Joel - I checked my records to see if I could find anything on these marriages - the only one I found is: 7 Jul 1844, Washington Co, TN Catharine Pate & Ephraim LITTLE This is indexed as Little, but is must be TITTLE In checking on the World Connect, I found info on several of these families posted by Bill Navey and Melody Tittle, and several others: Bettie Pate/AlfredSyneed she is d/o Reuben Brownlow Pate & Mary Ann Woodby Catherine Pate/William G Payne d/o Jesse Pate & Martha A Crawley Dollie Pate/John D Watts d/o Marcelles Pate & Barbara Jane Higgins Julia A Pate/Swinfield King md 9 Jun 1878 in Yancey Co, NC d/o Doctor O Pate & Malinda Higgins Laura Pate/John Fuller Miller md 13 Apr 1896, Unicoi Co, TN d/o Nathan Pate & Luvina Garland Lillie Ella Pate/William Taffer d/o Doctor O Pate & Malinda Higgins Lorna Pate/Ed Mulson d/o John E Pate & Ellie Nelson Marilla Pate/Calloway Mashburn d/o John "Bee Log" Pate & Fanny Barrett Mary Polly Pate/Simpson J/Lewis Pate md 15 Dec 1872 in Mitchell Co, NC d/o John Eason Perry Pate & Hannah Honeycutt Nancy Elmyra Pate/Cornelius "Neal" Miller md 24 Mar 1879 --where?? d/o John Eason Perry Pate & Hannah Honeycutt Naoma Pate/Jeremiah Rich d/o John "Bee Log" Pate Pearl Pate/Frank O McKeehan md 4 Jul 1915, Elizabethton, Carter Co, TN d/o Ruben Pate & Sarah Grindstaff Rebecca Pate/Alec Bennett d/o John Eason Perry Pate Rose Ellen Pate/Jehu Chasteen Montgomery md 31 Oct 1872, Murphy, Cherokee Co, NC d/o Jesse Pate & Martha Ann Crawley Susannah Pate/Charles Raxter md 27 Dec 1874 in Cherokee Co, NC d/o Jesse Pate & Martha Crawley Vina Alice Pate/Art Baker d/o John E Pate & Ellie Nelson Vina Alice Pate/John Woodby md 3 Jul 1915 - where?? Virginia Pate/Ralph Tillotson d/o Ernest Pate & Margaret Duerr Thought this might help somebody - but there were no sources given, so should be verified. Jinks