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From: "Jerry W. Murphy" <>
Subject: [PATTERSON-L] Fw: Thomas Paine "Tom" Patterson
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:06:23 -0500


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From: "Jim Hankins" <>
To: "PATTERSON-L-request" <>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 9:48 PM
Subject: Thomas Paine "Tom" Patterson


> Hi,
>
> I'm searching for the ancestors of Thomas Paine "Tom" Patterson. My
> mother told me his name; Tom was her grandfather. Here's the extend
> of what I know about him and his wife:
>
> 1) Tom was born about 1839 (probably in Virginia). Likely Virginia
> counties were Henry, Pittsylvania or Franklin. My guess is Franklin
> County (Snow Creek area), because of a farm there that was granted to
> a Samuel Patterson; Samuel may have been Tom's father or grandfather.
> That location fits with other relatives in general area, but it's
> only a guess. Tom and his family are listed in the 1910 Census in
> Henry Co., Virginia (he is 71 at the time). There's a good chance
> that Tom died in Henry Co., Virginia, and Polly (his wife) went to
> live with one of her children in Rockingham Co., NC. That would
> explain why Tom's grave was not found with his wife's grave in
> Rockingham County.
>
> 2) Tom married Polly Ann Currie. I don't know if Polly was a nickname
> or her first name. Since Polly is usually a nickname for Mary. Her
> real name may have been Mary Ann "Polly" Currie. Polly was born
> 11/25/1856 and died 12/9/1921. She is buried on the old Galloway Farm
> located near Eden, Rockingham Co., NC; I have visited the grave and
> saw the tombstone. Some graves were not marked but there is no
> unmarked grave beside Polly. My presumption is that he is either
> buried in Henry or Franklin Co., Virginia, in a family graveyard for
> his parents and siblings. I have entered all the graves in the
> Galloway Farm graveyard on http://www.findagrave.com (a picture and
> directions will be added to that web site fairly soon).
>
> 3) Thomas and Polly had nine children (John Dillard, James, Lucy, Lou
> E., Robert Pleasant, David Jarrett, George W., Mary Davis, and Dollie
> Belle). Mary Davis was my grandmother. Mary raised her family on the
> Galloway Farm, and her other siblings lived in the same general area.
>
> 4) More detailed info about their children and their descendants can
> be seen on my web site at
> http://home.earthlink.net/~hankinsj/surnames.htm
>
> Hope someone can help me with Tom's ancestors.
> Jim Hankins
>
>

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