline (I14651)
12952	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. 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. --------------------- James Striegel Tate Papers, Tennessee State Library and Archives 1742 - 1980 Aaron lived on Wanamaker's Branch very near the future Grundy County line. After his last child was born in Warren County, Tennessee, in 1833, Aaron moved his family into the newly opened "Indian lands" that are now in DeKalb County, Alabama with which he is hereafter associated.	TATE, Aaron (I5318)
12953	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. --------------- Find A Grave info Bio provided by Janice Williams: James Cunningham and his twin, Rebecca, were born to David Cunningham and Unity Ryan Cunningham in Warren County, Tennessee, on April 8, 1816. At age 18, he married Susannah Tate, the daughter of Aaron Tate and Elizabeth Connelly Tate, on February 14, 1835, in DeKalb County, Alabama. James served in the Army during the Florida Indian wars and was discharged July 21, 1838 at Fort Payne, Alabama. James and Susannah had two children in Alabama and the family of four moved to the Republic of Texas in 1839 or 1840. Moving first to what is now Morris County, they moved on to Bastrop County, Travis County and Williamson County before settling in Comanche County in 1855 on Mountain Creek. In Texas, their family grew with ten more children. Captain James was noted for his community leadership. He was among the original members of the first Baptist church in Comanche County which was organized at the old Tuggle School House 1856 about 10 miles south of Comanche. The Cunningham men gained greatest fame in Central Texas as aggressive and fearless Indian fighters. From 1856 to early 1870, the Cunninghams were involved in virtually every Indian battle that took place in and around Comanche County. In 1861, James Cunningham was elected Captain of the Comanche County Company of the 2nd Frontier District commanded by Major George B. Erath. James and Susannah Cunningham were the parents of Aaron, Elizabeth, David Houston, Richard Tankersley, John Valentine, William Henry, James Washington, Joseph Jackson, Thomas Anderson, George Washington, Mary Jane, and Unity Ann, all who survived to old age. Captain Cunningham operated a ranch of 9000 acres until his death on July 8, 1894, at the age of 78 years old, in his home. He was survived by his wife and all twelve children. He was buried in the Newburg Cemetery and his grave was marked with a Texas Historical Marker in 1968.	Cunningham, Captain James (I14699)
12954	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	TATE, Humphrey P. (I14515)
12955	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	TATE, Calvin G. S. (I14517)
12956	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.	TATE, Dock Mayburn (I14351)
12957	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.	TATE, William Holeman (I14511)
12958	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.)	TATE, John Jackson (I14510)
12959	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;	TATE, Aaron Jr. (I14352)
12960	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.	TATE, Nancy Ann (I14349)
12961	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.	Bost, Mary Sarah (I14880)
12962	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.	TATE, Judge Stephen Hail (I14423)
12963	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 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	Killian, Dr. Henry Elias (I14674)
12964	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.	TATE, Elizabeth (I14333)
12965	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.	TATE, Isaac (I5583)
12966	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.	TATE, Major Samuel Bracken (I5584)
12967	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.	TATE, Rev. Ladden Ferrell (I14526)
12968	Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984 He was the Principal of School, Central, Graham County, AZ. When school was out he worked in Webb's Store during the summers. He was Graham County Superintendent of Schools for four terms. Purchased 20 acres on the outskirts of Thatcher, where they raised vegetables, corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes. They had chickens, cows and horses. They lived their eight years and then purchased a brick house in town. The moved to Mesa, AZ in 1924. He worked as a salesman. He was considered hardworking and industrious. He held several positions in the Church.	Heywood, Spence Coleman (I15040)
12969	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 granery 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.	TATE, Martin Van Buren (I15022)
