Born in Scott, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James H. Davidson
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Elizabeth (Davidson) Stacy [half], Goldman Davidson [half], Margaret (Davidson) Fisher, Sally (Davidson) Funkhouser, Mary (Davidson) Martin and Robert Davidson
Wife of
James Tate
— married
1798 (to before 1829) in Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert Hood Tate III, Mary Polly Tate, Sarah Tate, Davidson Tate, Joseph Tate, Margaret (Tate) McGuire, James M. Tate, Jahaziel H. Tate, Samuel Jackson Tate, Elan H. Tate, John Gooleman Tate and Eveline Tate
Died before
before age 76
in Grundy, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Dec 2011
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Biography
Ruth was born in 1784. Ruth Davidson ... She passed away before 1860.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDX-B65 : 12 April 2016), Ruth Fate in household of Jeremiah Walker, Grundy county, Grundy, Tennessee, United States; citing family 40, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- James "Major" Tate: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/83342416/person/42554964465/media/2b657a22-00c1-417f-bc2d-3592a2272890?_phsrc=byN723&_phstart=successSource
Acknowledgement
- Randy Tate, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Randy and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~1.56%
Donna (Myers) Anderson
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Tonda (Matney) Fluke :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Robert Choate :
23andMe, GEDmatch EM3577406 [compare], yourDNAportal ROB3e76ee89
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A881260 [compare], yourDNAportal ROB3e76ee89, Ancestry member Robert_Choate
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~0.39%
Pamela Kinder :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A011010 [compare], Ancestry member mogal1025
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~0.39%
Deana (Davis) Dougherty :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Catherine (Herrlinger) Beyer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GR5801772 [compare], yourDNAportal CAT849d0889, Ancestry member CatHerrlinger44
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BQ1425649 [compare]
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~0.39%
Kim (Midkiff) Shepherd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A566557 [compare], Ancestry member thebizymom
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~0.39%
David Hughey :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch QQ6893016 [compare], yourDNAportal DAV11d75a27
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Linda (Carruth) Peterson
Linda (Carruth) Peterson
Davidson-8961 and Davidson-1844 appear to represent the same person because: same dates, same husband (also duplicated)
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by Linda (Carruth) Peterson
Bob Tonsmeire
Davison-658 and Davidson-1844 appear to represent the same person because: Similar names, husbands, children
posted
by Bob Tonsmeire
Rejected matches › Ruth (Tate) Norris (abt.1913-)
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