Janice Pate provided the following. This message contains hyperlinks to the PATE-L archives. First let me direct you to the Pate-L archives: the two documents cover the Civil War records on file at the National Archives for the 29th NC Reg. I had Joel post the raw data that I had found. <http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/P/PATE+2002+175259674+F> <http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/P/PATE+2002+180268842+F> The George Washington PATE in Unicoi County, TN was either the son of Thomas PATE or John/Eason PATE. (There were no less than 3 George Washington Pates.) Right now I am working at a disadvantage. I am in the middle of moving and my filing cabinets are in storage. I have to work from a text file (not my genealogy program or original documents). First you have several families, all related in some way, but not all of them are siblings, nor are they all from Yancey. It's a shame that there is so much mis-information on the web posted as fact. I encourage everyone to double check my facts as well. Thomas PATE (b. ca 1815) and (first wife) Silva/Lila HENSLEY are the parents of John and Wallace (Cornwallace) PATE which moved to Searcy County, AR. Thomas' brother John (b. ca. 1835) married Elizabeth Mashburn on 28 Mar 1857 in McDowell County, NC. Thomas also had a brother named Wallace (b. ca. 1814) who lived in Cherokee County, NC. This Wallace married a Rowena (last name unknown) that was born in Jefferson County, TN (according to the 1860 census). They had one child, her name was either Jane or Irene (it's hard to decipher the handwriting). Jesse PATE was another brother (my great-grandfather) also living in Cherokee next to Wallace. In the 1860 census, Jesse was-down the road apiece-still in Cherokee. Living next to Wallace (born Yancey) and Rowena was a Wallace Pate and Terrance ROGERS (daughter of Dana and Telitha ROGERS). This Wallace was born in Iredell County, NC. (The census taker outdid himself by adding the county of birth.) One of the Wallace's sold their property to Jesse and it was recorded as William Pate. In 1850 Thomas' brother John Pate (b. ca. 1835) was in the household of John (Jehu) R. Patterson. It is believed, by some, that his wife Nancy is one of Thomas' sisters. In 1850 there is also a John/Eason Pate in Yancey County. No one has been able to provide proof that he is one of the children of John and Fanny. I have received some information that he is actually a nephew of Fanny's, but again, no proof. The children of John PATE (aka John RANDOLPH) and Fanny BARRETT were: 1. Wallace Pate (b. ca. 1814) 2. Thomas Pate (b. ca. 1815) 3. Jesse Pate (b. 8 Nov. 1820) 4. A daughter (Possibly, Nancy Pate Patterson(b. ca. 1822) no proof exists on this.) 5. George Washington Pate (b. 4 June 1824) 6. Catherine Pate Tittle (b. ca. 1826) 7. Naoma/Naomi Pate Rich (b. ca. 1831) 8. James Pate (b. ca. 1833) 9. John Pate (b. ca. 1835) 10. Marilla (Relia) Pate Mashburn (b. ca. 1835) 11. Bacchus S Pate (b. 8 Feb. 1836, never married) I have a copy of his memoirs written in 1858.