1) Thomas Patton Jr.3, born ca 1767, married Eleanor [Nellie] Cecil, daughter of Saul Cecil*, on 15 May 1797 in Montgomery Co Va. (A:69) This could be the Thomas who had several tracts surveyed in Montgomery Co. in 1796-1804. In 1797 Thomas Patton Jr. purchased 110 3/4 acres on the south fork of John's Creek, a branch of the James River, from the executors of (Col) James Patton. (27) Thomas was listed as a taxpayer in tax returns in Montgomery County consistently through 1805. However he appears to have moved to Kentucky by about 1803 and is found in the 1810 census of Wayne Co Ky, located on the border of Tenn, with four sons. In 1812 Thomas and wife Caty Patton sold land on Thorn Spring; she could not conveniently travel to Montgomery Co. to sign the deed. Apparently her maiden name was Eleanor Catherine and at times she went by Nellie and others by Caty. It has been claimed that Thomas was a soldier in the Battle of New Orleans, 8 Jan. 1815 (742), but so far we have been unable to document this. Several men from Ky did serve but none appears to be this Thomas. About 1820 Thomas moved to the Mine Lick Creek area of Jackson Co. Tenn., later called Baxter, Tenn; this is just south of Wayne Co. Ky. Several brothers came here later. Thomas is on census records here in 1830 but not later so evidently died by 1830. His widow Eleanor was living at the age of 73 in 1850 in Putnam Co Tenn.
