Thomas Patterson and Nancy Bleakley

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Husband Thomas Patterson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1759 - northern Ireland 3
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         Father: William Patterson (      -      )
         Mother: Sarah Douglass (      -      )

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   Other Spouse: Mary Martha McVannen (1784-1864) 2 - 1809 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2

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Wife Nancy Bleakley ²

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1 M William Patterson ²

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2 M James Patterson ²

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3 F Isabella Patterson ²

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4 F Jane Patterson ²

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5 F Margaret Patterson ²

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6 F Agnes Patterson ²

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Patterson

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He served in the Revolutionary War; enlisted from Vir­ginia and held the rank of captain (see "Ac­counts of the Committee of Safety," 1775­-1776, p. 46, Saffels "Records of the Revolu­tionary War," and "Council Journals," 1776-­1777, p. 136 Virginia Records). He served with General Green, was a scout with Daniel Boone and wintered with Washington at Val­ley Forge, and is said to have been presented with a sword by General Washington. He acquired title to a large tract of land in Ken­tucky, but fire destroyed his home with his title deeds and other valuable papers and all his household goods. After two years he re­turned to Pennsylvania, where he died and was buried in the churchyard of the Wolf Creek Church in Butler County.

When he married he settled in the Ligonier valley, Westmore­land County, Pennsylvania. His children with his first wife, ten in number, were born in the Ligonier valley. From the Ligonier valley, the family went to Booneville, Ken­tucky, where a branch of the earlier Pattersons had settled.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 939.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 956.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 955.