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I received the following e-mail from Ken Smith at
kensmith@flash.net) and felt that it would be of interest to others.  Please
find the following:


That is such a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing with us. What caught me
also
was the surnames. The lady that Zachariah Tate married was in reality Margaret
STEEN rather than STEIN. Below is the line of Zachariah and Margaret Steen
Tate
for anyone interested. I am related to the Steens by marriage through the
Vances
and Lusks.

Ken

Descendants of John Steen
1 - John Steen b: 20 September 1775 in Union District, South Carolina  d: 23
April
1847 in Union County, South Carolina
SP- Margaret Vance b: 8 September 1768 in Virginia m: Bef. 1800 d: 20 July
1846 in
Cherokee Co., SC
      2 - William Hutchinson "Billie" Steen b: 24 April 1800 in Union Co., SC
d:
7 October 1870 in Paris Cemetery, Lafayette Co., MS
      sp- Elizabeth "Betsy" Lusk b: 14 October 1807 in Union Co., SC m:
February
1833 in Union County, South Carolina d: 22 June 1889 in Paris Cemetery,
Lafayette
Co., MS
            3 - John T. Steen b: 28 September 1834 in Union Co., SC  d: 28
August
1846 in Paris Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
            3 - William Wallace Steen b: 3 November 1837 in Union Co., SC  d:
9
October 1841 in Webb Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
            3 - Martha L. Steen b: 9 March 1840 in AL  d: 1 July 1841 in Webb
Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
            3 - Henry A. Steen b: 4 April 1842 in Lafayette Co., MS  d: 27
October
1845 in Paris Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
            3 - Margaret Caroline "Maggie" Steen b: 4 February 1844 in
Lafayette
Co., MS  d: 1884 in Coffeeville, MS
            sp- Alfred Alexander "Aleck" Bryant b: 1829 in Tallaloosa,
Marshall
Co., MS m: 21 March 1860 in Lafayette Co, MS d: 1893 in MS
                  4 - Alfred Alexander Bryant
                  4 - Margaret Clyde Bryant
                  sp- Clarence Victor Beadles
                        5 - Edna Wilhelmina Beadles b: Abt. 1899
                        5 - Zana Beadles b: Abt. 1902
                        5 - Clarence Victor Beadles b: Abt. 1905
                  4 - Edgar Bryant
                  4 - William C. Bryant
                  sp- Sallie Lea Bailey
                        5 - Margaret Lea Bryant b: Abt. 1889
            3 - William T. Steen b: 26 March 1849 in Lafayette Co., MS  d: 26
March 1851 in Paris Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
      2 - Lucinda Steen b: 19 June 1802  d: 1848
      sp- Charles Miles
            3 - [1] John Steen Miles b: 5 August 1824 in TN  d: 6 February
1890
            sp- Frances
                  4 - William Miles b: Abt. 1846 in SC
                  4 - Charles Miles b: Abt. 1848 in SC
                  4 - Catherine Miles b: Abt. 1850 in SC
                  4 - Robert Miles b: Abt. 1852 in MS
                  4 - John Miles b: Abt. 1858 in MS
                  4 - Elizabeth Miles b: Abt. 1860 in MS
            *2nd Wife of [1] John Steen Miles:
            sp- Sarah F. Duke
            3 - Margaret C. Miles b: 22 August 1826 in SC
            sp- Henry Huckaby
            3 - Charles Miles b: 8 September 1828 in SC  d: 21 December 1876
in
Calhoun Co., MS
            sp- Rebecca Ann Savage Wright b: 16 December 1838 in Pickens Co.,
AL
m: November 1869 d: 11 February 1901 in Calhoun Co., MS
                  4 - Rachel Penina Miles b: 27 August 1870 in Banner, Calhoun
Co., MS  d: 10 July 1951 in Calhoun Co., MS
                  sp- Enoch Ezekial Patton
                  4 - William Hayes Miles b: 9 May 1872 in Banner, Calhoun
Co.,
MS  d: 18 February 1923 in Coalgate, OK
                  sp- Alice Gardner  m: 8 September 1903 in Lafayette Co., MS
                  4 - Charles Walter Leroy Miles b: 18 August 1876 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 18 July 1945 in Calhoun Co., MS
                  sp- Emma Lenora Bell b: 19 January 1879 in Banner, Calhoun
Co.,
MS m: 27 March 1898 d: 2 May 1950 in Calhoun Co., MS