12970	Excerpt from the Tate Families of Southern States, Volume II, Laura Metzel and Ethel Speer Updike, 1984 She was the fourth child of eleven, born to Martin Van Buren and Margaret Vining Tate. Her parents joined the Mormon Church and on April 12, 1895, left for UT. They settled in Spanish Fork, UT for three years. In the fall of 1898, they set out for AZ with one covered wagon and a team of mules. They settled in Central, AZ and Nellie lived there until the age of 18. She was organist for two years for the Central Ward. After marrying Spence Coleman Heywood in 1905, they moved to Pima, AZ for one and one half years and then moved to Thatcher. She passed the county school examination for teaching. First School was at Robinson's Ranch, located 3 miles south of Thatcher, in the foothills near the base of Mt. Graham. Term was six months getting paid $65.00 monthly. She taught school nine months in all. She held a number of positions in the Church, second counselor in Young Ladies Organization, Theology Teacher in First Ward Relief Society in Mesa, AZ, filled a local Stake Mission in 1949 and 1950. She was the mother of eleven children.	TATE, Nellie Bly (I15039)
12971	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 by Grove Liles. (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 Grove Liles trial and conviction for George's murder were lost in the Decatur County courthouse fire of 1926 so more positive information is lost.	TATE, George W. (I14560)
12972	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.	TATE, Andrew Jackson (I14537)
12973	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. 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. 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.) --------------------- James Striegel Tate Papers, Tennessee State Library and Archives 1742 - 1980 James and Ruth sold their Virginia lands between 1801 and 1805. 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. James died testate in Grundy County on April 19, 1849. His first wife was Ruth by whom he had 13 children. They were divorced about 1827 -- 28 and on February 23, 1829, he married Elizabeth Smith, a much younger woman. They had five children, the oldest of which was apparently born out of wedlock. I, in common with most of the Tates of Grundy County, am a descendant of James and Ruth Tate. He left more records of himself than any of the others. --------------------- MILITARY SERVICE 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 County (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	TATE, Major James (I5321)
12974	Excerpts from "Tate Families of Southern States", Metzel and Updike, 1972 He was probably named for the very popular Devine of the name Asberry. [famous Methodist bishop Francis Asbury] 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. 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. Civil War - Soldier in Confederate Army	TATE, Francis Asbury (I14330)
12975	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. 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.	TATE, John G. (I14326)
12976	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. 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.	TATE, Robert H. (I14312)
12977	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 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.	TATE, Jahaziel (I14322)
12978	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.	TATE, James L. (I14539)
12979	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. 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.	TATE, Davidson (I14317)
12980	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. 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. MILITARY SERVICE Civil War Lieutenant in Co. H of the 47th Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry.	TATE, Meredith Price (Mereda) (I14331)
12981	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.	TATE, Hannah (I5304)
12982	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.	TATE, Jane (I14249)
12983	Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984 Mary taught school for over 50 years in Wichita, KS.	Kelly, Mary (I14832)
