Introduction
The following paper discusses the lines of William Patton Sr and Joseph Patton. William was older and was born in Northern Ireland about 1720, Joseph was younger and was probably his brother. We will first mention what can be learned about the Pennsylvania origins of these men, and then trace them in Bourbon and adjacent Harrison County in Kentucky.
These lines have been rather extensively studied for years, as the descendants are very numerous, and long and detailed accounts exist. (737, 739) Among others, Elaine Elliott, first editor of the “Patton/Patten Exchange Letter” has worked out these lines in much detail. However, others using her work have mixed up some of the cousins (an easy thing to do), and existing writings lack some exact dates which are available from tombstone records for many of the descendants. In addition, some of the Ohio lines have not been traced in detail Since your author is able to supply some of these deficiencies from the wealth of records available at the Western Reserve Historical Society, he presents this short paper with a view of trying to set the record straight on the earlier generations of these lines, down to 1850. After this time the number of descendants goes into the thousands (counting female lines) and others are welcome to pursue these as they see fit.
Most of the information regarding the Penna origins of this group has not presented in detail prior to this publication.
A second William Patton, veteran of the Revolution, arrived in Bourbon County in 1795 and left descendants. Although apparently unrelated to the lines being here discussed, this line is mentioned in an appendix to this chapter in a little detail, as researchers are apt to confound the various men named William Patton who lived in this area from 1795-1810.
Lakewood Ohio Nov 2001
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Pattons of Antrim and Toboyne Twps., Cumberland Co Penna.
After the erection of Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania in 1730 a number of new townships were established to the west of the Susquehanna River, to accomodate the needs of the steady flow of settlers into the area. By 1749 the westernmost of these townships, the frontier, was a huge area called Antrim Twp. Over the years after this this area was subdivided many times and now includes several whole counties including Cumberland (1750), Franklin (1784), Adams (1800) and Perry (1820) Counties.
By the time of the American Revolution this was all Cumberland Co., and we find Pattons living in several townships. The land records of Cumberland do not show that most of these early Pattons actually purchased land, and it seems clear that they remained in this area only a few years before moving on to more promising areas.
ANTRIM TWP.
[Lt.] Joseph Patton appears in the tax lists of this township in 1781, taxed on 200 acres, total value of property was $830. (756) Also on this list was a Robert Patton (freeman, hence unmarried). Names also found on this list are Humphrey Fullerton, James Poe, James Dixon, Jacob Stotler, Jacob Grindle, Joseph Lowrey, and George Gordon. Each of these men also appears together as an officer or enlisted man in several extant Rev War Militia muster rolls. For example, in Dec 1778 the Cumberland 2nd Battalion shows Capt. John Jack's Co. included Gordon and Grindle, plus Joseph McClintock. (Pa Arch 5:vol 6, 169). On 23 Oct 1777 the roster of Cumberland 8th Battalion, 4th Co showed that Capt William Long's immediate subordinate was First Lt. Joseph Patton; this same unit in 1780 still had Patton as second-in command, with privates from several townships. (Pa Arch 5: vol 6, 519, 556). In 1782 Joseph was First Lt of the 3rd Co., 8th Cumberland Battalion, with Robert Patton a Pvt. in his company. The identity of Robert Patton is unknown.
Joseph would have been born prior to about 1757 to be an officer in 1777. It has been mentioned above that Joseph McClintock was in a militia unit along with Antrim men; it appears that McClintock was himself from Toboyne Twp., a bit north of Antrim.
A Joseph Patton, younger than the man discussed above1, married Margaret McClintock, daughter of Joseph McClintock amd Elizabeth Torrence, on 18 Sept. 1783 in Centre Presbyterian Church, Sherman's Valley, Toboyne Twp. Records of the two Rev's Linn, pastors of this church have survived and are available on the Perry Co Pa website. (741) The Joseph who married Margaret went after the RW to Bourbon Co. Va (later Ky), and his gravestone has the birthdate 1 Oct. 1759. He appears to be the oldest son of William Patton, to be discussed below, and hence this younger Joseph was the nephew of the older man.
The line of the senior Joseph Patton will be discussed below on page 56.10.
1 Lt Joseph Patton owned a large and prosperous farm in 1781; it would be highly unusual for a man to own a large farm just starting out in life, several years prior to marriage.
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PATTONS OF TOBOYNE TWP., CUMBERLAND CO PENNA.
Present Toboyne Twp. is located in the western end of Perry Co Pa.; this is a very remote area walled on the northwest by the Tuscarora Mt and southeast by Kittatinny Mt. The main stream draining the valley is Sherman's Creek, which runs roughly east and west. The oldest church in the area is Centre Presbyterian Church. This area was settled by the 1770's and several Pattons were among earliest settlers.
The population of this township has always been extremely sparse, and due to this fact neighbors tended to intermarry, and when they did migrate from the area, they often did so in related family groups. A common migration path from this valley was to mideastern Kentucky and southern Ohio in the period 1790-1800. (See the Perry Co Pa website for many details.)
