Tate Family History

My TATE Family

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Updated 2/25/2004

WILLIAM TATE
Born about 1585 in Northumberland, England

JAMES TATE
Born 1618 in St. Catherin, London, England died 1665 in York County, VA;
Married:
MARY EVANS
Born 1618 in England
(Daughter of William EVANS and Katherine ?)

Children;
James2 born 1638 York, VA; died 1727 New Kent VA buried at St. Peter’s Parish in
New Kent Co., VA
Anne born 1640
Elizabeth born 1642

JAMES2 TATE born 1638 York, VA; died in New Kent VA buried at St. Peter’s
Parish in New Kent Co., VA
Married
UNKNOWN (Possibly Elizabeth DANDRIDGE born about 1640 [not proven])

Children;
Anne born between 1656 and 1675;
John born between 1656 and 1675;
Robert born between 1656 and 1675;
William born between 1656 and 1675;
James3 born 1662 in New Kent Co., VA; died about 1727; buried at St. Peter’s
Parish in New Kent Co., VA He was called the “Scotsman Emigrant” who settled near Page’s Ware House in Hanover Co., VA Hanover Co., was formed from New Kent Co., in 1720. He was a Hatter by trade and as a Tailor. On March 14, 1708, he was appointed overseer of processioning for his district until 1727 when he died intestate.

When St. Paul’s Parish was formed from St. Peter’s, records of James appears there for the years 1706 through 1719. James was paid in tobacco for his services to the parish. His sons appear in the processioning records.

JAMES3 TATE born 1662 in New Kent Co., VA; died about 1727; buried at St. Peter’s
Parish in New Kent Co., VA He was called the “Scotsman Emigrant”;
Married
ANN UPHAM born about 1662 in St. Peters, New Kent Co., VA;

Children;
John born about 1687 in New Kent Co., VA; died 1769;
Anne christened August 29, 1689; died 11-3-1702
Robert born February 27, 1691; died 11-19-1759; married Anne ? in 1714 in St.
Paul’s Parish in Hanover Co., VA
Mary christened April 20, 1694
James christened November 11, 1698; died 11-11-1776;
Upham “Fannie” christened January 5, 1701; died 4-13-1703;
William christened April 12, 1702; died April 2, 1751; married Sarah SKELTON;

JOHN TATE was a Carpenter. He lived in the section of New Kent Co., VA that was
later taken to form Louisa Co., in 1742. John was an elder in the church of St. Martin’s Parish.
Married
(1ST) UNKNOWN died about 1729

Children;
James born about 1720 in New Kent Co., VA;
Zacharias born about 1722 in St. Martin’s Parrish in Hanover Co., VA; died 1784 in
Orange Co., NC married Sarah TERRILL
Mary born about 1726 in Hanover Co., VA; married Charles SNELSON

Louisa Co., VA Will Book 3, page 507

Will of JAMES TATE
(Acting executor was Enos TATE)
(Wife’s name not available)

Aron FONTAINE and Garrett MINOR, examine and approve the account produced to them by Enos TAIT, acting executor of James TAIT, deceased, and find the said James TAIT’S personal estate to amount to 646 pounds, 9 shillings, 7 d - etc. The Court will decide what is the widow’s part.

We find that Rachel HESTER, daughter of the same James TAIT, deceased, died before him, leaving a son, Charles HESTER, now living. We find also that John and Nathan Tait, sons of the said James TATE, deceased, entered into the Continental Army previous to the said James’ death and that they have not been ……………….

Louisa Co., Va. Will Book 3, page 502 -

Aron FONTAINE and Garrett MINOR, examine and approve the account produced to them by Enos TAIT, acting executor of James TAIT, deceased, and find the said James TAIT's personal estate to amount to 646 pounds, 9 shillings, 7 d - etc. The Court will decide what is the widow's part. We find that Rachel HESTER, daughter of the same James TAIT, deceased, died before him, leaving a son, Charles HESTER, now living. We find also that John and Nathan TAIT, sons of the said James TAIT, deceased, entered into the Continental Army previous to the said James' death.