12984	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 Douglas 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 CENSUS RECORDS 1850 United States Federal Census Name: John A Tate Age: 7 Birth Year: abt 1843 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1850: District 2, Warren, Tennessee Gender: Male Family Number: 266 Household Members: Douglass Tate 36 Sarah Tate 26 James A Tate 11 John A Tate 7 Louisa A Tate 5 Lorenza D Tate 2 America M Tate less than 1 year 1860 United States Federal Census Name: John A Tate Age in 1860: 18 Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1860: Sherrill, Texas, Missouri Gender: Male Post Office: Licking Household Members: J D Tate 40 Sarah Tate 37 John A Tate 18 Laura Tate 15 Lorenza D Tate 13 Marica Tate 10 Philander Tate 7 Silas Tate 5 Julia F Tate 3 Sharill Tate 1 month 1870 United States Federal Census Name: John D Tate Age in 1870: 30 Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1870: McDonald, Barry, Missouri Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Cassville Household Members: John D Tate 30 Mary E Tate 25 Josephine Tate 1 1880 United States Federal Census Name: John D. Tate Age: 40 Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1880: Kings Prairie, Barry, Missouri Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Mary E. Tate Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Farmer Household Members: John D. Tate 40 Mary E. Tate 36 Josaphene Tate 11 Allis Tate 9 Marion Tate 7 Emelene Tate 6 Frances Tate 4 John D. Tate 2 Cornelios Tate 8 months Seome Westfall 72 [Mother-in-law] 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Jno D Tate Age: 59 Birth Date: Nov 1840 Birthplace: Alabama Home in 1900: Kings Prairie, Barry, Missouri Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Widowed Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Household Members: Jno D Tate 59 Alice Tate 29 Marion Tate 28 Emma Tate 26 Frances Tate 23 Jno D Tate 22 Cornelius Tate 20 Philip Tate 18	TATE, John Douglas (I14650)
12985	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	TATE, Joseph (I8709)
12986	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. UNSURE PARENTAGE Some researchers have his parents as John Tate and Sarah Beaty. Other researchers has his parents being Robert Tate born 27 FEB 1691 in New Kent Co. VA and died 1759 in St. Paul's Parish,Hanover Co. VA. Hopefully DNA testing will clarify some of these lines. ULSTER SCOTS/SCOTS-IRISH HISTORY AND HERITAGE Robert Tate is documented ancestor of this line. Based on my DNA results, he most likely is of Scots-Irish heritage. The terms Scots-Irish / Ulster-Scots refer to those Scots (mainly of Presbyterian stock) who settled in Ulster (the location of modern-day Northern Ireland) from the early seventeenth century. From these 200,000 original settlers, many are still in Ulster but over 2 million of their descendants eventually reached America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa among others. Many Ulster-Scots (Scots-Irish) are descended from Border Reivers, the lawless clans of the border between Scotland & England, where a lifestyle of raiding and marauding was the only way to survive. Tait/Tate/Teet is a Border Reiver name. However, Tates were also found in the area around Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland so it's unclear where our Tates originated in Scotland. Owing to their geographical position the Border Reivers were frequently harassed by passing armies who, at the very least, would require provisioning, often without payment, but who were more often hell bent on destroying everything before them and causing as much damage and misery as they could. Crops were destroyed, homesteads burnt and the people murdered or dispersed. It is no coincidence that these people, having their crops regularly destroyed and their livestock stolen, looked for other means of sustaining themselves and their families... They took to reiving. For over 400 years between the 13th & 17th centuries, warring families from both sides of the lawless border valleys would carry out deadly raids on each other. These skilled warrior horsemen would live a life of looting, arson, murder & rustling. The life of the Border Reiver was not necessarily ruled by his allegiance to the English or Scottish Crowns, but more likely by his allegiance to a family surname. The history of the Border Reivers has many similarities to that of the American Wild West. It produced its share of outlaws and broken men, corrupt officials, greed, misery and struggle for survival. In 1603 James VI of Scotland became James I of England. He immediately set about unifying the two countries and started by bringing the Reivers under control. Many Reiver families were faced with the choice of hanging or accept exile across the Irish sea to the wild badlands of Ulster as part of James' Plantation project to bring the Irish natives under control. For King James it presented him with a problem and an opportunity. As a man and a king he was no more sympathetic to Gaelic traditions and culture than his Tudor predecessors on the English throne. While still King of Scots he had been preoccupied with the problems posed by his own minorities in the Highlands and Islands, whom he once described