Notes for John Patterson




			The Ancestors of D O N N A J O Y J O H N S O N of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Notes for John Patterson

Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files
abstracted by Virgil D. White
The National Historical Publishing Company
Waynesboro, Tennessee
1992
Volume III: N-Z
P.2619
Patterson, John, Ann, NC Line, R8000, sol was b 30 Dec 1758 in Lancaster Co PA & he lived in Rowan Co the part that became Iredell Co NC at enl, sol m Ann Thompson 20 Mar 1787 in Alexander Co NC & she was b 30 Jun 1768 in York Co PA, sol d 31 Dec 1837 in Iredell Co NC & his wid Ann d 2 Oct 1853, children were; Adoniram b 13 Mar 1788, Adonijah b 28 Mar 1790, Eliasaph b 19 Mar 1792, Asenath b 21 Apr 1794, Jane b 31 May 1796, Eliza b 12 Nov 1798, Matilda b 10 Feb 1801, Delilah b 3 Jun 1803, twins Mira & Ira b 3 Apr 1805, Thomas b 27 Aug 1807 & Sarah Louisa b 5 May 1810 & she m a Mr. Lyons, wid appl 29 Aug 1844 Iredell Co NC, sol's daughter Sarah L. Lyons made aff'dt 23 Aug 1855 in Iredell Co NC, the son Adoniram Patterson made inquiry 11 Sept 1857.

John moved to North Carolina before the Revolutionary War with his family and lived in Rowan County near Rocky Face Mountain (now in Alexander County.) At age 21, he joined General Gate's army in 1780 as a private during the Revolutionary War. He was in the Battle of Camden, South Carolina, where he was wounded and taken prisoner (August 1780). His pension records say that after he was released, he had great difficulty getting home -- 150 miles away. Tradition has it that a Patterson woman rode out to bring him home. This woman could not have been a wife, since he was not married at the time, but is believed to have been his mother.
On 19 October 1782, John patented 350 acres on the South Yadkin River. He also received a $48 pension per year for his war injuries.
Ultimately, John owned 1,035 acres in Rowan County (now Alexander County,) which he divided among his children in his will. On 14 February 1778, he made a court entry for land -- 400 acres near Rocky Face Mountain. [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #4900, Date of Import: Aug 8, 1996]

"John Patterson was the owner of 1035 acres of land in present Alexander County. The land was located between Taylorsville and Hiddenite on both sides of N.C. Highway 90, including the present Broyhill Furniture Company and to the pond on Adams Gem Farm. The southern boundary was almost to Liberty Church." [by W. N. Watt, using family records, pension, deeds and marriage records as sources, and published in "The Heritage of Alexander County, North Carolina - Volume 1, 1986", published by the Alexander County Genealogical Society in cooperation with The History Division of Hunter Publishing Co., Winston-Salem, NC]

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