South Carolina Tate We Match

                           The Descendants of John Tate

            

John Tate was born in South Carolina between 1773 and 1779. His headstone says he was born in 1773 but in the 1850 Cass county census he gave his age as 71. This would have him born in either 1778 or 1799, depending if he had already had a birthday before the census was taken or not. I tend to accept the age he gave in the census as correct. Around 1800-01 he married Phebe Callaway, also born in South Carolina. Her headstone says she was born in 1775. The Cass Co. census of 1850 gives her age as 75, making her birth year of 1775 correct. One descendant of Isaac Tate, a son of John's, has information that Phebe was married before she married John. If this is the same Phebe, she was married to a Pearson. There is a Phebe Pearson living near the Tate's in the 1800 Spartanburg census. She          is listed as a widow with three sons under the age of ten. This would explain why three sons seem to be too old to be John's (John was 4 years younger than Phebe). Family legend says John Tate was either from Spartanburg county or Pendleton county. In the census of 1779 Old 96th District, I find only 3 men named Tate: Richard, Jesse and William. One of these men must be John's father, and William seems the likeliest because the names Jesse and Richard never turn             up in John's Line. In the 1800 Spartanburg census there are a William and Perryman Tate. They could be John's brothers as John named two of his sons William and Perryman. In this William's census listing, there are two males between the age of 20-26. Could this be John living with a brother? There is no John Tate in Pendleton District in 1800. In the entire 1790 census for old 96th District, in South Carolina, I find three males with the name of Callaway.             They are Thomas Callaway, living in Greenville District, and William and Francis.  Thomas has daughters the right age for one of them to be Phebe. The other two don't. Thomas is most likely Phebe's father. In 1810, John is in Greenville Co. S. Carolina.  By 1820, John is in Habersham Co. Georgia. On March 22, 1827 his name was drawn in the Georgia Land Lottery. At that time he was living in Cross's Captain's District, #46. District 21. In the 1830 Habersham Co. census, there is a John Tate, but he is too young to be my John. (Could he be John's son - John Jr.?) So, John has either moved out of Habersham Co. or he was missed in the census. He may have moved over into the Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Co. was created in 1832 from part of this land. In 1833 through 1839 there are land deed records for John in Cherokee Co. He is in the 1834 Georgia state census of Cherokee Co. There are 9 family members in his household. John             appears in the 1840 Cass Co. Census. In the 1850 Cass Co. census, John is listed as a farmer. Cass Co. was formed from Cherokee Co. so John may not have moved at all - the county lines changed. Family legend has it that John and Phebe had 12 sons and one daughter. John died in 1858 and Phebe died in 1855. They are buried in Tate Cemetery, near Sonoraville, Gordon Co. Georgia. The cemetery is         located on land that belonged to their son, Abraham.  

 

Children of John Tate & Phebe Callaway:  

   ​   

​    Asa Tate

           Henry Tate*

           David Tate*

           John Tate, Jr*

           Wilkens Tate

           Isaac Tate

           Abraham Tate

           Jacob Tate

           Perryman Tate

           William Tate

           Jane Tate

           Jonathan Tate

           Joseph Tate*

 

* I have not had time to research these 4 possible sons of John. These names may not even be right. 

 

Generation Two:

Asa Tate (John) was born about 1795 in South Carolina. He married (1) Susannah McEntyre in March 1815. He married (2) Harriet Tolbert August 15, 1858. Asa served in the war of 1812. His pension records say he was a private in the Militia of S. Carolina. He mustered out at Three Sisters Ferry in S. Carolina 6 March 1815. The petition for a pension was signed by a P. W. Tate and his wife Elvira Kitchens Tate of Cass (now Bartow) Co. Georgia. Asa was a blacksmith.            

 

Known Children of Asa Tate & Susannah McEntyre:

 

           P. W. Tate

           Nancy Tate b. about 1846

           Child of Asa Tate & Harrie:

           Elizabeth Tate b. 1859

 

Wilkens Tate (John) was born between 1802 -1803 in South Carolina. He moved to Habersham Co. with his family, probably around 1816. He married Edith Elvira Holmes. She was born between 1807 - 1808 in Georgia. Wilkens received two draws in the Gold and Land Lottery of 1832. He bought land in Cherokee Co. in 1828 and them moved to Gilmer Co. where he bought land Dec. 4, 1838. He sold this land in             1845. In 1840 he was ordained to the ministry at the Baptist Church of Christ at Ellijay. He moved to Rome, Floyd Co. Georgia and bought and sold land there. He was active in the Costansula Baptist Association, which preceded the Floyd Co. Baptist Churches, from 1852 to 1856. In 1856, he was listed as pastor of the Fellowship Church. Sometime before 1857, he moved his family to Arkansas. He is             said to have moved in 4 covered wagons. On Sept. 26, 1857 he filed a license to preach in Malvern, Hot Springs Co. Arkansas.  He was active in both Hot Springs and Saline Counties.

