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William
Patterson -> Robert "R"
-> Thomas -> John
-> George
John and Margaret Black Patterson's Children:
This Page Was Last Updated On June 15, 2005.
George Patterson was born in 1800 or 1801, in
Buncombe Co., NC. Around 1825, he married Rebecca Chastain, either in Haywood
Co., NC, or more likely in Rabun Co., Ga. Rebecca was born in 1799 in
either Ga or SC. Her parents were Elijah and Hannah Adams CHASTAIN. Elijah Chastain
was a son of the Rev. John Chastain, who was the grandson of the French Huguenot
immigrant, Dr. Pierre Chastain. Rebecca's parents' marriage ended in divorce.
George and Rebecca had two sons born in Rabun
Co., Ga by the 1830 census. Their names were James and Silas Kimsey Patterson.
Many researchers have confused this James with the one who married Easter
Nicholson. That is NOT correct. I do NOT know where James had moved to by 1850,
if he was still alive.
Silas Kimsey Patterson has also been mixed on
many charts. The fact that these two oldest sons were gone by the 1850 census
makes it difficult to document this family of George and Rebecca. Many people
have listed a ?Henry as the second son. Some have also listed a Henson, but
that was a different person. I believe that Silas Kimsey Patterson, born 1828-1829,
was that second son of George. Many people have him listed as the oldest son
of George's brother Amos Patterson, but I believe that is in error, since Amos
didn't get married until late in 1829, in Hall county, Ga. I have recently found
Silas Kimsey Patterson in Texas census records. I believe that he left the Union
Co., Ga area in the late 1840s and some of Amos's family met up with "SK"
in Texas. I can see why some would have attributed him to be one of Amos' sons,
but that just doesn't mesh with the 1830, 1834, and 1840 census records of Rabun
and Union counties. For more details on the Texas records regarding Silas
Kimsey and also Amos Patterson, see my page on Amos
which is very detailed regarding both individuals. In December of 2001 a great-grandson
of SK named Frank Patterson contacted me. Frank lives in Houston, Tx. Frank
remembers his father talking about the Chastains, specifically a Renee Chastain
from the time of their emigration to America (about 1680). This confirms to
me that George and Rebecca Chastain Patterson were the parents of Silas Kimsey
Patterson.
According to the 1834 Union Co., Ga listing,
there were four males and three females in George's household. The four males
would have been George, and his three oldest sons, James, S. K., and William.
The three females would have been George's wife Rebecca and the daughter Elizer
who was born in 1833. But who was the other female? I think it's very possible
that there was another daughter born between 1830 and 1834, who then died before
1840. The other possibility is that this was Rebecca's mother, Hannah Chastain.
She was living next to George's family in Rabun Co., Ga in 1830, and was divorced
from her husband by then. Hannah would have been about 58 years old in 1834.
I need to check the 1840 censuses to see if Hannah was living on her own or
not.
 The
third son of George and Rebecca Chastain Patterson was William
Harden Patterson, who was
born in Cherokee Indian Territory in the area that later became
Union County, Ga. He was born on April 10, 1832, and was my g-g-grandfather.
William fought in the Civil War. William and Elizabeth Akins were
married in 1853. Click here for more information on William Harden Patterson and his family.
George and Rebecca had two more sons and two
daughters after William, all born in Union county. They were Nancy Eliza "Elizer", John A., Elijah M., and Hanna Margaret Patterson.
Elizer married John Robert Dillard on September
13, 1855 in Fannin Co., Ga. John served with the B5 Tennessee Mtd. Infantry
during the Civil War. Apparently he died in a camp, but I'm not yet sure if
that was his own camp or a POW camp. According to Betty
Brackett Knight, John R. Dillard died in a camp in Tenn. Elizer applied
for a widow's pension from Fannin Co., Ga in May 1866, according to Betty. I
have recently requested a copy of that pension application. As soon as I am
able to obtain a copy I will update this information regarding John R. Dillard.
Elizer and her daughters appear to have remained in the Fannin and Union Co.,
Ga area.
John A. Patterson also served in the Civil War.
He married Anna Catherine Oxford. John and Anna had at least four children.
They stayed in Union Co., Ga and are buried at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
in the Lower Young Cane district, which is the same cemetery in which William
Harden Patterson is buried.
Elijah M. Patterson fought in the Civil War,
as well. After the war he left north Ga and later married Vienna Duckworth in
1869 in Benton Co., Arkansas. They later moved to the Witchita Co., Texas area,
and some of their children moved to Washington state, and then into Canada in
1901 and became Canadian citizens.
Hanna Margaret Patterson was the baby, born in
1845. In 1865 she married "Pat" Cornett. After Pat served in the Civil
War, they moved to Matador, Texas, which is in Motley Co.
Rebecca Chastain Patterson died sometime between
1845 and 1850 (probably closer to 1845), and is buried in a family cemetery
in the woods in Union county, about 1/2 mile off of highway 19, just north of
Blairsville, Ga.
George remarried on November 3, 1850, in Gilmer
County, Ga., to Sophia Dunnegan. She was the daughter of Ira Dunnegan
and Elizabeth Roberts. George and Sophia had 5 children, and all
were raised in Union county, at least up until their father, George
Patterson, died in the mid 1860's. George died before November
of 1866, which was when Sophia remarried. George is also buried
in the family cemetery off hwy. 19, right next to Nottley Lake. George and Sophia's 5 children were Rebecca, Arnie, George, Caledonia, and Robert W. Patterson.
George Patterson was a "hatter"
by trade, according to the Union County, Ga Historical Society.
This is very interesting to me considering the new information
we have regarding the relationship of George's father John Patterson
to the Pattersons of York Co., SC. It is my belief that George's
grandfather was Thomas Patterson of York Co., SC, who in turn
was the son of Robert Patterson of York Co., SC, who wrote his
will in 1775. In that will Robert Patterson bequeathed his "fir
hat" among other things to his grandson John Patterson, son
of Thomas. Could it be that John Patterson was always interested
in hats, including his grandpa Robert Patterson's fur hat? Could
it be that his interest in hats then passed to his own son, George
Patterson? You can only wonder...
Descendants Report in PDF format.
Wes Patterson
John and Margaret Black PATTERSON
John and Margaret Black Patterson's Children:
Joseph | Elizabeth(?) | Amey | Dau.3 | Robert | John | George | Ann | Amos
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