A correspondent sent me this website link http://docsouth.unc.edu/agnew/agnew.html This site contains the diary of Samuel Andrew Agnew 1833-1902 who apparently was a preacher in the Starkville, Oktibbeha Co MS. The diary refers, several times, to a person only identified as "Pate." Based on the diary entries I would assess the person named "Pate" to have been an individual of some note in the community. The diary makes wonderful reading and offers a window on to the daily lives and struggles of folks during the Civil War I think that "Pate" in this diary is Frank S. Pate b AL ca 1834, a lawyer in Starkville, MS (1860 census). F S Pate of Starkville was also a Private in Company E, 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (CSA). F S Pate, a lawyer, b AL ca 1836 appears in the 1870 census of Starkville, Oktibbeha Co, MS Frank S Pate, a lawyer b AL appears in the 1880 census of Clay Co, MS Read the diary and tell me what you think. Joel

Thank you Joel, sounds interesting and will let you know...your earlier msg. was more than needed as you said--I recall this understanding of the two different mail bases. I apologize for speaking shorthand sometimes, but I wasn't able to open the L-base mails this am, for the first time, and don't know why, but fine now I guess----maybe cyber cowboy was doing a practice run.......... thank you for the help anyway deborah ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Pate<mailto:patej@nettally.com> To: PATE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PATE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:11 PM Subject: [PATE GENEALOGY] Frank S Pate- Starkville MS A correspondent sent me this website link http://docsouth.unc.edu/agnew/agnew.html<http://docsouth.unc.edu/agnew/agnew.html> This site contains the diary of Samuel Andrew Agnew 1833-1902 who apparently was a preacher in the Starkville, Oktibbeha Co MS. The diary refers, several times, to a person only identified as "Pate." Based on the diary entries I would assess the person named "Pate" to have been an individual of some note in the community. The diary makes wonderful reading and offers a window on to the daily lives and struggles of folks during the Civil War I think that "Pate" in this diary is Frank S. Pate b AL ca 1834, a lawyer in Starkville, MS (1860 census). F S Pate of Starkville was also a Private in Company E, 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (CSA). F S Pate, a lawyer, b AL ca 1836 appears in the 1870 census of Starkville, Oktibbeha Co, MS Frank S Pate, a lawyer b AL appears in the 1880 census of Clay Co, MS Read the diary and tell me what you think. Joel