Margaret The Texas Death Index has an entry for a Noah W Pate who died in Lubbock Co 25 June 1937, cert # 42479. It is reasonable to conclude that this was Noah Willoughby Pate. I have an unproven, perhaps Texas, record of the death, 25 Aug 1937, of a man I believe to Nash Willoughby Pate. The source of this information is the LDS files: Batch Number: 5002301 Sheet: 29 Source Call No: 1396483 Type: Film. I've found no Texas record of a Pate man with a date of death of 25 Aug 1937 in the Texas Death index. Absence from the Texas Death Index by no means should be taken to indicate that the person did not die in Texas. I was able to spot this family in the various census records by searching on the names of his wife and children. The 1930 census has a searchable, all name index, on a commercial genealogy content site. A search of that site for Noah Willoughby Pate, and variants like N W Pate, Noah Pate, Willoby Pate etc failed to yield a record. I searched for Noah in Texas in 1930 on the premise of the 1937 death record. Parents of Noah Willoughby Pate? I'd suggest looking in Richmond Co NC. In 1958 a lady by the name of Julia Claire Pate published a book with the title: "Pate, Adams, Newton (and) allied families principally in Richmond, Scotland and Robeson counties North Carolina and Marlboro County, South Carolina". One of the primary families detailed in the book is that of Willoughby Pate (1790-1834) and his wife, Aseneath (Teney) Smith (1788-1855). The surname Covington occurs 64 times in the index of this book. I have scanned this book and I have not been able to locate a reference to Noah or Nash Pate. The several counties named above lie between two rivers, the Pee Dee and the Lesser or Little Pee Dee. Pate (Pait in Bladen Co) are often referred to as Pee Dee Pates. There is another major enclave of Pate families in the Neuse River Basin, particularly Wayne and Lenoir Counties, NC. The name Willoughby also occurs in these Pate lines. You would be wise to search for variant spellings of Willoughby, such as Williby, Willoby. Willaby, Wiloby etc. One document that MAY prove useful is the marriage license for Noah W Pate and Mary Jane Covington. Often the father or other male relative of the groom posted the surety bond for the license or witnessed the marriage. Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mema" <rmemazz@charter.net> To: "Joel Pate" <patej@nettally.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [PATE] Nash Willoughby Pate > Joel, > That was a good piece of my puzzle. > > Would you look at the last line of your message (below), and tell me > if it is correct, that you listed the death of NASH WILLOUGHBY PATE 25 > AUG 1937 & the death of NOAH W. PATE 25 JUNE 1937 ?? > BOTH IN THE SAME YEAR? > > You did good to find this family, how do you ever find this family > with the head of household, Nash Willoughby Pate, listed as William W. > Pate & Willie M. Pate? I have not been able to find much on the > census because my eyes are not that good. > > You say you do not find Noah W Pate in the 1930 census? > > Do you have any information on the parents of Noah W Pate? > > Thank you for your help > mema