Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Patterson was born in 1803, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Isaac Patterson, was 31 and her mother, Barbara Coble, was 29. She married Mark Bray on 1 November 1830, in Orange, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Finley Township, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Linden, Christian, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died in July 1887, in Sparta, Christian, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Sparta, Christian, Missouri, United States.
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- Margarette Brag in household of Mark Brag, "United States Census, 1850"
- Peggy Patterson, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Margaret Patterson Bray, "Find A Grave Index"
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1803
Historical Boundaries 1803: Louisiana Purchase, United States 1812: Missouri Territory, United States 1821: Missouri, United States
1804 · Walton War
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: variant of Patrickson ‘son of Patrick ’, which was either shortened to Patrison and metathesized to Patterson, or shortened from Paterickson to Patterson.
Irish: in Ulster, this name is of English or Scottish origin, but in County Galway, it was also taken by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Caisín ‘descendant of the little curly-headed one’ (from Gaelic casín ‘curly’), which is usually Anglicized as Cussane. In addition to the confusion between Irish Gaelic casín ‘curly’ and cosán ‘path’, there has also been an erroneous assumption that the English name Patterson is somehow derived from the English word path.
English: 19th-century variant of Patteson, a shortened form of Pattinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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