John Patton (Colonel)

John Patton (Colonel)

John Patton (Colonel) was born 1745 in Sligo, Ireland. He immigrated to Philadelphia about 1765. John Patton married Jane Davis in March 7, 1777 and the had 11 children: Rachael, Benjamin, William, John, Francis, Joseph, Edward, Anna, Jane, Samuel and Ellen. John Patton died 1804 in Centre County, Pennsylvania.

He was a Major in Colonel Miles' Rifle Regiment of Pennsylvania. He was promoted to Colonel of the regiment by General George Washington.[1] As a Colonel, Captains John Lesher, Michael Furrer, George Miller and Michael Wolfe all served under his command.[2]

After the war he partnered with Colonel Samuel Miles and was a co-founder of the Centre Furnace. In 1794 Patton Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania was formed and named for John Patton.

John Patton was originally buried near Shingletown, Pennsylvania. In 1938 his body was moved to Riverview Cemetery in Huntington County, Pennsylvania.

References

  1. ^ 7th Rifle Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line / Patton’s Additional Regiment Orderly Book, 1776-1802
  2. ^ Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775-1783. Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Volume XIV, William H. Egle, ed., Harrisburg: E.K. Meyers, State Printer, 1888, p. 247.

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