Robert TATE

Male 1768 - 1844  (76 years)


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  • Name Robert TATE 
    Born 31 Jul 1768  Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID AB5D238BA0064B86864DB1AD6F2A75E34F5B 
    Died 03 Aug 1844  Tateville, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Old Tateville Cemetery, Tateville, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Robert Tate
      Date: May 18, 1779
      Location: Augusta Co., VA
      Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
      Remarks: Delivered to William Tate, Jul 1782.

      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.
    Person ID I5579  Master File
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2012 

    Father Col. John TATE,   b. ca 1743, Augusta Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1828, Russell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother Mary BRACKEN,   b. 1742, New Castle Co. DE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1817, Russell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 1766  Washington Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Winnie Atkinson,   b. Aug 1766, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1856, Lawrence Co. IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Married ca 1805 
    Children 
    +1. Lydia TATE,   b. 15 Aug 1808, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Dec 1845, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     2. Samuel TATE,   b. 13 May 1810, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Oct 1828, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
    +3. Mary TATE,   b. 05 Dec 1811, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1864, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     4. John TATE,   b. 31 May 1813, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1823, Somerset Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     5. Mara Bracken TATE,   b. ca 1815, Pulaski Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2012 
    Family ID F7803  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart