Sarah Bankston married Mr. Pate. That statement has bugged me for several years and I have finally sorted it out. There were two Sarah Bankston md Mr. Pate marriages. Sarah Emaline Bankston b 1 Aug 1841 in GA, dau of John and Cynthia Bankston married Thomas Franklin Pate ca 1867 in Chambers or Randolph Co AL. Scan 1850 census of Chambers Co, AL page 297, Dist 19, site 456/456. Also scan ALGRAVES-Randolph Co High Pines Cem. [Thanks Nancy D.] Sarah Bankston b ca 1854 in SC dau of John and Willie Johnson Bankston married James M Pate in Gwinnet Co GA. Scan 1860 census of Gwinnet Co GA, page 757, Yellow River PO, site 1115/1116. Also scan GAGROOMS - Pate-Bankston. What became of James M Pate and his wife Sarah Bankston? Joel