Richard "Dickie" Choate, was born abt. 1800 or 1809 in North Carolina,

NOTE
Richard was NOT a "Descendant of Immigrants to New England in 1643" but rather a descendant of Christopher Choate who came as an indentured servant in 1676 and settled on the Magothy River in the Province of Maryland.
This family line is well documented.
Thanks to descendant William Thomas 6/2015

died 1851 in Ashe Co., NC.

He married Sarah Edwards, daughter of William EDWARDS & Nancy CARTER, abt. 1826.
She was born Jan. 13, 1809, in Ashe Co., NC, and died Apr. 6, 1897, in Alleghany Co., NC.
Sarah is buried at the Center Edwards Cemetery, located off Hwy 21 near Sparta, Alleghany Co., NC.
The location of Richard's grave is unknown

Children of Richard "Dickie" Choate & Sarah Edwards:

1 Nancy Cornelia Choate, b. Sept. 26, 1827, Ashe Co., NC; d. Jan. 16, 1879, Hamburg, Fremont Co., Iowa; m. Granville Henderson COX, son of Samuel COX & Susan FENDER, June 6, 1843, Ashe Co., NC (b. Nov. 29, 1822; d. Nov. 4, 1888, Atchison Co., MO).

2. John W. Choate, b. abt. 1830, Ashe Co., NC; d. Sept. 11, 1862, Richmond, VA (Civil War).

3. William Thomas Choate, Sr., b. Jan. 28, 1832, Ashe Co., NC; d. June 4, 1864, Petersburg, VA (Civil War); m. Martha "Patsy" FENDER, daughter of John FENDER & Martha TOLIVER, Apr. 3, 1851, Ashe Co., NC (b. Feb. 13, 1836; d. Nov. 30, 1897); bur. Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

4. Joshua Sabret Choate, b. Apr. 15, 1833, Ashe Co., NC; d. Feb. 2, 1910, in Grayson Co., VA; m. Margaret "Peggy" FENDER, daughter of John FENDER & Martha TOLIVER, Sept. 19, 1854, Ashe Co., NC (b. Apr. 15, 1837; d. Jan. 31, 1898).

5. Mary Jane Choate, b. July 3, 1836, Ashe Co., NC; d. Mar. 15, 1899, Alleghany Co., NC; m. her 2nd cousin, Center (Senter) Joshua EDWARDS, son of Berry EDWARDS, Sr., & Ruth DAVIS, Sept. 10, 1852, Ashe Co., NC (b. June 2, 1826; d. Aug. 19, 1901); bur. Center Edwards Cemetery, Hwy. 21, Alleghany Co., NC.

6. Charity Lucinda Choate, b. Jan. 24, 1839, Ashe Co., NC; d. Feb. 13, 1894, Alleghany Co., NC; m. Solomon FENDER, son of John FENDER & Martha TOLIVER, Sept. 20, 1855 (b. Mar. 20, 1834; d. Apr. 14, 1894); bur. Elk Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Alleghany Co., NC. Children: Richard J. Fender (1856), John C. Fender (1859), Sowell Smith Fender (1861), Sarah Alice Fender (1862), William Allen "Bud" Fender (1866), Joshua C. Fender (c.1867), Solomon Wheeler Grant Fender (1870), Susanna "Susan" Fender (1872), Cornelia Victoria Fender (1875), Lela Fender (1880).

7. Sowell J. Choate, b. abt. 1841, Ashe Co., NC; d. July 2, 1863, Gettysburg, PA (Civil War).

NOTES
Richard Choat was a son of Sabret Choate who arrived in Wilkes County, NC, prior to 1790.
According Dr. A.B. Cox, Footprints in the Sands of Time" (1900), "Sabe Choat married a Miss Woodfort and moved from Wilkes County to Bush Creek, Alleghany County.
They raised one of the most energetic business families in all the country. Their sons, Isom and Thomas Choat, went to Georgia, were planters and speculators and became wealthy. Richard Choat married Miss Sallie Edwards, a lady possessed of all the ennobling virtues that adorn female character, as daughter, sister, wife, and mother, such as make happy homes worth living for."

Richard Choat and Sarah Edwards probably married around 1826 based on the ages of their children.

CIVIL WAR
They lost three of their four sons in the Civil War:
John W. Choate died in Richmond in 1862;
Sowell J. Choate died at Gettsyburg in 1863,
William Thomas Choate died in Petersburg in 1864.

Several of William Thomas Choate's Civil War letters are published in Alleghany County Heritage, pp.132-133, article no. 206.

Records
1834-1840. Richard SHOAT or CHOAT obtained six land grants in Ashe Co., NC, between 1834 and 1840. (Source: New River Notes)