                        5 - Audrey Lois Miles b: 10 February 1899 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 25 July 1969 in Panola Co., MS
                        sp- Joseph Shields  m: 14 March 1917
                        5 - Eddie Vernon Miles b: 22 September 1900 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 19 October 1948 in Lafayette Co., MS
                        sp- Hattie Maynor Smith  m: 31 March 1923 in Yalobusha
Co., MS
                        5 - Lola Clarice Miles b: 10 October 1902 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 31 August 1904 in Calhoun Co., MS
                        5 - Victor Earl Miles b: 25 January 1905 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 1 December 1982 in Grenada, MS
                        sp- Doris Kate Edwards b: 17 June 1910 in Calhoun Co.,
MS
m: 5 October 1929 in Yalobusha Co., MS
                              6 - Frances Jean Miles b: 3 January 1931 in
Yalobusha Co., MS
                              sp- Roy Nye  m: 23 November 1962
                              6 - Vara Doris Miles b: 19 April 1932 in
Yalobusha
Co., MS  d: 20 December 1980
                              sp- Albert Fulton Roberts  m: 20 June 1952
                              6 - Victor Earl Miles b: 12 December 1933 in
Yalobusha Co., MS
                              sp- Ann Lane  m: 1 September 1955
                              6 - Lois Kay Miles b: 2 February 1936 in
Yalobusha
Co., MS
                              sp- Bill Wes Gore  m: 25 August 1956
                              6 - Linda Lee Miles b: 14 August 1937 in
Yalobusha
Co., MS
                              sp- John Meyer  m: 10 June 1961
                              6 - Bonnie Bell Miles b: 21 July 1942 in Grenada
Co., MS
                              sp- Grayson McMullan  m: 13 August 1964
                              6 - Gaines Edwin Miles b: 19 January 1946 in
Grenada
Co., MS
                              sp- Judy Englemann  m: 20 July 1968
                              6 - Michael Stephen Miles b: 25 June 1950 in
Grenada
Co., MS
                              sp- Carolyn Latham  m: 2 August 1974
                              6 - Walter Hayes Miles b: 28 July 1953 in
Grenada
Co., MS
                              sp- Loyce Braswell  m: 1 September 1979
                        5 - Bertie M. Miles b: 29 November 1907 in Banner,
Calhoun
Co., MS
                        sp- Leroy Kirk
                        5 - James Charles Miles b: 27 May 1910 in Banner,
Calhoun
Co., MS
                        sp- Ila Kelly
                        5 - Robert Hayes Miles b: 28 October 1912 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 10 June 1980 in Water Valley, MS
                        sp- Inez Thweatt
                        5 - Lillian Leila Miles b: 30 April 1915 in Water
Valley,
Yalobusha Co., MS
                        sp- John Barfield
                        5 - William Russell Miles b: 22 December 1919 in Water
Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS  d: 20 October 1981 in Honolulu, HI
                        sp- Chen Sun Chun
            3 - Elizabeth S. Miles b: 21 March 1830 in SC
            3 - William S. Miles b: 19 April 1832 in SC
            sp- Elvira Jenkins
            3 - Evaline Miles b: 16 March 1834 in SC
            3 - Richard Hayes Miles b: 11 March 1836 in SC
            3 - Andrew L. Miles b: 2 March 1838 in SC
            3 - Anta Penina Miles b: 17 August 1840 in SC  d: 2 January 1841
            3 - Milton L. Miles b: 30 January 1842 in SC  d: Bef. 1850
            3 - James Miles b: 18 October 1844 in SC
            sp- Sarah Stewart
      2 - Lavinia Steen b: 21 April 1804  d: 14 April 1852 in Cherokee Co., SC
      sp- Henry Howe Tate b: 16 June 1801 in Union Co., SC  d: 3 December 1866
            3 - Nancy E. Tate b: 31 May 1821  d: in Calhoun Co., MS
            sp- Monroe Tindale
            3 - John William Steen Tate b: 3 September 1823  d: 17 June 1904
in
Keownville, Union Co., MS
            sp- Mary Elizabeth Hardin b: 31 August 1826 in York Co., SC m: 8
March
1849 in Union Co., SC d: 4 August 1895
                  4 - Amanda Jane Tate b: 24 September 1850  d: 3 April 1861
in MS

