WILLIAM CARROLL PATTERSON was born December 13, 1812 in Wilson County, TN, and died October 05, 1890 in Watertown, Wilson County, TN. He was the son of WILLIAM PATTERSON and JANE FERRIER. He married ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON BLAND May 28, 1833 in Wilson County, TN, daughter of WILLIAMSON BLAND and DORCAS WILLIAMS. Children of WILLIAM PATTERSON and ELIZABETH BLAND are: 1. SAMUEL HOUSTON PATTERSON, b. July 08, 1834, Wilson County, TN; d. May 23, 1894, Watertown, Wilson County, TN; m. LOUISA ANN CAROLINE PATTERSON, November 29, 1859, Wilson County, TN. 2. JANE PATTERSON, b. October 16, 1835, Wilson County, TN; d. January 22, 1918, Wilson County, TN; m. ABEL ABRAHAM BEADLE. 3. MINERVA PATTERSON, b. 1837, Wilson County, TN; m. IVY "BUD" CAMPBELL, November 08, 1866. 4. MARTHA A PATTERSON, b. 1838, Wilson County, TN. 5. JOHN BELL PATTERSON, b. April 05, 1840, Wilson County, TN; d. April 24, 1886, Leeville, Wilson County, TN; m. MARGARET ELIZABETH THOMPSON, January 16, 1863, Statesville, Wilson County, TN. 6. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON PATTERSON, b. April 05, 1840, Wilson County, TN; d. Aft. 1884, Watertown, Wilson County, TN; m. MALINDA J CUNNINGHAM, 1869, Wilson County, TN. 7. SARAH ANNE "SALLY" PATTERSON, b. February 05, 1842, Wilson County, TN; d. March 17, 1911, Tate Township, Saline County, IL; m. ARCHIBALD COX, June 21, 1866, Wilson County, TN. 8. JAMES MONROE PATTERSON, b. June 03, 1843, Wilson County, TN; d. August 22, 1903, Tate Township, Saline County, IL; m. DELILAH BERNETTA LASSWELL, February 14, 1863, Wilson County, TN. 9. ZACHARIAH S PATTERSON, b. 1847, Wilson County, TN; d. Aft. October 11, 1866. 10. ALEXANDER HAMILTON PATTERSON, b. 1849, Wilson County, TN; m. NANCY CATHERINE BEADLE, August 10, 1875, Wilson County, TN. 11. MARY ELIZABETH PATTERSON, b. 1850, Wilson County, TN. 12. ROBERT LAFAYETTE PATTERSON, b. 1854, Wilson County, TN; d. February 1912, Statesville, Wilson County, TN; m. MARGARET ANN BEADLE, December 14, 1873, Wilson County, TN. 13. PICKNEY OTHNAL PATTERSON, b. November 21, 1857, Wilson County, TN; d. June 02, 1921, Watertown, Wilson County, TN; m. (1) MATTIE COMER, Bef. 1887; m. (2) SALLIE SNYDER, August 15, 1899, Wilson County, TN. 14. ELLEN B PATTERSON, b. 1860. 15. GEORGE M PATTERSON. I am descended from John Bell Patterson. I expect there are many in Wilson County who have William and Elizabeth as ancestors. Joe Patterson