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Sergeant James Tate

Male 1746 - 1798  (52 years)


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  • Name James Tate 
    Title Sergeant 
    Birth 1746  St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Jun 1798  Petersburg, Elbert, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17063  Master
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2013 

    Father William Tate,   b. 1718, St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1776, Trinity, Louisa, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Lucy Bullock,   b. 1720, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1772, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Family ID F4344  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1746 - St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1766 - St Pauls Parish, Louisa, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Jun 1798 - Petersburg, Elbert, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.