This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PATE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/973.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The only James, is James Oram Pate, born about 1850. He was the son of Minor Pate. James did not seem to be a common name used in the Greene Co., Pate's.