CAPTAIN JAMES  TATE OF AUGUSTA CO., VA
& SON JOHN TATE OF MISSOURI
 

From the “Annuals of Augusta County, Virginia”

   Capt. James Tate killed at Guilford was one of four brothers who came with their parents from Penn   to Augusta (VA) early in the 18th century. He lived in the neighborhood of the present day village of   Greenville. His wife was Sally Hall.
His will dated October 3, 1780 and admitted to record August   21, 1781 directed that his estate should be kept together for the benefit of this wife and children till    the youngest child should come of age: and distribution was not made till June 19, 1798. He had two  son's,  John and Isaac and three daughters, Polly, Patsy, Sally. John and Isaac manumitted a negro man left    them by their father.

Mrs. Sally Tate, widow of Capt. Tate contracted a second marriage with Hugh Fulton and removed   with him to the west.

Her son John Tate died in Missouri at an advanced age, about 1866 or 1868.

A grandson of this John is the Rev. John C. Tate of Kentucky.

 John Tate brother of James also lived near Greenville. He represented the county in the House of  Delegates at one time and is said to have voted against the famous resolutions of 1798-9.
His sons   went west at an early day; his daughters married. respectively, the Rev. John D. Ewing, Jacob Van Lester,  Samuel Finley and John Moffett.

William Tate, third brother of James was at the battles of Point Pleasant, Brandyville and probably  others. He removed to Southwest VA and became a general of Militia. His descendants are  numerous! (Not listed)

 Robert Tate the youngest brother of James Tate, had three son's and six daughters and from them the  Tates and others of Augusta are descended.

The village of Greenville was doubtless so called by some of the Augusta soldiers who had served  under General Nathaniel Greene in the South.
 

 CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI  HISTORY- 1884- PAGE 139:

“James Tate,  of Augusta County, Virginia, was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and was killed at the battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina.
His wife’s maiden name was Sarah Hail  and at his death, he left a widow and five children. The names of the latter were: Polly, Elizabeth, Sarah, John and Issac.

John married Sarah Hall  [typo- he married Elizabeth McCLanahan]  of Kentucky and settled in Callaway County, Missouri. His children were:  Calvin, Milton, Issac, James, Elijah, Sarah, Margaret and Mary.

Mr. Tate died in 1864, in the eighty third year of his life.
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Sarah Tate married William Scott, of Kentucky, who settled in Callaway County in 1837.

Margaret married Major Daniel Nally, who settled in Callaway County.

James married first to Clarinda P. Tate,  [ cousin?]  and second to Sophia Lysle. He settled in Callaway County in 1823. the Auxvasse Presbyterian Church was organized at his house that year, and it was the first  organization of that religious  denomination west of the Mississippi River.

Elijah Tate died in Kentucky.

Milton married  Rachel B. Granberry.

Issac was Colonel of militia for many years.  He married Jane  Henderson.

Calvin was first married to Elizabeth Allen, and second to  a widow lady named Miller.
Mr.  Tate went to California in 1849, and was engaged in hauling with his six team wagon.
During his sojourn in California her served on a case in  which several Chinamen were witnesses,
and they swore to everything but the truth, until the judge had a rooster brought into the
courtroom and placed on a table, when a blank look of dread came over the face of each
Chinaman, and after that they swore to the truth.”

The Tait and Tate Families of America
Betty R. Brooks and Dixie Tait Kirton