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In this section, you will find a list and description of places associated with our family history, which you can visit, as well as research facilities.
A green check mark  next to the name of a site means that I have personally visited it.
USA
ALABAMA
Chambers County
PATERNAL
Lafayette
Chambers County Courthouse, 2 South LaFayette Street.
Near Stroud (about 13 miles north of Lafayette)
- Harrison Tate bought 120 acres of land (the NE, NW, and SW quarters of the SW quarter of Section 21, Township 24, Range 27E) in 1839. This land, located west of Grady Lake and Highway 431, is almost completely undeveloped wooded property today. In short, there is nothing of interest to see here. This is probably where Harrison and Mariah Tate's first three children (James, Minerva, and Isaac) were born. (See Chambers County, AL Deed Book 4, p. 467)
Near McGinty Valley (about 19 miles southeast of Lafayette)
- Harrison Tate bought 80 acres of land (the NE amd NW quarters of the NW quarter of Section 36, Township 21, Range 28E) from his brother-in-law, Sion Hill, in 1845.. This land is almost completely undeveloped wooded property today. There is a private residence on the property, with an improved road leading to it, but otherwise, there is nothing of interest to see here. Faith Evangelistic Church, at the intersection of Hwy. 29 and Ben Brown Road, sits at the the northwest corner of the property. (See Chambers County, AL Deed Book B, pp. 346-7)
Houston County
PATERNAL
Dothan
Houston County Courthouse, 114 N Oates Street.
Columbia (formerly in Henry County)
Lee County
PATERNAL
Opelika
Lee County Courthouse, 215 S 9th Street.
Near Salem
Salem (formerly in Russell County)
- In 1871, Harrison Tate purchased a town lot in the town of Salem, described as follow: "Commencing on the south side of Main Street, which rns east and west at the corner of a small lot lot bought by H. M. Crowdus of T. F. Murphy, then south to S. Doresy's line, then west along said Dorsey's line to the southeast corner of K. Q. Adams' lot, then north along said Adams' line to within fifty feet of Main Street, thence sixteen feet east, Thence north fifty feet to Main Street, thence east along said street to the beginning." (See Lee County, AL Deed Book R. p. 423/) There seems to be no record of when he sold it. This town, once a bustling community, is now a shadow of its former self. Not much to see here.
Near Goat Rock Generating Plant and Recreation Area (about 20 miles east of Opelika)
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In 1873, Harrison Tate sold his son Isaac H. Tate forty-seven acres on the south side of the north fractional half of Fractional Section 14, Township 19, Range 29E, next to the Chattahochee River. (See Lee County, Alabama Deed Book HH, pp. 365.) This was land that he had purchased in 1861. This property is remote, undeveloped, difficult to access, and there is nothing of interest to see here. CLICK HERE TO SEE APPROXIMATE LOCATION. Prior to 1866, this property was within the bounds of Russell County. (See also Russell County.)
NOTE: Harrison Tate served as Sheriff of Lee County from 1877 to 1881. There are several other deeds on record in Lee County in which he is named in his capacity as Sheriff (selling property at auction, for example), rather than as a private individual.
Montgomery County
MATERNAL and PATERNAL
Montgomery
Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave.
Pike County
MATERNAL
- In 1837, the United States government sold Edward Wilson the east half of the NE quarter of Section 1, Township 10, Range 21E (80 acres). (See Land Certificate No. 3546) The property was sold by heirs-in-law in 1847. (See Pike County AL Deed Book F, p. 62.) This land, located about 8 miles northeast of Troy, Alabama, is almost completely undeveloped wooded property today. In short, there is nothing of interest to see here.
- On May 15, 1837, under the terms of "an act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820, entitled 'An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," Morris Ward, Sr. received a patent, signed by President Martin Van Buren, for "the South East quarter of the South West quarter of Section Eight in Township Ten, of Range Twenty-one, in the District of lands Subject to Sale at Sparta, Alabama, Containing Forty Acres," in Pike County, Alabama. (See Lamd Certificate No. 2277.) Lying about three miles east of the present-day Troy Municipal Airport and six miles due north of the city of Troy, on a map the now thickly-forested land is horizontally intersected by the Conecuh River and vertically by Manning's Creek. There is nothing of interest to see here.
- On February 20, 1852, Morris Ward, Sr. received a second federal land patent, this time signed by President Millard Fillmore, as a "bounty" or reward for his service in the Creek War (or "Florida War" as it states on the certificate), under the terms of an act of Congress approved September 28, 1850. (See Bounty Land Warrant.) This grant was located "upon the South West quarter of the North East quarter of Section Seventeen in township Eight of Range Twenty-one in the District of Lands Subject to Sale at Cahaba, Alabama, Containing forty acres & two & a half hundredths of an acre." In June, 1852, he and his wife sold it. (See Pike County AL Deed Book G, pp. 356-7.) Likewise located in a rural part of Pike County, Alabama, this tract is today diagonally transected by Highway 21, and horizontally by FM 2261 and FM 2261, at the crossroads of which there is a tiny community called Henderson, consisting of a few modest frame houses in need or paint and/or repair, a volunteer fire department and a Baptist Church. Otherwise, there is nothing of interest to see here.
- Morris Ward, Sr. also owned two other tracts of land in Pike County: the South half of the Northeast quarter of Section 36, Township 8, Range 19 and the North half of the Southeast quarter of Section 36, Township 8, Range 19). There seems to be no record of when he acquired this property, but on April 4, 1857, he executed a mortgage note in favor of William N. and J. N. Henderson, who sold his remaining property at the country courthouse door in Troy, on February 1, 1858. From all appearances, this was forced upon him by circumstances. The following summer, the country sheriff levied a fifa or lien on this property in favor of J. A. Henderson. By this time though, the Ward family had left Pike County. In either 1857 or 1858, they emigrated to Texas. Today, this Pike County farmland is located about 11 miles southwest of Troy. It can be accessed via County Road 2290 (a.k.a. 21), but there is nothing of interest to see here.
Russell County
PATERNAL
Phenix City
Russell County Courthouse, 501 14th Street.
Near Shotwell (about 13 miles southeast of Opelika)
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In 1852, Harrison Tate purchased a tract of land (the South half of Section 12, Township 18, Range 28E and the North half of Section 13, Townsip 18, Range 28E). This land is almost completely undevelopd wooded property today. There is nothing of interest to see here and no direct access by any major roads. (See Russell County, AL Deed Book I, pp. 185-86.) He sold it in 1854. (See Russell County, AL Deed Book J, pp. 515-16.)
Near Goat Rock Generating Plant and Recreation Area (about 20 miles east of Opelika)
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In 1861, Harrison Tate purchased forty-seven acres on the south side of the north fractional half of Fractional Section 14, Township 19, Range 29E, next to the Chattahochee River. (See Russell County, Alabama Deed Book N, pp. 36-7.) This property is remote, undeveloped, difficult to access, and there is nothing of interest to see here. CLICK HERE TO SEE APPROXIMATE LOCATION. In 1866, this property became part of Lee County when it was formed out of part of Russell County. (See also Lee County.)
NOTE: There are 2 other property transactions for Harrison Tate in Russell County, AL deed records, but the property descriptions are too vague, making it difficult to ascertain precisely where these 3 tracts of land were located.
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