 

Children of Wilkens Tate & Edith:

 

           Sibby Tate b. between 1821-1825

           Valston Tate b. between 1825-1829

           Laura Hamitty Tate b. between 1825-1829

           Katherine Tate b. abt. 1830

           Francis Tate b. 1832

           Marinda Tate b. 1833 d. Sept. 30, 1891

           Humphrey Calaway Tate b. 1836 d. 1862

           Oranda Tate b. 1838

           Susan Rebecca Tate

           John Richard Tate b. 1843/1844 d. 1904

           Nellie Anne Basherby Tate b. 1845/1846 d. 1877

           Henry Samuel W. Tate b. 1848 d. 1918

           Elizabeth L. Tate b. 1853/1854

 

Isaac Tate (John) was born April 10, 1804 in South Carolina and died January 21, 1885 in Floyd Co. Georgia. He married (1) Rachael Kennon. He married (2) Cynthia Hendrix about 1838. She was the daughter of Hilary Hendrix and Sophia Lnu. Cynthia was born March 6, 1816 in Georgia and died June 10, 1902 in Floyd Co. Georgia. Isaac and Cynthia are buried in The Pocket Cemetery, Floyd Co. Georgia.             Isaac was a farmer.

 

Children of Isaac Tate & Rachael Kennon:

 

           John Tate b. about 1830

           Mary L. Tate b. after 1830

           Unknown Tate b. after 1831

           W. David Tate 

           Daughter Tate b. between 1831-1835

           Marion Lafayette Tate 

           Evan Drayton Tate 

           Children of Isaac Tate & Cynthia Hendrix:

           Phebe E. Tate

           Joseph Isaiah Tate

           Isaac Tate, Jr.<

           Louisa N. Tate

           Willis Oliver Tate

           James Wilkerson Tate

           Julia Ann Salslina Tate

           Martha Tate 

           Abraham Tate

 

Abraham Tate (John) was born October 14, 1806 in South Carolina and died July 10, 1888 in Gordon Co. Georgia. He married Eleanor (Nellie) Caroline Cannon. She was born February 6, 1812 in S. Carolina and died December 12, 1893 in Sonoraville, Gordon Co. Georgia. In the early 1810-1819's Abraham came to Habersham Co. Georgia with his parents. The first record of Abraham is when his             name was drawn in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery. At that time he was a resident of Tate's Captain District. In 1832, Abraham had two draws in the 1832 Gold& Land Lottery of Georgia. There is a land record dated January 2, 1837 that shows Abraham bought land in Cherokee Co. There is a deed record showing he was from Cass Co. in 1838. In 1839, he purchased land in what is now Gordon Co. In the             1840 Cass Co. Georgia census, there is an Abraham Tate, but he is way too old, and his wife is too old, to be my Abraham. Part of Cass Co. was taken to form Gordon Co. just before 1850, so Abraham appears in that census in Gordon Co. Abraham served as a road commissioner for the 6th District of Gordon Co. in 1854 with O. C. Campbell and John F. Casey. He also served as a Road Reviewer of           Gordon Co. from 1850 to 1855. He remained in Gordon Co. the remainder of his life. In the 1860 census he is listed as a farmer with 10,000 acres. There are records of Abraham deeding 1500 acres of land to each of his sons, Evan and Theodore, and deeds where he gave his daughters slaves. He deeded land to the Sonora Academy and to the Presbyterian Church in 1847. Abraham and Nellie are buried in Tate Cemetery, Sonoraville, Gordon Co. Georgia.

 

Children of Abraham Tate & Nellie Cannon:

 

           Luiza Tate (Louisa)

           Evan Callaway Tate

           Theodore Tate

           Amelia Carolina Tate

           Sarah Jane Tate

           Mary Salena Tate*

           Jasper Tate

           Newton W. Tate

           Lucianna Malinda Tate*

           Louisa Tate*

           Benjamin Franklin Tate

           Elisha Tate

           George Washington Tate

 

* In "A visit to Tate Cemetery" there is a mention of 3 children who died young. These daughters must be the ones who died young. But who is Louisa? In the 1850 census, listed under Abraham, there is a child Louisa, age 2. She is not in the 1860 census. But in Abraham and Nellie's family bible there is no Louisa. Their oldest daughter, and oldest child, is listed as Luiza in the bible. Later in her             father's will and in a deed from her father she is called Louisa. Did they have two daughters named Louisa? And why isn't this second Louisa listed in the bible? All the other children and their birth dates are listed in the bible, also Abe and Nellie's birth date and Nellie's death date. Abe's death date is from the Calhoun Press.

 

Jacob Tate (John) was born in 1807 in South Carolina and died March 5, 1883 in Gordon Co. Georgia. He married Naomi Lnu about 1835. She was born in 1817 in S. Carolina and died February 27, 1883. Jacob Tate was a Baptist Minister.

