Carolyn Rupprath wrote: > I too, have one. James Alexander Patterson, born abt 1816 in Greenville > Tn, son of Andrew, grandson of James,and that is as far as I go with > that line. Fathered Martha A Patterson probably in Ga. in 1841. Dumped > her with his brother David Trotter Patterson back in Greeneville and > took off for Oregon in search of GOLD!! I would put up a shrine also, if > I could find her mother and where she was born. These 19th century > Patterson men are such rascals!! I have to say that I really got a chuckle out of this one. Thanks, Carolyn; I needed that. Rascally is right! I forgot to mention that after my Mr. Patterson went his way, Elizabeth Findley Patterson remarried to a Bryson and started a line of half-kin to my Patterson line. So she lived past 1837, so that John Patterson's info might indicate another, different Elizbeth Findley who died in 1837, about the time that my Jerry M. Patterson was being born. Thanks to the several folks who responded to my SOS. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Major project surprise at work. Hopefully, if I'm not too exhausted tonite, I'll respond. Many Kind regards, Philip "Nonrascally" Sheppard (ask my wife!) Beaufort, South Carolina