Have you seen the following: 1880 Census Place: Precinct 7, Anderson, Texas Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Mary PATE Self F W W 53 AL Occ: Keeps House Fa: NC Mo: NC James B. PATE Son M S W 19 AL Occ: Wks At Sawmill Fa: NC Mo: SC Nancy A. PATE Dau F S W 17 TX Occ: At Home Fa: --- Mo: --- Could this be Mary nee Fitzgerald and James B. be your J. M.? Also: 1880 Census Place: Precinct 3, Anderson, Texas Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Joseph N. PATE Self M M W 18 TX Occ: Farmer Fa: AL Mo: LA Sintha J. PATE Wife F M W 18 TX Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TX Could this Joseph also be related? In a message dated 6/15/02 11:05:30 PM Central Daylight Time, fitz@ccsi.com writes: > I am looking for information on Mary FITZGERALD b 1829 in Tennessee, > daughter of Jackson FITZGERALD and Sarah MOORE. She married Joseph T. > PATE on March 10, 1856 in San Augustine County, TX. > > I believe that Mary and Joseph were in Anderson County by 1860, but her > father and some siblings stayed in San Augustine County. Mary may have > remarried after Joseph died. > > Joseph is on the voter rolls of Anderson County in August 1867. I > believe that their son Joseph Francis PATE was born in Anderson County > in August, 1867. They may have had a daughter Amanda J. PATE born about > 1858 and a son, J M, born about 1860. I cannot find this PATE family on > the 1870 census. >