Patterson, John

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NOTES: Margaret may have been a second wife, we don't know.

CENSUS: 1790 North Carolina.

WILL OF JOHN PATTERSON SR.
This will is recorded in Will Book 'B' pages 128 and 129 in the Clerk's office, Orange County, North Carolina. It is dated July 10, 1790 and proved in May of 1791.
In the name of God Amen. I, John Patterson, Senior of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina being through the abudant mercy and goodness of God tho weak in body yet of sound and perfect understanding and memory do constitute this my last will and testament and desire it may be received by all as such. First, I will that all my debts be paid by Executrix and Executor hereafter named.
Item: I do give and bequeath unto my loving wife Margaret with whom I have lived a number of years peacably and in quiet, one horse to the value of twenty pounds, one feather bed, and furniture, and a negroe woman named Cate and after her death or marriage to be equally divided between my two sons David and Isaac. Item: To my daughter Jean the sum of five shillings to be paid by my Executrix and Ececutor.
Item: I do give to my son William one hundred acres of land part of the tract I now live on.
Item: I do give my son James the Plantation he now lives on containing three hundred acres.
Item: I do give to my son John all wearing apparel except one great coat.
Item: I do give to my daughter Margaret Abbot one Scarlet Cardinal or the value thereof in money.
Item: I do give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Patterson the sum of five shillings to be paid by my Executors.
Item: I do give to my daughter Agnes one horse to the value of twenty pound, one feather bed, and furniture, two cows and calves and one year old, one spinning wheel, also five pounds in money.
Item: I do give and bequeath all the remaining part of my extate to my two sons David and Isaac, I do Constiture my wife Margaret and my son David Executors of this my last will and testament and trustees for my son Isaac..
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of July 1790. Signed by John PATTERSON.

SOURCE: "The Patterson Family History" by William B. Putman, Jr. tells that John Patterson wrote his Will on 10 July 1790 while still living in Orange County, North Carolina and it was proved there in May of 1791 after his death.
Sons John, James and William were married and living in the same area of St. Asaph's in the Hillsbourough district of North Carolina. (We think John had gone to South Carolina abt 1788) Two of the sons, John and William later went to St. Louis County, Missouri. Late in 1795 or early in 1796, son John's family traveled to Goose Creek in the northern part of Kentucky some nine miles above Louisville in Jefferson County. They remained there until May of 1797 when they traveled, probably by river, to the St. Louis area.
John Patterson, the son, received a grant or concession from Spain for 600 acres on the St. Ferdinand on 16 Nov. 1802 based on a survey made for Juan Paterson in November of 1798. His son William Patterson also received a grant from Spain for 600 acres based on a survey made in April of 1798

John married Margaret.