JOHN TATE was a Carpenter. He lived in the section of New Kent Co., VA that was
later taken to form Louisa Co., in 1742. John was an elder in the church of St. Martin’s Parish.
Married
(2nd) MARY WADDY about 1737; born about 1715; died 1773;

Children;
Zenas born 1737 in Hanover Co., VA; died 1805; married Lucy ?; was given 100
acres in Louisa Co. VA by his father; served in the French and Indian War under George WASHINGTON;
John born about 1739 in Hanover Co., VA; died 1785 in Guilford Co., NC; married
Sarah “Sally” STREET; Served in Revolutionary War. (State Archives in Raleigh) SOURCE: According to the Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. X, 1775 – 1776, page 204; Saturday 9, 1775, the Congress met to select Field Officers of the Minute Men and the Field Officers of the Militia; John TATE was selected as second Major for Guilford County Militia, serving under Colonel Ransom SUTHERLAND; Source: “Fox and Graham Family”, by John Fox;
"Caswell Co., NC Deed Books 181701840 by Katharine Kerr Kendall. Deed Book S pgs 23-24
"On 19 Dec 1776, John and his wife, Sarah, sold 219 acres adj. Widow YANCY, William PETTIT and Samuel WADDY to Richard SWIFT of Louisa Co., VA.; John died intestate prior to 10 Mar 1785 and his brother, Zephaniah TATE, was admr. and guardian of his six children."
Waddy born about 1741 in Louisa Co., VA; died 1789 in Caswell Co., NC; married
Nancy Ann SIMPSON (Sister to Sarah who married Nathaniel HART and sister to Lydia who married Zaccheus TATE); about 1769 in Caswell Co., NC;
Zaccheus born about 1742 in Hanover Co., VA; died 1798 in Orange Co., NC;
married Lydia SIMPSON (Sister to Sarah who married Nathaniel HART and sister to Nancy Ann who married Waddy TATE); the couple lived on the Orange and Guilford Co., line; he was given a grist mill and 67 acres on the north bank of the New River in 1770 by Richard SIMPSON, his father-in-law; he served in the Revolution under Capt. Nathaniel HART, NC troops;
Sarah “Sally” born about 1743 in Louisa Co., VA; married Joseph STREET on 9-4-
1769 in Louisa Co., VA;
Zephaniah born about 1749 in Louisa Co., VA; died 1816 in Caswell Co., NC;
owned 222 acres of land on both sides of Orange and Guilford Co. lines north side of Haw River in 1779; (Appointed guardian of his brother John’s six children);
Zedekiah born about 1751 in Louisa Co., VA; died 1784 in Louisa Co., VA;
Upham “Fannie” born about 1753 in Louisa Co., VA; died 1784/8; married Anthony
WINSTON on 3-7-1776;

Louisa Co., Va. Deed Book H. page 477 -

10 March 1785 - Articles of Agreement between Zackeus TAIT, of the COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, son of John TAIT, deceased, formerly of the County of Louisa, Virginia, of 1st part - (Zenas) TAIT of City of Richmond, Virginia, son of John, deceased, of 2nd part - Waddy TAIT, of COUNTY OF CASWELL, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, son of said John TAIT, deceased, of 3rd part and Zephaniah TAIT, of the COUNTY OF GILFORD (sic) STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, son of said John TAIT, deceased, of the 4th part - Charles SNELSON of the County of Halifax, State of Virginia, representative of Mary, his wife, daughter of John TAIT, deceased of 5th part - and Joseph STREET, of County of Louisa, Virginia, representative of Sarah, his wife, daughter of John TAIT, deceased, of 6th part - and Anthony WINSTON, of county and state aforesaid, representative of his late wife, UPHAM, daughter of John TAIT, deceased, of the 7th part - and John TAIT, of the COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, son of Zacharias TAIT, deceased, son of the said John TAIT, deceased, representative of his father as administrator of his estate and also of his father's orphan children, Sarah TAIT - Anderson TAIT and Richard TAIT, being their guardian, of the 8th part and Zephaniah TAIT, aforesaid, as representative for John TAIT - Fanny TAIT - Sally TAIT - Hannah TAIT - Caswell TAIT - and Anthony TAIT, orphan children of John TAIT, deceased, being their guardian lawfully appointed, of the 9th part, etc., etc.