as "utterly barbarous." The first large-scale migration of Scots into Ulster in written history was the Hamilton & Montgomery Settlement of May 1606. That saw the trickle become a flood, tens of thousands of Lowland Scots poured into Ulster. It was in Ulster that Celtic Ireland had made its last stand against a foreign invader, ending the Nine Years War. It had been a particularly bitter struggle, and Ulster had been devastated. Scottish lairds Hamilton & Montgomery aquired lands in Counties Antrim & Down from An Irish chieftain, Con O'Neill. James Hamilton was a university don and a spy; and Sir Hugh Montgomery, his partner, was an Ayrshire laird. Together they helped Conn O'Neill escape from Carrickfergus Castle, where he had been imprisoned for rioting, and offered to obtain a royal pardon for him in return for a share of his substantial estates in Antrim and Down. The northeastern counties of Antrim and Down, within sight of the coast of Scotland, are described by contemporary writers as "all waste and desolate." Hamilton & Montgomery set about encouraging a re-population on their new lands, which had been depopulated due to the English/Gaelic wars. The resulting large migration was not a plantation, not an invasion, nor a conquest but a settlement. Hamilton & Montgomery did not wrest a fertile, cultivated and prosperous region from Gaelic proprietors. They came instead to a country devastated by war and famine, they created the bridgehead through which the Scots were to come into Ulster for the rest of the century. Having seen the successful settlement of Scottish families in counties Antrim & Down by Hamilton & Montgomery, King James I was inspired to attempt another. He hoped the planting of loyal subjects would stop the threat of rebellion. The king was also worried that if a Spanish army invaded Ireland they would find support among the native Irish. The king was now in possession of vast underpopulated territories in six counties in Ireland when other Irish earls fled. Scottish and English families were encouraged to re-locate to Ulster. James now had a way of driving a Lowland, Protestant and English-speaking wedge into the heart of a Gaelic and Catholic world. To Scots the North of Ireland was only a three hour boat ride away. Many had heard about the success of the Hamilton and Montgomery settlement and had hopes they would find new and better lives. Some saw the opportunity to acquire their own estates. Farmers hoped to build new and bigger farms & landless laborers hoped to acquire their own small piece of land for farming. They were ordinary Scottish families, seeking a new life. They were mainly Presbyterian in faith and outlook, and overwhelmingly Scots-speaking in language. This was just the beginning as these first Ulster-Scots settlements were built upon over the following centuries, through constant fresh migrations which both increased the size of the Ulster-Scots community and enriched their heritage and traditions. Land hungry Scots crossed the North Channel in ever increasing numbers. What they found would have daunted all but the hardiest spirits: "for in all those three parishes [Glenabbey, Donaghadee and Newtonards] thirty cabins could not be found, nor any stone walls, but ruined roofless churches, and a few vaults at Grey Abbey, and a stump of an old castle in Newton, in each of which some gentlemen sheltered themselves at their first coming over." But the land was good and largely unfarmed, as the native Irish economy had been pastoral rather than arable. Land was granted to men known as "undertakers," who pledged themselves to bring over settlers from England and Scotland. Settlers were also encouraged by the promise of long leases, far better than the unfavorable terms in their native Scotland, where short leases acted as a disincentive to good husbandry and improvements. Plantation, the Scots were soon to show, could be made to work, especially when it was supported by adequate military force. Native Irish chieftains, deeply resentful of their changing circumstances, took to the wilds as outlaws, and as "woodkernes" represented a real threat to the more isolated settlers, many of whom were wiped out in midnight raids. The descendants of the Scots migrants were later to face a similar threat on the American frontier. While the Irish raiders were tough, the Scots were even tougher. Despite the woodkerns, and the wolves, the Plantation survived and prospered. In 1634 Sir William Brereton, in a journey through Ayrshire noted that: "Above the thousand persons have, within the last two years past, left the country wherein they lived and are gone for Ireland. They have come by one hundred in company through the