Robert Tate

1768 - 1844  (76 years)

• Name	Robert Tate
  Born	31 Jul 1768	Fincastle, Betetourt Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Aug 1844	Tateville, Pulaski Co., KY
  Person ID	I2727	Main
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	Colonel John Tate,   b. 1743, Augusta Co., VA ,   d. 15 Dec 1828, Lebanon, Russell Co., VA  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Bracken,   b. 1742, New Castle, New Castle Co., DE ,   d. 13 Mar 1817, Lebanon, Russell Co., VA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	c1766	Lebanon, Russell Co., VA
  Family ID	F799	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Winnie Atkinson,   b. Aug 1766, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1856, Tateville, Pulaski Co., KY  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Married	1805
  Children	+ 1. Lydia Tate,   b. 15 Aug 1808, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 9 Dec 1845, Pulaski Co., KY  (Age 37 years) + 2. Samuel Tate,   b. 13 May 1810, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 8 Oct 1828, Pulaski Co., KY  (Age 18 years) + 3. Mary Tate,   b. 5 Dec 1811, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 18 Dec 1864  (Age 53 years)   4. John Tate,   b. 31 May 1813, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 27 Oct 1823, Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY  (Age 10 years) + 5. Mara Bracken Tate,   b. 1815, Pulaski Co., KY
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2006
  Family ID	F807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Pulaski Co., KY 1810 Census; NARA Film M252, Roll 8
  		Pulaski Co., KY 1820 Census; NARA Film M33, Roll 27

  
  

• Notes

  Excerpts from Tate Families of the Southern States, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984 Robert Tate was born July 31, 1768 in Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA, son of Col. John and Mary Bracken Tate. He settled very early in 1773 in Augusta County, VA. In 1776, Washington County was organized so he grew up in the same place on Big Moccasin Creek, a spur of Clinch Mountain and Holston River. He died in Pulaski County, KY. He married Winnie Atkinson, and settled in KY in about 1806 with his siblings, Major Samuel Bracken Tate, Hannah Fugate and Martha Buster. They were living in KY in 1810 with two children. His will February 15, 1844, probated August 19, 1844 with heirs only: Mary Short, Lidia and Joseph Smith, Samuel B. Tate, Peter Smith and Samuel. Samuel was executor. Witnessed by H. N. Beaty. References: Wills Pulaski County, KY Robert Tate was a slave owner. A very religious man, always wearing fancy deerskin clothing and a hunting shirt at religious meetings.