Refers to Will of John TAIT of Louisa Co., Virginia dated 25 November 1768 (which see) and his wife (and relict) Mary TAIT, his ten children, etc., aforesaid heirs appoint Zephaniah TAIT their legal attorney and agent, etc.

The signatures of the parties appear as Zacekis TAIT - Zenas TAIT - Waddy TAIT - Zephaniah TAIT - Charles SNELSON - Joseph STREET - Anthony WINSTON - John TAIT, administrator and guardian and Zephaniah TAIT, guardian. Proved and recorded Louisa Co., Virginia 14 March 1785.

Ibid, page 481 -

10 March 1785 - Mary TAIT, of County of Louisa, widow of John TAIT, deceased, - for 90 pds. - Specie, relinquenches and quit-claims to the legatees of her said husband, her part of said estate and also her part of her son, Zedekiah TAITE, deceased, estate, etc.
Recorded 14 March 1785

Louisa Co., Va. Will Book 2, page 63

Will of John TAIT of Parish of St. Martins dated 20 November 1768 and probated 11 September 1769.

Wife, Mary - 13 slaves

Sons

Zacharias - Negro, Charles
Zacheus - Davey - Rachel
Zeneus - Liger
John - Jupiter - Aggy
Waddy - Tom and Cecilia
Zephaniah - Boy (Ben) and girl (Kesiah) and 1 rifle gun
Zedekiah - 412 acres land I live on and Robin

Daughters

Mary SNELSON
Sarah TAIT
Upham TAIT

Executors

Wife, Mary - son, Zacharias - friend, David ANDERSON.

Executors Bond 2,000 pds. 11 September 1769 - by Mary TAIT with Zacharias TAIT, Waddy THOMPSON, John HAWKINS - and James TAIT, security. (Note: the inventory included names of 31 slaves)

Louisa Co., Va. Will Book 3, page 20 -

Will of Zedekiah TATE dated 21 May 1784, probated 13 September 1784. To mother, Mary TATE, land devised me by my father John TATE, deceased, for life - at her death sold and divided - my brother's, Waddy and Zephanial TATE and my sisters, Sarah STREET, Mary SNELSON and Uphan WINSTON - and my niece Mary ANDERSON. Reserving 1/9 of money to the children of Zacharias TATE, deceased, and another ninth to the children of John TATE, deceased. My nephews John Tate STREET and John Tate WINSTON - I appoint my brother, Zephaniah TATE and my friends, Anthony WINSTON and William TERRELL Executors.

WADDY TATE served under Captain HART during the Revolutionary War and was
appointed Captain of the militia in 1776. Waddy left a Will dated January 14, 1789 and probated in 1789 in Caswell Co., NC In 1795, the eight legatees of Waddy divided 333.5 acres. In 1797, the three youngest children were named in the estate of their mother.
Married
NANCY ANN SIMPSON about 1769 in Caswell Co., NC; daughter of Richard
SIMPSON and Mary KINCHELOE; Nancy was born in 1750 and died after 1790 in Caswell Co., NC; (Sister to Sarah SIMPSON who married Nathaniel HART and sister to Lydia SIMPSON who married Zaccheus TATE)

