Sergeant James Tate

1746 - 1798  (52 years)

• Name	James Tate
  Title	Sergeant
  Birth	1746	St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jun 1798	Petersburg, Elbert, Georgia, USA
  Person ID	I17067	Master
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	William Tate,   b. 1718, St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA d. 1776, Trinity, Louisa, Virginia, USA (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Lucy Bullock,   b. 1720, , , Virginia, USA d. 1772, , , Virginia, USA (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F4344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Hudson,   b. 12 Mar 1743, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. 30 Sep 1816, Petersburg, Elbert, Georgia, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1766	St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Mary Tate,   b. 1760, , Elbert, Georgia, USA d. 23 Mar 1837, , Cass, Georgia, USA (Age 77 years)   2. Nancy Tate,   b. 1761, , , Virginia, USA d. Oct 1841, , Washington, Arkansas, USA (Age 80 years)   3. Elizabeth Tate,   b. 1763, , , Virginia, USA d. 1827, Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, USA (Age 64 years)   4. Louisa Tate,   b. 1766   d. 1782 (Age 16 years)   5. Martha B Tait,   b. 1766   6. Rebecca Tait,   b. 1767, , Louisa, Virginia, USA d. 17 Apr 1782 (Age 15 years)   7. Charles Tate,   b. 1 Feb 1768, Trinity, Louisa, Virginia, USA d. 7 Oct 1835, Wilcox, Dallas, Alabama, USA (Age 67 years)   8. Barbara Tait,   b. 1774, Trinity, Louisa, Virginia, USA d. 1807, , Elbert, Georgia, USA (Age 33 years)   9. William Hudson Tait,   b. 1775, , Louisa, Virginia, USA d. 7 Oct 1835, Wilcox, Dallas, Alabama, USA (Age 60 years)   10. Patsy Tait,   b. 1776, , Elbert, Georgia, USA   11. Patsy Tate,   b. 1780, , Louisa, Virginia, USA   12. Rebecca Tate,   b. 18 Apr 1782, , Louisa, Virginia, USA d. 1798 (Age 15 years)   13. America Tate,   b. 1786, Petersburg, Elbert, Georgia, USA   14. James Tait,   b. 28 Feb 1786, , , Georgia, USA d. 16 Nov 1857, Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 71 years)   15. Louisa Tate,   b. 1788, Petersburg, Elbert, Georgia, USA   16. Charity Tait,   b. 1790, Petersburg, Elbert, Georgia, USA d. 8 Sep 1835, Culloden, Monroe, Georgia, USA (Age 45 years) + 17. James Miner Tait, Esq.,   b. 12 May 1791, , Elbert, Georgia, USA d. 3 Aug 1852, Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F4411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1746 - St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1766 - St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA Death - 8 Jun 1798 - Petersburg, Elbert, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  James Tate is listed as a Sergeant in the DAR, #A112129. James Tate was in the 2nd Virginia Regiment, which was present at Valley Forge. His Valley Forge muster roll number is VA07825. On the Valley Forge muster roll he is listed as a private, so he must have earned the rank of Sergeant afterward. JAMES TATE, b 1746 St Paul's Parish, Hanover Co, but of Louisa Co, VA. This branch of the family retained the spelling "TAIT". he was a patriot, served in VA lines. In letters dated 2 Aug 1774, Feb 1776, 6 May 1776 and 5 Oct 1776 James Tate to Edmond Pendleton, Committee of Safety, President of the Convention at Williamsburg VA regarding the development of salt in VA for the colony. The family arrived in Petersburg Elbert Co, GA Christmas day 1783. He was justice of inferior Court Elbert Co, GA 15 Dec 1790 to 12 Oct 1791. He died 1 June 1798 age 52 yrs. Buried Petersburg, Elbert Co, GA. Married 1766 Louisa Co, VA Rebecca Hudson, chr 12 mar 1742 by Rev William Douglas, died 30 Sep 1816 age 74 yrs, dtr of Charles and Susan (Patrick) Hudson of Prince Co, VA. Charles was son of John and Elizabeth (Harris) Hudson, the latter and Englishman of Berkshire England, who settled near Pages Ware House in Hanover Co, VA and neighbors of the early Tate Family. On 17 Nov 1783 James Tate and wife Rebecca sold --- acres he had of Francis Hester. Walter Goldsmith and Wm Huges to Wm Mansfield in Trinity Parish, Louisa Co, VA adj Bart Dandridge, John Hester, Wm, Zimri, Enos, James Tate, Benjamin Hollis and William Cole wit Henry Bibb, William Tate, Garet Minor, William Cole and Zimri Tate. His will 30 Jan 1798 Elbert Co, GA prob. 25 July 1795 w Rebecca, eldest son Charles Tate, Wm Hudson Tate, Nancy Colson, Barbara Oliver and children: Patshy, Louisa, America, Charity, and James Minor Tate as they come of age or marry. Gr son Hudson Tate Ware, ex Charles Tate and Wm Hudson Tate. Wit Nathaniel Allen, Obadiah Jones. Sources: Douglas Reg Letters of Record, Louisa Co, VA deed bk, E pg 371, bk H p 519: Elbert Co, GA court rec bk 1793-1803 pg 41,42 DAR Hist Col of GA Vol 3 pg 10 Marriage record Judge Charles Tate diary. Records on James Tait Source: Tate and Allied Families of the South Ethel S. Updike 1971 Published by The Hobby Press Salt Lake City, Utah Vol. 1 Pg. 13 DEED: James Tait and wife Rebecca of Elbert Co., GA dated 23 Aug. 1797 (recorded) 7 Jan 1801 to John Gatewood of Elbert Co., conveys 237 acres for 50 pounds in Franklin Co., GA. James Tait/Rebecca 1796 (Elbert Co., GA ) is said Franklin Co., Ga having (?) of 800 acres tract not hertofor convey, grantee to Thomas Carter in had (?) of Beaverdam. Pg. 121 James Tait and wife Rebecca to E. Shwmes, lot # 25: town of Petersburg ( Sept 20, 1790) W.H. Tate, Thos. C. (?) J. P. Test.