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Tate
Family
The Tates came from the north of Ireland to Penn., and thence to Augusta about 1745. The first emigrant left four
sons, James, William, John and Robert. The descendants of the first brothers married among the Van Lears, Ewings,
Moffetts and Finleys, of Augusta and Rockbridgc Capt. James Tate, the eldest brother, was killed at the battle
of Guilford. He was married, and his family removed to Ky and Missouri. He now has a great-grandson, Rev John C.
Tate, a Presbyterian minister in Kentucky. William Tate's descendants are settled in Southwestern Va., one of whom
is Dr. Thos. Tate, long a State Senator, and afterwards a Federal civil servant, and the. head of one of the bureaux
in Washington. John Tate represented Augusta in 1798 in the Legislature, and voted against Madison's celebrated
resolutions.
Robert Tate m Margaret, daughter of John McClung and------Alexander, his wife, and they left issue: 1. James; 2.
John; 3. William; 4. Elizabeth, who m Col Allen and went to Michigan; 5. Polly, married Sam'l Wallace, of Christian's
Creek, Augusta co.; 6. Eleanor, married Sam'l Patterson, of Rockbridge; 7. Phoebe, married Sam'l Wilson, of Rockbridge;
8. Rebecca, married Reid Alexander, of Rockbridge; 9. Isabella, married John B. Christian, of Augusta; 10. Sadly.
died unmarried.
James Tate married first Miss Baxter, sister of Dr. Geo. Baxter, and by her had George, Robert, John and Margaret.
He married second Mrs. Beale, of Botetourt, whose maiden name was Poage, and by her left several children, the
only one of whom survived him was Col. Wm. P. Tate, of Augusta, who married first Miss Kayser, of Alleghany, by
whom he left two daughters, Isabella and Margaret. He married second Sarah Christian, and by her left issue: one
daughter, Cornelia Tate. His widow married Rev. W. T. Richardson, editor of the "Central Presbyterian,"
Richmond. John Tate married Nancy, daughter and only child of Wm. Moffett, of Augusta, and left issue: 1. Wm. M.
Tate; 2. Robt. McC.; 3. John McC.; 4. James M.; 5. Margaret, who married Dr. Steele, of Illinois; 6 Elizabeth,
married Jos. Hite, of Illinois; 7. Rebecca, who married Blackburn, of Illinois.
Wm. M. Tate married Elizabeth McClung, of Rockbridee, removed to Indiana, and left two children, a son and daughter.
Wm. M. Tate, eldest son of John Tate, married first Mattie Frazier, and second Kate, daughter of Dr. A. Waddell,
and has issue by both wives.
This family, like others of the Covenanter stock, was noted for its piety, industry and public spirit, was associated
with the early efforts of the Founder to improve the country, and is allied by marriage with some of the principal
families of the county.
Source: "History of
Augusta County, Virginia" by J. LEWIS PEYTON 1882 Submitted by: Barb
Ziegenmeyer
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