Children;
Upham “Fannie” born about 1770 in Caswell Co., NC; married Simeon CARLISLE;
Susannah born about 1772 in Caswell Co., NC; married Benjamin GIBSON on 9-20-
1795;
William born about 1774 in Caswell Co., NC; died September 1857 in Clark Co.,
KY; married Martha “Patsy” Wynn;
Richard Simpson born December 9, 1776 in Caswell Co., NC; married Catherine
LEWIS on 1-22-1796;
Ede born October 13, 1779 in Caswell Co., NC; died in 1852 in St. Francois Co.,
MO; married William POSTON on 1-29-1803;
Zachariah born about 1780 in Caswell Co., NC;
Zedekiah born about 1782 in Caswell Co., NC; died 1883 in Lauderdale Co., AL;
married Mildred ROUNDTREE;
Jesse Overton. born about 1784 in Caswell Co., NC; died in 1845 in Lauderdale Co,
AL; buried in Lauderdale Co., AL;

Page 47 - Joel HOBBS, assignee of William GILL...180 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both sides of Moccasin Creek,
waters of the north fork of Holstein...Beginning on the south side of the creek...May 1, 1782 - William GILL, assignee of
William TATE...200 ac...on Mockison Creek adjoining John TATE above and Alexander MONTGOMERY below, includes
improvements, actual settlement made in 1775...August 16, 1782 - Assigned to Joel HOBBS by purchase on May 21,
1782. Signed: William GILL. Witnesses: John TATE

WILLIAM TATE born about 1774 in Caswell Co., NC; died September 1857 in Clark
Co., KY;
Married
MARTHA “PATSY” WYNN born 1785 in VA; died 1855 in Clark Co., KY; William
and Martha were married in 1797; (Martha and William are on the Clark Co., KY census in 1810)

Children;
Waddy born about 1798; died 1875 in Macon Missouri; married Ruthea MILES
on 7-16-1820 in Clark Co., KY;
John born about 1800; married Elizabeth ? ;
Richard born about 1802; married Sophia GEORGE born about 1807 in KY; married
8-17-1824; died about 1850 in Buchanan Co., MO; Richard was listed on the 1850 Clark Co., KY census at age 47, living with his brother John;
Simpson born about 1804; married Lucy Ann DAWSON on 10-20-1825;
*Nancy born about 1806; died 1889; married James RAYBOURN;
Susannah born about 1808; married Muchally MILLER on 7-9-1829;
William born about 1810; married Melinda MILLER on 10-6-1831 in Fayette
Co., KY;
Zedekiah born about 1811; married Lavina LEATHERS;
Zachariah born 1813; married Maria ? ;
Frances G. born about 1815;
Thomas Jefferson born about 1817; married Ann MILLER on 9-30-1830;
Martha O. “Patsy” born about 1818; married ? OLDHAM;
Caswell born September 27, 1819 in Clark Co., KY; died April 7, 1863 as a Union
Soldier in Bowling Green, KY;

SOURCES: Periodical: Tate and Allied Families of the South by Ethel Speer Updike Publication: ? 1971

*James RAYBOURN was married to (1st) Mary (Polly) SPENCE and they had at least two children (John and Amanda; Amanda married Caswell TATE). James RAYBOURN married (2nd) Nancy TATE (Caswell TATE’S sister) and had the following children:

Courtney Ann born 1841; married ?HAGGARD
Hester born 1843; married Newton LOW
James William (Uncle Jim) born 1845; (gave Ovaton TATE and Maude
POER the house and land located on Otter Creek on the old Boonesboro Road)
Zena

1864 Will of James RAYBOURN, Madison County KY

Wife – Nancy

HEIRS

Zena Raybourn
John
Mandy Tate
Courtney Ann Haggard
Hester Ann Raybourn
James William Raybourn

1889 Will of Nancy RAYBOURN, Madison County KY

All property conveyed to son, James William Raybourn

CASWELL TATE
Married
AMANDA RAYBOURN on April 3, 1846 in the custom of the Christian Church by
Thacker Bush in Madison Co., KY (died July 6, 1860 in Madison Co., KY) (daughter of James RAYBOURN and Mary “Polly” SPENCE)

