John Patterson (1860)

Born 1860 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

Died [date unknown] in Phillips, Arkansas, United States

Biography

John Patterson is a part of US Black heritage.

John Patterson was interviewed in Helena, Arkansas about 1938 about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

I was born near Paducah, Kentucky. Mother was never sold. She belong to Master Arthur Patterson."

"I never heard mother say a thing about my father if I had one. He never was no use to me nor her neither. Mother brought me here in time of the Civil War. I was four years old. We come here to be kept from the Yankee soldiers. We was sent with some of the Pattersons."

"I own a home. It come through a will from my aunt. My uncle was a drayman here in Helena and a close liver. I want to hold to it if I can."

Slave Owners

1. Arthur Patterson

Interview: John Patterson was interviewed in Helena, Arkansas by Miss Irene Robertson as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - John Patterson - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 5; pages 284-285, images 289-290 of 373.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWV-QV5 : 13 January 2022), John Patterson in household of George D. Gray, L'Anguille Township, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDF7-917 : 31 January 2021), John Patterson, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGM-5W5 : accessed 28 October 2022), John Patterson, Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 10A, line 47, family 309, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 88; FHL microfilm 2,339,823.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKP-WLH : 8 January 2021), John Patterson, St. Francis Township, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-27, sheet 2B, line 48, family 40, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 161.