Re: Henson Patterson b 1830 / Lavina Chancey Gilmer GA

Here are my notes on Henson G. Patterson b. 1830 in GA:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&gsfn=&gsln=Patterson&f4=&f6=&f5=&f7=&f8=Gilmer&prox=1&db=gamarriages_ga&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs&rank=1&submit.x=92&submit.y=10&fh=1http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&gsfn=&gsln=Patterson&f4=&f6=&f5=&f7=&f8=Gilmer&prox=1&db=gamarriages_ga&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs&rank=1&submit.x=92&submit.y=10&fh=1
GEORGIA MARRIAGES, 1699-1944
Name: Henson Patterson
Spouse: Biney Plumley
Marriage Date: 20 Jan 1849
County: Gilmer
State: Georgia

1850 CENSUS, SUBDIVISION NO. 33, GILMER CO., GA - 27 Aug 1850
Page 32
221-221
PATTERSON
Henson - 20 - M - Farmer - VRE $80 - GA - Cannot Read/Write
Lavina A. - 18 - F - TN

1860 CENSUS, GEORGIA MILITIA DISTRICT 980, P.O. CHESTNUT GAP, FANNIN CO., GA - 8 Jul 1860
Page 6
412-412
PATTERSON
Henson - 30 - M - Mining Hand - VPE $100 - GA - Cannot Read/Write
Vina - 28 - F - F - Housekeeper - GA - Cannot Read/Write
Mary - 5 - F - GA
Rhody - 3 - F - GA

1870 CENSUS, SUBDIVISION NO. 55, P.O. ELLIJAY, GILMER CO., GA - 12 Aug 1870
Page 108
816-816
PATTERSON
H. G. - 39 - M - W - Farming - VRE $125 - VPE $250 - GA
Levina A. - 38 - F - W - Keeping House - GA - Cannot Read/Write
Roda J. - 13 - F - W - Assisting in House - GA - Cannot Write - (md. Marcus Lafayette Tucker in 1876)
James N. - 9 - M - W - GA
Manda - 6 - F - W - GA
Eller - 1 - F - W - GA

1880 CENSUS, BOARDTOWN, ED #104, GILMER CO., GA - 22 Jun 1880
Page 35
311-317
PATTERSON
Henson G. - W - M - 50 - Md. - Farmer - GA-SC-SC
Lavina - W - F - 49 - Wife - Keeping House - GA-TN-SC
James N. - W - M - 19 - Son - Works on Farm - GA-GA-GA
Eller - W - F - 11 - Dau. - At Home - Cannot Read/Write - GA-GA-GA
Mathew L. - W - M - 9 - Son - At Home - GA-GA-GA - (went to Adair Co., OK)

Notice the 1880 census indicates that both of Henson G. Patterson's parents were born in SC.

After comparing the 1840 and 1850 census records of Gilmer Co., GA, I think Hiram and Elizabeth Cantrell Patterson were likely candidates to be the parents of Henson G. Patterson.In the 1840 census, there was one slot in Hiram Patterson's household for a male of Henson's age.By 1850, Henson was in his own household, having married in 1849; so, there is only circumstantial evidence that Hiram Patterson and Elizabeth Cantrell were Henson's parents.

As you pointed out, there was another Henson Patterson born in 1843 to John and Jenny Patterson. I think (no proof) it's possible that John Patterson was an older brother of Hiram Patterson.Both John and Hiram were on page 13 of the 1840 census, as follows:

1840 CENSUS, GILMER CO., GA
Page 13
JOHN PATTERSON - (John Patterson also had a son named Henson, but he was born in 1843, not 1830.)
1 male 5-10
1 male 40-50
2 females under 5
1 female 10-15
1 female 20-30

1840 CENSUS, GILMER CO., GA
Page 13
HIRAM PATTERSON
1 male under5
1 male 5-10 - (possibly Henson G. Patterson b. 1830?)
1 male 20-30
2 females under 5
1 female 5-10
1 female 20-30

Here is the online transcription of the 1850 census. As you can see, Henson Patterson b. 1830 in GA, Hiram Patterson b. 1801 in SC, and John Patterson b. 1794 in SC are all in Part 2 of the 1850 census of Gilmer Co., GA:

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ga+index+18263162499568+Fhttp://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ga+index+18263162499568+F
GILMER CO., GA - CENSUS - 1850 Federal Census, Gilmer Co., GA part 2 of 7

1332 221 PATTERSON, HENSON M 20 HH GA FARMER 50
1333 221 PATTERSON, LOVINA A F 18 TENN

2168 358 PATTERSON, HIRAM M 49 HH SC FARMER - (Was Hiram Patterson the f/o Henson G. Patterson b. 1830?)
2169 358 PATTERSON, ELIZABETH F 38 SC - (md. Hiram Patterson 16 Aug 1830 in Hall Co., GA)
2170 358 PATTERSON, POLLY F 17 GA
2171 358 PATTERSON, JANE F 14 GA
2172 358 PATTERSON, JAMES M M 12 GA
2173 358 PATTERSON, MARGARET F 12 GA
2174 358 PATTERSON, ANDREW F 8 GA
2175 358 PATTERSON, NANCY A F 6 GA
2176 358 PATTERSON, JOSEPHINE F 1 GA

2227 369 PATTERSON, JOHN M 56 HH SC FARMER 1000
2228 369 PATTERSON, JINNY F 36 SC
2229 369 PATTERSON, JEREMIAH M 17 GA FARMER
2230 369 PATTERSON, MALINDA F 14 GA
2231 369 PATTERSON, LOUISA F 9 GA
2232 369 PATTERSON, HENSON M 7 GA
2233 369 PATTERSON, JOHN M 4 GA
2234 369 PATTERSON, GALLAHIN M 4 INF GA

I see that more than one Patterson researcher has Henson G. Patterson b. 1830 married to Vina A. CHANCEY.There WAS a Vina A. Chancey (d/o William C. Chancey), but she was only 2 years old in the 1860 census of Fannin Co., GA, and the Vina (presumably Plumley) who married Henson G. Patterson was 28 years old in 1860, as follows:

1860 CENSUS, GEORGIA MILITIA DISTRICT 980, P.O. CHESTNUT GAP, FANNIN CO., GA - 8 Jul 1860
Page 6
412-412
PATTERSON
Henson - 30 - M - Mining Hand - VPE $100 - GA - Cannot Read/Write
Vina - 28 - F - F - Housekeeper - GA - Cannot Read/Write
Mary - 5 - F - GA
Rhody - 3 - F - GA

Carol J. Bowman
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P.S.Patterson is not one of my lines.My sister married a Patterson, and I have been doing Patterson research for her children.Their line, so far as I know it at this time, is:

Henson G. Patterson b. 1830 in GA (possibly s/o Hiram b. 1801 in SC)
Matthew L. Patterson b. Jul 1871 in GA
Clarence B. Patterson b. 17 Nov 1890 in GA
Chester Andrew Patterson b. 28 Dec 1916 in OK
Chester Ellis Patterson b. 17 Oct 1950 in OK