The 1779 tax lists of the township shows William Patton with 150 acres, Thomas Patton with 100 acres and a landless George Patton. Living here at the same time was a large contingent of McClintocks, including Daniel, Wm Sr., Wm Jr., Wm (blacksmith), Hugh, Robert, John, and in 1781 also Joseph McClintock. (Pa Arch. Ser 3 vol xx, p 224). It is likely that these earliest Pattons were kin, maybe brothers; we shall discuss each in turn as far as surviving records permit.
GEORGE PATTON
No surviving Cumberland Co Penna militia muster lists appear to mention George Patton. George Patton was still in Toboyne in 1780 with 222 acres; however no land surveys are recorded for him in early Cumberland records. It would thus appear that George Patton had settled on land in Toboyne, staying here for only about two years, and then moved on without formally taking up the land he lived on. This was common practice in the earliest days. This George Patton had to have been born prior to 1758 to be on the tax list in 1779; the fact he lived near several other Pattons in this very remote valley suggests he was kin, possibly a brother. We may hazard a guess that he had recently arrived from abroad, from Ireland or possibly Scotland, as his name does not appear to show up in earlier SE Penna records.
What happened to George Patton after 1780? His name is not found in any other Cumberland Co tax lists, which are rather complete. In 1799 a George Patten and Charles Patten of Washington Co., Maryland sold a grey mare and a brown horse to William Hughes. This area is located a few miles south of the area we have been discussing. It will later be shown that these men moved shortly thereafter to Clark County, Ky. It is possible that George Patton of Toboyne may have been the father of George and Charles Patton of Washington Co, who were born about 1779 and 1778 respectively. It is also possible that the older George Patton may have died in the interval between 1780 and 1799. The probate records and orphans court records of Cumberland Co Pa fail to show any trace of George Patton, as well as those of Washington Co. Md. So at present we must be content to leave things as stated above. The line of the Pattons of Washington Co Md who went to Ky will be discussed in a separate chapter [57] of this COMPENDIUM.
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[56] WILLIAM PATTON SR.
William Patton is listed in the Toboyne Twp. tax list in 1780 with 151 acres and again in 1781. The last year William Patton appears in Toboyne tax lists is 1785. William was thus in the Sherman Valley at least between 1779 and 1785. He then moved to Va about the same time various McClintock kin moved, and appears in Bourbon Co Va tax lists after 1787. After Kentucky achieved statehood in 1792 Bourbon Co. was in Kentucky, being in themiddle section of that new state.
A William and Thomas Patton appear together in a summer 1782 Cumberland Co militia scouting payroll (Penna Arch. 5:6:653); this seems to be a hastily gathered company of men from various areas so we cannot say where the men were from.*
In 1779 and maybe later William HOLLIDAY appears on Toboyne tax lists. This man, or a namesake, married Martha Patton, dau of William Patton, reportedly in 1778 "in Penna". This is good corroboration that Wm Patton and Wm Holliday may have come together to Ky.
The William Patton Sr line is discussed at length, below.
THOMAS PATTON
As mentioned above, a Thomas Patton was listed in Toboyne tax lists in 1779, and MAY have served in the revolution as a private in 1782. After 1779 Thomas no longer was taxed in Toboyne. (A different man of this name lived in Tyrone Twp. a bit to the north, but he was here consistently before 1778 and left a will dated 29 July 1785; he was not a resident of Toboyne.) The fate of this man is unknown, but the fact he lived here close to George Patton suggests affinity.
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Summary
The above is preliminary and needs further study. But it supports the claim that a William Patton, born estimated 1725, did live in Teboyne Twp during the period when his son Joseph is said to have married miss Margaret McClintock. There is no question that men of these names appear in Bourbon Co Ky. records beginning soon after the formation of this county in 1786. This man, in addition to a Joseph also had sons named Thomas and William, suggesting a family naming pattern.
*Applicants to the DAR have claimed that William Patton (d 1795 Bourbon Co Ky) served in the RW under Capt Hugh McAllister's Co of Cumberland Co Pa Militia. Comparison of the sixty names on this muster list in 1781 with tax lists of this year very clearly shows that almost every man in this unit was from West Pennsboro Twp (Pa Archives Ser 3 vol 20 p 501). The Wm Patton on this list wrote a will dated 1796 and it was witnessed by Jared Graham, also on the muster list. So this was NOT the man who moved to Ky. I have been told that Wm of Bourbon got several land warrants in Ky for Rev War service- need to document this.
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[56] Pattons of Bourbon Co. and Harrison Co. Ky.
Bourbon Co., in Eastern Ky., is one of the oldest counties, formed in 1785 from Fayette (formed 1780 from Kentucky Co. Va.). It was the parent of Mason Co. (1788), Clark Co. (1792) in which other Pattons were active, and Harrison (1793).
