Joel: Thank you very much for your reply and for explaining the "My Mother - R. S. Pate" shown on the monument for James & Marina Pate. Is there proof that James Sr & James Jr's middle name was "Madison"? I have been unable to find a record showing a middle name for either. Does anyone know who the parents were of James Pate, Sr? Alverne On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:56:17 -0400 "Joel Pate" <patej@nettally.com> writes: > Alverne Hollingsworth posted information and an inquiry on the PATE > venue at Genforum (message 2936) > Her posting-- > > James Pate (1800-1856), who married Marina Gay, was a son of James > Madison Pate (1775-1831)and his first wife Mary? James & Marina are > buried in High Pine Baptist Church Cemetery, Randolph Co, AL. James > Pate's gravestone reads: > > Pate, James Born in Jasper Co., GA Mar 8, 1800 Jul 23, 1856 My > mother is R.S. Pate > > Pate, Marina [Gay] Aged 73 yrs 6 mos 1 da Dec 15, 1802 Jun 16, 1876 > w/o James Pate 'My Mother-R. S. Pate' > > Was this James Pate specifically listed in James Madison Pate Sr's > LWT? Where did he die? > > The R S Pate who placed monuments on graves of his parents (James > Madison Pate Jr and Marina Gay Pate) was their son Robert Stell Pate > (1842-1917). > > Alverne asked: > Was James M Pate Jr specically listed in the LWT of James Madison > Pate Sr? Where did James Madison Pate Sr die? > > He died in Fayette County GA between May and Sep 1831. following is > the content of his will and probate abstract. James M Pate Jr is > named in the will and in the probate record: > > Will Book A, Page 9 > Fayette Co, GA > Dated: 16 May 1831 > Probated: 5 Sep 1831 > WILL OF JAMES PATE, SR > In the name of God Amen, I, JAMES PATE, SENIOR, of the County and > State aforesaid knowing the certainty of death and the uncertainty > of the time it may happen and that the Lord giveth and taketh > blessed by his name. I have thought to make this my last will and > testament in a pecuniary point to wit: > > Item 1st: I give and bequeath unto my wife CATY PATE the sum of five > dollars. > > Item 2nd: I give and bequeath unto my son JOHN PATE three cows and > calves and furniture. > > Item 3rd: I give and bequeath unto my son THOMAS PATE three cows and > calves and one grey horse saddle & bridle. > > Item 4th: The ballance of my property both real & personal after the > payment of my just debts I desire my executors (after having sold > enough for the payment of my debts) to have divided into ten shares > as equal as practicable and I authorize my executors to appoint the > persons to make the said division and I give and bequeath unto my > six sons, JAMES PATE, JOHN PATE, CHARLES PATE, SEABORN PATE, WILLIAM > PATE, THOMAS PATE, and my son-in-law, SQUIRE POSEY one share each to > be assigned them by lot or otherwise. The remaining three shares I > give and Bequeath unto my executors one share in trust for and for > the use of my daughter PHEBE YANCEY during her life and at her death > to be equally divided among her surviving children. One share in > trust for > and for the use of my daughter, FRANKY HARRISON during her life & at > her death to be equally divided among her surviving children and the > other share in trust for and for the use of my daughter WINNY BLAND > during her life and at her death to be equally divided among her > surviving children. > > Item 5th: I hereby nominate and appoint THOMAS B GAY and my son > JAMES PATE my executors to this my last will and testament hereby > revoking all other wills heretofore by me made. > > In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal > this sixteenth day of May Eighteen Hundred and Thirty One. > > Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named JAMES PATE > SENIOR to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who > have hereunto subsented our names as witnesses in the presence of > the testator. > > JAMES PATE > Witnesses: (Sealed) > N BLANCHARD > JOHN D STETT > SIMON WHITAKER > Abstracts > Fayette County, GA > Probate Records 1824 1871 LCCN 94-61886 > The Undersigned Selected by the Executors of the LWT of James Pate, > Sr, decd, to divide into 10 Shares and to Distribute amoung the > Legatees > Page 329 - 330 > 10 Shares as follow: > Charles Pate - negro boy, Bob > James Pate - 70 acres on the W side of Lot of Land No, 171, Fayette > Co. > Seaborn Pate - 85 acres > Squire Posey - 100 acres, includes part of Lot 150 > John Pate - Maria, negro woman > Winey Bland - Ben, negro man > Grady Harris - Spencer, negro boy > Phebe Yancy - Daphney, negro woman > Thomas Pate - negro girl, Mary > William Pate - negroes, Viney and Hannah > Recorded: 25 Feb 1836 > > James M Pate Jr and his wife Marina Gay Pate relocated from Fayette > Co GA to Randolph Co AL prior to 1840. > > Joel > > >