Mary Ann Patterson1 
b. circa 1800
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Great-grandaunt of Louise Underwood.
3rd great-grandaunt of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Mary Ann Patterson was born circa 1800 in Nova Scotia.2 She was the daughter of John Patterson.1 She married William Griffin on 8 February 1815 in Posey County, Indiana.3 She married Hosea Markham after 20 July 1822, probably in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.3
Mary Ann moved with her family from Nova Scotia to Indiana Territory between 1807 and 1812. About 1818, she, with her first husband and probably other members of the Patterson family, moved to Catahoula Parish. On 10 October of that year, William Griffin bought a town lot in Harrisonburg which is the earliest record found of the family in Louisiana. She was widowed about 1822 and apparently fell on hard times because lots bought by her late husband were seized and put up for public sale. Her second husband probably died before December 1850 when Mary Ann appears as head of household in the census. Her youngest son, Joseph Markham, was living with her; the oldest, William Griffin, was living with his Uncle Joseph in West Feliciana Parish where he was studying law. Also living in Mary Ann's household in 1850 were five men, a lawyer/doctor, a lawyer, an editor and two printers. She was probably running a boarding house or hotel which is supported by the 1860 census in which she is called a "hotel keep." She is found for the last time on the 1870 census in Harrisonburg, and probably died there before 1880.
Mary Ann moved with her family from Nova Scotia to Indiana Territory between 1807 and 1812. About 1818, she, with her first husband and probably other members of the Patterson family, moved to Catahoula Parish. On 10 October of that year, William Griffin bought a town lot in Harrisonburg which is the earliest record found of the family in Louisiana. She was widowed about 1822 and apparently fell on hard times because lots bought by her late husband were seized and put up for public sale. Her second husband probably died before December 1850 when Mary Ann appears as head of household in the census. Her youngest son, Joseph Markham, was living with her; the oldest, William Griffin, was living with his Uncle Joseph in West Feliciana Parish where he was studying law. Also living in Mary Ann's household in 1850 were five men, a lawyer/doctor, a lawyer, an editor and two printers. She was probably running a boarding house or hotel which is supported by the 1860 census in which she is called a "hotel keep." She is found for the last time on the 1870 census in Harrisonburg, and probably died there before 1880.
Additional Data
371C on 20 July 1822 - Writ of Fieri Facias against chattels of Mary Ann Griffin, Tutrix and heir of the Estate of William Griffin, deceased, and Joseph Harrison (on a 12-month bond) at the suit of Jacob Heaberling & C. .. seize certain squares of land containing 300 ft. each square ... one fronting on Water St., being same purchased by William Griffin from John Harrison on a 12-month note ... put up for public sale ... John M.G. Thompson became the purchaserfor $111. Witness: Hodkins, Bryan.3
838C Joseph A. Patterson for himself and his sisters Jane Carson, Hannah A. McDaniel and Harriett H. Patterson, Mary Markham for herself and her husband, Hosea Markham, acknowledges that for $80 paid by John Brown, sells 50 acres of land lying in Catahoula Prairie and being part of William Mocks tract of land... /s/ J.A. Patterson, Cathey Jane Carson by J.A. Patterson, Hannah A. McDaniel, Harriet H. Patterson - Witness: John Doyal. (Record is undated; nearest dated records, both before and after, are 1833).1
Mary Ann Markham appeared on the 1 June 1850 Federal Census of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, enumerated 12 December 1850. Her son Joseph P. was listed as living with her.4
She owned six slaves.5
Mary Markham appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Pine Woods, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, enumerated 30 September 1860.6 She owned nineteen slaves.7
M. Markham appeared on the 1 June 1870 Federal Census of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, enumerated 10 August 1870, with her great-grandnephew Bell Coats listed as living with her.2
838C Joseph A. Patterson for himself and his sisters Jane Carson, Hannah A. McDaniel and Harriett H. Patterson, Mary Markham for herself and her husband, Hosea Markham, acknowledges that for $80 paid by John Brown, sells 50 acres of land lying in Catahoula Prairie and being part of William Mocks tract of land... /s/ J.A. Patterson, Cathey Jane Carson by J.A. Patterson, Hannah A. McDaniel, Harriet H. Patterson - Witness: John Doyal. (Record is undated; nearest dated records, both before and after, are 1833).1
Mary Ann Markham appeared on the 1 June 1850 Federal Census of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, enumerated 12 December 1850. Her son Joseph P. was listed as living with her.4
She owned six slaves.5 Mary Markham appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Pine Woods, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, enumerated 30 September 1860.6
She owned nineteen slaves.7 M. Markham appeared on the 1 June 1870 Federal Census of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, enumerated 10 August 1870, with her great-grandnephew Bell Coats listed as living with her.2
Child of Mary Ann Patterson and William Griffin
- William Griffin8 b. c 1820
Child of Mary Ann Patterson and Hosea Markham
- Joseph P. Markham9 b. c 1828
Citations
- [S218] First Settlers of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: 1808-1839, online <http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/catahoula/history/settlers/…>, link to "Pages: 121-135."
- [S226] M. Markham household, 1870 U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 6, page 6, dwelling 40, family 41; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 509.
- [S218] First Settlers of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana: 1808-1839, online <http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/catahoula/history/settlers/…>.
- [S224] Mary Ann Markham household, 1850 U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, page 90B, dwelling 634, family 658; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 230.
- [S227] Mary Ann Markham, 1850 U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, slave schedule, sheet unknown cd2, National Archives micropublication 243, 235.
- [S225] Mary Markham household, 1860 U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Harrisonburg Post Office, page 135, dwelling 989, family 965; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 410.
- [S228] Mary A. Markham, 1860 U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, slave schedule, sheet unknown cd2, National Archives micropublication 427, 73.
- [S220] J.A. Paterson household, 1850 U.S. Census, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, page 265B, dwelling 217, family 222; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 231.
- [S224] 1850 U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, , page 634, dwelling 658.
