Alfred Carter Tate and Elizabeth McDonald/McDonnold had besides, Samuel William, SARAH TATE, JOHN L. TATE b. 1825; ADELINE TATE b. 1827; and MARGARET L. TATE.

Sam and Martha lived in Northern GA for a short time just after their wedding where Sam had a trading post and store. Martha was very unhappy there and they soon returned to TN where their first child, ADELIA JANE TATE was born in 1847.

The next year, they traveled to Texas along with a large group of kin and neighbors, including Sam's father Alfred C. Tate & his 2nd wife, MINERVA GENTRY and their children. The group settled in Nacogdoches, TX where Sam & Martha had children, SUSAN ALICE TATE b. 1848; JOHN C. TATE b. 1850 and NANCY ADELINE TATE b.1852 and ALFRED CAMBELL TATE b.1854. Records show Sam bought 240 acres of land there.

Alfred Carter Tate and his 2nd wife Minerva Gentry had: MINERVA M. TATE 1835; ROBERT ANDERSON TATE b 1836; CLABOURN C. TATE b.abt 1839 and JAMES KNOX POLK TATE b abt 1841.

Before the end of 1854 Sam and Martha moved to the Long Mt. Community of Llano County. It seems Alfred and Minerva remained in Nacogdoches and soon headed for Grimes Co where they are found in the 1860 census. While living in the Long Mountain Community Sam & Martha had HICKMAN LAYFAYETTE TATE b 1856; JAMES WILLIAM TATE b. 1857 and ROBERT LYCURGUS TATE b. 1858.Then they crossed to the southside of the Llano river to Sandy Mt. where they had MARY ELLEN TATE b.1859; IDA LAVINIA TATE b. 1861; ROSA LEE TATE b. 1866 and SAMUEL McDONALD TATE b.1868. Sam lived there the remainder of his life and Martha most of hers.

Sam was elected first district clerk of the newly orgainized Llano county in 1856. He ran a tradingpost, store and post office from his home. Serving as postmaster until his death.

Sam was dedicated to the Confedrate cause. He saw to the needs of women and children in the community due to hardships when the men were serving. He also invested heavily in the cause and according to memiors of his granddaughter, had a trunkful of worthless Confederate paper money at the close of the war. During the "carpetbag days" at the close of the war, he, his business partner, Mr. Wootan and some other men in the community were imprisioned in Austin for six months due their confererate sympathies. Sam was very active in the Masonic Order and was one of the first officers in the Methodist Church in Llano.

Sam engaged in ranching along with his store business. His old store ledger is now in my hands and it is interesting to read the entries in his flowing hand. Some traded hides, eggs, or butter for hardware, food, tobacco and clothes and others chopped wood to pay off their debt for goods revieved. It was said that butter was preserved in brine. About once a month Sam & Martha would travel to Austin with a wagon load of such things to sell or trade for more merchandise in their store. It seems they were very fortuniate not to have lost a child. All their children lived to become adults. Samuel Mcdonald Tate, their youngest child died from pneumonia at 23, just a few months after his marriage.

A few days before his death, Sam had suffered a fall from his buggy and never recovered. He is buried in the Sandy Mt Cemetery near Sunrise Beach Villiage, Llano Co. TX. In her old age Martha madeher home with a son just across the river in Burnet Co. When Martha died, the river was on a big rise, making pssage impossible and her coffin was carried across by rowboat and she was laid to rest beside Sam.W. and near Samuel McDonald Tate in the Sandy Mt Cemetery.

Today (2004) part of one fireplace and chimmney is all that remains of the once fine old house of Sam W. amd Martha (Means) Tate. It was built before the Civil War and had 3 large fire places, kitchen, parlor, dining room, several bedrooms and several out buildings. The westfront end was the store and post office. You can see the remains at the intersection of FM Rds 2233 and 2900 near Kingsland, TX and Sunrise Beach Villiage. In the early 1980's the property belonged to Ladybird Johnson and she donated the house to the Jordan/Bauchman Pioneer Farm in Travis County, near Austin, TX. It was torn down and rebuilt there, where it stands today as "The Tate House"

Alfred Carter Tate b 1797 in TN and d,1867 in Brown Co TX was the son of JOHN TATE, SR. who died in Overton, TN abt 1828. Alfred had brothers JOHN TATE,JR b.1796 and ROBERT TATE b abt 1793, who both became Cumberland Presbyterian Ministers and served in Texas. VINCENT TATE b.abt 1800 was also a brother. MARY TATE b.1791 was a sister. In addition he had two half sibblings whom records show were born illigitamately to John Tate SR, but claimed by deed in Overton Co. TN in 1818, they are DORCAS TATE and SAMUEL TATE. At this time the mother of Alfred Carter Tate is unknown. It is, however, known that The first wife on Rev John Tate,JR was a sister to the first wife of Alfred C. Tate.

Clemens S. Means, father to Martha was a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister and his wife Nancy Carlock was the daughter of JOB CARLCK and SARAH/SALLY McDONALD/McDONNOLD. Job Carlock was an elder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Sarah McDonald/McDonnold was connected to tThe McDonald sisters who married the Tate brothers, Alfred and John,JR. So we can assume that Samuewl W. Tate and Martha Means were some kind of cousins through their McDonald/McDonnold connections

My line continues through JAMES WILLIAM TATE, son of Samuel and Martha, through his son SAMUEL AMOS TATE, down to my great grandson. I still live and work on a small portion of the land Sam bought from Mr. Wootan back in 1858. It has remained in the family and worked as ranch all these generations.