 

Children of Jacob Tate & Naomi:

 

           Phoebe Jane Belinda Tate b. January 5, 1836

           William Washington Tate b. December 20, 1838

           John Marion Tate

           David Gilbert Tate

           Elizabeth 'Elizzie' Tate

           Clemond? Tate

 

 

Perryman M. Tate (John) was born in 1808 in S. Carolina. He married Mary Powell January 15, 1835 in Habersham Co. Georgia. She was born about 1818 in S. Carolina. Perryman had a draw in the 1832 Land Lottery 27 Dist. 2nd Section, Cherokee Co. The land he drew was Lot 90 Gilmer Co. on the Tennessee line on the East Branch of Conasauga River. In 1840, he was living in Cass Co. In 1850 Perryman was living in Gordon Co. Before 1860, he moved his family to Hamilton 

           Co.Tennessee. His wife, Mary, died there. 

 

Children of Perryman Tate & Mary Powell:

 

           Nancy Tate b. about 1834

           William Tate b. about 1838

           Harriet Tate b. about 1842

           Louisa C. Tate b. about 1844

           Mary E. Tate b. about 1846

           Martha A. Tate b. about 1849

           Thomas Tate b. about 1853

 

William Tate (John) was born in 1809 in South Carolina and died May 31, 1883 in Gordon Co. Georgia. He married Ruth Lnu about 1833. She was born 1813 in S. Carolina. William was living in Gordon Co. when he died. He is buried in Dorsett Cemetery. William was one of the oldest settlers in the county and was with the parties that made the original survey of Cherokee Co. His death date is from the Calhoun Press.

          

Children of William Tate & Ruth:

 

           Calvin J. Tate b. 1835 

           Cathaline Tate b. 1842 

           John P. Tate b. 1844 

           Susannah C.Tate b. 1846

           Asa Tate b. 1848

           Mary Tate b.1852

           Paul B.Tate b. 1854

           All of William's children were born in Georgia.

 

Jane Tate (John) I have no information on Jane. She supposedly died young.  In the 1820 Habersham Co. census, it does list a female under 10 years of age. That would have her born between 1810-1819.

 

Jonathan Tate (John) was born about 1812 in South Carolina and died November 28, 1877 in Franklin Co. Arkansas. He married (1) Rebecca Goss about 1834 in Georgia. She was the daughter of Matthew Goss and Diaisampi Lnu. She was born in 1816 and died about 1847 in Gordon Co. Georgia. He married (2) Lorinda Goss January 2, 1849 in Gordon Co. Georgian. Lorinda was a younger sister of Rebecca. She was born in 1824 in Georgia and died April 16, 1890 in Franklin Co. Arkansas. Jonathan moved his family to Arkansas around 1863. He was a farmer.

Children of Jonathan Tate & Rebecca Goss:

 

           John Tate b. 1835

           Abram Tate

           Louisa Tate b. about 1838

           Phoebe Tate b. about 1840

           Ailsy Tate b. about 1842

           Jonathan Tate b. about 1845

           Rebecca Tate b. about 1847

           Children of Jonathan Tate & Lorinda Goss:

           Mary Tate b. about 1852

           Lucy Tate b. about 1854

           James Tate b. about 1856

           Nancy Tate b. about 1857

           Marion Tate b. September 7, 1861

           Francis Tate b. about 1862

           George W. Tate b. about 1866

           Jacob P. Tate b. about 1867

            

Joseph Tate (John) was born in 1817, most likely in Habersham Co. Georgia. He married Harriet Lnu. I'm not sure about this son. I have never found a Joseph Tate in any of the counties where the Tates lived. 

 

 

Generation Three:

Laura (Laury) Hamitty Tate (Wilkens, John) was born between 1825 - 1829 and died before May 1866. She married William G. Hendricks December 21, 1842 in Cass Co. (now Bartow) Georgia.  

 

Child of Laury Tate & William Hendricks:

 

           Sophia E. Hendricks

 

John Richard Tate (Wilkens, John) was born about 1844 and died in 1904. He married Martha M. Wallace in 1866.

 

Children of John R. Tate & Martha Wallace:

 

           Mary Rachel Ella Tate b. 1871 d. 1901

           Robert Tate b. 1873  d. 1931

           John Albert Tate b. 1877 d. 1941

           George William Benjamin Tate b. 1880 d. 1905

           Trudy Belle Tate b. 1883 d. 1962

 

Susan Rebecca Tate (Wilkens, John) was born about 1844. She married Elijah Franklin Snodgrass May 19, 1859 in Hot Springs Co. Arkansas.  Elijah was born in Tennessee.

 

Louisa Tate (Abraham, John) was born April 25, 1831 in Georgia and died November 18, 1881 in Gordon Co. Georgia. She married Simeon Stephens. He was born July 8, 1826 in Georgia and died May 9, 1904 in Gordon Co. Louisa and Simeon are buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. Georgia.

