Mary Catherine "Polly" Patton

Mary Catherine "Polly" Patton was married to James Patton on 5 June 1824 in Jefferson County, Indiana, but after that relationship dissolved, she took up with a native American man who went by the name of William "Bill" Miller. Polly Patton was the daughter of John Hanson and Mary Magdeline (Wahl) Hanson.

For a short time she and James Patton lived in the Patton cave near the border between Lawrence County and Monroe County of Indiana. They later moved to a farm in Marshall Township of Lawrence County. It was this farm that James left Polly and the children to find another woman. After some time, Polly took up with a hired man of her neighbor, William Miller, who was a Native American of the Cherokee tribe, who had taken the name of Bill Miller. Polly died many years later while living in a teepee with Bill Miller, who was now going by a different name.

Polly's children are...

1. William Riley Patton 1827 - 1904
2. John Jackson Patton 1828 - 1909
3. George Washington Patton 1830 - 1863
4. Nancy Ann (Patton) Maxwell 1831 - 1907
5. Shadrack Patton
6. Moses Patton
7. Mary Magdeline (Patton) Deckard 1834 - 1914
8. Sally Ann (Patton) Stewart 1835 - ???
9. Elsberry Patton 1837 - ???
10. Earliss D. Patten 1838 - 1905
11. Catherine (Patton) Hicks 1840 - 1905

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