Janice, Thanks for writing about your Jesse Pate. Family history says my Jesse Pate's birth yr was 1814 in NC. 1840 census sites him as born between 1800-1810 (age 30-40). But who knows if that is correct. I have been unable to find anything that might be a second source for a better estimate of his age as having been born in 1814, or 1800-1814. I think it is possible he came from TN and is a brother or cousin to William Riley Pate, Redding Pate, or Jacob Pate of southern IL. Thanks. Carol Janice Pate wrote: > ================================================= > > ====================================================== > > My great-grandfather, Jesse Pate, was born 8 Nov. 1820 in Buncombe > County, NC. The area later became Yancey County. He remained in > western NC dying in Cherokee County 24 Dec. 1903. > > I have seen where some researchers have listed his birth as 1814-1820 > and may be confusing two Jesses. I have been unable to find any PATEs > in Buncombe County prior to 1830, with the exception of Jesse's > father. John Pate served in Capt. Lowry's Co., of the NC Militia under > the name of John Randolph (his stepfather's surname). Between the > Compiled Military Service Record and the War of 1812 pension > application we can place him in Buncombe County (later Yancey) as > early as 3 June 1808. > > Janice Pate > > > >