 

Children of Louisa Tate & Simeon Stephens:

 

           Nellie Ann Savannah Stephens

           Robert J.Stephens b. about 1851-52

           Francis H. Stephens b. abt. 1853-54

           Malissa A. Stephens b. abt. 1855-56

           Abraham T. Stephens b. abt. 1857-58

           Isaac W. Stephens b. 1859

           Amelia M. Stephens  b. after 1859

           Mary Stephens b. after 1859

           Tersora Stephens b. after 1859

           Chester L. Stephens b. after 1859

           Joseph E. B. Stevens b. after 1859

 

Evan Calaway Tate (Abraham, John) was born December 23, 1832 in Georgia and died October 9, 1885 in Tate Springs, Tarrant Co. Texas. He is buried in Tate Cemetery, Tate Springs, Tarrant Co. Texas. He married Elizabeth A. Campbell, daughter of Obadiah C. Campbell and Anna Patterson. She was born August 13, 1831 in Abbeville, S. Carolina and died October 18, 1870 in Gordon Co. Georgia. She is buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. Georgia.

 

Children of Evan Tate & Elizabeth Campbell:

 

           Theodore Tate

           James Bunyan Tate

           Augustus Columbus Tate

           Nellie Ann Savannah Tate

           Louisa Jane Tate

           Mary Ellen Tate

           Robert Marion Tate

          

Theodore C. Tate (Abraham, John) was born 1834 in Georgia and died August 28, 1862 in Manassas, Virginia. He married Martha Louise Lnu. Theodore enlisted in the Confederate Army on July 7, 1861 in Gordon Co. GA. He was wounded at the Second Battle of Manasses, and died of these wounds the next day. At the time he was a sergeant in F Co. 21 GA. Regiment, Ewell's Division. I have yet to find where he is buried. Louisa is buried in Avalon, Ellis Co. Texas.

 

Children of Theodore Tate & Martha Louise:

 

           John Calaway Tate b. 1859

           Joseph Abraham Tate b. 1860-61

 

After Theodore's death, Martha married Willis Hendrix. The marriage was performed by Rev. Jacob Tate, Theodore's uncle. Martha and Willis moved to Ellis Co. Texas, where the two boys grew up. John became a successful farmer and Joseph became a doctor.

 

Amelia Caroline Tate (Abraham, John) was born January 31, 1836 in Georgia, and died November 4, 1922 in Georgia. She married Josiah Chandler, the son of King Solomon Chandler. He was born September 1, 1827 in Greenville, SC. and died December 6, 1886 in Gordon Co. Georgia. Amelia and Josiah are buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. Georgia.

 

Children of Amelia Tate & Josiah Chandler:

 

           Benjamin F. Chandler 

           Thomas J. Chandler

           Abraham Tate Chandler

           Robert J. Chandler

           Louisa J. Chandler

 

Sarah Ann Jane Tate (Abraham, John) was born December 3, 1837 and died January 5, 1900 in Gordon Co. GA. She married William W. Willingham, son of Joseph Willingham and Jane Lnu. He was born September 8, 1838 and died December 7, 1899 in Gordon Co. Sarah and William are buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. Georgia.

 

Children of Sarah Tate & William Willingham:

 

           Ore E. Willingham

           Mary Willingham

           William W. Willingham

           Benjamin Willingham

           Nelly J. Willingham

 

Mary Selena Tate (Abraham, John) was born June 16, 1841. She died in infancy. She is buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. GA. Jasper Tate (Abraham, John) was born April 19, 1842. The last mention of Jasper is in the 1860 census, where he is listed under Abraham, at age 18. He is not named in Abraham's will that was             written in 1878. Did he enlist in the Confederate Army, and was he killed? 

 

Newton W. Tate (Abraham, John) was born October 11, 1844, and died November 22, 1936. He married (1) Tennie Huddleson. She was born August 28, 1857, and died March 31, 1926. He married (2) Elizabeth McIntyre November 11, 1870 in Gordon Co. GA. She was born April 4, 1843 and died August 20, 1913. Newton, Tennie and Elizabeth are buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. Georgia.

 

Children of Newton Tate & Elizabeth McIntyre:

 

           William Tate

           Fnu Tate 

           Marion N. Tate

 

Lucianna Malinda Tate (Abraham, John) was born January 20, 1847. She died in infancy. She is buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. GA.

 

Benjamin Franklin Tate (Abraham, John) was born June 1, 1851 in Gordon Co. GA. and died February 28, 1928 in Gordon Co. GA. He married Eva L. Hill December 14, 1884 in Gordon Co. She was born April 7, 1860 and died April 11, 1909 in Gordon Co. GA. Benjamin and Eva are buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. Ga.

 

Children of Benjamin Tate & Eva Hill:

 

           Henry Grady Tate

           James Benjamin Tate

           Charlie A. Tate

 

George Washington Tate (Abraham, John) was born February 19, 1856 in Gordon Co. GA and died after 1924. He married Mary Engram June 29, 1879 in Harmony Baptist Church, Gordon Co. GA, daughter of E. W. Engram. She was born about 1859 and died November 27, 1824 in Kansas City, Missouri. 