                  4 - Margaret M. Tate b: 29 March 1852  d: 28 April 1917 in
MS
                  4 - Ira T. Tate b: 6 March 1854
                  4 - Adra J. Tate b: 3 January 1857  d: 21 August 1891
                  4 - Jachariah Hardin Tate b: 5 March 1858
                  sp- Martha Lutetia Wells  m: 24 December 1878
                  4 - Rachel Alice Tate b: 2 February 1860
                  sp- James Hampton West  m: 15 January 1879
                  4 - Unk Tate b: 17 July 1862  d: 17 July 1862
                  4 - Unk Tate b: 20 July 1863  d: 20 July 1863
                  4 - Martin Luther Tate b: 13 August 1864
                  4 - Lizzie Lillian Tate b: 14 July 1866
                  sp- George Morrow  m: 2 April 1896
                  4 - Willie Ida Tate b: 1 April 1869  d: 11 September 1902
                  4 - Mildred C. Tate b: 8 May 1871  d: 11 April 1931
                  sp- Mark Lamar Wells
                  4 - John Albert Tate b: 7 April 1874  d: 23 July 1950
                  sp- Annie Valeria Daniels  m: 18 December 1904 d: 5 January
1962

            3 - Mary Tate b: 3 February 1825
            sp- Ross Whisenant
            3 - [4] Samuel Epherson Tate b: 16 November 1826
            sp- [3] Margaret Canzada Tate b: 1831  d: 1894
            3 - Margaret Victoria Tate b: 21 August 1828  d: 31 December 1904
in
Cherokee Co., SC
            3 - Sarah G. Tate b: 6 June 1830  d: 7 December 1832
            3 - Henry Howe Tate b: 22 June 1832
            sp- Mary McArthur
            3 - Jachariah Hamby Tate b: 21 May 1834
            sp- Mary Ann Yancy Goudelock  m: 18 August 1858
            3 - Lavinia Tate b: 27 November 1836
            sp- George McKeown
            3 - Robert F. Tate b: 30 September 1839
            3 - Naomi Tate b: 21 November 1841
            sp- [2] Phillip C. Garwin
            3 - Manasseh Machi Tate b: 19 November 1843
            sp- Jane Webster  m: 1867
            3 - Adra Ora Annah Tate b: 29 January 1847
            sp- [2] Phillip C. Garwin  m: 14 December 1880
      2 - Margaret Steen b: 5 July 1808  d: 2 October 1854 in Cherokee Co., SC
      sp- Zachariah Juan Tate b: 2 June 1808  d: 9 April 1883 in Keownville,
MS
            3 - John Harvey Steen Tate b: 3 May 1829
            sp- Amanda Ticer  m: 21 December 1858
            3 - [3] Margaret Canzada Tate b: 1831  d: 1894
            sp- [4] Samuel Epherson Tate b: 16 November 1826
            3 - Mary Lou Tate
            sp- Rufus Henderson Whisenant  m: 29 July 1852
            3 - Minerva Lucinda Tate
            sp- Mr. Welch
            3 - Julia Ann Tate
            sp- John Simpson
            3 - Sarah Jane Tate
            sp- James Pinkney Ticer  m: 7 April 1868
            3 - William Milton Tate - d: in Gettysburg
            3 - Henry Nathaniel Tate
            sp- Lucinda Ann Johnston  m: 16 November 1871
            3 - James Bondy English Tate
            3 - Zachariah Juan Tate
            sp- Missouri R. Simmons  m: 3 August 1871
      2 - Nancy Steen b: Abt. 1810 in Union Co., SC
      2 - John Vance Steen b: 29 April 1811 in Union Co., SC  d: 24 August
1892 in
Montgomery Co., MS
      sp- Elizabeth A. Key b: 1824 in GA m: 23 August 1843 in Greensboro,
Webster
Co, MS
            3 - Lorenzo Asa Steen b: 29 January 1851 in Greensboro, MS  d: 26
February 1863
            3 - Eoline Steen b: 20 November 1864 in Greensboro, MS
            sp- Arthur R. Howze
                  4 - Eoline Howze b: Abt. 1883
                  4 - Arthur Howze b: Abt. 1885
                  4 - Ruby Howze
            3 - John Vance Steen b: 6 February 1853 in Greensboro, MS
            3 - Loraine Heman Steen b: 29 April 1862 in Greensboro, MS
            sp- Jackson P. Marshall
                  4 - Hammond Vance Marshall b: Abt. 1883
                  4 - Lutie Loraine Marshall b: Abt. 1892
                  4 - Elizabeth Marshall b: Abt. 1892
            3 - Inez Lorraine Steen b: 28 May 1855 in Greensboro, MS  d: Bef.
1860