Children;
Pleasant born January 9, 1848 in Madison Co., KY; on the 1870 Clark Co., KY
census at age 23 and in the household of Zachariah and Maria TATE (Pleasant’s aunt and uncle); married Sarah TATE; daughter of Zachariah and Maria, his first cousin; Pleasant is shown on the 1920 federal census as a boarder with James W. RAYBOURN in Madison Co., KY;
Mary “Polly” S. born March 15, 1849 in Madison Co., KY; in the 1870 Madison
Co., KY census is a Mollie (Polly) TATE, age 22 listed as a housekeeper in the Samuel BURGIN household;
Benajah born September 30, 1850 in Madison Co., KY; died 1934 in Boone Co.,
MO; married Carrie Phillips GUM; born 1852/3 in KY; Benajah is listed in the 1880 and the 1900 federal census as living in Rocky Fork Twp., Boone Co., MO; he was the Associate Judge of Boone Co., MO;

Children
Ernest born 1876 in KY;
Ida born 1879 in MO;
Mary J. born 1881 in MO;
Olive born 1883 in MO;
Mattie B born 1886 in MO;
Millard E. born 1888 in MO;
Stanlie L. born 1891 in MO;
Ben R. born 1893 in MO;

Shelby born March 9, 1852 in Madison Co., KY; married Martha V. CLEM in 1877;
on the 1870 Madison Co., KY census as age 18, farm laborer in the household of William CRAIGE; shown on the 1900 federal census as living in Rocky Fork Twp., Boone Co., MO;

Children
James born 1884 in MO;
Mollie born 1889 in Texas;
Ora born 1892 in MO;

Patsy born August 18, 1853 in Madison Co., KY; on the 1870 Madison Co., KY
census at age 18, domestic servant in the James ANDERSON household;
James born 11-1-1855 in Madison Co., KY; died pre-1860 in Madison Co., KY;
Infant born and died 8-24-1856 in Madison Co., KY;
Caswell2 born October 15, 1857 in Madison Co., KY; died in Madison Co., KY
buried Raybourn Cemetery Boonesboro, KY; in the 1870 Madison Co., KY census as 13 years of age, farm laborer in the Nancy RAYBOURN household (Caswell2’s aunt and step-grandmother);

MILITARY RECORD OF CASWELL TATE

October 10, 1860
Joined for duty at Richmond, KY for a period of three years

March 5, 1862
Mustered into U.S. Service by Capt. H. C. BANKHEAD, U. S. A.

March 17, 1862
Enrolled as Pvt. In Capt. BUTLER’S Company, 26th Regiment in Kentucky Infantry at Camp Andrew Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 42 years old.

March - December
Present as Private with Company F 26th in Kentucky Infantry. (Captain BUTLER’S Company became F)

January & February 1863
Present as Corporal;

REPORT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, DC

June 22, 1876

Pension No. 223094

“It appears from the Rolls on file in this office that Caswell TATE was enrolled on the 10th day of October 1861, at Richmond, Kentucky in Company F, 26th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, to serve three years or during war, and mustered into service as a Private on the 5th day of March 1862 at Camp A. Jackson, Tennessee in Company F 26th Regiment of Kentucky to serve three years or during the war. On the Muster Rolls of Company F of that Regiment for the months of January and February 1863 he is reported Corporal, Present. His name is not borne upon any subsequent Rolls of Company or on Rolls of Company B same Regiment (with which Company F was consolidated in April 1864)”

This man died April 7, 1863 in Regimental Hospital of “Dropsy of Heart”.

Signed ………….
Assistant Adjutant General

DECLARATION FOR PENSION OF CILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE

State of Kentucky, County of Madison

On the day of July 1877 personally appeared before me, James TEVIS, Clerk of the Madison County Court the same being a court of record within and for the county and state aforesaid, Benajah TATE, a resident of Foxtown District, County of Madison, Kentucky, age 24 years who being duly sworn according to law makes the following declarations in order to obtain the pension provided by acts of congress for children under 16 years of age: That he is the only legal guardian of Caswell TATE, the only minor child at the time. (The others named below being over 16 years old now) Being the legitimate heirs of Caswell TATE who volunteered under the name of Caswell TATE on the 10th day of October 1861 and was enrolled in Nashville, Tennessee, 8th of March in Company F, Kentucky Infantry in the war of Rebellion who died of consumption caused by exhaustion at Bowling Green, Kentucky on the 7th day of April 1863 and who bore at the time of his death the rank of Corporal. That he left no widow surviving him, his wife having died July 5, 1860 and that Polly S., Benajah, Shelby, Patsy and Caswell TATE are the only surviving children of said Caswell TATE who were under age of 16 at the time of his death. Said children were the issue of said soldier as follows, dates of being stated:

