tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610031862670563255.post6265555972590177558..comments2024-03-12T18:29:07.344-04:00Comments on WesPatterson.com: Did Robert "R" Patterson's sons remain in VA to work that farm?Wes Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791899920557729594noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610031862670563255.post-11106762184760994062009-10-23T17:16:29.599-04:002009-10-23T17:16:29.599-04:00Another thought...For a few years now, I have been...Another thought...<br><br>For a few years now, I have been of the opinion that when my Thomas Patterson sold his 60 acres on Clarks Fork (SC) to your Robert Patterson II in 1786, he was doing so in order to give the $$ to his own oldest son, John Patterson (my ancestor). John would have turned 21 that year.<br><br>I am now wondering if Thomas Patterson moved up to Randolph Co NC around 1781-82 when things got so hot and heavy in York Co SC, but in so doing, left his son John (aged 16 or 17 at that point) on the Clarks Fork land to maintain it (with or without the help of some of the other family members).<br><br>You see, John Patterson married Margaret "Peggy" Black about 1788 (at the latest). I am 90% sure that she was his 1st cousin, and a dau of Joseph Black and Sarah Patterson Black. I've even wondered if the Joseph Black family moved onto Thomas' land for a few years, since Joseph's was confiscated and sold to someone else in 1783. I know that Joseph Black and Thomas Patterson's lands bordered each other.<br><br>What I was going to say about Thomas moving up to Randolph, that's what the Julians did, or at least some of them. I know one of those Julians later married a dau of your Robert II, as well.<br><br>WesWes Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791899920557729594noreply@blogger.com