Hello, Our Patterson brick wall is the parents of William Patterson(1750 Va-1816-1816 Williamson Co. Tn. William served with the 10th NC Reg't during the Rev. War. He moved to Williamson Co. Tn where he died in July 1816. He was married to Margaret Branch(1762 Va.-1839 in either Williamson or Gibson Co. Tn. I believe because of naming pattern of his children that the Carson line is a close tie: Mary, Elizabeth, William, John, Robert Carson, Carson, James, Thomas Carson. Any help will be appreciated. Barry "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship." -- Professor Alexander Tytler over 200 years ago