Samuel Tate, was the first member of his family to settle in what is now known as "Pickens County". He was born in Morgantown North Carolina, on May 25,1779. He was the son of JOHN TATE, ( who served in the revolution war), and ANNE OLIPHANT TATE; (They were born abt-the late 1750's-circa); The family had come from Cumberland, PA, to Virginia, from there to Burke County, North Carolina, and later to Franklin County, Georgia;

In about 1834, John Tate moved to what is now Gilmer County, Georgia, and he is buried there at Ellejay Georgia. In 1834,Samuel Tate purchased land in the Long Swamp Valley, then in Cherokee County, and later changed to Pickens County, and members of his family have resided at the homestead, since that time.

Samuel Tate was a farmer, and a government land agent, and an early developer of the marble business in this section. He was Pickens County's state senator in 1857-58; At the outbreak of the Civil War, he went as__?__(couldent read) Samuel Tate married- MARY GRIFFITH of Habersham Cnty. Sept.20,1866; They had seven children;

Children of Samuel Tate and Mary Griffith are;

1/.. Calib R. Tate

2/.. Julia Ann Tate

3/.. William Tate

4/.. Stephen C.Tate

5/.. Jane Sophronie, Tate (Mrs. John Davis)

6/.. Martha Hester Tate( Mrs. John Maddox),

7/.. Farish Carter Tate 1st.;

CALIB R. TATE:

(Samuel/John-1);.b-Dec.9,1824; He married, WINNIE PENDLEY, Oct.1,1890, in Lumpkin County Georgia

JULIA ANN TATE

:(Samuel/John -1);b- Married -MARTIN DAVIS; No other information

WILLIAM TATE-4th

;( Samuel/John-1); b-Jul.15,1827,in Lumpkin County, Georgia; He married, MARY BIRD, of Gordan County Georgia; They had six children. During the Civil War, William enlisted in the army from Cass (now Bartow) County Ga; He enlisted under Capt. Cooks company of the First Georgia State Troops, and was made a major in 1864, and engaged in the seige of Atlanta, and the Battle of Jonesboro. He was the first clerk of the Pickens County superior court, serving from 1854 to 1862.

Children of William Tate and Mary Bird;

1/.. Mrs. E.M Cole

2/.. Mrs. R.N Holland

3/.. Mrs.Preston Rambo

4/.. Farish Carter Tate 2nd

5/.. Dr.William B. Tate

6/.. P.M Tate ( Philip May-2-?)

FARISH CARTER TATE-2nd

..(William/Samuel/John-1);b- Nov.20,1856;.d-Feb. 7,1922; He married JULIA BELL in Forsyth County Ga; Julia was from Cummings Ga, and was the sister of Judge George L. Bell of Atlanta, Ga; Farish,(also recorded as 'Farriah')and went by the name of 'Carter', was former Congressman for the North Georgia District, and one time U.S District Attorney,(1904-1912). He was from Jasper,Ga. During his 12 years in Congress, he was said " to be intimately associated with THEODORE ROOSEVELT ." Farish and Julia had three children;

Children of Farish C. Tate and Julia Bell are;

1/.. Howard Tate;b-Oct.6,1884

2/.. Virginia Tate;

3/.. Mrs. Andrew Gerret of Abbevilla Ga

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HOWARD TATE

(Farish C.2nd/William/Samuel/John-1) :b.-Oct.6,1884. died Dec.2,1928. For several years Howard served as assistant U.S attorney, and during WW1 he was a Captain in the U.S Army; He was also connected to the milatary court

FARISH CARTER TATE 1st

(Samuel/John-1);.b-Oct.26,1834; He served in the Confederate Army as lieutenant, in the Lewis Volunteers, 18th Georgia Regiment. He died of the measles in a milatary hospital at Richmond,Virginia

STEPHEN C.TATE & DESCENDENTS

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STEPHEN C. TATE

(Samuel/John-1): b-Jun.9,1832, in Lumpkin County, Georgia; d-Apr.1901;. He married- ELIZA D. BUFFINGTON, in 1857. Eliza was from Griffin ,Georgia. (a short time before his parents moved to Pickens County Ga); At the age of twenty he went to California to mine for gold (1852) ,he returned in 1855 and established a successful mercantile and milling business at Carterville, in Cass County (now Bartow), Ga. During the Civil War he served in_________________(can't read) He was made Col. After the war he turned his attention to the developement of the marble industry in Georgia, and was instrumental in bringing the railroad to Pickens County in 1882, and in the organization of The Georgia Marble Company in 1884. At the time of his death, he was vice-prisident of The Georgia Marble Co. at Tate,Ga;, The Blue Ridge Marble Co. at Nelson Ga, and The Kennesaw Marble Co. at Marietta Ga. Stephen served as Postmaster at Tate Ga, for nearly forty years. He and Eliza had ten children

Children of Col.Stephen Tate and Eliza Buffington are;

1/..Mrs. Levi Darnell-Jasper

2/.. Mrs. M.S. Williams-Atlanta

3/..Mrs.A.S Hinton-Summerville

4/.. Mrs. Alex Anderson-Nelson

5/.. Mrs.I.P Morton- St.Louis,Mo.

6/.. Miss Florence Tate of Tate,Ga.

