Major Samuel Bracken Tate

1775 - 1845  (69 years)

• Name	Samuel Bracken Tate
  Title	Major
  Born	11 Nov 1775	Russell Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 May 1845	Pulaski Co., KY
  Person ID	I2729	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	Jane Owens,   b. 11 Nov 1778, Russell Co., VA ,   d. 23 Nov 1861, Pulaski Co., KY  (Age 83 years)
  Married	14 Aug 1798	Russell Co., VA
  Children	+ 1. Cecilia Beverly Tate,   b. 29 Jul 1799, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 5 Jan 1886  (Age 86 years) + 2. William Owens Tate,   b. 8 Nov 1801, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 1849  (Age 47 years) + 3. Reverend John Tate,   b. 24 Nov 1803, Abingdon, Montgomery Co., VA ,   d. 16 Nov 1841  (Age 37 years) + 4. Samuel Bracken Tate,   b. 10 May 1806, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 5 Jan 1861  (Age 54 years)   5. Mahala W. Tate,   b. 2 Nov 1808, Pulaski Co., KY   6. Robert Moore Tate,   b. 26 Nov 1810, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 21 Jan 1871  (Age 60 years)   7. Geneva / Corena Tate,   b. 15 May 1813, Pulaski Co., KY   8. Martha Tate,   b. 8 Nov 1815, Pulaski Co., KY + 9. Bowen Goggin Tate,   b. 6 Nov 1818, Tateville, Pulaski Co., KY ,   d. 1864  (Age 45 years)   10. Nancy Jane Tate,   b. 2 Sep 1822, Pulaski Co., KY
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2003
  Family ID	F815	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

  Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, by Laura Mentzel and Ethel Updike, 1984 Samuel Bracken Tate was born November 11, 1775 on Big Moccasin Creek near Lebanon, Russell County, Va, son of Col. John and Mary Bracken Tate. It is recited that he was born in Fincastle, Botetourt County, VA. He served in the War of 1812, joined August 23, 1813, and was discharged November 4. 1813. He died on May 21, 1845 near Tateville, Somerset, Pulaski County, KY where they settled in 1806. He married on August 14, 1798, Jane Owens, the daughter of William and Nancy Owens, cousins. He was a witness to the will of William Tate, who died in Russell County, VA, in 1803. William is thought to be his uncle. In 1810, Pulaski County, KY Samuel Tate had a family of four sons under ten years of age and several girls. He was a witness to the will of his son, Reverend John Tate in 1841 and executor of his brother Robert Tate's will in 1844. His own estate record has not been found. References: Wills of Pulaski County, KY; State Historical Society, Volume 27, Page 44; Pulaski County, KY; by Alma Owen Tribbals, Pages 48, 55, 154; KY History Page 441.