 

Children of George Tate & Mary Engram:

 

           Bernice Tate

           Henry E.Tate

           Winston R. Tate

           George Tate

           Mary Nellie Tate

 

John Marion Tate (Jacob, John) was born April 14, 1841 and died September 1862, White House Hospital near Sharpsville, Maryland. John joined the Confederate Army, as a private, on September 9, 1861. He was in Co. H 23rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, known as the Bartow Invincibles. He was wounded and captured at Sharpsville, Maryland on Sept. 9, 1862 and died of these wounds in White House Hospital near Sharpsville a few days later.

            

David Gilbert Tate (Jacob, John) was born January 2, 1844 in Georgia and died 1923 in Tate Springs, Tarrant Co. Texas. He married Martha Ann Nix. She was born 1842 in Georgia and died 1925 in Texas City, Galveston Co. Texas. David enlisted in the Confederate Army, as a private, on August 31,1861 Co. H. 23rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Bartow Invincibles. David Tate and his wife, Martha, moved to Texas in 1870, along with David's first cousin Evan C. Tate and his family. They settled in an area just southeast of Ft. Worth, Texas. David and Evan were instrumental in establishing the first Baptist Church . David donated land for the second, and larger, church. David and Martha are buried in Tate Cemetery, Tarrant Co. Texas. 

 

Child of David Tate & Martha Nix:

 

           Mary Emma Lee Tate

 

Elizabeth 'Elizzie' Tate (Jacob, John) was born January 22, 1846 in Georgia and died April 6, 1927. She married James B. Barton. He was born November 17, 1848 and died March 3, 1927.

 

Children of Elizabeth Tate & James B. Barton:

 

           Mary D. Barton b. 1873 GA

           Lewis C. Barton b. 1875 GA

           Henry Clifford Barton

           Jacob Barton b. 1883 GA

           Joseph Barton b. May 1887

 

Nancy Tate (Perryman M. John) was born between 1835-36 in Georgia. She married M. J. Wolford. He was born about 1811 in S. Carolina.

 

Child of Nancy Tate & M. J. Wolford:

 

           Mary J. Wolford b. about 1852 Georgia

 

Harriet Tate (Perryman M. John) was born 1842 in Georgia and died before 1900. She married Joshua Howell Covington in Tennessee, the son of Richard Covington and Mary (Howell?). He was born about 1832 in Rutherford County, N. Carolina.

 

Children of Harriet Tate & Joshua Covington:

 

           John B. Covington b. 1861 TN

           Louella Covington b. 1863 TN d. 1916

           Martha Covington b. 1866 TN

           Mary Etta Covington b. 1869 Ark.

           Thomas James Covington b. 1872 Ark. d. 1940

           William Covington b. 1875 Ark.

 

Generation Four:

Sophia E. Hendricks (Laury Hamitty, Wilkens, John) She married Fnu Linton

 

Child of Sophia Hendricks & Fnu Linton:

 

           Sarah America Elizabeth Linton

 

Henry Grady Tate (Benjamin Franklin, Abraham, John) He married Ada Shope. 

 

Child of Henry Tate & Ada Shope:

 

           Mary Francis Shope

 

James Benjamin Tate (Benjamin Franklin, Abraham, John) was born September 15, 1887 in Gordon Co. Georgia and died July 20, 1964 in Calhoun, Georgia. He married Daphne Stegall. She was born May 24, 1891 and died July 20, 1958. James is buried in Tate Cemetery, Gordon Co. and Daphne is buried in Fain Cemetery, Gordon Co. GA.

 

Children of James Tate & Daphne Stegall:

 

           Sara Eva Tate

           Syble Elizabeth Tate

 

Mary Emma Tate (David Gilbert, Jacob, John). She married Walter Williams.

 

Children of Mary Tate & Walter Williams:

 

           Bertha Ellen Williams

           Gladys Williams

 

Henry Clifford Barton (Elizabeth Tate, Jacob, John) was born July 4, 1877 in Georgia and died June 23, 1960. He married (1) Mary Dixon. She was born July 28, 1880 and died about 1902. He married (2) Lilla Victoria Defoor after 1899. She was born January 28, 1880 and died November 20, 1958.

 

Child of Henry Barton & Mary Dixon:

 

           Arthur L. Barton b. Dec. 1899

           Child of Henry Barton & Lilla Defoor

           Lloyd B. Barton

 

Thomas James Covington (Harriet Tate, Perryman M. John) was born 1872 in Arkansas and died 1940. He married Cordelia Catherine Fitzgerald.

 

Child of Thomas Covington & Cordelia Fitzgerald:

 

           Della Mae Covington

 

Generation Five:

Sarah America Elizabeth Linton (Sophia E. Hendricks, Laurey Hamitty Tate, Wilkens, John). She married Fnu Harwell.

 

Child of Sarah Linton & Fnu Harwell:

           John Arlington Harwell

 

Lloyd B. Barton (Henry Clifford, Elizabeth Tate, Jacob, John) was born May 4, 1907 and died October 21, 1988. He married Ester Ozell Nichols. She was born July 22, 1905 and died January 1, 1970.

            

 

The Tate's were not a clan nor were they a Sept of another clan. They are associated with the Banff & Buchan District. This is the District Tartan.

