Jeremy: Do not confuse James Daniel Pate 15 Apr 1845-22 Jun 1917 and James David Pate 28 Jan 1817-28 Aug 1865. James Daniel Pate served in Company F, 25th GA Provost Guards and James David Pate served in Company E, 5th GA Reserves. James Daniel Pate received a pension for his Confederate service. The second wife of James Daniel Pate, Laura McKenzie McDonald, applied for and received a Widow's Pension for the Confederate service of James Daniel Pate. She was residing in Fulton Co GA at the time she applied. Copies of their respective applications are available at the GA State Archives in Atlanta. James David Pate and his wife Mary Jane "Jincy" Moore both died before the establishment of the Confederate Pension program in GA. Following is a summary of facts regarding James Daniel Pate drawn from my GedCom files. BTW the Mary Smith mentioned in this summary was probably a sister to the Jonathan Smith mentioned in the war time correspondence between Mary Jane "Jincy" Moore Pate and her husband, James David Pate. Summary - James Daniel PATE ------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: James Daniel PATE Sex: Male Father: Edwin Elijah Bennett PATE (15 Apr 1815 - 13 Nov 1889) Mother: Mary SMITH (15 Feb 1820 - 8 Dec 1884) Individual Facts Birth 15 Apr 1845 Dooly Co GA Census 1850 (age 5) Dooly Co GA Census 1860 (age 15) Dooly Co GA Military bet 1861-1865 (age 16) Private, Co F, 25th GA Provost Guards; Pulaski Co., GA. Census 1880 (age 35) Dooly Co GA Census 1900 (age 55) Dooly Co GA Death 22 Jun 1917 (age 72) GA Marriages/Children 1. Rachel Elizabeth WHIDDON Marriage 11 May 1865 (age 20) IRWIN CO. GA Children Mary Ann Nancy PATE (1866 - 23 Mar 1923) John William PATE (12 Oct 1867 - 31 Dec 1927) Zackery Taylor PATE (26 Jul 1871 - 7 Dec 1938) James D PATE (1876 - 22 Jan 1917) Jane PATE (1878 - ) Ida E PATE (1880 - ) 2. Laura McKenzie MCDONALD Marriage 20 Aug 1885 (age 40) DOOLY CO. GA Children Elbert Ebb PATE (19 Nov 1880 - 14 Mar 1972) Thurman PATE (1885 - ) Notes (Individual) Census (1850): Page 238, site 155/155 Dooly Co Census (1860): Page 523, site 746/742, Gum Creek, Dooly Co Census (1880): Page 613, ED 22, sheet 47, Dist 14, site 440/443, Dooly Co Census (1900): Enum Dist 91, sheet 18, Arabi, site 356/361