Elijah Patton 
Elijah was born before 1755 in Ulster, Northern Ireland. Elijah's father was John Patton and his mother is UNKNOWN Unknown. He had two brothers named Robert and Samuel. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died before 1830 in Burke County, North Carolina. He was buried in Greenlee Chapter DAR Burial Plot, Pleasant Gardens, McDowell County, North Carolina.General Notes
1800 Federal Census for Burke County, NC lists Elijah Patton as head ofhousehold consisting of 2 WM (0-10) 1 WM (10-16) 1 WM (45+) and 1 WF(0-10) 2 WF (10-16) 1 WF (26-45)
Elijah is the only one of the sons of John Patton not to leave BurkeCounty although he had holdings of land located in Tennessee. He had agrant for 1000 acres from the State of North Carolina. He later sold hisson-in-law 200 acres on Knob Creek in what was then Rutherford County,TN. Old newspapers dating from 1808 to 1811 indicate that Elijah was notpaying taxes on various parcels of his land. One newspaper in 1810(Bedford County) indicated that a parcel of 240 acres would be sold atauction on the first monday of November that year.
Elijah were married in a religious ceremony before 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He had a biological son named James.
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Children
James Patton
James was born about 1784 in Burke County, North Carolina. He died on November 23rd, 1814 in Battle of Big Bend, in what is now the State of Alabama (Creek Indian War). He was buried in Probably at the battle site..