Who were the parents of Margaret E Pate, born SC 1794, died MS 1872? She married William J Beck b 17 Jul 1792 supposedly in Morgan Co GA and died 1861 in Old Dominion MS. Morgan Co GA was created in 1805. They married in Morgan Co GA 9 Jun 1812 as Peggy Pate and William Beck Children: Thomas Pate Beck b ca 1815 in Morgan Co GA Jessie Meeks Beck (m) b 14 Mar 1822 Tuscaloosa Co AL William B Beck b 31 Aug 1823 Tuscaloosa Co AL This family was in the 1850 census of Itawamba Co MS as BECT Part of this family was in the 1860 census of Polk Co AR There is a War of 1812 record for William J Beck They apparently held property in Prentiss Co MS Margaret E "Peggy" Pate seems to fit the stream of PATE families that originated in SC, was in the Soap Creek area of Lincoln Co GA, then Morgan Co GA, then Tuscaloosa Co AL and on to Itawamba Co MS Joel