Burke Co. GA William PATTERSON Bible Submitted by David Little ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Malcolm Edgeworth Little (b. 06 Aug 1893, d. 03 Jul 1977) originally transcribed these records around 1955. David Patterson Little (b. 1961) reviewed and made slight corrections in 2001. Malcolm's original comments are in parenthesis (()). The submitter's comments are in brackets ([]). The original Bible is now in the possession of the submitter. The Littles and the Pattersons originally settled in Burke and Jefferson counties in and near Queensborough, Buckhead Creek and later Louisville. Submitted by David Little 38 Noble Glen Drive Savannah, GA 31406-7521 david.little@bigfoot.com [Malcolm's original text with comments and corrections] THE FAMILY BIBLE The bible is the typical illustrated, large folio book, 10-1/4" x 8-1/2". Calf bound, the front cover and back are intact; the back cover has disappeared (I think that it was there but unattached when I was a boy); also missing are all the front pages to the 10th Chapter of Genesis and most of the Concordance. The text pages are in good condition [though beginning to discolor badly]; most of the maps and illustrations are badly torn. There is only tradition to support the belief that the leather covering is the original Buckhead Creek deer hide. (The Littles had a tannery and the leather is that of a young or small animal.) [For further information on "The Buckheead Creek deer hide" contact the submitter] There is internal evidence that the book originally belonged to some Little and was given to William and Eleanor Little Patterson. My mother [Eleanor Little Patterson, b. 10 Dec 1858, d. 05 Feb 1948] was firmly convinced that there was an older bible. In 1912 (I assume that a memorandum written later is correct) she and I made one of our trips "down to Burke County." We located and called on one of the Netherlands families (see marriage records). In the hall was a once-handsome pier glass mirror and in the living room a Sheraton-style sofa, literally on its last legs. My mother asked the young woman about "the old bible" and was told that it wore out and they burned it. At the beginning of the New Testament is the publisher's imprint. At the bottom of the page is: Stereotyped by B&J Collins, New York, New York: Printed and Sold by Collins & Co. 1818. The FAMILY RECORD, between the Old and New Testaments, is of Marriages, Births, Deaths, each page consisting of two columns divided down the center by a line. As there is little correlation between headings and entries, the following are copied in sequence. [On the Inside of the front cover] Negro Boy Jasper Born January 1851 N Negro Boy Berry Born November 13th 1852 Boy Ran[indicpherable] Born April 26th 1854 Negro Boy Frank Born January 4th 1856 [(Some other entries undecipherable)] [On the back of a picture facing Genesis XXXVIII] Wm Patterson's Bible May 29th 1833 [(in the bold writing of William.)] Presented to his son Augustine Dec. 1859. [(in pencil, feminine hand)] [On blank page facing "Family Record"] Married Nov. 6th 1888 - J.C. Little and Eleanor Little Patterson Born August 17th 1889 James Cain son of J.C. & Nellie P. Little [Family Record. Marriages] William & Eleanor Patterson join'd in wedlock January 6th 1803 Married on Tuesday the 20th Oct 1835 Wm Jimpsey Netherland to Miss Catharine M Daughter of Wm Patterson Died 1st day of Sept. 1882 Mrs. Ca. M Netherland aged 78 years J. B. Netherland died the 21st August 1883 Married Dec. 7, 1853 Ellen Edgeworth & Augustine Patterson Married Nov. 14th 1883 Lizzie Edgeworth Patterson & J. T. Roberts Departed this life Wm Patterson on the 21st of Sept. 1862 Aged 86 years Departed this life Wm J. Patterson Died Nov. 7th 1883 Robert Jackson Patterson aged 78 years Ellen E. Patterson wife of A. L. Patterson departed this life April 4th 1885 Augusta Jane, their daughter, died June 15th 1887 [Family Record. Births] Catharine Mosman Patterson Daughter of Wm. & Eleanor Patterson Born April 27th 1804 Robert Jackson - their Son Born February 25th 1806 William John their Son Born December 19th 1807 James Emmett their Son Born April 19th 1810 Mary Clemantina their Daughter Born March 3rd 1812 Augustin[e] Little their Son Born February 1st 1815 Nancy Jane their Daughter Born March 19th 1818 Wm Little Born 26th February 1753 Catharine Patterson Born Septr 1757 William Little & Catharine Patterson joined in wedlock January 3rd 1775 William Little their Son Born November 8th 1775 Nancy Little Born November 4th 1777 Eleanor Little their Daughter Born August 3rd 1779 Catharine Little wife of Wm Little Departed this life on Tuesday October 15th 1781 Aged 23 years and Eleven months Wm Little their Son Departed this life August 18th 1782 Aged 6 years 10 months & 21 Days Wm Little Son of William and Martha Little Born Jany 21st 1784 Robert Little their Son Born 24th October 1785 Martha Little departed this life January 20th 1798 [Family Record. Deaths] Mary Clementina Patterson Departed this Life May 18th 1817 at 3 o'clock A. M. Aged 5 years Two months and Fourteen days James Emett Patterson Departed this Life Novr. 19th [possibly 17th] 1830 At ten minutes past one in the morning Died on the 22nd day of December 1836 Nancy J. Patterson, aged eighteen years and, nine months Wm Little Departed this Life January 31st 1800 Aged 46 years and 23 Days Robert Little Son of William and Martha Little Departed this Life on Sunday Septr 20th 1802 Aged 17 years and two Days Departed this Life Eleanor L. Patterson, on the Sixth of August 1845 Aged 66 years and three days [On the back of a badly torn picture, following Record] Departed this Life William Patterson on the 21st Sept. 1862 Aged 86 years 3 months and 26 days