That the father was married under the name of Caswell TATE February 3, 1846 by Reverend T. Bush to Amanda REBOURN, there being no legal barrier to such marriage, that the said children have not aided or abetted the rebellion, and that no prior application has been filed. That declarant hereby appoints A. F. BURNAM his attorney to prosecute the above claims; that his residence is at Foxtown District in the county of Madison, state of Kentucky and that his post office address in White Hall, Madison County Kentucky.

Attest Benejah TATE
C. F. BURNAM

Claimant’s Signature
N. B. DEATHERAGE

Also appeared C. F. BURNAM, residing in Main ? Street in Richmond, Kentucky and N. B. DEATHERAGE, residing in Main Street in Richmond, Kentucky persons whom I certify to be ……………

NO. 223.094
ACTS OF JULY 14, 1862 AND MARCH 3, 1873

Benajah TATE, White Hall, Kentucky guardian of minor children of Caswell TATE, Corporal in Company F, 26th Kentucky Infantry Volunteers. Died at Bowling Green, Kentucky April 7, 1863.

October 14, 1875

APPLICATION FILED: AUGUST 10, 1877

Attorney:
A. R. BURNAM, Richmond, Madison County Kentucky

In the claim number 220094 of the minor heirs of Caswell TATE for a pension; we the undersigned who have testified as witnesses, to wit: Nancy REBOURN, Susan PATTESTON, Emma OLDHAM, Zachariah TATE, James ANDERSON and C. C. HARRIS state they have no interest in this claim.

Signed by above

Sworn to before me by (the above named) this May 21st, 1878

G. B. MILLION, J. P. of M. C.

ZACHARIAH TATE
State of Kentucky
County of Madison

Zachariah TATE states that his age is 65 years, he is a resident of Clark County Kentucky and a brother of Caswell TATE, deceased. He died on the 7th April 1863 at Bowling Green, Kentucky while a Union soldier. His wife’s name before his marriage was Amanda RABOURN. His children were Pleasant TATE born January 9, 1847, Polly TATE born March 15 etc………….. So far as I know or ever heard there never was any church record of baptism of the children. Such a record is unknown to families of ------- Commonwealth of Kentucky especially outside of the Roman Catholic and British Episcopal Churches.

Dr. Jacob L. WHITE, the family physician of my brother Caswell TATE, has been dead for a number of years and Mrs. Nancy RABURN, the grandmother of these children, whose affidavit has been given in this case was no doubt present at the birth of them and she is truthful and reliable witness and no better evidence of their birth can be -------- except that a paper extracted from the old family Bible is filed and made part of this affidavit marked T. This writing is in the ----------- hand writing of my deceased brother and this was taken from the only family Bible owned by him. There was always an affectionate relationship between my deceased brother and myself and I know the facts affirmed by me. On this paper T there seems to be two names of James, a child and an un-named infant who had died before Caswell TATE went into the army.

Zachariah TATE

Also the statement of James W. RABURN; this affidavit states his age is 32 years and he is a half brother of Amanda TATE, deceased, and he knows the persons named in the preceding affidavit of Zachariah TATE ------------

JAMES W. RABURN

Children of Caswell TATE, deceased and the facts as to there being no church or public record of their ages and the death of WHITE, the family physician is true and that his mother, whose affidavit has been heretofore filed, had knowledge which is reliable of all the facts stated by her. He also has enclosed the paper extracted from the family Bible of Caswell TATE and referred to it to show the dates of the births of Caswell TATE’S children who were under age at the time of his death.

