I have been fortunate enough to find three deeds that place Jinks' M12 Anthony Pate (abt. 1804) in Meredosia, Morgan Co., IL, from Feb. 1865-Oct. of 1875. The deeds clearly name Anthony's wife as EVALINE (also spelled EVELINE)-no maiden name given. One deed conveys a very small parcel of the town lot in Meredosia that Anthony and Eveline purchased from Daniel Waldo in Feb 1865 to Martin Cherwine/Cherwini (difficult to read last name) in Feb 1871 for the sum of $20. (Amanda Pate md. Martin Charwine in Morgan Co. in 1870.) The most interesting deed is the last, made on 14 Oct 1875, between "Anthony Pate and Eveline Pate his wife of the County of Morgan and State of Illinois parties of the first-part and Thomas Hodges of the County of Morgan and the State of Illinois of the second part". It looks like all of the town lot that Anthony/Eveline bought in Feb 1865 from Waldo was sold to Hodges, who also was deeded the 1871 section above by Martin CHERWINI. Witnesses to this are Wm. Kirk, J. H. Cummins, and EMMA HOWARD. (Emma Pate md. Alexander G. Howard in Morgan Co., IL in 1872). Directly below where Anthony and Eveline made their marks, a paragraph follows indicating that Eveline Pate appeared personally to the Justice of the Peace to waive her dower rights for this land on 8 Nov 1875. And directly below that paragraph, another headed "State of Texas/Grayson County" indicates that Anthony Pate appeared before Justice of the Peace, Wm D. KIRK (Is this the same one as above?) in the town of Denison, Grayson Co., TX, to acknowledge that he "executed the foregoing instrument" on 3 Nov 1875. I've done a quick search for Anthony in Grayson Co TX using census records and found nothing. I've also looked at PATE-L and found that Ellen's William B. Pate was in Grayson Co TX around 1874-another link between Jinks' M44 & M12 lines. Would love to hear your comments... Thanks, April

Hey April, Just a note to let you know my Pates were from Grayson County too. My most distant documented ancestor was Newel Walton Pate, his son Gilbert, his son John Wiley Pate was my g-grandfather. John, some of his brothers and a sister also resided in Grayson County. Grace Wisdom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of April Johnson Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:49 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [PATE] Jinks' M12 Anthony Pate (abt. 1804 TN) found in Grayson Co. Texas in 1875 I have been fortunate enough to find three deeds that place Jinks' M12 Anthony Pate (abt. 1804) in Meredosia, Morgan Co., IL, from Feb. 1865-Oct. of 1875. The deeds clearly name Anthony's wife as EVALINE (also spelled EVELINE)-no maiden name given. One deed conveys a very small parcel of the town lot in Meredosia that Anthony and Eveline purchased from Daniel Waldo in Feb 1865 to Martin Cherwine/Cherwini (difficult to read last name) in Feb 1871 for the sum of $20. (Amanda Pate md. Martin Charwine in Morgan Co. in 1870.) The most interesting deed is the last, made on 14 Oct 1875, between "Anthony Pate and Eveline Pate his wife of the County of Morgan and State of Illinois parties of the first-part and Thomas Hodges of the County of Morgan and the State of Illinois of the second part". It looks like all of the town lot that Anthony/Eveline bought in Feb 1865 from Waldo was sold to Hodges, who also was deeded the 1871 section above by Martin CHERWINI. Witnesses to this are Wm. Kirk, J. H. Cummins, and EMMA HOWARD. (Emma Pate md. Alexander G. Howard in Morgan Co., IL in 1872). Directly below where Anthony and Eveline made their marks, a paragraph follows indicating that Eveline Pate appeared personally to the Justice of the Peace to waive her dower rights for this land on 8 Nov 1875. And directly below that paragraph, another headed "State of Texas/Grayson County" indicates that Anthony Pate appeared before Justice of the Peace, Wm D. KIRK (Is this the same one as above?) in the town of Denison, Grayson Co., TX, to acknowledge that he "executed the foregoing instrument" on 3 Nov 1875. I've done a quick search for Anthony in Grayson Co TX using census records and found nothing. I've also looked at PATE-L and found that Ellen's William B. Pate was in Grayson Co TX around 1874-another link between Jinks' M44 & M12 lines. Would love to hear your comments... Thanks, April ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message