Does anyone have any information about the names of the immediate family of Jeremiah Pate (parents or Siblings)? My Pate releatives lived in Bedford, VA during this timeframe. Regards, Chris Pate --- Karen Borden <karenborden@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > I just ran across a Pate marriage and thought > perhaps it may be of interest to someone. This > marriage is shown in a book titled, "Our Kin", the > genealogies of some of the early families who made > history in the founding and development of Bedford > Co VA, c1930 by Mary Ackerly. > > The passage speaks of a John Ragland who came to > Virginia about 1720 and settled upon Mechamps Creek. > > John Ragland md Anne Beaufort > Their nine children: > John, who married Nancy Dudley of Hanover in 1759 > William, who married a Miss Lipscomb > Samuel > James, who married Catherine Davis > Evan, who married ------ and settled in Halifax > County > Pettus, who married Elizabeth, daughter of John > Davis of Hanover County > Martha, who married Thomas Tinsley > Frances, who married Jeremiah Pate > --------, who married a Mr. Bowe. > >