Zilla A. Pate was the second child born to the parents of Samuel Pate and Susan Kite. She was born in 1836 in Fayette County, Georgia.

Zilla appeared in the 1850 Census in Fayette County, Georgia with her parents.

Zilla married Merriman Stephens, Jr. on December 14, 1873 in Coweta County, Georgia.

I have no further information on this family.