William Ledgerwood Patterson
Birth: Mar. 25, 1835
Brownsburg
Rockbridge County
Virginia, USA
Death: Nov. 28, 1909
Brownsburg
Rockbridge County
Virginia, USA
William Ledgerwood Patterson, was the son of Samuel Patterson and Caroline Elizabeth Finley. He was born in Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, VA, on 25 Mar 1835. He married Frances Ann Patton, the daughter of Alexander and Nancy F. Potter (sic), on 29 Nov 1866 in Rockbridge County, Virginia (Note, the marriage record says Potter though the correct name is Patton).
On the 1850 Dist. 51, Rockbridge Co., Va census, I found farmer Samuel Patterson, 53; Caroline E Patterson, 38; farmer WILLIAM L PATTERSON, 15; Samuel A Patterson, 13; Henry H Patterson, 10; Ruth A Patterson, 6 and Sarah M Patterson, 3, all VA born.
He was a member of the Lee-Jackson Camp, Cavalry in Lexington and served in the 2nd Rockbridge Artillery, CSA. He was deaf, 5'11," fair complexion, blue/hazel eyes, dark hair. It appears he was exempted for deafness but signed up anyway and was wounded in action. Per Robert J. Driver Jr.'s book, 14th Virginia Cavalry, 1988, H.E. Howard, Lynchburg, VA, page 164. A very good source.
W L Patterson was in the Liberty Hall Volunteers, Co. I, 4th VA Infantry. He was wounded and captured at Fort Steadman and also wounded at Hatcher’s Run. Oren F Morton’s A History of Rockbridge Co., Virginia, p 425.
On the 1860 Dist. 6, Rockbridge Co., Va census, I found the same members as in 1850, 10 years older, plus Jane Patterson, 8.
William L Patterson, the son of Samuel and Caroline Patterson, married Frances A. Potter (not Patton) on 29 Nov 1866 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. She is the daughter of Alexander and Nancy F. Potter. He served in the 2nd Rockbridge Artillery, CSA. 2 sources give this data.
On the 1870 Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., Va census, I found miller Wm L Patterson, 35; Fannie A Patterson, 28; Carry Nelson Patterson 3; Nannie Bell Patterson, 1 and farm laborer Erasmus Palmer, 16, all VA born.
On the 1880 Walkers Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found farmer W. L. Patterson, 45; wife Fanny A, 38; daughters/son: Caroline, 13; Nancy, 11; Mary V, 9; Elizabeth, 6; Ada B, 4 and William F, 1, all VA born.
On 5 Apr 1886, Wm L Patterson applied for Confederate disability in Rockbridge County, through Aid to Citizens of Virginia Wounded and Maimed during the late War. He states in Mar 1865, he was wounded in the left side from gun shot, in a battle fought in or near Petersburg (LoV)
On the 1900 Walkers Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found widower & farmer William Patterson, Mar 1835, 65; daughter & school teacher Jennie M Patterson,Jul 1871, 28; daughter Lizzie A Patterson, , Jan 1874, 26; daughter & sch teacher Ada B Patterson, Jun 1876, 23; son & farm laborer Willie H Patterson, Mar 1879, 21; son & farm laborer S Finley Patterson, Jun 1882, 17 and servant Julia Bolen, 10, all VA born. Two Doctors authenticated his injury, Dr. Zechariah J Walker and Dr. David E Strain.
A photo of his 6 Dec 1909 probated Rockbridge Co., VA recorded will is in photo to the right (click on it for details). This recorded typed version, complete with spelling errors says: William L. Patterson Will: I bequeath my sole to the Lord Jesuscrist and and my properly(.) I devide as felows I want my depts paid(,) then I leave my dauter Carry and her three childn a lot of land of two two acker(,) Joins R.L. Patterson and Miss Sallie Beard and Carys children to get a cow and my Ridg horse and Buggey (,) my grand son Willie to get my bead & Beureau then I want my personl property and the land to be sold an(d) Cary & her children to get Twelve hundret dollars than the balance to be divide(d) a mongst the rest this will must not be broken(.) I apoint J.P. Moor as my administrator(.) William L. Patterson. (it was probated in Rockbridge Co., VA, on 5 Dec 1909.)
Using the Nov 2012 photo, I believe it says:
PATTERSON
WM L. PATTERSON
BORN MARCH 25, 1835
DIED NOV 28, 1909
FRANCES PATTON
HIS WIFE
BORN JUNE 14, 1840,
DIED APRIL 27, 1894
BLESSED ARE THE (DEAD WHICH
DIE IN THE LORD
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