7/.. Samuel Tate

8/.. Stephen L. Tate Jr.

9/.. Walter E. Tate

10/.. Luk ( Luke-?) Tate

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SAMUEL ( SAM ) TATE-2

;(Stephen/Samuel-1/John-1);.b- Jun.13,1860; He recieved his education at the common schools, and at North Georgia Agricultural Collage, in Dablonega Ga. He first engaged in the mercantile business ____________________ __________________________?,the Georgia Marble Co. He was a director in the First National Bank of Atlanta, and vice president of the Bank of Canton, from March 1929, to Mar. 1,1930. He served as chairman of the highway board of the state. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, and a trustee of Wesleyan Collage, Emory University, and Young Harris Collage, and has made liberal contributions toward the church, education, and public welfair, generally.He holds the honerary degree of 'Doctor of Law', conferred by the University of Georgia,in 1931

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STEPHEN L.TATE

:(Stephen C./Samuel-1/John-1):,b-Feb. 6,1866.d-Aug.10,1897; He was educated in the local schools, and at Gordan Institute, Barnesville,Ga.Until the time of his death, he was associated with The Georgia Marble Co. and also engaged in the mercantile and banking business;

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WALTER E. TATE;

(Stephen C./Samuel-1/John-1):b-Dec.1,1877..d-_? He married, BESSIE ATWOOD, of Franklin County Tenn. They had three children (Could be more); Walter was educated in the local schools, and Webb School, in Bell Buckle Tenn. He became associated with the Georgia Marble Co. where he became general manager and Vice president.

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LUKE E. TATE

(Stephen C./Samuel-1/John-1): b-Mar.27,1879,..d-________________ He attended the common schools, and Emory University at Oxford, Webb School at Bell Buckle, Tenn. The Virginia Military Institute, Columbian University at Washington D.C, and the University of Georgia,(A.B.and B.L.degrees).He volunteered for servise in the Spanish-American War; Served as Pickens County Food Administrator during World War 1, and also in Red Cross work

Excerpts from a very old,and hard to read book,titled simply,"Gone to Georgia"

JOHN TATE

"John Tate was born in Ireland in 1752. He came to America, when he was eleven years old, in 1763. His family settled in Cumberland, Pennsylvania. In 1776 he inlisted in the army and served in the Revolutionary War; After the war he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, then to Burke County North Carolina, and from there they moved to Franklin County, Georgia, in 1796; He had a wife called ,NANCY, and a son called,WILLIAM:

NOTE: ( From Wynell). The 1790 census, for North Carolina, lists a JONATHAN TATE, of Burke County, as having "four white males over sixteen, and two white females, in his household". Realize this about the old census taking; The four white males included the father, as in the two white females, one of them was the mother; Realize also that, a count of people living in one home was taken, but it did not define who they were in relationship to the head of the household; So, the other two white males could have been younger brothers, or nephews, or even servants; the same goes for the remaining white female, But in most cases it pertains to part of the emediate family; so we can safely assume that John had a wife,two sons over sixteen, and a daughter, back in 1790;

According to the above historical dates, JOHN 1, moved his family to Franklin County Georgia, in 1796; The earliest census that I could get of Georgia was,1820; It had one Tate listed. "WILLIAM", of Wilkinson County; Roll # 9- Page # 42;

In 1827, John , in a 'land draw', drew, Coweta County land; Granted, Dec.3,1821 . ANDREW A. TATE, also a revolutionary veteran of Franklin County, Virginia, in 1820 drew,'Early County', granted Aug.20,1821.

Andrew Tate of Wilkes County, North Carolina, bought land in Pendleton County, South Carolina, Feb.12,1794, and was enumerated there in 1800, along with , JAMES, ROBERT and SAMUEL TATE. (All three listed in S.Carolina census, of 1800;)

The Tate, families in and near Wilkes County, N. Carolina appear to have been closely related to the Tate families of Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Georgia, and near-by counties in Virginia; Some of the Tate families were associated with the families of MIDDLETON and WOOD, of southside Virginia ,those who moved to Elbert County, Georgia;

MICAJAH WILLIAMSON, who moved from Bedford County, Virginia, to Wilkes County, North Carolina, where he died in 1795; Some of his family was seated in Jackson County. He had a daughter,SALLY WILLIAMSON, who's second husband was , JUDGE CHARLES TAIT / Tate.

ROBERT TERRANT, ( Could be 'TENNENT') WOODS, of Franklin County, Ga. who at one time owned land in Jackson County, married, ANNE TATE; and there were other connections,(ie-marriages);

See-Pension Papers of ROBERT L. TATE, Va. MARY W. , 1330,BLWT-26729-160-55. Robert L.Tate was enumerated into Madison County, in 1820 , and was still there in 1840-age 76.

John, PO #332007,and a number of other Tate's with Virginia, and N.Carolina Servise; By 1785, several of the Virginia Tate's were taxed in Wilkes County Georgia (See tax records,1785); JAMES TATE ,having land in both Wilkes (Elbert) and Franklin Counties; In 1820,JOHN TATE was enumerated into Habersham County, Georgia. Many others of the Tate families were in Elbert, Greene, and other Georgia counties. James Tait / Tate left a will registered in Jackson County Ga."