            3 - Florence Steen b: 23 September 1856 in Greensboro, MS
      2 - Rachel Steen b: 20 June 1806 in Union Co., SC  d: 23 January 1858 in
Paris Cem., Lafayette Co., MS


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That is such a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing with us. What caught me
also
was the surnames. The lady that Zachariah Tate married was in reality Margaret
STEEN rather than STEIN. Below is the line of Zachariah and Margaret Steen
Tate
for anyone interested. I am related to the Steens by marriage through the
Vances
and Lusks.

Ken

Descendants of John Steen
1 - John Steen b: 20 September 1775 in Union District, South Carolina  d: 23
April
1847 in Union County, South Carolina
SP- Margaret Vance b: 8 September 1768 in Virginia m: Bef. 1800 d: 20 July
1846 in
Cherokee Co., SC
      2 - William Hutchinson "Billie" Steen b: 24 April 1800 in Union Co., SC
d:
7 October 1870 in Paris Cemetery, Lafayette Co., MS
      sp- Elizabeth "Betsy" Lusk b: 14 October 1807 in Union Co., SC m:
February
1833 in Union County, South Carolina d: 22 June 1889 in Paris Cemetery,
Lafayette
Co., MS
            3 - John T. Steen b: 28 September 1834 in Union Co., SC  d: 28
August
1846 in Paris Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
            3 - William Wallace Steen b: 3 November 1837 in Union Co., SC  d:
9
October 1841 in Webb Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
            3 - Martha L. Steen b: 9 March 1840 in AL  d: 1 July 1841 in Webb
Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
            3 - Henry A. Steen b: 4 April 1842 in Lafayette Co., MS  d: 27
October
1845 in Paris Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
            3 - Margaret Caroline "Maggie" Steen b: 4 February 1844 in
Lafayette
Co., MS  d: 1884 in Coffeeville, MS
            sp- Alfred Alexander "Aleck" Bryant b: 1829 in Tallaloosa,
Marshall
Co., MS m: 21 March 1860 in Lafayette Co, MS d: 1893 in MS
                  4 - Alfred Alexander Bryant
                  4 - Margaret Clyde Bryant
                  sp- Clarence Victor Beadles
                        5 - Edna Wilhelmina Beadles b: Abt. 1899
                        5 - Zana Beadles b: Abt. 1902
                        5 - Clarence Victor Beadles b: Abt. 1905
                  4 - Edgar Bryant
                  4 - William C. Bryant
                  sp- Sallie Lea Bailey
                        5 - Margaret Lea Bryant b: Abt. 1889
            3 - William T. Steen b: 26 March 1849 in Lafayette Co., MS  d: 26
March 1851 in Paris Cem., Lafayette Co., MS
      2 - Lucinda Steen b: 19 June 1802  d: 1848
      sp- Charles Miles
            3 - [1] John Steen Miles b: 5 August 1824 in TN  d: 6 February
1890
            sp- Frances
                  4 - William Miles b: Abt. 1846 in SC
                  4 - Charles Miles b: Abt. 1848 in SC
                  4 - Catherine Miles b: Abt. 1850 in SC
                  4 - Robert Miles b: Abt. 1852 in MS
                  4 - John Miles b: Abt. 1858 in MS
                  4 - Elizabeth Miles b: Abt. 1860 in MS
            *2nd Wife of [1] John Steen Miles:
            sp- Sarah F. Duke
            3 - Margaret C. Miles b: 22 August 1826 in SC
            sp- Henry Huckaby
            3 - Charles Miles b: 8 September 1828 in SC  d: 21 December 1876
in
Calhoun Co., MS
            sp- Rebecca Ann Savage Wright b: 16 December 1838 in Pickens Co.,
AL
m: November 1869 d: 11 February 1901 in Calhoun Co., MS
                  4 - Rachel Penina Miles b: 27 August 1870 in Banner, Calhoun
Co., MS  d: 10 July 1951 in Calhoun Co., MS
                  sp- Enoch Ezekial Patton
                  4 - William Hayes Miles b: 9 May 1872 in Banner, Calhoun
Co.,
MS  d: 18 February 1923 in Coalgate, OK
                  sp- Alice Gardner  m: 8 September 1903 in Lafayette Co., MS
                  4 - Charles Walter Leroy Miles b: 18 August 1876 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 18 July 1945 in Calhoun Co., MS
                  sp- Emma Lenora Bell b: 19 January 1879 in Banner, Calhoun
Co.,
MS m: 27 March 1898 d: 2 May 1950 in Calhoun Co., MS
