Robert Middleton Tate
b. 22 October 1807, d. 10 September 1874
- Father: Caleb Tate b. 27 August 1783, d. 15 September 1841
- Mother: Mary Middleton b. 29 July 1789, d. 15 September 1841
- Robert Middleton Tate was born on 22 October 1807 in Elbert County, Georgia.
- He married Eliza Ware Coleman, daughter of John Coleman and Elizabeth Ware, on 31 August 1847 in Dallas County, Alabama.
- Robert Middleton Tate and Eliza Ware Coleman appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Pences, Dallas County, Alabama, and also overseer J. T. Hines, age 21.. Other members of the household included Charles H. Tate and Charles Coleman Tate.
- On Sunday, 7 November 1852, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Mr Calhoun, two Mr Taits, Doctor Ware & James Ware all from Perry & Dallas Countys Alabama to Dinner to day & spent the night."
Robert Middleton Tate was the husband of Robert Ware's first cousin Eliza Ware Coleman's daughter Eliza, and Charles was Robert's brother. Green sold his first Montgomery, Alabama, plantation to Robert Ware; James was Robert's son. Robert Ware's bother Young Stokes Ware was married to Green's niece Martha Mitchell, daughter of Green's sister Mary Wood Mitchell. Mr. Calhoun has yet to be identified. - Robert Middleton Tate died on 10 September 1874 at age 66 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 20 Jul 2008
Family: Eliza Ware Coleman b. 28 March 1826, d. 14 March 1865
- Charles Coleman Tate b. circa 1848
- Margaret Elizabeth Tate b. circa 1849, d. circa 1850
- Mary Frances Tate b. 29 December 1850
- Mary Caroline Tate b. circa 1852
- Edna Earl Tate b. circa 1853
- Robert Middleton Tate Jr. b. circa 1855
- George Caleb Tate b. 23 March 1857
- Ann Marks Tate b. 2 December 1857
- William Netherland Tate b. say 1859
- John Edward Tate b. 5 September 1861
- Stonewall Jackson Tate b. 4 July 1863
- James Ulmer Tate b. circa 1865