Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Myrtle Bridges.
From Laurinburg, Scotland County, drive west on Hwy #79, 5.9 miles to Dunc Pate Road. Turn left. Drive about 100 yards to the edge of a field. Look to your right about 50 yards, and near the edge of the woods you will see a small brick fenced cemetery.
This tract of land was granted by King George III to Samuel Snead in 1767, conveyed by Snead to Rice Henderson in 1768. Henderson conveyed this land to Thoroughgood Pate I of English descent in 1769, and Pate to Thoroughgood Pate II in 1800. Thoroughgood Pate II died in 1836. Sons of Thoroughgood Pate II: James Hamilton Pate died in 1902, and George Thoroughgood Pate died in 1922.
Burials:
Josie, Daughter of Dr. W. T. & Mattie Pate, Born Jan 7, 1889 – Died June 21, 1906
She is waiting for us in the glorious Eden-land.
(illegible) — enean L., Son of Dr. W. T. & Mattie Pate, Born — , Died 1909
Mattie Gibson, Wife of Dr. W. T. Pate, May 25, 1862 – July 9, 1916
Dr. W. T. Pate, Jan. 25, 1860– Dec 3, 1917
William Pate, Jr., May 16, 1896 – Nov. 11, 1922
George Thoroughgood Pate, Jan. 11, 1836 – Oct. 12, 1922
PATE (single marker)
James Frank, Apr. 16, 1864 – Nov. 13, 1954 &
Mary Gibson, June 9, 1868– June 2, 1910
PATE (single marker)
Gertrude G., His wife, Sept. 3, 1884 – May 30, 1938 &
Duncan A. Pate, Feb. 11, 1882 – Dec. 30, 1944
Sallie Adams, Dau. of George T. & Mary A. Pate, Born Aug. 31, 1883 – Died Dec. 9, 1894
PATE Mary Adams, Wife of George T. Pate, Jan. 14, 1840 – Mar. 30, 1920
Geo. Thoroughgood Pate II, son of Duncan A. & Gertrude G. Pate
May 26, 1916 – September 27, 1963
Annie Pate McGregor, 1872 – 1948
John A. McGregor, 1872 – 1939
Duncan Alpheus, Son of D. A. & Gertrude G. Pate, Born June 12, 1915 – Died July 18, 1915
