Biography
Patton was born in Abbeville County,South Carolina,on September 26,1780.
In 1801,Patton was appointed one of the commissioners for the marking of a land route from the Gulf of Mexico to Natchez,Mississippi. [3] : 567
Patton served as a probate judge in Wayne County,Mississippi. [3] : 943
in 1810,Patton served as a lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Cavalry, [3] : 243 and in 1819 he was a major general in the Mississippi State Militia. [3] : 234
"Patton's Fort" was erected at Winchester in 1813 during the Creek War,and Patton was the commander. [2]
Patton was one of a three-member commission that selected Jackson,Mississippi as the site for the state capitol. Patton,with Thomas Hinds and William Lattimore,had made their way up the Pearl River in 1820 in search of a suitable location. [4]
Patton was described in 1880 as:
One of the leading men of his day,of great personal popularity. He resided in Winchester,then a beautiful village,which he made a center of political influence,second only to Natchez. Judge Powhatan Ellis and Judge John Black,who both became U.S. Senators,commenced life there under his auspices,as did several other prominent men. He was a man of courtly manners,a fine writer and impressive speaker;was elected Lieutenant-Governor and would have attained the highest honor of the State,but for his premature death. [5]
He died in Winchester,Mississippi,on May 3,1830,and was buried in the Patton Family Cemetery in Winchester.
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