town, and three hundred have gone on hence together, shipped for Ireland at one tide?" By 1640 it is estimated that as many as 100,000 Scots had settled in Ulster compared with some 20,000 migrants from England. The Scots brought a strict Calvinist doctrine, which by the late 1630s was taking a firmly Presbyterian shape, as opposed to the Anglican church favored by the king. Later in the century an Anglican opponent of the puritans had an impact of Scottish Presbyterianism on Ulster. Charles I, James' son and successor, attempted to force Scotland to accept the English forms of worship, took a path that led directly to the Civil Wars. This had a profound effect on the Protestant settlers in Ulster. Although the Scots had originally been made welcome by the English Lord Deputy in Dublin, their enthusiasm for Presbyterianism made them politically suspect. Confronted by official hostility they faced an even greater threat in 1641 when the native Irish rose in revolt, venting years of frustration on the bewildered and badly frightened settlers. During the wars the Ulster Scots had played a full part, assisting, among other things, in the famous siege of Londonderry. Among their rewards they could expect, at the very least, a measure of religious toleration: after all, the revolution settlement had at last conceded the right of Scotland to a Presbyterian church after years of Stewart persecution. But the Ulster Presbyterians were in caught in a paradox: though the reign of William of Orange brought a measure of calm, they were still subject to a religious establishment in Dublin, which remained strictly Anglican in outlook. During the reign of Queen Anne the Presbyterians, though part of the victorious Protestant party, were to find themselves just as outcast as their despised Catholic neighbors. The successive wars had the effect of once again depopulating the fields of Ulster as many of the original settlers had been killed or had returned to Scotland for their own safety. Adding to the troubles in Ulster was a series of terrible harvest failures in the 1690's in Scotland caused by a volcanic eruption in Iceland resulted in hundreds of thousands of famine refugees fleeing their homeland. An appeal was made for fresh settlers, with twenty-year farm leases being held out as bait. Thus began the last great wave of Scots migration to Ulster. In the decade up to 1700 up to 70,000 of these refugees from all over Scotland migrated to Ulster. This was to be the biggest single influx of Scots into Ireland. The permanent Scots imprint on Ulster is crystal clear and this last wave was among the most significant, especially for the future of America and the creation of that unique outlook that was in time to be known as Scots-Irish. By 1707, the year that the Scottish parliament merged with its English cousin, the Protestant colony of Ulster was a hundred years old. The differences that had existed between the original settlers, whither Scots or English, had largely ceased to exist. It is now possible to discover a distinct Protestant Ulster identity. Religion provided the common bond, rather than race, uniting dissenters of differing faiths, though it is also true to say that the Scots settlers had acquired a cultural domination over their English counterparts. Though loyal to the crown, they were a people who, through decades of adversity, had become self reliant, and never quite lost the feeling that they were surrounded by a hostile world: "They learned from hard experience," one commentator noted "that one must fight for what he has; that turning the other cheek does not guarantee property rights; in short, that might is right, at least in the matter of life and land ownership." In the early years of the eighteenth century they found themselves once again under attack, though this time from a totally unexpected direction. In 1704 the government of Queen Anne, dominated by the Anglican High Church party, passed an act that had a direct bearing on the Ulster Scots. All office holders were obliged to take communion in the Established Church, a measure which at a single stroke virtually wiped out much of the civil administration in the north of Ireland. It was even seriously suggested that Presbyterian ministers could be brought before Anglican church courts, charged with fornicating with their own wives. The worst features of the new legislation was removed by the Toleration Act of 1719, but the damage had been done, and full discrimination against the Presbyterians was not finally ended until the middle of the nineteenth century. The Ulster Presbyterians had endured-and survived-past waves of religious discrimination, and would most likely have continued to thrive