                        5 - Audrey Lois Miles b: 10 February 1899 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 25 July 1969 in Panola Co., MS
                        sp- Joseph Shields  m: 14 March 1917
                        5 - Eddie Vernon Miles b: 22 September 1900 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 19 October 1948 in Lafayette Co., MS
                        sp- Hattie Maynor Smith  m: 31 March 1923 in Yalobusha
Co., MS
                        5 - Lola Clarice Miles b: 10 October 1902 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 31 August 1904 in Calhoun Co., MS
                        5 - Victor Earl Miles b: 25 January 1905 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 1 December 1982 in Grenada, MS
                        sp- Doris Kate Edwards b: 17 June 1910 in Calhoun Co.,
MS
m: 5 October 1929 in Yalobusha Co., MS
                              6 - Frances Jean Miles b: 3 January 1931 in
Yalobusha Co., MS
                              sp- Roy Nye  m: 23 November 1962
                              6 - Vara Doris Miles b: 19 April 1932 in
Yalobusha
Co., MS  d: 20 December 1980
                              sp- Albert Fulton Roberts  m: 20 June 1952
                              6 - Victor Earl Miles b: 12 December 1933 in
Yalobusha Co., MS
                              sp- Ann Lane  m: 1 September 1955
                              6 - Lois Kay Miles b: 2 February 1936 in
Yalobusha
Co., MS
                              sp- Bill Wes Gore  m: 25 August 1956
                              6 - Linda Lee Miles b: 14 August 1937 in
Yalobusha
Co., MS
                              sp- John Meyer  m: 10 June 1961
                              6 - Bonnie Bell Miles b: 21 July 1942 in Grenada
Co., MS
                              sp- Grayson McMullan  m: 13 August 1964
                              6 - Gaines Edwin Miles b: 19 January 1946 in
Grenada
Co., MS
                              sp- Judy Englemann  m: 20 July 1968
                              6 - Michael Stephen Miles b: 25 June 1950 in
Grenada
Co., MS
                              sp- Carolyn Latham  m: 2 August 1974
                              6 - Walter Hayes Miles b: 28 July 1953 in
Grenada
Co., MS
                              sp- Loyce Braswell  m: 1 September 1979
                        5 - Bertie M. Miles b: 29 November 1907 in Banner,
Calhoun
Co., MS
                        sp- Leroy Kirk
                        5 - James Charles Miles b: 27 May 1910 in Banner,
Calhoun
Co., MS
                        sp- Ila Kelly
                        5 - Robert Hayes Miles b: 28 October 1912 in Banner,
Calhoun Co., MS  d: 10 June 1980 in Water Valley, MS
                        sp- Inez Thweatt
                        5 - Lillian Leila Miles b: 30 April 1915 in Water
Valley,
Yalobusha Co., MS
                        sp- John Barfield
                        5 - William Russell Miles b: 22 December 1919 in Water
Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS  d: 20 October 1981 in Honolulu, HI
                        sp- Chen Sun Chun
            3 - Elizabeth S. Miles b: 21 March 1830 in SC
            3 - William S. Miles b: 19 April 1832 in SC
            sp- Elvira Jenkins
            3 - Evaline Miles b: 16 March 1834 in SC
            3 - Richard Hayes Miles b: 11 March 1836 in SC
            3 - Andrew L. Miles b: 2 March 1838 in SC
            3 - Anta Penina Miles b: 17 August 1840 in SC  d: 2 January 1841
            3 - Milton L. Miles b: 30 January 1842 in SC  d: Bef. 1850
            3 - James Miles b: 18 October 1844 in SC
            sp- Sarah Stewart
      2 - Lavinia Steen b: 21 April 1804  d: 14 April 1852 in Cherokee Co., SC
      sp- Henry Howe Tate b: 16 June 1801 in Union Co., SC  d: 3 December 1866
            3 - Nancy E. Tate b: 31 May 1821  d: in Calhoun Co., MS
            sp- Monroe Tindale
            3 - John William Steen Tate b: 3 September 1823  d: 17 June 1904
in
Keownville, Union Co., MS
            sp- Mary Elizabeth Hardin b: 31 August 1826 in York Co., SC m: 8
March
1849 in Union Co., SC d: 4 August 1895
                  4 - Amanda Jane Tate b: 24 September 1850  d: 3 April 1861
in MS

