Re: Pattersons of North Carolina
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In reply to:
Pattersons of North Carolina
Richard Luttrell 6/05/12
There's a user submitted tree for this family here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MC28-973
I would use their information with caution.Some of their dates are wrong compared to census records.
I found a marriage record for James Postel PATTERSON to Mary LEACH on 18-Oct-1866 in Robeson Co, NC, but the above researcher has several of their children born before that date.For example, David was only 2 in the 1870 census but the above tree lists him born in 1861.
The 1850 census for Richmond Co, NC has this family:
MCLAURIN, Duncan age 60
PATTERSON, Melloy age 18
PATTERSON, Charles age 15
PATTERSON, James age 11
MCLAURIN, Mary age 62
PATTERSON, Isabelle age 54
MCLAURIN, Effie age 41
I think possibly the above James is yours, with brothers Charles and Melloy and mother Isabelle, whose maiden name was MCLAURIN.