Thank you for your reply. I will keep your info in case I find any connection to those areas.. Tate & Wear or Weir:Tn.Ks.Ok.Tx Givens: Tn.Ky.Ok.Tx.Denton,Burt,Huff,Clinding,Quattlebaum,Taylor in Hunt Co., Tx. Howard:Va.Ga.Tn.Ks.Ok. Davis: Mo.Ok. Stout: IL.Mo.Ok. Scholl and Edinger in Pa. IL.Neb.Tx.Hester: Mo.Tx. Other Tate connections: Simpson,Whiteside,McDonald,Reagan Cynthia ?, Nancy Jane Tate, James McDonald Tate, Eliza Jane, Mary, Dorcas, Vincent Benham, Alfred Carter Tate, Julia McDonald, David Tate, Martha Tate, Robert Hood Tate, William W. Tate.