 

                                                          

 

W. E. Lamb

From Green Forest Tribune 1913!

I think Daddy bought Red for me in 1964.  It was the year I was badly burned and missed 6 weeks of school.  Gilbert set me on fire at the gas cookstove.  We had butchered hogs that day.  I was leaning next to cook stove and he turned a front burner on.  I had rolled my hair on brush rollers.  It was wet.  I had on a flannel shirt tied in front.  I did not “stop, drop, and roll”.  I panicked and ran.  My Daddy ran after me, but couldn’t catch me.  I was running a circle in the house.  The flames were above my head he said. Then he turned and ran toward me.  He put the fire out with his hands.  I had his handprints on my back.  My Daddy saved my life.  That’s the way I see it.  He bought me Red trying to find something I could do.  

This is a picture of my old lamb saddle daddy bought for me back in 1964.  Been in the family ever since. It was made by W. E. Lamb in Green Forest, AR.  I read he started making saddles in Green Forest 1908 and continued until 1930.  This saddle was once owned by Daddy’s friend Jack Robertson.  It had wooden stirrups but Jack replaced them with metal. My nephew Tony Poor had the lining replaced. It has the lamb name embossed in the leather. It’s a treasure and now owned by my Granddaughter Astrid.

 

Tate Fort, COLONEL JOHN TATE OF RUSSELL COUNTY, from Ancestry descendant tree

 COLONEL JOHN TATE OF RUSSELL COUNTY

By Leland Burdine Tate

 COLONEL JOHN TATE OF RUSSELL COUNTY 

By Leland Burdine Tate

From 1743 to 1772, John Tate was born, reared, married to Mary Bracken, and lived in places as yet unknown to the writer, a seventh generation descendant.

In late November, 1772, at age 29, John and his family settled in the Moccasin Valley of present Russell County, Virginia, about 15 miles southwest of present Lebanon. He told the time of settlement in a deposition of 1810 for the court case of George Fugate vs. Nancy Mahon and others. 

As a resident of the Moccasin Valley, John lived in four frontier counties:
 

(1) Botetourt Co., late November and December, 1772 - less than two months
(2) Fincastle Co., January 1773 to January 1777 - four years
(3) Washington Co., January 1777 to May 1786 - over nine years
(4) Russell Co., May 1786 to December 1828 - over forty-two years

John's first tract of land of 145 acres from the Loyal Land Company of Virginia was surveyed December 12, 1774, by John Floyd, Deputy to Col. William Preston, Surveyor of Fincastle County, who lived at present Blacksburg. The date and description of that survey is in the former Fincastle County records, Montgomery County Clerk's Office, Christiansburg, VA.
About 1776 or before, John and his neighbors built a fort on his land for protection against hostile Indians. It was known as Tate's Fort, and is mentioned by early emigrants to both Kentucky and Tennessee. In Shane's Historical Collection of Kentucky papers, Volume 1, page 224, and in Williams' Early Times in Tennessee, and perhaps alluded to by John Tate in his deposition of 1810 for the case of Fugate vs. Mahon, where he is quoted as saying that Frances Fugate (deceased), who lived five miles from him, "did as the rest of us did, defend our land and families, and lived on the land in dispute (1772-1781) except for the time forted."

In October 1780, John as militia-man of Washington County, participated in the successful Revolutionary War battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina, and his name as a participant is recorded by Lewis Preston Summers in his History of Washington County and Southwest Virginia. (In command at King's Mountain was Col. William Campbell, whose wife Elizabeth was a sister of Patrick Henry, and after Campbell's death, the wife of General William Russell, for whom Russell County was named.)

In November 1781, John was appointed with others to appraise the estate of Francis Fugate (deceased), who was killed by a fall from his horse. The other appraisers were William Huston, John Wood, and Robert Tate, another ancestor of the writer, who lived about three miles below John in Moccasin Valley.

In February 1782, John was appointed with others to view and cut out the road down Moccasin Valley from Little Moccasin Gap in Clinch Mountain on present U. S. 19 between Abingdon and Lebanon to Big Moccasin Gap on present U. S. 23 near Gate City. Also in 1782 his second tract of land of 100 acres was surveyed and recorded in the records of Washington County at Abingdon.

In May 1786, with the formation of Russell County, John was appointed an overseer of the poor, a constable, and a Lieutenant in the militia.

In 1787, John became a "Gentleman Justice" on the Russell County Court or governing board, by appointment of the Governor of Virginia, where he served with great devotion to duty for most of his remaining life of 41 years. Again and again he rode his horse to successive places of county government meetings at Castlewood, Dickensonville and Lebanon; served many times, one to three days per month, sometimes presided over and wrote the minutes of the meetings, and signed them more than 150 times with a bold and attractive signature. By virtue of his position as Justice, he was often referred to as John Tate, Gent., or John Tate, Esq. In 1787 he was also appointed Captain in the upper militia of the Moccasin Valley; and that year he took the Oath of Allegiance to the newly drafted Constitution of the United States.

