This was sent on by Gary Essary. Roane Co Deeds 1808-1812. Bill of sale by Mathew Pate to Jeremiah Pate. $200 a Negro man named Frank. Witness John Edmonds and Stephen Pate 9 Oct 1809 pg 232 and Wm Lee was on the Clinch River.Roane Co Tn 1813. This is where Ona Essary Pate's father John Essary is living. Ona is the one who traveled to Dyer Co Tn at 16 and married William Pate. She seemed to travel alone. Does anyone know of a Pate Essary marriage or connection before this time? Meredith