Hi All ~ In researching for my husband's great-grandfather, Samuel C. Patterson in the Mercer/Erie Co. PA area, I sent off & paid for a probate record hoping it would be of some help. It wasn't our Patterson's, but hopefully someone on the list can use this record. I'll be glad to send it to anyone interested. I'm including the Chautauqua Co. NY area because the probate was actually filed in Mayville - how it popped up in Mercer Co. where I was looking, I'm not sure. Samuel A. Patterson was husband of Martha L. Patterson of Sheridan, he had sons John V. and James G. both of Sheridan, and daughter Mary A. Ward of Forestville. He died 12 October 1883 according to the Surrogate's Court Proceedings on Probate of Will dated 13 November 1883. This document is 9 pgs in length. ~gina~ ===== ~gina thomas patterson~ Please visit my home page at www.burningskyenterprises.com, click on "Family Album". Researching families Brumbelow, Carsten, Leitch, Manes, Patterson, Stiffler, Thomas, Tye & more than I have fingers, toes, earrings & nose holes for!