TATE BRYARLY was born on 12 June 1796 at Walnut Grove Plantation in White Post, Frederick County, Virginia to Richard Samuel Bryarly & Lucinda Helm-Bryarly.

Tate married Mary S. Gray-Bryarly circa 1829 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and they had THREE children:

William Helm Bryarly (1830-1903),
George W. Bryarly (1832-1893), and
Lucy T. Bryarly (1842-1902).

In 1829, Tate was recorded as the Director of the Clarksville, Tennessee, Red River Bridge Co. Tate is enumerated as a Citizen registered to vote in the Montgomery County Court Minutes book for 1 January 1841. Tate was the New Providence Turnpike Commissioner in 1847. Family letters held at Duke University state Tate was a Tobacco Plantation owner.

Tate passed away on 30 October 1852 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, and he is believed to be buried with his family at Greenville Cemetery in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

OBITUARY:

The Clarksville Jeffersonian, Dated 3 November 1852:

DESTRESSING CASUALTY
On Saturday last (30 Oct 1852), Mr. Tate Bryarly, one of the most respectable and wealthy citizens of this county, was thrown from his horse and killed. After the fall, he walked a short distance to a house, and took a seat in a chair, telling the lady of the house that he had been badly hurt by a fall from his horse.

From his appearance, and the singrilarity of his conduct, the lady supposed him intoxicated, and paid no attention to him. A moment to two after taking the seat he gave one long respiration and his head fell to one side. He was found dead in this position by one of his sons, who, upon the return of the house, went in search of his father, an hour or two afterwards.

Mr. Bryarly was an intelligent, worthy, and enterprising man, and a good citizen and his death is a serious loss to those whose good fortune it was to enjoy his friendship.

©Mark Morrow

REFERENCES

1. 24 August 1850 Montgomery County, Tennessee Census (Stamped 136B, Family #53, Line 17), Head of Household, Tate Bryarly.

2. Transcribed Copy of R. Samuel Bryarly's Will, Received from Howard
D. Moore on 26 January 2006:

R. Samuel Bryarly Will Book B - Page 401, dated 01 February 1844;
Codicil dated 4 January 1846; proven 27 May 1850; Qualified
25 August 1850; Clarke County Clerk's Office, Berryville,
Virginia.

3. Named as a Son of Samuel Bryarly. Certified Copy of Original Will from Clarke County Circuit Court, Berryville, Virginia. Certified by Clarke County Clerk, Helen Butts.

4. Tennessee, Montgomery County Court Minutes Book 21, pages, District No. 6, p. 41:
Bryarly, Tate

Enumeration of the free white male persons in the county of Montgomery, Tennessee who were citizens of the same on the 1st day of January 1841 Each of which is as nearly as practicable attached to the civil district to which they
belonged at that time as may be seen by examining the following pages.

http://www.tngenweb.org/montgomery/1841voters.html

5. Granfather, William Helm's Will, Book 13, pp. 83-85, dated 11 February 1815, codicil 9 August 1822, Proved 5 December 1825, Frederick County, Virginia.

Will located through information obtained from Irene Helm, received in an email message dated 10 February 2006.

6. Brown, Stuart E. Jr. (1983), "Annals of Clarke County Virginia," Virginia Book Company, Berryville, Virginia, Vol 1, pp. 226-236.

7. Referenced in notes of R.E. Griffith to Samuel Bryarly III.
"1796 June 12th Tate Bryarly born."

8. Brown, Stuart E. Jr. (1983), "Annals of Clarke County Virginia," Virginia Book Company, Berryville, Virginia, Vol 1, pp. 226-236.

9. Tennessee State Library & Archives, Acts of Tennessee between 1796-1830 (Part 5), Posted online at:
www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/acts/b-5.htm
1829, Clarksville, Tennessee, Red River Bridge Co. Director.

10. State Records, Acts of Tennessee, 1831 - 1850:
1847, Tate Bryarly, New Providence Turnpike Commissioner, Serial Number 49, Chapter/Section 193.14
www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/acts/tnact-b7.htm

11. Obituary, The Clarksville Jeffersonian, Dated 3 November 1852:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nightshade/Remembrances_of_Our_Past.html

©Mark Morrow