An early settler was William Patton Sr, born (est.) 1725, reportedly in Armagh, Ireland. William came to Americaca. 1765, settling first in Pennsylvania, reportedly in Cumberland Co Pa., where he is said to have participated in the struggle for independence. As we have discussed above, William Patton lived in Toboyne Twp., Cumberland Co., along Sherman's Creek, in the company of various McClintocks; two of his children married McClintocks. He was on tax lists here until 1785, then headed for Virginia, settling in Bourbon Co. Va. (Ky after 1792) in 1786. In the latter year he purchased land there on Stoner's Fork of Licking River (DB A: 71). He signed his will on 31 July 1794 and it was proved in May 1795. His wife predeceased him. For many years applicants to the DAR* have claimed that his wife was named Martha Fullerton. In a thoughtful article in PEL [II-264], Elaine Elliott points out that ten of William's eleven children had a daughter named Sally and suggests therefore that his wife was more likely named Sally (Dunlap?). Perhaps his wife's mother was named Martha (Fullerton); it is very common for a name to be remembered over several generations, but placed in the wrong generation when constructing a genealogy, many years later. The eldest dau. of William was named Martha, and a common naming pattern is to name the eldest daughter after the maternal grandmother. Children, (per his 1794 will) are given as follows. Each line will be discussed in detail below.
a. Joseph Patton Sr.2, b. 1 Oct. 1759 (Ire/ Pa?), married Margaret McClintock in 1783 in Pa. He died intestate, after 1820. See below.
b. Martha Patton, b. 1754 prob Ire., marr William Holliday (1755-1812) ca. 1778, died 1816 ..... Seven ch listed by E. Elliott.
c. Rebecca Patton, b. 1755-58, married Joseph McClintock 18 Sept. 1785 in Bourbon Co. Ky. She died after 1825 in Nicholas Co Ky. Her husband was born 1744 Cumberland Co. Pa, died 1825 Nicholas Co. Ky.
d. Sarah "Sally" Patton, b. 1763 prob Ire, married William Morrow in Bourbon Co Ky on 4 Feb. 1791. [Bond signed by Wm Patton]. She died 1831.
e. Thomas Patton, b. ca 1764 Ire?, marr. Jane Maxwell in Bourbon Co. Ky. on 25 June 1791. Thos was on 1807--1810 tax lists; he is not found in 1810 census. Beginning 1814 Jean Patton is on tax lists with 74 acres, maybe his widow?
f. Anna Patton, b. ca 1767 Ire?, married James Steel 16 Jan 1788 in Bourbon Co Ky. He died 1823; she died 1860 in Clark Co Ohio.
g. John Patton, born 1769, marr (1) Susannah McCune 1791. Details below.
h. William Patton Jr., born 23 Oct 1772 Pa., marr Elizabeth Vannemon (or Van Emon) 16 Jan 1794 in Bourbon Co Ky. To Highland Co Ohio.
i. Mary "Polly" Patton, b. 1773 Pa, marr Alexander Wright on 13 May 1799 in Bourb. Co. Ky
j. Rosanna Patton, b. 1776 Pa, marr David Mitchell; she d 1856.
k. Elizabeth Patton, b. 1777 Pa, marr Samuel P Maxwell 18--, m (2) William McCune.
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[56] Descendants of William Patton and Sarah ------
a. Joseph Patton Sr.2, b. 1 Oct. 1759 (Ire/ Pa?), would appear to be the man named in the will of William Patton (1795), which provided “First, I give and bequeath to my oldest son Joseph One hundred and twenty acres of land where he now lives including all the improvements”. (Bourbon will book A) Beginning in 1787 Joseph was listed on the Bourbon tax duplicate without land. No list for 1794 survives. In 1795 we find Joseph with 120 acres on Hinkson Creek, 4 horses and 17 cattle; he continues on these lists with 120 acres until 1807 when his holdings increased to 220 acres. Joseph married Margaret McClintock in 1783 in Centre Presbyterian Church, died 1 Sept. 1822 Bourbon Co Ky. (735) . He was on the 1810 and 1820 Bourbon Co censuses. He died intestate. Margaret was born 8 April 1762?, died at age 76 in Bourbon Co Ky on 18 Feb 1838. His children have been listed by descendants, based on descent of property. We will reproduce this list below with added comments.
1) Sarah Patton, b 26 June 1784, married James Nailer, died 13 July 1855. Buried Ruddles Mill. She was alive in 1830 when she deeded land to her brother, Joseph. Children are unknown.
2) Joseph Patton Jr 3 b 16 June 1786, first appears on tax lists in 1807; married 9 Feb 1810 Margaret (Peggy) Shannon in Bourbon Co. Ky.; John Shannon was bondsman. He appears as Joseph Patton Jr on many tax lists to distinguish him from his father. After his father died in 1822 his 220 acre farm was divided between Joseph Jr and Hugh, who after this time were taxed on 110 acres each. (By 1825 it was 100 acres each). In 1830 Joseph evidently sold his land to Hugh and left for Ohio.
3) Elizabeth Patton b 27 February 1788, d 1864 Highland Co. Ohio. She married her cousin (1st cousin once removed) James Patton (son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dunlap Patton. Grandson of William and Sarah Dunlap Patton. Their children and descendants are traced in the William Patton outline, page 56.11 below.
4) William Patton b. 15 February 1790 d 15 December 1806 at the age of 16.
5) Mary (Polly) Patton, b 15 November 1791 d 24 July 1859 (Buried in an iron fence enclosed plot in Stonermouth Cemetery with her husband and son. She married her 1st cousin once removed William Patton, son of John, grandson of William Sr. The son, John William, survived his mother by 4 days. No will but lengthy inventory being divided equally between her family and his family. Her brother Hugh and his brother Alexander L. administered the estate. He owned much property in Harrison County.) (739)
6) John Patton, b 14 November 1793 d. November 1796.
