I searched the Pate archives and found the following message from Jinks Lee in 2002. Note that the surname KITE is part of this family. There was a D. Kite mentioned in the letter who was a member of the same church as E Pate. Lindy Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 12:59:20 -0600 From: Jinks Lee <jinksp@juno.com> To: PATE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20021102.133007.2328.0.jinksp@juno.com> Subject: [PATE] Brick Walls: Elijah Pate (AL50.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Elijah Pate, b. c 1780 SC, d. c 1863 GA md Elizabeth, b. c 1785 GA Children: Herrod Pate, b. 1807 SC md (1) 30 Sep 1828 Kiddy Perrey (2) 13 Aug 1837 Bersheba Overton Hollis M Pate, b. 1810 SC md 19 Jan 1832, Jincey R Jane Hagler John Pate, b. 5 Jun 1811 SC md 23 Jun 1836 Barbara Kite Samuel Pate, b. 22 Jun1813, d. 9 Jan 1889 md (1) 27 Dec 1833, Susan Kite (2) 17 Dec 1877, Mary E (??)-Warren Elender Pate, b. c 1817 md Edward R Dodd Elijah Pate, b. 22 Dec 1825 GA, d. 2 Jan 1901 TX md Martha Elizabeth Gilland This family was from 1830-1860 in Fayette Co, GA; 1870 the widow was in Carroll Co, GA Jinks ----- Original Message ----- From: <MargaretLindly@aol.com> To: <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [PATE GENEALOGY] E Pate/ Fayette Co GA 1837 > Who do you think this E. Pate is? I know that it was not Elijah Pate the son > of Peterson Pate. Elijah was born in January 1829. Just wondering. >