Individual Details
Robert Patterson Sr.
(6 Nov 1759 - 14 Mar 1824)
"Private in Captain Abner Bickham's Company, Militia of Burke County, State of Georgia. Commanded by Colonel Asa Emmanuel. He was in service 5 months and 15 days - from 15th of August until February 1782. Re: National #490920 [Mrs. Wilbur Wren Stone]"
Cited Vol.2, pg. 696 "Chandler's Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia." Information supplied by Dept. of Army, Office of Adjutant, Washington, DC. Major General William E. Bergin, The Adjutant General.
Colleen also references a family bible owned in 1980 by Mrs. Wilbur Wren Stone of Wrens, GA (DAR #490920)
An abstract of Robert's will reads:
Pages 178-179 [of Jefferson County Will Book A]: Will of ROBERT PATTERSON. Made May 25, 1822, probated March 19, 1824... ROBERT PATTERSON SENR... to my son WILLIAM... to my son JOHN... unto ANDREW BURY LAWSON, one dollar and to his two children ROGER MCGIL and ELLENANOR WRIGHT $100 ... unto WILLIAM LITTLE my son in law ... unto my son in law SAMUEL FLEMING... unto my son in law THOMAS WHIGHAM ... to my son JAMES ... to my daughter ELEANOR... unto my daughter MARGARET SARAH... to my daughter ELIZA... land whereon I now live to sons JAMES & ROBERT ... to my five youngest children JAMES, ELEANOR, ROBERT, MARGARET, and ELIZA... WILLIAM PATTERSON, JOHN PATTERSON & WILLIAM LITTLE Exrs ... ROBERT PATTERSON. Wit: PHILIP THOMAS, ELIJAH ANDERSON, ELISHA CAMPBELL.
Events
| Birth | 6 Nov 1759 | St George Parish, GA/Burke Co., GA |  | ||
| Birth | 18 Oct 1766 | | |||
| Marriage | 17 Feb 1785 | Eleanor Wright | | ||
| Death | 1814 | | |||
| Will | 25 May 1822 | Jefferson County Will Book A | | ||
| Death | 14 Mar 1824 | Jefferson Co., GA | | ||
| Probate | 19 Mar 1824 | Jefferson Co., GA | | ||
| Military | Private, GA Militia | |
Families
| Spouse | Eleanor Wright (1770 - 1821) |
| Child | William Patterson (1788 - 1866) |
| Child | John Patterson (1790 - 1843) |
| Child | Jennett Patterson (1792 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Emily Patterson (1794 - 1875) |
| Child | Mary Patterson (1795 - ) |
| Child | Catren Patterson (1797 - 1863) |
| Child | James Patterson (1800 - 1884) |
| Child | Joseph Patterson (1802 - ) |
| Child | Eleanor Patterson (1804 - 1824) |
| Child | Robert Patterson Jr. (1806 - 1861) |
| Child | Margaret Sarah Patterson (1808 - 1822) |
| Child | Elizabeth Susan Patterson (1810 - 1822) |
| Father | William Patterson (1743 - 1801) |
| Mother | Nancy Mossman ( - 1808) |
| Sibling | John Patterson ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Patterson ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mollie Patterson ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Augustine Patterson Little III and Sally Roberts Little, Family Group Sheets of Augustine Patterson Little III.
2. Edith Little DAR Application #146281.
3. Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 166 : 1921.
4. Edith Little DAR Application #146281.
5. Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr, Some Georgia County Records, Vol. I Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC (1977), p. 146.
6. Augustine Patterson Little III and Sally Roberts Little, Family Group Sheets of Augustine Patterson Little III.
7. Emma Little DAR Application #147927.
8. Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr, Some Georgia County Records, Vol. I Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC (1977), p. 146.
9. Augustine Patterson Little III and Sally Roberts Little, Family Group Sheets of Augustine Patterson Little III.