7) Hugh Patton b 1 October 1795 can be confirmed as a son of Joseph Sr as he inherited half the home farm on Hingson Creek. He died 7 November 1866. Hugh married Jane NESBIT 22 March 1820. She was born 9 November 1800, d 19 July 1855 buried Ruddles Mills, Bourbon Co. KY.
8) John Patton was born on 4 July 1798.
9) Margaret Patton was born in 1808 (note very large gap in ages!). In 1823, at the age of 15, she married Joseph Patton (son of John, 1769-1816). Margaret died in 1828 and her husband in 1823 so there were probably no children.
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g. John Patton3, b. 1 March 1769, marr. first Susannah McCune 23 March 1791 Bourbon Co. The following children, all reportedly born near Paris, Bourbon Co. Ky., have been attributed to them (744). John Patton was on Bourbon tax lists at least through 1816. The Ruddles Mills graveyard has a stone for John Patton b. 1 March 1769, died 20 Sept. 1816, and Susan Patton, wife of John, dates illegible. (735) Elliott (739) gives her dates as 1774-1813. John married second Margaret McClintock in 1815. Margaret was a daughter of William McClintock (1750-1819) and Elizabeth Torrence (1750-1819). She died shortly after the birth of her only child and her will is recorded in Bourbon Co. (Dated Oct, probated Nov 1816)
i. Elizabeth Patton. Born in April 1792 in Kentucky. Elizabeth died in 1862; she was 70. Elizabeth married Willie Wright. Born in 1792. Willie died in 1848; he was 56.
ii. William Patton. Born on July 12, 1794 in Kentucky, he inherited a plantation in Harrison Co. Ky from his father. William died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on January 22, 1853; he was 58. Buried in Ruddle’s Mills Cemetery. In 1815 when William was 20, he married Mary (Polly) Patton, daughter of Joseph PATTEN (3) (1759-1822) & Margaret McClintock (1761-1838). Born on November 15, 1791. Mary (Polly) died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on July 24, 1859; she was 67. Buried in Stonermouth Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ruddell’s Mills, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
iii. Sallie Patton. Born in 1797. Sallie died in 1865; she was 68. On January 27, 1817 when Sallie was 20, she married William McClintock, son of William Mc Clintock (1750-1819) & Elizabeth Torrence, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He was born on December 27, 1787 and died in 1861; he was 73.
iv. John Patton. Born in 1801. John died in 1848; he was 47. John married Elizabeth McClintock, daughter of Joseph McClintock (1744-1825) & Rebecca Patton (1755-1825). Born in 1799. Elizabeth died in 1853; she was 54.
v. Susannah Patton. Born in 1804 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Named after her mother Susannah McCune. In 1823 when Susan was 19, she married Thomas Patterson.
vi. Alexander L. Patton Born in 1808, he was a minor when his father died so he and his sister Susannah were sent to live with their aunt Betsy Wright. Alexander L. died in 1875; he was 67. In 1830 when Alexander L. was 22, he first married Peggy McKEE. Alexander L. second married Jane MARSHALL. Born in 1824. Jane died in 1886; she was 62.
vii. Samuel Patton. Born on December 31, 1810. In 1830 when Samuel was 19, he married Mary Jane Short.
viii. Thomas Dunlap Patton. Born in 1810s in Kentucky. Thomas Dunlap died in 1879; he was 49. Thomas Dunlap married Julia Watts. Born in 1810. Julia died in Pike County, Missouri in 1873; she was 63.
ix. Nancy Patton, b. 18. On February 16, 1837 Nancy married William (Dabney?) RAINEY.
x. Joseph Patton, born ca 1799, Joseph died testate in 1823 in Bourbon Co. Ky. [ Bourbon Will Book B, Page 158-Names wife, Peggy; son, John; brother, William Patton. Written March 20, 1823. Probated April, 1823. Executors Wife, Peggy, brother, William Patton. Witnesses-William Lowry, John Hughes.
In 1823 Joseph married Margaret (Peggy) Patten, daughter of Joseph Patten (1759-1822) & Margaret Mc Clintock (1761-1838). Born in 1808. Margaret (Peggy) died in 1828; she was 20. (How could he have a son John in 1823 ??)
xi. Margaret Patton, daughter by second marr., born in 1816. Margaret died in 1901; she was 85. Margaret married Cyrus VANDEEREN.
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h. William Patton Jr., born 23 Oct 1772 Pa., marr Elizabeth Vannemon (or Van Emon) 16 Jan 1794 in Bourbon Co Ky. On 1810 census here (12001-10010). She was born 24 March 1774 in Penna, daughter of Garrard Van Emon*, and died on 1 June 1859. William purchased land in Highland Co Ohio in July 1811; it appears they moved here by at least 1813 based on a deed dated Dec 1813. William died on 7 Feb. 1831. He is buried in the Fall Creek Presbyterian Churchyard, about ten miles west of Greenfield. (737) His will (probated 11 April 1831) names his wife and children.