in the face of official hostility. But in the early years of the new century they were faced with an additional challenge, one that threatened the whole basis of their economic existence in Ireland. By 1710 most of the farm leases granted to the settlers in the 1690s had expired; new leases were withheld until the tenants agreed to pay greatly increased rents, which many could simply not afford to do. Rather than submit to these new conditions whole communities, led by their ministers, began to take ship for the Americas: a new exodus was about to begin. It looks like Robert Tate may have been in that first wave of Ulster Scots immigration. It's unclear if was born in Ulster Ireland or Augusta County, VA. More than likely he was born in Ulster. We don't know if his parents immigrated with him, stayed, or had already died before he left. Based on the history of the Ulster Settlement we know why he came. As the years passed thousands of people crossed the Atlantic from Ulster, just as their ancestors had crossed the North Channel from Scotland a century or more before. However, by 1750 the pace of migration began to slow, as relatively normal conditions returned to Ulster after years of economic dislocation. The period of calm was all too brief. In 1771 a fresh wave of migration began, once again induced by the greed of the landlords, which was arguably to have serious consequences for the security of the British Empire in North America. Faced with a fresh series of rent hikes, local people at first mounted some resistance, gathered together in an organization known as the Hearts of Steel; but the landlords had the law and the army on their side. In the short period left before the outbreak of the American Revolution a further 30,000 Ulstermen left for the colonies, joining some 200,000 who had already made their homes there earlier in the century. The contemporary image of the Ulster Protestant is most commonly that of the Orangeman, with all of his exaggerated loyalty to Britain and the Crown. For the dispossessed of the 1770s the opposite was true: they had lost everything, and came to America with an intense hostility towards all things British. For the original Quaker and Puritan settlers of the thirteen colonies, largely English in origin, the emigrants of Ulster, an increasingly common sight, were usually described as "Irish." To counter this misconception the newcomers adopted the older description of ?Scots?. It was in this semantic exchange that a new breed took shape: they were the "Scots-Irish." For many years these people had lived on a frontier in Ireland, and it seemed natural for them to push on to a new frontier, where land was both plentiful and cheap, introducing a new urgency and dynamism into a rather complacent colonial society. Before long these "backwoodsmen," distrustful of all authority and government, had established a hold on the western wilderness, fighting Indians and wolves in much the same way that they had once fought wolves and woodkern. The Ulster-Scots did make it to the America colonies via other ports through-out the 17th century. However it was in the early 18th century that the Scotch-Irish of Ulster really began arriving in the new world in massive numbers. There were five great waves of 18th century Ulster emigration to America: in 1717-18; 1725-29; 1740-41; 1754-55 and 1771-75. In 1717, the year ships were officially chartered for 5,000 men and women to head to Pennsylvania, a severe drought completely destroyed crops on the Ulster farmlands. The 18th century Scots-Irish emigrants sailed to America from the ports of Belfast, Londonderry, Larne, Newry and Portrush, the ships arriving on a regular basis at Philadelphia, New Castle (Delaware), New York and Charleston. It's estimated up to a quarter of a million Scots-Irish emigrated across the Atlantic from the north of Ireland through the 18th century. Most Scotch-Irish immigrants were educated, skilled workers. Even though many paid for their emigration by becoming indentured servants they were well equipped to lead successful, independent lives when their period of servitude ended. Many easily blended into American life. The Scotch-Irish settled in the middle colonies, especially in Pennsylvania where the city of Philadelphia was a major port of entry. Over subsequent decades, the Scotch-Irish migrated south following the Great Philadelphia Road, the main route used for settling the interior southern colonies. Traveling down Virginia?s Shenandoah Valley, then south into the North Carolina Piedmont region, they reached South Carolina by the 1760s. Settlers here often became frontiersmen and Indian fighters. These hardy resolute emigrants became first