Margaret, Unfortunately, we only know his name and a little from some recollections by a family member of stories he was told by his mother, Telita Jane Abbott-Pate, wife of Thomas Pate, the grandson of this Jeremiah. I have verified the data in the history of the places where his grand dad lived with census records and it appears to be very accurate. Here is an extract of the first page of the manuscript titled, "The Pate Family and the Abbott Family, Recollections of Ricahrd Pate": I. "Around the turn of the nineteenth (19th) century, seven (7) Pate brothers left England on a voyage to America. Each of these seven (7) brothers had seven (7) sons." "The town and the date they left England is knot know to me. Some of those Pates settled in and around Sevierville, Tennessee. One of those Pates was my "great grandfather". He was a very rich man. Besides owning a large farm, he owned several "slaves". Also he owned a freight line from Knoxville, Tennessee to Montomery, Alabama. I will mention something about the freight line later." "Now, back to the slave subject - great grand dad was mighty good to his slaves. He fed them same as he had to eat; he made all their clothes - the males - he even made their shoes...also housed them good. I was told that great grand dad only whipped "one" of his slaves. When plowing, she would run the plow-point deep in the ground to stop the team, instead of saying "woah". After being told many times, she still didn't heed what was said, so great grand dad layed the whip to her." II. "As a rich man - income from freight line - great grand dad must have seen the "Civil War" coming. Not trusting the banks, he got all gold, took it home, got his shovel and went to the woods to bury it - not having the forethought to mark the tree. As he was dying, he said to his wife - "I buried it under a chesnut tree." When his wife went to get the gold, she found that the woods was full of chestnut trees. The gold was never found. All the gold that he put in six (6) pack saddles - lost." "After great grand dad's death, his wife, with grandpa at age six (6), moved back home, close to Montgomery, Alabama. Since her home was in Alabama, Great grand dad must have met her on one of his trips to Montgomery, Alabama. Bringing her to Tennessee, they made their home near Sevierville." On the last page is this: "Foregoing was handwritten by Ricahrd Pate during the early months of 1983 in response to a special request from members of his family. It is remembrances of mostly of stories told him by his mother, Telitha Jane Pate." This is the lineage: "Jeremiah Pate" married "Lucinda Pate", his cousin Emmanuel C. Pate b. ca 1821/22 Sevierville, TN md. 1. Permelia Atchley, 2.Elizabeth Jane Roberson/Robinson Thomas Pate b. 1870 Robinson Springs, AL md. Telitha Jane Abbott James Madison Pate b. 1890 Sumiton, AL md. 1. Unknown, 2.Annie Smith Telitha Josephine Pate b. Ellis Co. TX 1914, md Walter Lee Barnes Joyce Faye Barnes b. 1835 Ellis Co TX md Stanley R. Borden So that is really all we know of this great grand dad Richard Pate called "Jeremiah" Pate and his wife Lucinda (his cousin by birth). If anyone has any connections to this family I would enjoy sharing and learning more. Karen Borden in California MargaretLindly@aol.com wrote: Could you give us a quick rundown on your Jeremiah Pate as to date of birth , death where he was born or lived? Anything would help. I do not get much computer time as my husband has Alzheimer Disease and I am a 36/7 caregiver. But I have a wealth of information in genealogy family sheets from long ago. I have been trying to get it all into my new computer program. You never know when a spark can start a fire. A spark of information is all that is needed.
Is this the Jeremiah Pate buried in Wicksburg Alabama also married to Melinda Stewart Barbara Karen Borden <karenborden@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Margaret, Unfortunately, we only know his name and a little from some recollections by a family member of stories he was told by his mother, Telita Jane Abbott-Pate, wife of Thomas Pate, the grandson of this Jeremiah. I have verified the data in the history of the places where his grand dad lived with census records and it appears to be very accurate. Here is an extract of the first page of the manuscript titled, "The Pate Family and the Abbott Family, Recollections of Ricahrd Pate": I. "Around the turn of the nineteenth (19th) century, seven (7) Pate brothers left England on a voyage to America. Each of these seven (7) brothers had seven (7) sons." "The town and the date they left England is knot know to me. Some of those Pates settled in and around Sevierville, Tennessee. One of those Pates was my "great grandfather". He was a very rich man. Besides owning a large farm, he owned several "slaves". Also he owned a freight line from Knoxville, Tennessee to Montomery, Alabama. I will mention something about the freight line later." "Now, back to the slave subject - great grand dad was mighty good to his slaves. He fed them same as he had to eat; he made all their clothes - the males - he even made their shoes...also housed them good. I was told that great grand dad only whipped "one" of his slaves. When plowing, she would run the plow-point deep in the ground to stop the team, instead of saying "woah". After being told many times, she still didn't heed what was said, so great grand dad layed the whip to her." II. "As a rich man - income from freight line - great grand dad must have seen the "Civil War" coming. Not trusting the banks, he got all gold, took it home, got his shovel and went to the woods to bury it - not having the forethought to mark the tree. As he was dying, he said to his wife - "I buried it under a chesnut tree." When his wife went to get the gold, she found that the woods was full of chestnut trees. The gold was never found. All the gold that he put in six (6) pack saddles - lost." "After great grand dad's death, his wife, with grandpa at age six (6), moved back home, close to Montgomery, Alabama. Since her home was in Alabama, Great grand dad must have met her on one of his trips to Montgomery, Alabama. Bringing her to Tennessee, they made their home near Sevierville." On the last page is this: "Foregoing was handwritten by Ricahrd Pate during the early months of 1983 in response to a special request from members of his family. It is remembrances of mostly of stories told him by his mother, Telitha Jane Pate." This is the lineage: "Jeremiah Pate" married "Lucinda Pate", his cousin Emmanuel C. Pate b. ca 1821/22 Sevierville, TN md. 1. Permelia Atchley, 2.Elizabeth Jane Roberson/Robinson Thomas Pate b. 1870 Robinson Springs, AL md. Telitha Jane Abbott James Madison Pate b. 1890 Sumiton, AL md. 1. Unknown, 2.Annie Smith Telitha Josephine Pate b. Ellis Co. TX 1914, md Walter Lee Barnes Joyce Faye Barnes b. 1835 Ellis Co TX md Stanley R. Borden So that is really all we know of this great grand dad Richard Pate called "Jeremiah" Pate and his wife Lucinda (his cousin by birth). If anyone has any connections to this family I would enjoy sharing and learning more. Karen Borden in California MargaretLindly@aol.com wrote: Could you give us a quick rundown on your Jeremiah Pate as to date of birth , death where he was born or lived? Anything would help. I do not get much computer time as my husband has Alzheimer Disease and I am a 36/7 caregiver. But I have a wealth of information in genealogy family sheets from long ago. I have been trying to get it all into my new computer program. You never know when a spark can start a fire. A spark of information is all that is needed. --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates.