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From: Margaret Smith <>
Subject: [PATTERSON] BRICK WALL: Isom/Isham Patterson, Newberry SC
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 13:07:29 -0600
References: <200205151112.g4FBCcq02839@lists5.rootsweb.com>

James Isom/Isham PATTERSON was born about 1795, perhaps in Ireland,
perhaps in South Carolina. His wife Margaret (Peggy) Brown and the Mary
BROWN who married James NEIGHBORS are said to be the daughters of
William BROWN.

In 1822, in Newberry District, South Carolina, an Isham Patterson bought
a calf at an estate sale. In 1834 an "Isaom" Patterson bought chairs at
an estate sale in Newberry.

A family legend says that Isom Patterson and Peggy Brown met on board a
ship from Ireland, had a shipboard romance, and married. Could it have
been Isom's or Peggy's parents, and the story is off by a generation?

Other stories, current in various branches of the family, are that the
family originally settled in the area of Fayetteville, North Carolina,
that James/Isom had brothers names George and William and a half brother
named David Pinkston, and "legend has it that Isom later moved to the
Columbia, South Carolina area and was involved in the Creek Indian battles."

An 1829 census of Laurens District, South Carolina, shows an Isom
Patterson with 9 persons in the household.

Children of this marriage were Andrew Jackson Patterson (born 11 Dec
1816 in Newberry South Carolina, died 7 October 1886 in Alexander CIty,
Tallapoosa County, Alabama, married Mary Ann Neighbors, daughter of
James and Mary Neighbors), James Patterson, William Patterson, Sarah
Patterson (married Henry ROBERTSON), Nancy Adeline Patterson (married
Thomas Winfield KIMBROUGH), Rachael Patterson, Margaret Patterson
(married Golden TAPLEY), George Washington Patterson (married Mary Jane
LEE) and Frances Patterson (married John ABRAMS).

Who were Isom's parents? Where was he born? Who were his siblings?

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