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Descendants of Willam Patterson

Generation No. 1

1. Willam¹ Patterson was born 1750 in Virginia, and died Jul 1816 in Williamson County, Tennessee. He married Margaret Branch 1774 in Virginia. She was born Jun 24, 1762 in Virginia, and died Aug 21, 1839 in Gibson or Williamson County, Tennessee.

Notes for Willam Patterson:
William served in the 10th Regiment North Carolina Continental Line under Captain Yarbro during the Revolutionary War.
"My G-G-G grandfather Patterson was a native of Ireland. He was a weaver of fine linens. My G-Ggrandfathers Patterson and Carson both came to America on the same vessel from Ireland. One of these men married just before he sailed and brought along his bride, but we are not sure which one it was. The young couple eloped, and their parents arrived on the shore just as the boat was leaving the harbor." Minnie Lancaster told me this, but she did not remember who told her.It is probably William's father and Malinda Carson's grandfather.

Wm. Patterson Dec'd Will
In the name of God, Amen, I, Wm. Patterson of the State of Tennessee and Williamson County, being feeble in body, but sound in mind and memory, thanks be unto God, calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed to all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament. I give and reccomend my soul to the Almighty God that gave it and my body I reccomend to the earth a decent Christian burial.
And as touching so worldly things as pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and dispose in the following manner and form.
First, I give to my dearly beloved wife, Margaret, all my estate to dispose of as she may think proper to the best advantages of rasing and schooling my children and at her death then divide the property equally between by beloved sons and daughters, James, Carson, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary and to Carson and Thomas, this said tract of land to be divided between them and then equal part of my property, also and my beloved sons, William and John and Robert I have given them all I ever intend to give them, this my estate to my wife and five youngest children. I do hereby disallow and provoke every other form, testament, wills and legatees, bequeaths and executors by me in any wise by me named.
Ratified and confirmed this and no other to be my Last Will andTestament. Whereas I set my hand and seal this 6th day of February, 1812.
William Patterson
Wm. Patterson, Jr.
Elizabeth Patterson (X-her mark)

William Patterson, Dec'd Invt'y Session 1816
A just invt'y of all the estate of Wm. Patterson with the valuation, 3 horses, 10 head cattle, 25 hogs, 11 sheep, 14 geese, 3 stands of bees, 5 beds and furniture, 4 bedsteads, 1 cupboard and furniture, 1 pot, 1 oven, 2 skillets, 4 piggins, 2 kegs, 1 barrel, 1 churn, 1 tub, 1 loom , 1 table,1 knife box, 1 tray, 1 sifter, 1 reel, 2 pr. cards, 5 chains, 1 saddle, 2 bridles , 1 axe, 3 hoes, 2 ploughs, 1 doubletree and drawing knife, 1 handsaw, 2 chisels, 1 looking glass, 1 Bible and Testament, 1 potrack, 1flat iron, 1 iron wedge, 2 pr. pot hooks, 1 salt sellar.
Margaret Patterson ( X her mark)

