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John and Margaret Black Patterson's Children:
This Page Was Last Updated On August 18, 2005.
Joseph Black Patterson was born in 1789
in South Carolina, most likely in the Pendleton District, but
possibly in York county. Joseph was the oldest of John and Margaret's nine (at
least) children. There were many Joseph Blacks in the Buncombe county area of
North Carolina where Joseph grew up. I have wondered many times if his middle
initial stood for "Black". As more has been learned about the Pattersons and Blacks of York Co SC, it has become apparent that most if not all of the Joseph Blacks were named after "the" Joseph Black of the Clarks Fork area who was born ca. 1735-1745, and married Sarah Patterson. He would have been John Patterson's uncle, and I believe he was also Margaret Black (Patterson)'s father.
Joseph (Patterson) married his first wife about 1810 in
Buncombe county, NC. She was Mary "Pollie" Dunkin. I'm not sure at
this time who her parents were. There were several Dunkin families there in
western NC in the early 1800s. The church minutes of Newfound Baptist Church in Buncombe Co NC have been brought to my attention recently, and this has shed new light on the Dunkins of Buncombe. John and Jane Dunkin moved from Newberry District, SC to Buncombe Co, NC about 1805. John and Jane were probably Pollie's grand parents, as best I can tell. I am still working on this line of research.
There were at least eight children born to Joseph
and Pollie. I was previously given a list of eight sons and a couple of daughters, but based on census research, etc., it seems apparent to me that there were only seven sons and one daughter born to Joseph and Pollie. At any rate, Pollie died around 1829.
Joseph remarried to Nancy Agnes Wilson on March
25, 1830 in Hall county, Ga. This ceremony was performed by Edward Cowan,
Justice of the Peace for Hall county.
Joseph and his first wife Pollie had moved down
into Rabun county, Ga from Haywood county, NC around 1820 or so. Their first
five children were born in Haywood county, although some say their second son William Craven Patterson was born in Buncombe (1813). Of their remaining three children, they appear to have been born in Rabun Co., Ga. On the other hand, some researchers say that their 7th child (Amos) may have been
born in Habersham county, Ga about 1822. I don't know for sure. I
do know that Joseph and his family were in Rabun Co., Ga in the 1830 census.
This was after he married for the second time to Nancy Wilson.
In 1838, Joseph was granted a post office in Union Co., GA. The following is taken from The Heritage of Union County, Ga 1832-1994:
Article 91: "Ivy Log Military District Post Offices:
The only known post office here was Rock Hill, granted to Joseph Patterson on 5-21-1838. On 10-4-1842, Richard W. Roberts took over and changed the name to Ivy Log..."
Before I list Joseph's children by Pollie, let
me share some concerns I have with the "lists" of children I have seen
over the years. I have seen lists that included just one daughter, a Sarah born
ca. 1811 and who married a William Carroll. I don't believe Joseph had a
daughter born in 1811. Some have both Sarah as a daughter of Joseph and Margaret
"Peggy" Patterson as a daughter of Joseph. Peggy was born ca. 1816
(depending on which census you refer to). However, according to the 1820 Haywood
co., NC census, and also the 1830 Rabun co., Ga census, there was only one
daughter born between the years of 1810 and 1820 for Joseph. In 1830, just three
households away was a Forrister family. Was this Gravet Forrister's (Foster)
family? At any rate, I believe that Peggy was the only daughter that Joseph and
Pollie Dunkin Patterson had. Others may/will disagree, but I don't find any
evidence to support a Sarah Patterson Carroll being the daughter of Joseph
Patterson.
Another note, there is some confusion regarding
one of Joseph's sons. I have seen one son listed as Judson, Robert Judson,
Robert John, etc. When I have seen him listed as Judson Patterson, the same
records (researchers' notes) showed him having married another Margaret Black.
However, I cannot find evidence of this. There WAS a Robert John Patterson that
fits the time frame and birth and marriage locations, etc. who married a Jeanette Malinda Black. They had several
children, including the two sons (Jimmie and Joseph) that I had always seen on
the Judson-Margaret records.
With all of that having been said, here is the
list of children that I have for Joseph B. Patterson, Sr. by his first wife,
Pollie Dunkin:
- Joseph Black Patterson, Jr. (ca. 1812 - 1862)
- William Craven Patterson (1813 - 1864)
- John Thomas Patterson (1815 - 1867)
- Margaret "Peggy" Patterson (ca. 1816 - after 1880); m. Gravet Foster
- Lewis (Louis) Patterson (1817/18 - after 1880)
- George Patterson (ca. 1820 - after 1880)
- Amos Patterson (ca. 1822 - 1863)
- Solomon Patterson (1823 - 1894)
Joseph and Nancy Wilson Patterson had the
following children:
- Mary "Pollie" Patterson (1830 - ?); m. Thomas Dean
- Elizabeth Annie Patterson (1832 - ?); m. Andrew U. King
- Jane Malissa Patterson (1835 - 1898); m. Jesse Parmer King
Descendants Report in PDF format.
Joseph B. Patterson, Sr. died in 1860 before
the census was taken. His wife Nancy Agnes Wilson Patterson died in 1881 in
Hopkins Co., Pickton, Texas.
Three of Joseph's sons married three DENTON sisters. They were Joseph Jr., Willliam Craven, and Lewis. These Denton sisters were daughters of John Denton and Hannah McCord.
Three of Joseph's sons were killed in the Civil War: Joseph Jr., William Craven, and Amos. William Craven Patterson was killed by a Union sniper, according to one of his descendants, Wallace E. Patterson.
Joseph's third son was named John Thomas Patterson, according to one of his descendants, Dianne Blakely. This is the first and only record I have found of a son or grandson of John Patterson with the name Thomas.
One of William Craven Patterson's grandsons was named Elijah Lawrence Patterson. There is a group of his descendants (grandchildren, great-granchildren, etc.) that hold a reunion in north GA every two years. Wallace Patterson was the first to contact me by e-mail around 2001, or so. We have stayed in contact over this time, and they just held a reunion on June 26 and 27, 2004 in Blairsville, GA (Union Co). They were gracious enough to invite me to come and join in with the 30-40 who were present. I was able to attend, along with my wife, son, and my parents.
Thanks again to Wallace, Jim, Jamie, Robin, and everyone else who had a part in organizing this and previous reunions. We had a wonderful time, and I only wish that I had more time to have shared our Patterson heritage with you. Fortunately, there will be more time in the future. Here are some documents that I prepared (before and after) for this reunion, as applicable to this line of Pattersons. These are available for download by anyone who wishes to.
To download one of these files, just right-click on the link, and then save (or "save target as") the file to your computer, and then open on your computer. Otherwise, you can just left-click on the file and it will open up in a new browser window.
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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