1. Martha Patton, b 28 Feb.1795, married 27 March 1816 Ohio to William Thornton. He was b. 1793. (737) They had 11 children
2 .Sarah Patton, born 15 Sept1796. She married John Ferguson 6/10/1817
3 .Elizabeth Patton Born 1/24/1798. She married William Ferguson 10 April 1827 , died 6/04/1859 or 6/01/1859
4. William Patton b. 11/24/1800, died 3/27/1825 (unmarried)
5. James N/H. Patton, born 14 Nov.1802. James married Margaret Edge17 Nov. 1824. He died on 26 May 1857. A James H? Patton is found on the 1850 Highland Co Ohio census living close to Joseph V and Andrew Patton, but his wife is named Charlotte, age 37. This requires additional study.
6. John Patton b. 8 April 1804. Married Nancy Rogers 30 Nov 1827 in Highland Co. John died 7/11/1842
7. Joseph Vanemon Patton, born 4 Feb1806 in Ky, died 18 Feb 1872 in Highland Co Ohio, buried Fall Creek Presb. Ch cem., marr Jane Fairley on 2 Oct 1834 in Highland Co. She was born 1814, died 26 Jan 1878. She was the dau of James Fairley, b 1779 Scotland.
a) William B Patton, b 1837 Oh
b) Nancy N Patton, b 1838 Oh
c) John M Patton, b 1840 Oh
d) Richard L Patton, b. 1842 Oh
e) Elizabeth M Patton, b 1844 Oh
f) Samuel N Patton, b 1847
g) Joseph T Patton, b 1849 Oh, died 11 Feb 1851, bur Fall Cr. Cem
8. Andrew N. Patton, born 1814 Ohio, married Mary M. Fairly 27 Jan 1842 in Highland Co Ohio. She was born about 1831. Ch in 1850 census of Highland Co (Paint Twp)::
a) Elizabeth M Patton, b. 1843 Oh, died 22 Nov 1864, bur Fall Creek
b) James F Patton, b. 1845 Oh
c) John W Patton, born 1848 Ohio
9. Thomas M. Patton, b. aft 1808, married Sarah Patton 30 March1837. I have not yet located him in 1850.
10. Rebecca Ann Patton b. 3/29/1816 (737), but more likely in 1810 in Ky (1850 census), married Andrew Strain on 2 Oct. 1821. He was born in 1800 in Ohio. Ten children in 1850 census, Paint Twp, Highland Co (p 314, #1595).
11. Mary “Polly” Patton b. 4/19/1816 or 1818. Married ?? Erving. Died 10/21/1842.
* Garret Vaneman was a Pvt. soldier in Continental Line from Washington Co Pa (Pa Arch 5. iv.731)
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[56] William Patton Sr1
i. Mary "Polly" Patton2, b. 1773 Pa, marr Alexander Wright on 13 May 1799 in Bourb. Co, Ky.; Jas Steele, husband of her sister Anna, was bondsman. She died 1855. Ch are printed in PEL series II- 265.
j. Rosanna Patton, b. 1776 Pa, marr David Mitchell; she d 1856.
k. Elizabeth Patton, b. 1777 Pa, marr Samuel P Maxwell 18--, m (2) William McCune. Ch given by Elliott (739).
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Joseph Patton Sr of Harrison Co Ky
Joseph Patton Sr. It is the contention of longtime researcher Elaine Elliott that Joseph was the youngest brother of William Patton (b 1720s) of Bourbon Co., Ky; she gives his birth as about 1750, in Ireland. His wife’s name has been given as Elizabeth Dunlap. As we discussed above, this man seems to the Lt Joseph Patton of Cumberland Co Penna, who left Pennsylvania at some point after 1783. (No record of his selling land in Pennsylvania has come to light). Joseph died in Harrison Co Ky in 1817. (739) He does not appear as head of household in 1810, maybe living with a daughter? Will? Tax lists?
Harrison Co is just north of Bourbon Co. Several sons of Joseph moved to Highland Co Ohio at the same time part of William’s family moved here, and Pattons in both lines extensively intermarried and are buried in the Fall Creek cemetery, so it is plausible and even very likely that Joseph was William’s brother. Elliott gives the following children:
a. William PATTON, b 1770s, m Jane Dillon on 14 January 1799 Bourbon County, Kentucky Official record of this marriage not yet found, but it appears he died abt 1808 and she paid taxes on his 74 acre tract on Flat Run in 1814..
b. Joseph Patten, born 1775, on the 1810 census of Harrison Co Ky (01110 - 00100) along with his brother Nathaniel. Joseph m 23 September 1802 in Bourbon Co KY Ann Cowan 1782-1868. While still a resident of Bourbon Co he bought a tract in Highland Co Ohio in Feb 1815. They moved here by 1820 (census). Joseph wrote his will in Highland Co which names wife and children. His gravestone reads Joseph Patton- d. Nov 4, 1838, aet. 62- 11-24. Born in 1782, Ann died on 7 Jan 1860; she was aged 77 yrs, 8 mo, 17 days.
1) Joseph D Patton, b 24 Jan 1807 Ky, executor of father’s estate, living 1850 Highland Co. He died 24 March 1878. According to one account, Joseph married Betsy Ann ...., born 23 Dec 1813, died 26 July 1880. SEE 1850 census- was she a sister or wife?
2) John N/W Patton, b 1811 Ky, died 6 Sept 1835 , bur Fall Creek.