~ "The Continental Army" by Robert K. Wright, Jr., published by the Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington DC, 1983. (The book is part of the Army Lineage Series).
SHEPPARD'S ADDITIONAL CONTINENTAL REGIIMENT (10th North Carolina Regiment) p. 303: Authorized 17 April 1777 in the North Carolina State Troops as Sheppard's Regiment.
Organized 19 April- I July 1777 at KINSTON to consist of eight companies from the northeastern part of the state. Adopted 17 June 1777 into the Continental Army as Sheppard's Additional Continental Regiment and assigned to the Main Army. Disbanded I June 1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Engagements: Philadelphia-Monmouth.
This is the story. Abraham Sheppard commanded a battalion in South Carolina. There was just one problem: he hated South Carolina. He hated the climate, he hated the mosquitos, he hated the people. There was not one good thing he could say about the state. So he started pleading with the North Carolina Legislature to please, please, please get him out of that state. He wanted to create another North Carolina regiment. At first, the Legislature said no. North Carolina already had 9 regiments; the state didn't need any more. Sheppard continued pleading, and then his pleading turned to promising. If North Carolina would let him create a tenth Regiment, he would recruit 300 men, march them North and help Washington pound the British. If the legislature would let him do that, the war would be over much sooner. That sounded like an excellent proposition to the North Carolina Legislature. Could he really recruit 300 men? Yes, he could, he told them; just please get him out of SC and give him a chance! So they did. The 10th North Carolina Regiment was authorized 17 April 1777 and organized 19 April-1 July 1777. Sheppard put out handbills all over the northeastern part of the state, promising a great bonus to any man who would enlist.The majority of respondents were sick, tattered, backcountry men. Sheppard should have known that to march these men anywhere would be asking them to commit suicide. However, he was free of South Carolina. He was back in civilization. So he reported that he had his men. Good, said Washington. Go to Richmond, Virginia and await further orders. In June 1777, Sheppard marched his men into Virginia, but stopped only a few miles from Halifax, where he parked his men. Then he returned to his home in Dobbs County, North Carolina--and the IOth did not advance. Washington became quite irritated when he did not see those 300 men of the 10th anywhere in sight. When Sheppard was discovered enjoying homelife in Dobbs County, he was ordered to immediately rejoin his men and march them on to Maryland--no ifs, ands, or buts. This was a war--not a Sunday picnic. Reluctantly, Sheppard joined his men, and they began the long march forward. Several problems immediately arose, however:
1. His men didn't have any shoes.
2. HIS men didn't have any breeches.
3. His men didn't have any food.
4. And the bonuses promised the men for joining the Army were put on hold. They weren't going to get the money until after they had fulfilled their mission of combat. All of these problems, plus the rotten weather, made the men of the IOth rather grumpy. The lack of clothing and food made them rather ill. Many of them came down with various ailments and many of them died while enroute. One reason for the slowness of the march was because the IOth had to stop every few miles to bury someone. Desertions were out of sight. By the time they reached Maryland, the desertion rate was one man for every mile. Washington really became angry when he discovered that those promised 300 men had not yet reached Valley Forge. Where were they, any way? Winter was setting in; he was planning a huge campaign in a few months. He needed those men! They were so slow in arriving at Valley Forge that he finally sent out an officer to hurry them on in. Sheppard's Additional Continental Regiment (the 10th North Carolina) did not arrive at Valley Forge until February! When they finally scraggled in, only a few of them remained. They were so late in arriving, they missed the smallpox innoculation. And so few of them remained, that Washington disbanded the 10th altogether. The survivors were disbursed among the other existing units, primarily the Ist North Carolina and the 2d North Carolina.

Rankin said the main problem with the 10th North Carolina Regiment was its inept leader, Abraham Sheppard. "While he was enthusiastic, he was a BIG PROCRASTINATOR. His records were so dishelved that no one could really tell who was assigned to his unit. His brother, Benjamin Sheppard, handled the money for the unit, and a lot of graph was going on at the top--something many of the enlistees paid for dearly with their lives. It wasn't that the IOth did not receive shoes or breeches or food. The 10th received more than the other 9. The graft at the top quickly consumed what the unit was actually given.

More About Willam Patterson:
Burial: Unknown, Williamson County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer

Notes for Margaret Branch:
The Patterson family bible that Bill Givens has states " Margaret Patterson died August 21,1839. In her rite mind, aged 77 the 24 of June last." With this being in the bible in Gibson County., I wonder if she had moved here. William was dead 20 years when she died.

More About Willam Patterson and Margaret Branch:
Marriage: 1774, Virginia

Children of Willam Patterson and Margaret Branch are:

Elizabeth² Patterson, born in Tennessee; died Unknown. She married William Breeden Aug 20, 1818 in Tennessee; died Unknown.

More About William Breeden and Elizabeth Patterson:
Marriage: Aug 20, 1818, Tennessee

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Mary Patterson, born in Tennessee; died Unknown. She married John Barnett Jul 09, 1821 in Tennessee; died Unknown.

More About John Barnett and Mary Patterson:
Marriage: Jul 09, 1821, Tennessee

+	4	iii.	William Patterson, born May 27, 1786 in Virginia; died Sep 24, 1846 in Gibson County, Tennessee.
+	5	iv.	John Patterson, born 1787 in Virginia; died Unknown in Lafayette County, Arkansas.
+	6	v.	Robert Carson Patterson, born Nov 23, 1789 in Virginia; died Jun 25, 1873 in Perry County, Tennessee.
+	7	vi.	James Patterson, born 1794 in Virginia; died Unknown.
+	8	vii.	Carson Patterson, born Aug 27, 1804 in Williamson County, Tennessee; died Mar 29, 1874 in Gibson County, Tennessee.
+	9	viii.	Thomas Carson Patterson, born Dec 23, 1806 in Williamson County, Tennessee; died Jul 19, 1873 in Gibson County, Tennessee.

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