In 1789, John became Captain in the 2nd Bat., 72 Reg. Of the Virginia Militia, and also served as Superintendent of an election in his locality.

In 1795, John became Major in the 2nd Bat., 72 Reg. Of the Virginia Militia.

In 1800, John had his cattle mark recorded, and the Russell County Court ordered that no person in the county have the liberty of marking with a swallow fork in the left ear, except John Tate.

By 1801, John became Sheriff and Collector of Revenue for Russell County, and served two years. His securities were Henry Dickenson, County Clerk; Nathan Ellington, Dickenson's deputy and son-in-law; John M. Estill and Harry Smith. His deputies were John and Zachariah Fugate, Cummings Gilmer, George Powers, John Sewell, and Andrew Williams. 

In 1801, John was appointed with Samuel Ewing as one of the commissioners for Russell County to meet with the commissioners for Lee County to superintend and run the dividing line between the two counties. (Lee County had been formed from part of Russell County in 1792.)

In 1802, John became Lt. Col. Commandant of the 72 Reg., 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia, and since has been known to many as Col. John Tate. His appointment was by James Monroe, Governor of Virginia, and later President of the United States.

In 1809, John again became an overseer of the poor, and served by re-appointments 15 or more consecutive years.

In 1813, John and several other persons, including a teacher, Thomas Birch, sent a petition to the Legislature of Virginia, requesting that a school already in operation with thirty students be established officially as Amity Hall Academy. John and nine other ancestors of the writer were signers: John and three other ancestors of the writer were trustees. The petitioners said they were "duly impressed by the consideration that in all free states intelligence was the life of liberty, and that they were desirous to cooperate with other counties in the state to promote the grand cause of education."

In 1819, John and his grandson Robert Fugate, became Executors of the estate of Colbert Fugate (deceased) who married John's daughter Hannah, and who had been a farmer, part-time county official, and three times a member of the Virginia Legislature.

In 1825, John, as the senior Justice among 31 present for a special meeting in Lebanon, helped to appoint unanimously James P. Carrell the second Clerk of Russell County; thereby promoting a very able and interesting person who, with limited formal schooling but with training experience and the skillful use of books, became one of the best clerks in Virginia, a part-time Methodist Minister, song-book compiler and publisher, land buyer and seller, money lender, patron of education and benefactor of students. (In 1836, James P. Carrell gave five times the usual gift of $100 to help start Emory and Henry College, ten miles east of Abingdon at Emory, VA; and Carrell's help to John A. Kelly, an Emory and Henry student of the 1830's, led to a gift of nearly two million dollars for Emory and Henry College in the 1960's from the Carrell-aided student's grandson, Frederick Kelly. To the writer, this is a very significant series of creative historical events stemming from James P. Carrell's appointment by John Tate and other justices in 1825.)

In 1826, when over 80 years old, John again became Sheriff and Collector of Revenue for Russell County, and served two years, which apparently reflects his stamina and stability as a person, his dynamic interest in public affairs, and the esteem which he had as a senior citizen. His Securities were Charles Carrell, James Dixon, Zachariah Fugate, Harvey Gray, John Jessee, Benjamin Sewell, and John Smyth - the last three of whom are other ancestors of the writer. One of his deputies was his grandson, John Fugate, who later moved to Missouri.

Col. John Tate died December 15, 1828, at 85 years of age, and is buried in a Tate and Burdine cemetery in the Moccasin Valley, 15 miles southwest of Lebanon on some of his former land now owned by the writer and his brother, Thomas E. Tate of Haleyville, Alabama.

Col. John Tate's wife, Mary Bracken, died in 1817, and is buried near him. The children of John Tate and Mary Bracken were:

Robert Tate, 1768-1844, who married Winnie Atkinson and moved to Pulaski Co., KY.

Hannah Tate, 1772-1844, who married Colbert Fugate and lived in Russell County, Virginia, just southwest of her parents in the Moccasin Valley.

Samuel Bracken Tate, 1775-1845, who married Jane Owens and moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky.

Jane Tate, 1770s-1823, who married Henley Haddix and moved to Kentucky.

Martha Tate, 1780-1847, who married John Buster and moved to Kentucky

Isaac Tate, 1780s-?, who married Peggy Walton of Pulaski County, Kentucky in 1809, and lived in Russell County until 1833, then in Kentucky and Missouri.

Lydia Tate, 1785-1854, who married William Fugate and lived in Russell and Scott Counties, Virginia

Numerous descendants of Col. John Tate and Mary Bracken and their children have lived and still live in various parts of the United States.
                    