3) David C Patton, b. 1812 Ky, marr Sophia Sweringen in Highland Co on 7 April 1829, living 1850 Liberty Twp, Highland Co
4) Betsey Patton, b 1813 Oh, living with Joseph D, above. Sister or wife? She was b Oh so prob wife.
5) Mary Ann Patton, born
6) James W Patton
7) William Mitchell Patton, born ca 1814 Ky., marr Rachel Beeson in Highland County Ohio on 13 June 1837. They appear to have moved by 1850 to Henry Co., Iowa. Rachel died in 1856 and we find William in 1860 living in Mahaska Co Iowa with second wife Elizabeth. He was a tanner by trade.
a) Thomas S Patton, b 1849 Iowa.
b) Celestia Patton, b 1853, not living with her father in 1860, must have been living with other relatives. She married Lafayette Bacon in 1876 and got her father’s Bible.
8) Hugh P. Patton, b 1815, died 10 Sept 1837 Oh, bur Fall Creek. Marr ..., one dau.
9) Thomas S. Patton, b 1818 Oh, marr first Martha B.... who died 13 Dec 1847, age 27. He marr second Margaret A.... who died 26 April 1862; both wives bur Fall Creek Cem.
10) Caroline H Patton. b 1822 Oh, single in 1850, deceased by 21 May 1851.
c. Rosannah PATTON b 1777 d 29 October 1817 Adams County, Ohio; married Adam Kirkpatrick on 19 Aug 1797 in Harrison Co Ky. (744)
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d. Nathaniel Patton b 1781 Pennsylvania d 1851 Highland County, Ohio. This man appears on census records in Highland County living in Liberty Twp. beginning in 1820. It appears he never married. He is buried in Fall Creek cemetery and his stone says he died 17 Nov. 1851, in his 70th year.
e. James Patton b 1783 Pennsylvania, to Ohio by 1813, died 13 June 1847 Highland County, Ohio. James married his cousin Elizabeth Patten, daughter of Joseph Patten (1759-1822) & Margaret McClintock (1761-1838). They were married in Bourbon Co Ky on or about 4/7 April 1808; Joseph Patton was bondsman. James purchased 139 acres in Highland Co Ohio on 22 July 1811, the same day his kinsman William Patton bought a 139 acre tract. Born on February 27, 1786 in Kentucky, Elizabeth died in Highland County, Ohio on 19 June 1864; she was aged 76-3-23. She was listed in the 1850 census in Liberty township with four adult but unmarried children, and her brother-in law Nathaniel was also living with her. Children (per Barb Crumley, genforum post # 4312, March 2003)
1) Eliza J Patton, b 1812 Ky, died single 9 Jan 1868, bur Fall Creek Cem.
2) Margaret Patton, b ___, m John Mathews on 21 Sept 1847
3) Joseph Patton, born
4) Mary Ann Patton, born about 1819, married William Boatman in Highland Co OH on 27 April 1841. She had three children, and died there about 1849. After removing the Ripley Co., IN in 1850, William married Charlotte Shreve, the widow of Jackson Jolly, by whom she had born 4 daughters. William and Charlotte subsequently had 2 additional sons and a daughter by the time William had settled his large family at the pioneer settlement of Plainview, MN, after 1855. On 28 December 1859, William filed suit in the interests of his three oldest children in the inheritance of their late mother Mary "Polly", who inherited "from her father, James Patton, dec'd., in 212 acres on the waters of Fall Creek in Survey No. 2320, of which said Patton died seized." The suit mentions James's widow Elizabeth and children Eliza Jane, James D. and Thomas Patton. [Ian Zaenger post on Genforum, 3-03]
5) James Dunlap Patton, born 16 Jan 1823 Oh, married Margery A.Moore on 17 Nov 1864 in Clinton Co. He died 18 March 1893 and is buried next to his wife in Fall Creek Presb. Ch Cem.
6) Thomas Patton, b. 8 March 1825 Oh, married Sarah Jane Morrow on 19 Dec 1850 inHighland Co., and died 4 Nov 1890. She was born 17 April 1831 and died 12 May 1912; both are buried in Fall Creek Presbyterian Church Cem. Two children who died in infancy are buried beside them.
7) Amanda A Patton, married James W Morrow in Highland Co on 18 Dec 1855
8) Nancy R Patton, m Edward Hott in Highland Co on 13 March 1849
9) Martha A Patton, born 13 Sept 1829, died 9 July 1869, m Joseph Newton Morrow in Highland Co on 17 Jan 1850. He was born 29 Oct 1829, died 19 Nov 1916.
10) Salley Patten, m __ Patton
11) Hugh Patton
f. Sara PATTON m 1810 Harrison County, Kentucky to Andrew BOYD
g. Elizabeth PATTON m 1809 Harrison County, Kentucky to John BOYD
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[56] APPENDIX- OTHER PATTONS of Bourbon Co. Ky.