citizens of American frontier lands, opened up in the movement from the eastern seaboard regions of the New World. With the outbreak of the Revolution in 1775 the Scots-Irish, in interesting contrast to many of their Scottish cousins, were among the most determined adherents of the rebel cause. Their frontier skills were particularly useful in destroying Burgoyne?s army in the Saratoga campaign; and George Washington was even moved to say that if the cause was lost everywhere else he would take a last stand among the Scots-Irish of his native Virginia. Serving in the British Army, Captain Johann Henricks, one of the much despised "Hessians," wrote in frustration "Call it not an American rebellion, it is nothing more than an Irish-Scotch Presbyterian Rebellion." It was their toughness, virility and sense of divine mission that was to help give shape to a new nation. Twenty-five of the American generals were of Ulster descent as was up to half of the revolutionary army. One famous force of regular soldiers was the Pennsylvania Line and it was composed almost entirely of Ulstermen and the sons of Ulstermen. The turning point in the war was the Battle of King's Mountain in South Carolina on 7 October 1780. A body of American militiamen defeated a British force twice its size and took 1,000 prisoners. The five colonels in the American force were all Presbyterian elders of Ulster stock and their men were of the same race and faith. When the Scots-Irish emigrated to the colonies, they brought with them their tradition of making whiskey and fighting authority. By 1776, over 250,000 Ulstermen had come to the colonies. In 1791 the federal government imposed a tax excise on whiskey. The tax levvy was higher for small family run distillers than it was for bigger mass producers. This angered the mainly Scots-Irish farmers as it effectively eliminated any profit from the sale or barter of an important means of income and became the lightning rod for a wide variety of grievances against the new federal government. The settlers in Pennsylvania refused to pay and the uprising that followed was to be known as the Whiskey Rebellion. The settlers of Western Pennsylvania whom refused to pay broke out in armed rebellion. At some times, the rebellion had a force of seven thousand armed militia troops. To restore order to the ensuing Whiskey Rebellion, George Washington sent the Continental Army. The 13,000 federal troops sent to the western Pennsylvania area was the first test of the power of the new United States government. Although the army was successful in temporarily ending the rebellion the political problem remained. To avoid further troubles with the tough and stubborn Scotch-Irish settlers, and break up their center of resistance to taxation, Washington made a settlement with them, giving incentives for those who would move to western Virginia. Pioneers were offered sixty acres of land in Kentucky (at that time a western part of Virginia). To gain the land all the settler had to do was build a permanent structure and raise "native corn." No family could eat sixty acres worth of corn a year and it was too perishable and bulky to transport for sale. The Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania knew well how to make whiskey, and they used the rye of Pennsylvania to make the beverage. By switching the base of the beverage to corn, the problem of getting rid of a bulky grain that was too expensive to ship was solved. Bourbon County, Kentucky, became a primary shipping port for this new corn whiskey and distillers such as Reverend Elijah Craig began shipping their whiskey in charred oak barrels which gave it a mellow caramel colour. Soon all corn whiskey which was aged in charred oak barrels and shipped from this port became known as "Bourbon" whiskey. The Scotch-Irish character traits such as loyalty to kin, extreme mistrust of governmental authority and legal strictures, and a propensity to bear arms and to use them, helped shape the American identity.	Tate, Robert (I10069)
12987	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	TATE, Martha (Mattie ) (I5589)
12988	Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984 William Tate, born ca 1779, Russell County, VA, son of William and Elizabeth (?) Tate. They lived on the plantation filed on by Joel Hobbs in 1792, on Big Moccasin Creek. That his wife was Mary and that he was son of William Tate is indicated by deeds and will. On January 16, 1804, William Tate and Mary, his wife, of Russell County, VA, sold to Zachariah Fugate, 72 1/2 acres on both sides of Big Moccasin Creek, it being the upper part of the tract of land granted to Joel Hobbs on 15 December 1792 and conveyed to William Tate, Sr., Deceased, and granted by William Tate, Sr., to his son William Tate, Jr. by will. It was adj. William and Joseph Tate, including the dwelling house, etc. Reference: Russell County, VA Will Book 2, Page 42: Deed Book 3, Page 456.	TATE, William Jr. (I8710)