James W. RABURN

PAGE FROM THE FAMILY BIBLE

Lists the children listed above as well as; James Tate born November 1st, 1855 and died; infant born August the 24th, 1856 ……………..

NANCY TATE RAYBOURN

Nancy RABURN says that she is the aunt and step-grandmother of all of the children of Caswell TATE. That she lived not exceeding a half of one mile from the home of said TATE during his lifetime. That she has personal knowledge of the time of the births of all of said children, having seen them all before they were a week old and been actually present at the birth of some of them. She says their birth was duly recorded in the family Bible at the time they were born, and that these dates thus shown are as follows:

There is no public record of the births of these children, or church records are kept in this state or anywhere else in this county that I have ever known of. The physician who attended at the birth of these children was Dr. Jake WHITE of White Hall, Madison County Kentucky (I myself assisted as midwife at the birth of some of them) who died some 12 or 14 years ago and this information as to the ages of these children is correct and is the most reliable that can be ascertained.

Nancy REBURN

Sworn to before the Justice of the Peace of Madison County Kentucky this the 18th of January, 1878.

Overtan BIGGERSTAFF

BENAJAH TATE

Also the affidavit of Benajah TATE who states in ---------- to the letter of Honorable --------- of Pensions dated 6th ------- 1878 filed herewith that he can make no better proof of the facts of the births of his father’s children that has been heretofore made except that he tore out of the old family Bible the page appended to the foregoing affidavit of Zachariah TATE and J. W. RABORN and he prays that the ----------- claim for a pension so long delayed may at last be granted ------------

Benajah TATE

CASWELL2 TATE born October 15, 1857 in Madison Co., KY; died in Madison Co.,
KY; buried Raybourn Cemetery Boonesboro, Madison Co., KY; in the 1870 Madison Co., KY census as 13 years of age, farm laborer in the Nancy RAYBOURN household (Caswell2’s aunt and step-grandmother);
Married
MARGARET ANN (MAGGIE) EDWARDS on November 2, 1878 in Madison Co., KY;
born in 1856 in Scott Co., VA; died January 21, 1929 in Mattoon, Coles Co., IL; daughter of Squire Madison (Sam) EDWARDS and Jane DARNALL; (Maggie lost her eyesight later in life)

Children;
Ella born 1879 in Madison Co., KY; died 1894 in Madison Co., KY
Ovaton Augustus born in 1883 in Madison Co., KY; died 1976 buried in Memorial
Gardens in Madison Co., KY; on the 1920 federal census at Red House, Madison Co., KY at age 37 with wife, Maude at age 31 – son, Gordon at age 11 – son, Dillard at age 9 – son, Paul at age 7 – daughter, Annie at age 5 – daughter, Florence at age 4 – daughter, Edna at age 2; on the 1930 federal census at Foxtown, Madison Co., KY at age 47 with wife, Maude at age 41 – son, Dillard at age 19 – son, Paul at age 18 – daughter, June at age 14 – daughter, Edna at age 12 – son, Robert at age 9;
Dora born 1887 in Madison Co., KY; died 1907 buried in Raybourn Cemetery
Boonesboro, Madison Co., KY; married ? COOK in Madison Co., KY;
Bettie Mae born 1891; in Madison Co., KY died 1971 in Ohio;
William G. born 1894 in Madison Co., KY; died 12-12-1972 in Madison Co., KY;
married Annie GREEN;
Jennie born 1898 in Madison Co., KY; died in Ohio;

OVATON AUGUSTUS TATE born 1883 in Madison Co., KY; died January 28, 1976
in Madison Co., KY; buried in Memorial Gardens in Madison Co., KY;
Married
MAUDE POER born March 18, 1889 in Clark Co., KY; married June 24, 1908 in
Madison Co., KY; died June 14, 1964 in Madison Co., KY; buried in Memorial Gardens in Madison Co., KY; daughter of Francis Marion POER and Anna Frances GREEN;