                  4 - Margaret M. Tate b: 29 March 1852  d: 28 April 1917 in
MS
                  4 - Ira T. Tate b: 6 March 1854
                  4 - Adra J. Tate b: 3 January 1857  d: 21 August 1891
                  4 - Jachariah Hardin Tate b: 5 March 1858
                  sp- Martha Lutetia Wells  m: 24 December 1878
                  4 - Rachel Alice Tate b: 2 February 1860
                  sp- James Hampton West  m: 15 January 1879
                  4 - Unk Tate b: 17 July 1862  d: 17 July 1862
                  4 - Unk Tate b: 20 July 1863  d: 20 July 1863
                  4 - Martin Luther Tate b: 13 August 1864
                  4 - Lizzie Lillian Tate b: 14 July 1866
                  sp- George Morrow  m: 2 April 1896
                  4 - Willie Ida Tate b: 1 April 1869  d: 11 September 1902
                  4 - Mildred C. Tate b: 8 May 1871  d: 11 April 1931
                  sp- Mark Lamar Wells
                  4 - John Albert Tate b: 7 April 1874  d: 23 July 1950
                  sp- Annie Valeria Daniels  m: 18 December 1904 d: 5 January
1962

            3 - Mary Tate b: 3 February 1825
            sp- Ross Whisenant
            3 - [4] Samuel Epherson Tate b: 16 November 1826
            sp- [3] Margaret Canzada Tate b: 1831  d: 1894
            3 - Margaret Victoria Tate b: 21 August 1828  d: 31 December 1904
in
Cherokee Co., SC
            3 - Sarah G. Tate b: 6 June 1830  d: 7 December 1832
            3 - Henry Howe Tate b: 22 June 1832
            sp- Mary McArthur
            3 - Jachariah Hamby Tate b: 21 May 1834
            sp- Mary Ann Yancy Goudelock  m: 18 August 1858
            3 - Lavinia Tate b: 27 November 1836
            sp- George McKeown
            3 - Robert F. Tate b: 30 September 1839
            3 - Naomi Tate b: 21 November 1841
            sp- [2] Phillip C. Garwin
            3 - Manasseh Machi Tate b: 19 November 1843
            sp- Jane Webster  m: 1867
            3 - Adra Ora Annah Tate b: 29 January 1847
            sp- [2] Phillip C. Garwin  m: 14 December 1880
      2 - Margaret Steen b: 5 July 1808  d: 2 October 1854 in Cherokee Co., SC
      sp- Zachariah Juan Tate b: 2 June 1808  d: 9 April 1883 in Keownville,
MS
            3 - John Harvey Steen Tate b: 3 May 1829
            sp- Amanda Ticer  m: 21 December 1858
            3 - [3] Margaret Canzada Tate b: 1831  d: 1894
            sp- [4] Samuel Epherson Tate b: 16 November 1826
            3 - Mary Lou Tate
            sp- Rufus Henderson Whisenant  m: 29 July 1852
            3 - Minerva Lucinda Tate
            sp- Mr. Welch
            3 - Julia Ann Tate
            sp- John Simpson
            3 - Sarah Jane Tate
            sp- James Pinkney Ticer  m: 7 April 1868
            3 - William Milton Tate - d: in Gettysburg
            3 - Henry Nathaniel Tate
            sp- Lucinda Ann Johnston  m: 16 November 1871
            3 - James Bondy English Tate
            3 - Zachariah Juan Tate
            sp- Missouri R. Simmons  m: 3 August 1871
      2 - Nancy Steen b: Abt. 1810 in Union Co., SC
      2 - John Vance Steen b: 29 April 1811 in Union Co., SC  d: 24 August
1892 in
Montgomery Co., MS
      sp- Elizabeth A. Key b: 1824 in GA m: 23 August 1843 in Greensboro,
Webster
Co, MS
            3 - Lorenzo Asa Steen b: 29 January 1851 in Greensboro, MS  d: 26
February 1863
            3 - Eoline Steen b: 20 November 1864 in Greensboro, MS
            sp- Arthur R. Howze
                  4 - Eoline Howze b: Abt. 1883
                  4 - Arthur Howze b: Abt. 1885
                  4 - Ruby Howze
            3 - John Vance Steen b: 6 February 1853 in Greensboro, MS
            3 - Loraine Heman Steen b: 29 April 1862 in Greensboro, MS
            sp- Jackson P. Marshall
                  4 - Hammond Vance Marshall b: Abt. 1883
                  4 - Lutie Loraine Marshall b: Abt. 1892
                  4 - Elizabeth Marshall b: Abt. 1892
            3 - Inez Lorraine Steen b: 28 May 1855 in Greensboro, MS  d: Bef.
1860

