Abraham Tate (John) was born October 14, 1806 in South Carolina and died July 10, 1888 in Gordon Co. Georgia. He married Eleanor (Nellie) Caroline Cannon. She was born February 6, 1812 in S. Carolina and died December 12, 1893 in Sonoraville, Gordon Co. Georgia. In the early 1810-1819's Abraham came to Habersham Co. Georgia with his parents. The first record of Abraham is when his             name was drawn in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery. At that time he was a resident of Tate's Captain District. In 1832, Abraham had two draws in the 1832 Gold& Land Lottery of Georgia. There is a land record dated January 2, 1837 that shows Abraham bought land in Cherokee Co. There is a deed record showing he was from Cass Co. in 1838. In 1839, he purchased land in what is now Gordon Co. In the             1840 Cass Co. Georgia census, there is an Abraham Tate, but he is way too old, and his wife is too old, to be my Abraham. Part of Cass Co. was taken to form Gordon Co. just before 1850, so Abraham appears in that census in Gordon Co. Abraham served as a road commissioner for the 6th District of Gordon Co. in 1854 with O. C. Campbell and John F. Casey. He also served as a Road Reviewer of           Gordon Co. from 1850 to 1855. He remained in Gordon Co. the remainder of his life. In the 1860 census he is listed as a farmer with 10,000 acres. There are records of Abraham deeding 1500 acres of land to each of his sons, Evan and Theodore, and deeds where he gave his daughters slaves. He deeded land to the Sonora Academy and to the Presbyterian Church in 1847. Abraham and Nellie are buried in Tate Cemetery, Sonoraville, Gordon Co. Georgia.

Children of Abraham Tate & Nellie Cannon:

            Luiza Tate (Louisa)

            Evan Callaway Tate

            Theodore Tate

            Amelia Carolina Tate

            Sarah Jane Tate

            Mary Salena Tate*

            Jasper Tate

            Newton W. Tate

            Lucianna Malinda Tate*

            Louisa Tate*

            Benjamin Franklin Tate

            Elisha Tate

            George Washington Tate

* In "A visit to Tate Cemetery" there is a mention of 3 children who died young. These daughters must be the ones who died young. But who is Louisa? In the 1850 census, listed under Abraham, there is a child Louisa, age 2. She is not in the 1860 census. But in Abraham and Nellie's family bible there is no Louisa. Their oldest daughter, and oldest child, is listed as Luiza in the bible. Later in her             father's will and in a deed from her father she is called Louisa. Did they have two daughters named Louisa? And why isn't this second Louisa listed in the bible? All the other children and their birth dates are listed in the bible, also Abe and Nellie's birth date and Nellie's death date. Abe's death date is from the Calhoun Press.