Person:Andrew Patton (5)

"William Black and his Descendants" 55. ANDREW BLACK PATTON was probably born in Alabama. He married Elizabeth Olivia Fonlar in Morgan County, Alabama. In 1842 they were living in Blount County, Alabama and in 1844 they were living in Morgan County, Alabama, ten miles east of Summerville. In the fall of 1844 they moved to Lamar County, Texas and settled on land three miles east of Mulberry Creek. His old home stood until 1916. At the time of his death he was the owner of forty slaves and his widow gave bond in the amount of $60,000, as Administrator of the estate. He died on June 20, 1864. His wife died in 1892.

A letter to George Black from his nephew Andrew B. Patton Blount County, Ala. Dec. 12, 1842

Dear Uncle, I read, a letter from father and mother in Texas. It stated that they were all well and well pleased with their country. They are saying every inducement for myself and Brooks, to move there. I am satisfied that it is a good country, but it is not settled as well as I would wish it to be, for me to take my family to, tho' I would like to live near my father and mother.

Andrew B. Patton

1. ↑ Raymond Finley Hughes and Howard Clift Black. William Black and his Descendents A Genealogy of the Descendents of William Black of Augusta County, VA and la. (Unpublished. Copyrighted 1973 by Hughes).