            3 - Florence Steen b: 23 September 1856 in Greensboro, MS
      2 - Rachel Steen b: 20 June 1806 in Union Co., SC  d: 23 January 1858 in
Paris Cem., Lafayette Co., MS



JFHawthorn@aol.com wrote:

 Per the request that I received from several people I am resending (in a
> different format) a copy of an old newspaper article that I found while
> cleaning out my mother's attic when we were closing out her estate.  My
> mother's home was located in Union County, MS, therefore, I have to assume
> that this was clipped out of a local Union, or perhaps a Tippah County,
> newspaper.  I don't know known the Tate family that is mentioned in the
> article, though I am sure that my mother did, or she would not have clipped
> the article.  I hope that this will help someone that is researching the
Tate
> family, or perhaps, seeking info on "Jennie".
>
> Aunt Jenhie was a faithful slave:
>
> Loyal, faithful, efficient, adequate was she, Jennie, the slave. She was
born
> in York District, S. C., in the year 1800 in the home of my grandfather,
> Zachariab Tate's widowed mother. She never went to the field but was made
the
> house  girl.
> My grandfather, Zachariah Tate, was born June 2nd, 1808 and Aunt Jennie
became
> his nurse and practically raised Mm. Grandfather grew to manhood and married
> Margarette Stein. There was born to them five boys and five girls. In 1852
or
> 1853 after the death of grandmother and the division of the estate, in
which~
> Aunt Jennie was given to Mm as a part of his inheritance, along with a dozen
> or~ more Negro slaves, he moved to Tippah Co. Mississippi and built an old
> time colonial home. In that home Aunt Jennie had a room built next to the
> kitchen where she reigned as cook. Her room~had a fire place and was well-
> furnished.
> Two days before the battle of Brice's Cross Roads (twelve or fourteen miles
> from here) six or seven hundred Yankees camped in Zachariah Tate's yard, put
> I- under arrest, broke the locks on the cribs and smoke house, burned up his
> wood pile, and with the stock of musket knocked the lock off mother's room,
> who at that time was a girl of twenty, and with bayonet
> opened the lock off her trunk, scattered her trinkets to hell and gone, took
a
> coverlet she had spun and woven, to make a saddle blanket. In the meantime
> Aunt Jennie was forced to cook for those officers and leaders of that
infamous
> scum crew.
> Grandfather was under the gun, three young women scared to death, so-called
> soldier, tramp, tramp, tramp through that long hall all night - Aunt Jennie
> took charge. She said, "Chilluns, you all go to your room and shut the door.
> I'll be there soon as I can."  After  she had flled those scalawags to their
> goosle.I she went to the room where those three young women were - scared,
> trembling and praying. She closed the door and said, "Now~chilluns, you all
> lie down and to go sleep. I'se gwine lie right across the door, and they
haint
> no Yankee coming in there nuther." And when she lay down her butcher knife
> rattled on the floor. She had dropped it. Adequate? Yes. Faithful? To the
end.
> When the war was over and the Negroes freed, grandfather said, "Now Jennie,
> you are free. I will help you go where you want to go and set you up to get
> started." She said, "Massa, I ain't gwine no whar. I'se gwine stay right
> here."  She stayed, thereafter a bond servant, voluntarily serving those she
> loved. She now sleeps near those that loved her, under a stone marked Jennie
> (the only name she ever had), The faithful slave. And those of us remaining
of
> the family confidently believe that when the trump of God shall sound she
will
> be reuni~ted with the family and with them triumphantly enter that city
whose
> walls are of Jasper and streets are Pure gold.
> Incidentally: The night before The Cross Roads fight nine of grandfather's
> Nergro men ran away to The Yankees. They got there in time to partially
> obstruct the road where Bedford Forrest was exercising his cavalry. As a
> consequence, some of them are located over there permanently. Selah.






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