WILLIAM PATTON, b 1759 (Rev War vet)
William Patton was born at New Ark, Pennsylvania on 26 June 1759 (based on two separate statements in 142b). [Newark Monthly Mtg Quaker records, Chester Co Pa. show that a Richard Patten was here by 1741] He enlisted in the spring of 1780 as a mounted dragoon in Capt. William Locke's service, under Col McCoy at Salisbury [Rowan Co.] North Carolina. He was taken prisoner by Col. Tarleton at Monck's Corner; he was paroled on 23 May 1780, a copy of the parole which he still had in his possession in 1832. However it was some time later when he was exchanged. In 1782 he was attached to the NC Continental Line. While at Salisbury he was personally acquainted with Gen Andrew Jackson, later President of the US. He does not say where he was between 1782-1795. (142b)
William stated that he moved to the city of Paris in Bourbon Co Kentucky about 1795, and lived there until he made his pension application in 1832. (142b)
William appears consistently on Bourbon Co tax lists beginning in 1795, with a small tract of 50 acres on Hinkson Creek, entered in the name of Jno Smith. He never acquired any extra land. He is present on tax lists here through 1835. On 16 Aug 1832 he appeared in court age 73 years on the 26th of June last, mentioned a small tract of land. He did receive a pension. He died, presumably in Bourbon Co., on 4 May 1835, leaving a widow Jane. (142b)
Jane stated when applying for a widow's pension that they were married in Bourbon Co Ky on 1 March 1807 by Isaac Munsey, a Baptist preacher, and a cerfified copy of their marr license is in the pension file. She said her maiden name was Jane GORE and that she had not been married before, nor after Wm's death. (Name spelled Gore on original marr bond). Jane Patton was a widow on pension roll Feb 1853. In Nov 1853 William Patton (age 52) and Andrew J Patton (age 36?), no relationship stated, of Harrison Co Ky, said they well knew William Patton was a Rev War vet when he was living in Bourbon Co. She was then appar living in Harrison Co Ky. She also applied for a bounty land warrant 3 March 1855; she was then about 73, hence born abt. 1782. The warrant was issued, for 160 acres located in Springfield, Mo. (wt # 38576) In 1901 an inquiry was made about this land by the grandchild of George H Patton who in abt 1870 had received inquiries from Columbus Ohio. George was allegedly a descendant of William, RS. In the 1850 census, JANE Patton of Harrison Co was shown as 66 (b abt 1784 in Pa), and living with her was Jackson Patton, age 50?, b Ky, a blacksmith. Also we find William Patton, 56, b Ky, and Mary (58?). It looks as if these men were sons of William by a prior marriage.
Further evidence that William had been previously married is discussed below. Although there were many men named William Patton in Bourbon Co., one did marry Polly Wilson here in 1794, just about the time our present man came to the area. Another Wm md Catharine VanHook in 1794 here! Was one the mysterious first wife??
Possible offspring of William based on tax and census records plus guesswork:
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[56] WILLIAM PATTON
a. Charles Patton, born about 1798 (age 51 in 1850), served as a very young man in the War of 1812 as a private in Capt. Davis' Ky Militia from May to July 1814. He married Mary Rader in Bourbon Co on 2 Nov. 1816. The original marriage bond was signed by his father, William Patton and also by Jane Patton. [This surely refers to Wm Patton RS and his 2nd wife Jane Gore]. Charles does not appear in any tax lists until 1824. He is here in 1820 (census), born 1794-1804, with young wife and a daughter age under 10. By 1830 he moved to Oldham County and was here also in 1840, 1850. Charles died in 1858 leaving the following children (per brucek8@juno.com) He applied for a bounty land warrant in 1855 (Wt 12006-160-55), and died in Louisville in June 1858. His widow applied for a widow's pension (Pension rec. 11149 & 6449). No trace of this family in 1860. Some family names in the pension records include Ward H Patton and Charles B Patton.
a. (dau, born ca 1818).
b. Charles B Patton, b. 1826 Ky, living near father in 1850. He was a tailor, and married Elizabeth .....
c. Andrew Jackson Patton, b. 22 Feb. 1833 Oldham Co, died 24 Feb. 1919 in Louisville, Ky.
d. George R Patton, b. ... A man of this name was in Frankfort in 1870.
e. Henry T Patton, b. 18... Maybe on 1850 Bourbon census, living alone.
f. Nancy Patton, b 1839 Ky, at home in 1850
g. Logan Patton, b 1844 Ky (on 1850 census)
b. A[ndrew] Jackson Patton, b. about 1799; William said he knew "Old Hickory" in person. Surely he named a son after this charismatic war hero even before Andy got to the Presidency! Jackson Patton was in 1840 census in Harrison Co. 1850? \\TRY 1860 Pendleton Co census.
c. William Patton Jr., born about 1803, married Elizabeth about 1830. William Jr appears on Bourbon Co tax lists next to Wm Sr and Charles beginning 1826, suggesting a birth year around 1805. William and Mary are on 1850 Harrison Co Ky census.
1) William Patton, b. 1831
2) Amelia Patton, b. 1834
3) Susan Patton, b. 1841 Ky
d. Ward Patton, born 1808 Ky., appears first in Bourbon tax lists in the year 1830 after turning 21. Ward moved to Covington, Kenton Co. Ky by 1850. when he appears with wife Martha .......; they were evidently married about 1834. His occupation is shown as engineer. Three daughters were born by then.
1) Mary Patton, b. 1835
2) Harriett Patton, b. 1837
3) Julia Ann Patton, b. 1842 Ky
e. 3 daughters at home in 1830.