12989	Exeter Newsletter says May 11, 1855 and Exeter records say May 11. 1856.	TOWLE, Oliver (I22717)
12990	Ezra Alexander was a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.	Alexander, Ezra Jr. (I10653)
12991	Familiae Minorum Gentium, vol. IV, p. 1301 "Ann, dau. & h. of .... Beaufice, Esq.; bur. with her husband." Born to Wm. and Eliz Beaufitz in Grange, Gillingham, Kent,ENG. Married Sir John Scott. Mother of Sir Wm. Scott. She was buried with her husband in Brabourne St. Mary's.	Beaufitz, Agnes (I35972)
12992	Family correspondence indicates Jacob left Sampson County on March 28, 1833 to go to Tennessee. His wife we know only as Lavinia. Jacob's will dated July 24, 1852 and filed in October term 1855, Gibson County, TN lists thirteen children: Stephen, Lavinia, Waitman, Jessee, Jacob, John, Hillary, Michael, Thomas, Alfred, Edna, Mary and Elizabeth, who married a Thomas and had two sons, John & Henry Thomas. Jessee, a son of Jacob Flowers, was mentioned in the court records as being a courier for his father in Jan. 1835, in bringing money from the sale of plantation lands in Sampson County to Tennessee. Jacob bought woodlands in Gibson County on 14 Jan 1838, cleared land and moved there soon after. At the time he was seventy-two years old. He obviously had a pioneering spirit and the health to match it. Gibson Co TN Will Book Vol E Page 342 October Term 1855 Will of Jacob FLOWERS, (abstracted By D T McMillen, Dec 2003, from microfilm) All Debts to first be paid; estate to then be divided into fourteen parts. One part is to wife Lavina. And one part each to the following sons and daughters: Stephanie, Lavina, Waitman, Jesse, Jacob, John, Hilary, Michael, Thomas, Alfred, Edna and Mary. Grandsons John Thomas and Henry, children of his deceased daughter Elizabeth, are to share one fourteenth part. Will dated: 24 July 1852	Flowers, Jacob (I11988)
12993	Family Data Collection Name: Charity Harrell Spouse: Charity Harrell Parents: Samuel Harrell Ann Birth Place: Bertie, of, NC Birth Date: 1760 Marriage Date: 1776 Death Date: 1849 William Flowers, Jesse Flowers, and their elder brother, John Flowers, served in the militia during the Revolution. In April, 1781 Lord Cornwallis and his huge army came out of their winter quarters in Wilmington and marched north toward Virginia. they traveled along old roadways through New Hanover and Duplin counties. On May 3, 1781, they crossed the Goshen Swamp at Holley's Mill (later Flowery Dale Plantation) and entered Wayne County. The local militia, including John and William Flowers, fought a rear-guard action. Lord Cornwallis, commanded 1,600 troops, four cannon, two boats on carriages and the British Legion under Colonel Banastre Tarleton. As the army approached the Bridge over Thunder Swamp, Clarissa Harrel Flowers was left with her two children. She was at the home of her parents, Samuel and Ann Harrell at Thunder Swamp Bridge. The young men were away fighting. The slaves taken along to keep them from running away or being abducted the the British.	Harrell, Charity (I11984)
12994	Family Data Collection Name: Elizabeth Cannon Death Date: Apr 1719 City: Princess Anne State: VA	Cannon, Elizabeth (I12153)
12995	Family Data Collection Name: Henry Carraway Death Date: 1784 City: Goldsboro County: Wayne State: NC	Carraway, Henry (I12110)
12996	Family Data Collection Name: John Carraway Spouse: Ann Kemp Parents: John Carraway, Ann Foster Birth Place: Norfolk Lower, VA Birth Date: 1653 Death Place: Norfolk Lower, VA Death Date: 2 Oct 1728	Carraway, John Jr. (I12159)
12997	Family Data Collection Name: John Carraway Father: John Carraway Mother: Ann Foster Birth Date: 1653 City: Lynhaven County: Lower Norfork State: VA	Carraway, John Jr. (I12159)
12998	Family Data Collection Name: Margaret Keeling Father: Thomas Keeling Mother: Elizabeth Lovett Birth Date: 1702 State: NC Family Data Collection Name: Margaret Keeling Spouse: John Carraway Parents: Thomas Keeling, Elizabeth Lovett Birth Place: Princess Anne, VA Birth Date: 1702 Marriage Place: Princess Anne, VA Death Place: Dobbs	Keeling, Margaret (I12133)
12999	Family Data Collection Name: Simon Flowers Spouse: Flowers Parents: Mary John Birth Place: Now Southampton, Wright Co VA, CO Birth Date: 5 May 1721 Death Date: 6 Nov 1795	Flowers, Simon Burwell (I11985)
13000	Family Data Collection Name: Simon Flowers Father: John Flowers Mother: Mary Burwell Birth Date: 5 May 1721 State: NC	Flowers, Simon Burwell (I11985)