I am so glad to see that there is now a Macon Co. list. My Patterson family came from there, after moving from Pennsylvania, and I have never been able to trace them from Illinois back to Pennsylvania. I am researching the following Macon Co. names: PATTERSON, REED, CREEKMUR(MAN), BINGAMON. I am going to add some information from a recent posting I did to the Pennsylvania lists. Someone might find a clue. "In a message dated 98-04-12 13:37:37 EDT, [email protected] (Milbrey Otto BURGETT) wrote: << Washington PATTERSON was b. in Madison Co., OH in 1819 and > m. Chloe NORTON in Logan Co., IL ca. 1840. By abt. 1850, Washington > PATTERSON had also moved his family from Logan Co., IL to Kings Valley, > Benton Co., OR, where he filed and received a "Donation Land Claim" > there for a free land grant. >> I have some information on my line of Patterson's, whose migrations seem to parallel and/or touch upon Milbrey Burgett's family. General information about my g-g-g-grandparents, Robert and Mary PATTERSON, comes from family records, the obituary of their son, George, my g-g- grdfather, and census records of 1850, 1860. Robert b. 1803 in Pennsylvania (1850 Census), DOD unknown Mary b. 1816 in Pennsylvania (1850 Census), d. 1902 Macon Co., Illinois (Macon Co. Death Index, p. 137; Reg. 3, p. 110) (I THINK this is her; need further confirmation). They were married ca 1830, prob. in Pennsylvania. Children: (1) William, b. 1831, Pennsylvania (1850 census). He was a Civil War vet, possibly the Private William Patterson who enlisted in 126th Co. B on 11 Aug, 1862, from Prairie, Illinois. Date of muster was 04 Sept., 1862. He died in Andalusia, Ill., 25 Nov. 1862. He was a resident of Buffalo. I have no information that he ever married. (2) David, b. 1833, Pennsylvania (1850 census). m. Mary (Polly) Yolton 16 Sept. 1852 (Vol. A, p. 44, Fayette Co., Ill.), d. aft. 1912 in Altamount, Illinois. (3) George, b. 1835 (obit. says 1833; census says 1835), Westmoreland Co., PA (George's obituary; census records). George m. Sarah Creekmur (man?) 23 Nov. 1857 in Sangamon Co., Illinois. He enlisted in (I think-needs further confirmation) Co. E, 130th Illinois Infantry, at Greenville, Vermilion Co., Ill. in April 1862. He was taken prisoner at Sabine Cross Roads Aug. 8, 1862, and spent the remainder of the war in Camp Tyler Prison in Texas. George emerged miraculously unscathed from 2 years in prisoner of war camp, and returned home to father 9 more children (in addition to the two he had before the war). He died 26 August 1912, and is buried with his wife at White Cemetery, Findley Shelby Co., Illinois. (4) Margaret, b. 1838, Pennsylvania, m. Richard R. Reagan, 27 March 1858, Macoupin co., Illinois (license 3093). (5) Henry, b. 1841 in OHIO, m. Lenora Sclez 07 Oct, 1861 in Kankakee, Ill. (Lic #6485, Book B) (6) Mary Ann, b. 1843, ILLINOIS, m. Lewis Townsend 18 Oct. 1863 in Fayette Co., Ill. (Book A, p. 84, Illinois marriage license index), d. aft 1912 in Brownstown Illinois. In 1850, the family was living in Fayette Co., Illinois, in North Township L (1850 census, p. 389). In 1860 the family was living in Elkhart Precinct, Logan Co., Illinois (1860 census, p. 293). One discrepancy involves the number of children Robert and Mary had. According to George's obituary, he not only had 11 children, but he, himself, was one of 11 children. I think the obituary is wrong, although the date of birth for his mother, Mary, conflicts, and could explain the discrepancy. In the 1850 census, Mary's birth year was 1816, making her only 15 when her son William was born. That's early enough to be a mother, for sure, but it's unlikely she had 3 or 4 more children before him, and no additional children appear in the census after they move to Illinois. Some children might have died, but I have found no other evidence except George's obituary. Supposedly, however, George had two brothers killed in the Civil War (William and ?), and one killed in the Mexican War (?). So it's possible there were more children. I just don't know yet. Hope this information helps someone. And if anyone has any information about this family, please let me know! Kathi Patterson 2 Charlton Street #14A New York NY 10014-4919