Patterson Cemetery in Watertown (Wilson Co) TN, by Joe Patterson

PATTERSON / BLAND CEMETERY
in Watertown, Wilson County, TN
by Joe Patterson

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The Patterson/Bland Family Cemetery is located about three miles south of Watertown at 781 Smith Hollow Road. It is on the hill behind the restored Patterson double story farm house built in the 1800's. There are many graves here, some marked and legible and some not legible. Others are grown over and some markers have fallen over. The last burial here was in 1921. (Indicates notes on individuals)

DORCAS BLAND
Born Feb 27, 1782
Died July 19, 1836
(Dorcas Williams, wife of Williamson Bland)

SAMUEL L. BLAND
Born Sept 26, 1808
Died Feb 26, 1832
(Son of Williamson Bland and Dorcas Williams, born in Mecklenburg Co. VA. Family history suggests that he was a school teacher and choked to death on a fish bone. Was married to Mahala Binkley.)

ELIZABETH W. PATTERSON
Born Sept 14, 1815
Died Jan 14, 1872
Hand pointing up on tombstone - Inscription - Gone Home, EWP on small footstone
(Dau of Williamson Bland and Dorcas Williams, born in Mecklenburg Co. VA. Wife of William C. Patterson.)

WILLIAM C. PATTERSON
Born Dec 123, 1812
Died Oct 5, 1890
Hand pointing to right on tombstone
(William Carrel Patterson, son of William P. Patterson and Jane Ferrier Patterson)

SAMUEL H. PATTERSON
Born July 8, 1834
Died July 23, 1894
We Will Meet Again
(Samuel Houston Patterson, son of William C. and Elizabeth Patterson, husband of Caroline Patterson)

CAROLINE PATTERSON
Born April 12, 1833
Died Feb 10, 1903
(Louisa Ann Caroline Patterson, dau of William Patterson and Happy Edwards)

JNO. B. PATTERSON
Co C, 136 Ill Inf
Apr 5, 1840
Apr 24, 1886
White marble tombstone
(John Bell Patterson, son of William C. and Elizabeth Patterson, husband of Margaret Elizabeth Thompson. Twin to William H. H. Patterson)

W. H. H. PATTERSON
Apr 5, 1840
Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit
(William Henry Harrison Patterson, son of William C. and Elizabeth Patterson, 2nd Corporal, Co F, 7th Tenn Inf. CSA. Twin to John B. Patterson.)

W. H. COX
1881
Sandstone marker
(William H. Cox, son of Archibald Cox and Sarah Anne Patterson, died as a teenager)

P. O. PATTERSON
Born Nov 21, 1857
Died Jun 2, 1921
PP on footstone
(Pinckney Othnal Patterson, son of William C. and Elizabeth Patterson)

MATTIE PATTERSON
Born Nov 17, 1855
Died Apr 13, 1899
(Mattie Comer, 1st wife of P. O. Patterson)

SALLIE PATTERSON
Born Sep 15, 1870
Died Nov 11, 1919
(Sallie Snyder, 2nd wife of P. O. Patterson)
Pickney, Mattie and Sallie share the same tombstone

RACHEL PATTERSON
Born April 9, 1807
Died Aug 22, 1883
(Unmarried dau of William and Jane Patterson, sister to Anna)

ANNA W. PATTERSON
Born Oct 19, 1809
Died May 5, 1893
Inscription - Gone to a better home
AWP on footstone
(Unmarried dau of William and Jane Patterson)

CAROLINE PATTERSON
Born May 17, 1820
Died April 10, 1899
Inscription - We will meet again

GEORGE W. PATTERSON
Born Mar 22, 1823
Died Nov 28, 1894
(George Washburn Patterson)

DELILAH WIFE OF G. W. PATTERSON
Born June 14, 1826
Died Sept 3, 1885
Inscription - At rest
(Delilah Barker)

ROBERT F. PATTERSON
Age About 68 Years
Inscription - At rest
("Buck" Patterson, unmarried son of George W. and Delilah Barker Patterson)

WILLIAM P. PATTERSON
Born Jan 16, 1773
Died Dec 20, 1858
Near Jane's tombstone - white marble foot stone WP
(Son of Samuel Patterson and Martha Ramsey)

JANE WIFE OF W. PATTERSON
Born Mar 12, 1770
Died Jan 1, 1843
White marble foot stone JP
(Jane Ferrier, dau of Thomas Ferrier)

CLIDE P. - a rock in the cemetery had this name chisled on it. Can find no record of this person - could this be a baby?

NOTES: I know who most of these folks are if anyone is interested. I'm sure that there are more markers covered up that we missed. This info was gleaned from several trips by elderly people in the middle of the summer so you can see we didn't have the best of conditions to transcribe names and dates.

NOTES: Updated 24 Jul 1999.

The above cemetery listings is copyrighted by Joe Patterson. The cemetery listing information contained on this page is being made available by Joe Patterson solely for the use of personal genealogical research, and it may not be used nor copied for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of the author. Dated this 27th day of September, 1998.