Samuel Boyd Patton/Samuel Patton, Walker County, Alabama
The following was taken from the Washington County, Virginia site.Click on the "Sketches of Holston Preachers".This is the proof that we needed to document that there were "TWO" Samuel Patton's in the Walker County, Alabama area at the same time.
Patton, Samuel:Born Jan. 27, 1797, in Lancaster District, S. C.Son of John and Mrs. Nichols Patton.An eager reader from childhood, but with little schooling, he became a learned man.Admitted in 1819.Transferred to Mississippi in 1821.Located in 1824 to return to Holston and was readmitted by Holston Conference in 1825 and continued in the effective roll until his death Aug. 1, 1854.He was the only man of his day in Holston to receive the honorary degree of D. D.As pastor, presiding elder and editor of Methodist Episcopalian he was uniformly successful.He was the central figure in a group of strong men, in Holston, in the troubled times of the division of Methodism, in 1844.Married Miss Nancy Morrison of Sullivan County, Tenn.He died in the home of W. G. Brownlow and was buried at Morrison's Chapel, near Kingsport, Tenn.He was a member of the General Conference in 1828, 1832, 1836, 1840, 1844, Louisville Convention in 1845, 1846, 1850 and 1854.