BURKE COUNTY, NC - TATE BIOGRAPHIES

"HUGH TATE was the 3rd Sheriff on 1803 and was descendant of "ROCK" SAMUEL TATE, who was the ancestor of the TATEs of Burke Co.and Pennsylvania. He emigrated from Ireland, previous to the Revolution or shortly after.

Sheriff TATE married MARGARET ERWIN, a daughter of ALEXANDER ERWIN and sister to Col. JAMES ERWIN.

HUGH TATE had 2 sons and one daughter, Dr. SAMUEL TATE and DR. WILLIAM C. TATE.

SAMUEL married his cousin, ELIZABETH, of Pennsylvania, by who he had WISTAR TATE, ROBERT TATE, LUCIUS TATE, HUGH TATE, AL TATE and JULIA TATE. Dr.

WILLIAM C. TATE married Mrs. LAURA POLK, nee WILSON, relict (widow) of MARSHALL POLK, SR. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters, JOSEPH, HUGH and KNOX, EMMA, CATHERINE (Mrs. W.E. Powe), and LAURA ( Mrs. J.A. Young,)

The TATEs were leading men of note and distinction in their day. ELIZA, daughter of Sheriff Hugh, married her cousin, Col. Samuel C. Tate, by whom she had one son and a daughter, Capt. JUNIUS C. TATE and MARY J. TATE."

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"SAMUEL McD. TATE, SR. was the sixth Sheriff of Burke Co. in 1827. A bachelor, he was the 2nd son of DAVID TATE, SR."

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"WILLIAM C. BUTLER was the seventh Sheriff of Burke in 1830. He married MARGARET TATE, a daughter of WILLIAM TATE, SR. of Hickory Grove (the former residence of JOHN BOWMAN) by whom he had one daughter, SARAH BUTLER. She married the late E. E. GREENLEE of Tennessee."

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"Col. SAMUEL C.TATE, was the eighth Sheriff of Burke, about 1834. He was son of WILLIAM TATE, SR., a man of sterling worth and character, a grandson of the patriotic soldier, JOHN BOWMAN, as before stated, killed at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill. Col. TATE died in the prime of life at Hickory Grove

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