Jinks , Here is the abstract from the Madison Co, Tn site. note the spelling of "Caney" Pate. Most likely E Cain Pate son of Jane Milliken Pate and Mathew Pate and 1/2 brother to Andrew Jackson Pate. Wills Madison Co Tn 1821-1854 Pg 40 3-4 Samuel Neill, Madison Co Tn. Jackson James Mathew Stephen /no commas/ and Caney Pate a tract in Dyer Co, Tenn., 325 acres on which jackson and james Pate were living. Dau Jane; son William; daus Polly , Elizabeth, Nancy and margaret each 1 3 youngest sons John, Samuel, John "balance of property. Son John a bed an furniture. Son Samuel a bed and furniture. Exec Elijah Summers.. December 8, 1844. Wits James G Mays, Pomfrett Hart MCCM5, pg 387. Will Probated April 7, 1845 Another is a Death Notice from the Nashville Christian Advocate 1874-1876 (Madison Co) Mrs Emma Shanklin Pate died Water Valley, Miss. Feb 15, 1874 in her 24th year of age; dau of Samuel James Shanklin dec Huntsville, Alabama and wife of Mark E Pate formerly of Concord Tenn. her mother died when she was a "school girl" and surviving were husband and 2 children, "one a tender babe." What do we know of "Mark E Pate"/ Meredith