David, I do not have any information on your family, but perhaps others will. The names you mention sound very familiar, and it seems that I have read about them just recently but cannot place where. We have a member of our Pate DNA Project who is a descendant of Lewis Reves Pate. The identical names, though several generations apart, must be more than coincidence. His DNA indicates a close kinship to my gg-gf Newell Walton Pate. Perhaps not a brother, maybe more likely an uncle or cousin. Since we try to protect our members' privacy, I will not disclose his name here, but will send him an email with your information. Hopefully you two may be able to establish a connection. Let me know the results. Thanks for responding to my inquiry. A. J. Pate ____________________________________________ Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 21:35:16 -0400 From: David Taylor <[email protected]> Subject: [PATE] Reeves and Pates Dear A.J., I found this on the Ancestry board: "I just posted the following on the Reves and Reeves forums on Rootsweb (and Reeves on Genforum): "Is anyone aware of any associations of the Reeves/Reves family with the Pate family through marriages or migrations together from about 1770 to 1800 in South Carolina, from 1800 to 1820 in Georgia, and 1820 to 1850 in Alabama? "I am inquiring because my gg-grandfather Newell Walton Pate had a brother or cousin named Lewis Reves Pate who was born c. 1804 in Georgia. I know Newell was named after a man named Newell Walton, and I suspect it is the same case for Lewis. "I would appreciate any information anyone could provide." I don't have any information on the association, but since Lewis Reeves Pate is one of my relatives (though mine was born 1879, the name matches the one born earlier, so I'm figuring a connection), I thought it might be good to write you. My Pates are from Alabama and most end up in Texas. I've been looking for connections within the Pate line to Cherokees seeking to avoid the removal to Oklahoma. My gg grandmother was one of those Cherokees, according to my father, who knew her. Her name was Tebitha Jane Pate and she was married to James Harvey Pate. She died in Clarksville TX in 1940. I have her death certificate. Thanks for any help you can provide. David Greg Taylor http://davidgregtaylor.com/