Subj: Ross, Garth, Burnett
Date: 97-09-16 08:20:52 EDT
From: jbbork@ix.netcom.com

>From HARBOURS IN AMERICA by Louis J. Williams, 1982, pp.590-592:
"Three Ross brothers are believed to have migrated from Ross Shire,
Scotland to Virginia.  Although there are discrepancies as to the names, they
are believed to have been DANIEL, John and Peter...Daniel Ross settled in
Louisa  County, part of which later became Albemarle.  While he was in
Louisa Co he  married ELIZABETH "Betty" GARTH, daughter of John
Garth of Trinity Parish,  Louisa Co.  Later he moved to Henry Co, Va and
settled on Smith River.  The  area of Henry Co where Daniel settled later
became Franklin Co when it was  formed in 1785.  Exact dates of birth and
death of Daniel are not available but it would appear...that he was born
about 1740 or earlier.  He was living  in Franklin Co as late as 1811 or
1815.  He was not on the Census of 1820.   He died in Cooper Co, Mo in
1822. There are a number of land transactions in  which Daniel participated
in Louisa, Franklin and Henry Counties...The  children of Daniel Ross and
Elizabeth "Betty" Garth are:
1. Rachel Ross m. 26 Apr 1792 to JEREMIAH TURNER
2. Sarah Ross m. 22 Jan 1799 to James Cox
3. Susannah Ross m. 20 Sep 1792 to Abel Pedigo
4. David Ross m. 21 Oct 1802 to Sarah Anderson
5. Elizabeth Ross m. 17 oct 1786 to Thomas Ruble
6. Daniel Ross Jr., b. 4 Jun 1777 in Henry Co, Va; d. 10 Aug 1861; buried 
in Patrick Co at site of old Harbour Ross home; Daniel m. 1/ 24 Jul
1798 to Nancy Ingram.  Of their children, William "Buck" Ross, b.
19 Aug 1800; d. 15 Jun 1851, m. 30 Jun 1822 in Patrick Co to
MAHALA BURNETT, b. 1806, dau of John Burnett Sr & Elizabeth
Tate; Daniel Ross Jr. m. 2/ 23 Mar 1826 to Joyce Harbour.
7. William Ross
8. Nathaniel Ross m. 20 Dec 1794 to Milly/Mildred Penn
9. Lewis Ross m. 26 Jul 1804 to Hannah James..."

1780 Jul 29 - Louisa Co, Va - Will Bk 3:153 - Proved: 11 Sep 1786
Will of JOHN GARTH, Parish of Trinity.  To my wife land on south side of
Roundabout Creek.  Mentions children: Thomas Garth, David Garth, John
Garth, Sarah Mousby, BETTY ROSS, Mary Anne Lobbins.  Executors:
sons, Thomas &  David Ross & friends, Henry Garrett & Thomas Johnson.

=====================
Subj: Burnett-Tate
Date: 97-09-16 09:42:04 EDT
From: jbbork@ix.netcom.com
To: NCreed1@aol.com

>From "Burnetts and Their Connections" - Vol 1:275-285:
John Burnett Sr, born about 1761/1 in Hanover Co, Va; d. by 21 Jun 1827
in Patrick Co, Va.  John was listed as a minor in house of his father Isaac
Burnett on 1782 Tax List of Hanover Co, being between age of 16-20.  The
following year he was listed in his own name and Cornelius Burnett was
then in house of father Isaac.  John married about 1775 to Elizabeth Tate.
Records show that John had only one wife and Elizabeth was the mother of
all his children and his widow.  The Burnett and Tate families lived on
adjoining farms in Hanover Co, Va. until John and Elizabeth moved to
Smith River area in Patrick Co.  
1783 Dec 3 - Hanover Co Deed Bk p.10-11:
Richard Richardson to John Stark Jr.. 300 acres in St. Paul's Parish,
Hanover Co..Lines: joining an old field enclosed by Francis Tate
down the road to the lower end of ISAAC BURNETTS
PLANTATION...
Wit: Isaac Burnett and John Burnett.
1790 Dec 7 - Hanover Co Deed Bk p.478 - Recorded: 2 June 1791
John Burnett and ELIZABETH his wife of Hanover to Isaac
Burnett.. 80 acres for 80 lbs joining land of Isaac Burnett to a
branch called  Mordican & down that branch to the mouth of the
south branch between John Burnett & Happy Talley & up said
branch to a corner black gum & thence along a line of marked trees
to a corner red oak between Isaac Burnett & John Burnett..
contained by a survey of John Street,
Surveyor.. /s/ JOHN BURNETT, /s/ ELIZABETH (+) BURNETT.

Wit: Cornelius Burnett, George Burnett, David Hughes.
Isaac Burnett received 80 pounds in full payment for above land. 
(In margin was written: "Original deed with a commission delivered
to Richard Burnett, power from Cornelius Burnett")  John and
Elizabeth left Hanover County with 3 slaves and 4 horses (Tax
List) and arrived in the newly formed county of Patrick in 1791 with
the same 3 slaves and 4 horses (Tax List).  By 1820 Census, John's
slaves had increased to 20.  He died a wealthy man.

1791 Dec 12 - Patrick Co, Va - Deed Bk 1:30
William Amos to JOHN BURNETT.. 300 acres on south side of
Smith River:  Lines; Bank of river... Wit: John Poteet, Elisha
Harbour, George  Lackey.

Freepages data for this family can be found at 

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~taitandtate/genealogy/Lin/roberttatesr.htm

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