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Robert Malcom Patterson 

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Robert Patterson
1/27/1753 - 1827

Elizabeth Lindsey Wellwood
1759 - 1833
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Robert Malcom Patterson
1795 - 1860
Robert Malcom Patterson was born about 1795 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1860 in Dale Co., Alabama. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 65 years old.



Children:
Frank Byrd Patterson (1826)
Martha A. Patterson (1834)
Joseph G. Patterson (1836)
Eliza C. Patterson (1837)
Records
Census7/26/1814 GA (Baldwin County) 19 yrs old 
Bride: Mary Curry Groom: Robert Patterson Marriage Date: July 26, 1814 Marriage County: Baldwin Marriage State: Georgia 
Land Deed8/15/1837 AL (Dale County) 42 yrs old 
Name: Robert M. Patterson, Land Office: Sparta, Document Number: 2574, Total Acres: 40.165, Signature: Yes, Issue Date Aug.15, 1837, Mineral Rights Reserved: No, Metes and Bounds: No, Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566, Act or Treaty April 24, 1820, Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 SENW ST STEPHENS No 5N 21E 5  
Census1/1/1840 AL (Dale County) 45 yrs old 
page# 44-line #14 - Robt. Patterson - one male - (Under 5), one male (10-15), two males (15-20) one male - (20 thru 29), one male (30-40)/ two females (5-10), one female - (30 thru 40),

next door- J.J. Patterson 
Census1/1/1850 AL (Dale County) 55 yrs old 
Alabama State Census - R. M. Patterson - one male under 21, one male over 21, one male over 45, two females under 21, one female over 21.

next door lives Cary A. Patterson - one male under 21, one male over 21, one male between 18 and 45, three females under 21, one female over 21 . Also listed on the same page James J. and John W. Patterson. 
Census1/1/1850 Southern Division AL (Dale County) 55 yrs old 
line: 29, #711 - R. M. Patterson (age 55 GA), Mary Patterson (52 GA), Martha A. Patterson (16 AL), Joseph G. Patterson (14 AL), Eliza C. Patterson (13 AL). Robert is a farmer.  

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AgeDateEvent
7 1802 Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL and southern border of AL.
8 1803 Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811.
10 1805 Indian cessions opened up large portions of western (Choctaw) and northern (Chickasaw and Cherokee) Alabama to white settlers.
16 1811 Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks".
17 1812 The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks".
18 1813 During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave AL and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War).
18 1813 Two battles begin the Creek Indian War: (1) Fort Mims Massacre - Fort Mims is attacked on August 13 by the Red Sticks while the inhabitants are eating their noon meal. The massacre brings an immediate response from the whites and soldiers are recruited from Tennessee, Georgia and other territories, and (2) The Battle of Holy Ground on December 1813.
19 1814 The Treaty of Fort Jackson is finalized on August 9, 1814. William Weatherford (Red Eagle) surrenders to Gen. Andrew Jackson and cede their lands to the federal government. This opens approximately half of present-day AL to white settlement.
19 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend on March 27, leaves the Creek Red Sticks scattered and unorganized. Those that survive the battle flee south into northern Florida and band together as the Seminoles. Red Eagle (Billy Weatherford) surrenders to General Andrew Jackson at Fort Jackson later in the year.
22 1817 Alabama Territory is created when Congress passes an act to divide the Mississippi Territory and admit it into the union as a state. Alabama will remain a territory for two more years.
24 1819 Alabama admitted to the United States
40 1835 Alabama gold rush begins in the east-centrl hill country.
42 1837 The Second Creek war begins in 1836. In 1837 The Battle of Hobdy's Bridge becomes the last indian battle in AL.
45 1840 Alabama reports a total population of 590,756 on the 1940 Federal Census. This includes 335,185 whites, 255,571 blacks, 253,532 slaves, zero Native Americans, and others.
55 1850 State population=771,623. The 1850 Federal Census reveals the White population=426,514; African-American population=345,109; Slave population=342,844; Free black population=2,265; Urban population=35,179; Rural population=736,444; Cotton production in bales=564,429; Corn production in bushels=28,754,048; Number of manufacturing establishments=1,026.
AgeDateEvent
6 1801 Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed.
7 1802 Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River.
8 1803 Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811.
12 1807 December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed.
13 1808 Pulaski County created.
14 1809 Twiggs County formed.
16 1811 Madison County created.
16 1811 Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks".
17 1812 The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks".
17 1812 Emanual County formed.
18 1813 During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War).
22 1817 First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area.
24 1819 Rabun County formed.
25 1820 December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed.
26 1821 May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed.
27 1822 December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed.
28 1823 December 8 - Decatur County formed.
29 1824 December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed.
30 1825 Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed.
31 1826 January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826.
32 1827 December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot.
35 1830 Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed.
36 1831 Sumter County is formed.
37 1832 December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed.
38 1833 Walker County is formed.
41 1836 Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War. February - Battle of Hitchity. March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday. July - Battle of Brushy Creek. July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp. July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek.
42 1837 Mcon and Dade Counties are formed.
43 1838 Chattooga County formed
52 1847 Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
55 1850 Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
56 1851 Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
57 1852 Taylor County formed.
58 1853 Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
59 1854 Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
61 1856 Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
62 1857 Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
63 1858 Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.
AgeDateEvent
4 1799 The Rosetta Stone was discovered
5 1800 The first battery was invented by Volta
12 1807 The first steamboat was invented by Fulton
19 1814 The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson
35 1830 The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
44 1839 Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
49 1844 The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
58 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
61 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
64 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
AgeDateEvent
5 1800 NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC
16 1811 NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians.
17 1812 NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured.
33 1828 Gold is discovered in Georgia.
39 1834 July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
AgeDateEvent
3 1798 Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida,
8 1803 Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans.
9 1804 The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL.
10 1805 Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier.
11 1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread.
16 1811 By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians.
25 1820 The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
35 1830 Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
40 1835 Second Seminole Indian War begins.
42 1837 The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
45 1840 Oregon Trail is established
47 1842 Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
60 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
65 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
AgeDateEvent
1 1796 Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais
2 1797 Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa
38 1833 Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico


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Mary Curry
Born about 1798 and died about 1880
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The Children of Robert Malcom Patterson

Frank Byrd Patterson
Born somewhere in Mississippi about 1826 and died in Richmond, Virginia on July 3, 1864. He was about 38 years old.

He was a Cherokee Indian. He was a Farmer and he served in the CSA FL 11th Reg. Inf. Co. C. This regiment was under Captain E. A. Curry and assigned to Finegan's Florida Brigade in June of 1864. By mi...
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Washington W. Patterson
Born in Butler County, Alabama about 1827 and died in an unknown location about 1870. He was about 43 years old.

He served as a Private with the 28th Cavalry, under Capt. A. W. DeBerry's Company, Randal's Reg't Texas Cavalry CSA. ...
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James Mack Patterson
Born in Butler County, Alabama on an unknown day in September 1827 and died in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas on January 15, 1863. He was 35 years old.

In 1852 he married Amanda M. Skaines (1/13/1835 - 2/15/1915 Morgan Mill, Erath County, Texas).
Children:
Caroline Patterson (1853)
Peter D. Patterson (1855 -1898) -married Trecy Ella High...
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