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1. James Patton, on 1791 tax list (b prior to 1770). Maybe a brother of Wm SR? Prob same as Jas (1765-84) on 1810 Bourbon census. If so, he was b 1765-69. A man of this name is on 1809-1812 Bourbon tax lists then drops off. The structure of his family exactly matches that of James Patton in the 1820 Highland Co Ohio census (with ch born in interim). On 22 July 1811 Samuel Rees sold two tracts in Highland of 139 acres each, one to James and one to William Patton. This suggests a strong family kinship!
INDEX to Pattons in section 56
Alexander L 1808 Ky Peggy McKee 1830 56.7
Amelia 1834 Ky 56.12
Andrew Jackson 1799 Ky 56.12
Andrew N 1814 Oh Mary Fairley 1842 Oh 56.8
Andrew Jackson 1833 Ky 56.12
Anna 1767 Pa? James Steel 1788 Bourb Co Ky 56.5
Celestia 1853 L. Bacon 56.10
Charles 1798 Ky Mary Rader 1816 56.12
Charles B 1826 Ky Elizabeth ..... 56.12
David C 1812 Ky Sophia Sweringen 56.10
Eliza J 1812 Ky (unm) 56.11
Elizabeth 1777 Pa Samuel P Maxwell 56.5
Elizabeth 1788 James Patton 56.6
Elizabeth 1790s John Boyd 1809 Ky 56.11
Elizabeth 1792 Ky William Wright 56.7
Elizabeth 1798 Ky Wm Ferguson 1827 56.8
Elizabeth M 1843 Oh 56.8
Elizabeth M 1844 Oh 56.8
Harriett 1837 Ky 56.12
Hugh 1795 Ky Jane Nesbit 56.6
Hugh P 1815 ... 56.10
James 1783 Pa Elizabeth Patton 1808 Ky 56.11
James 1802 Ky Margaret Edge 1824 56.8
James D 1823 Oh 56.11
James F 1845 Oh 56.8
John 1770s Susannah McCune 1791 Bourb Co Ky 56.5, 7
John 1798 Ky 56.6
John 1801 Ky Elizabeth McClintock 56.7
John 1804 Ky Nancy Rogers 1827 Oh 56.8
John 1811 Ky 56.9
John W 1848 Oh 56.8
Joseph 1750s IR 56.1
Joseph Sr 1759 Pa? Margaret McClintock 1783 56.5, 6
Joseph 1775 Ann Cowan 1802 Ky 56.9
Joseph Jr 1786 Peggy Shannon 1810 Ky 56.6
Joseph 1799? Peggy ... ? 56.7
Joseph V 1806 Ky Jane Fairley 1834 Oh 56.8
Joseph D 1807 Ky 56.9
Joseph T 1849 Oh 56.8
Julia Ann 1842 Ky 56.12
Logan 1844 Ky 56.12
Margaret 1808 Ky Joseph Patton 56.6
Margaret 1816 Ky Cyris Vandeeren ... 56.7
Martha 1754 IR William Holliday 56.5
Martha 1795 Ky Wm Thornton 1816 56.8
Mary 1773 Pa Alexander Wright 56.5, 9
Mary 1791 Ky William Patton 56.6
Mary 1835 Ky 56.12
Nancy 18-- Ky Wm Rainey 1837 56.7
Nancy N 1838 Oh 56.8
Nathaniel 1781 Pa (to Oh) 56.11
Rebecca 1750s Joseph McClintock 56.5
Rebecca Ann 1810-6 Andrew Strain 1831 56.8
Richard L 1842 Oh 56.8
Rosannah 1777 Adam Kirkpatrick 1797 Ky 56.10
Roseanna 1776 Pa David Mitchell . . . 56.5
Sallie 1797 Ky Wm McClintock 56.7
Samuel 1810 Ky Mary Jane Short 1830 56.7
Samuel N 1847 Oh 56.8
Sarah 1763 William Morrow 1791 Ky 56.5
Sarah 1784 Pa Jas Nailer 56.6
Sarah 1790? Andw Boyd 56.11
Sarah 1796 Ky John Ferguson 1817 56.8
Susan 1841 Ky 56.12
Susannah 1804 Ky Thos Patterson 1823 56.7
Thomas 1771 Jane Maxwell 1791 Bourb Co Ky 56.5
Thomas M 1809? Sarah Patton 1837 56.8
Thomas Dunlap 1810s Ky Julia Watts .... 56.7
Thomas S 1818 Oh Martha B 56.10
Thomas 1825 Oh 56.11
Thomas S 1849 IA 56.10
Ward 1808 Ky Martha ... 56.12
William 1720s IR Sarah (Dunlap? 56.4
William 1759 Pa Jane Gore 1807 Ky 56.12
William 1770s Jane Dillon 1799 Ky 56.9
William 1772 Pa Elizabeth Vannemon 1794 Ky 56.5, 8
William 1790 Ky (d yg) 56.6
William 1794 Ky Mary Patton 1815 Ky 56.7
William 1800 Ky d yg 56.8
William 1803 Ky Elizabeth 56.12
William Mitchell 1814 Ky Rachel Beeson 1837 Oh 56.10
William 1831 Ky 56.12
William B 1837 Oh 56.8