James Erwin Patton, Colonel From History of Ellis County Texas
Information found in History of Ellis County (Texas), pages 74 & 123:
"James E. (Erwin) Patton, a Missourian, a relative of a numerous family in that state, several of whom were ministers of some note. He was a man of honesty and
integrity; and so unsuspecting that he suffered considerable loss financially, believing others to be as honest as himself; devoted to his church, though not a sectarian; his hand ever open to the wants of suffering humanity; giving of his means
to the institutions of the church and the cause of Christianity; a man of limited education, but a close observer and a reader and thinker, so that he was tolerably well posted on church and governmental affairs.
He engaged in locating and surveying land, which he followed up to near the close of his earthly career. Though he had little education in the science of surveying, yet he manifested a skill in that science far above the average surveyor taught in the schools and in advance of the science of his day for brevity and accuracy. I have assisted
him in that work and in five minutes after the survey was made with pencil
and paper on his compass he would make a calculation and announce the number of acres regardless of the number of corners and courses, which to have solved such problems by the rules of surveying would have taken an hour or two. I have several times noted down the field notes, took them home, and made the calculation by the rules of surveying to test the accuracy of his method and so far as the number of acres was concerned found him correct. He lived to an advanced age, and was
gathered to his father's respected and admired by all who knew him for
his honesty and Christian deportment."...
"He was employed to locate the Ellis county school lands, and the county
is much indebted to him for the judgment shown in the location of those lands.
The Colonel (referring to James Patton) was a tall angular man and somewhat eccentric. It is told of him that the lack of chain or chain-carriers was no obstacle to him; he would take a piece of raw-hide, hobble his feet together
the length of a yard apart, and thus equipped perform the duties of surveyor and chain-carriers, and his work usually came out right.
He had several grandsons, one of whom, W.T. PATTON, was one of the first justices of the peace elected in Ellis County."
Information found in History of Ellis County (Texas), pages 74 & 123:
"James E. (Erwin) Patton, a Missourian, a relative of a numerous family in that state, several of whom were ministers of some note. He was a man of honesty and
integrity; and so unsuspecting that he suffered considerable loss financially, believing others to be as honest as himself; devoted to his church, though not a sectarian; his hand ever open to the wants of suffering humanity; giving of his means
to the institutions of the church and the cause of Christianity; a man of limited education, but a close observer and a reader and thinker, so that he was tolerably well posted on church and governmental affairs.
He engaged in locating and surveying land, which he followed up to near the close of his earthly career. Though he had little education in the science of surveying, yet he manifested a skill in that science far above the average surveyor taught in the schools and in advance of the science of his day for brevity and accuracy. I have assisted
him in that work and in five minutes after the survey was made with pencil
and paper on his compass he would make a calculation and announce the number of acres regardless of the number of corners and courses, which to have solved such problems by the rules of surveying would have taken an hour or two. I have several times noted down the field notes, took them home, and made the calculation by the rules of surveying to test the accuracy of his method and so far as the number of acres was concerned found him correct. He lived to an advanced age, and was
gathered to his father's respected and admired by all who knew him for
his honesty and Christian deportment."...
"He was employed to locate the Ellis county school lands, and the county
is much indebted to him for the judgment shown in the location of those lands.
The Colonel (referring to James Patton) was a tall angular man and somewhat eccentric. It is told of him that the lack of chain or chain-carriers was no obstacle to him; he would take a piece of raw-hide, hobble his feet together
the length of a yard apart, and thus equipped perform the duties of surveyor and chain-carriers, and his work usually came out right.
He had several grandsons, one of whom, W.T. PATTON, was one of the first justices of the peace elected in Ellis County."
James Erwin Patton, Colonel From History of Ellis County Texas
Information found in History of Ellis County (Texas), pages 74 & 123:
"James E. (Erwin) Patton, a Missourian, a relative of a numerous family in that state, several of whom were ministers of some note. He was a man of honesty and
integrity; and so unsuspecting that he suffered considerable loss financially, believing others to be as honest as himself; devoted to his church, though not a sectarian; his hand ever open to the wants of suffering humanity; giving of his means
to the institutions of the church and the cause of Christianity; a man of limited education, but a close observer and a reader and thinker, so that he was tolerably well posted on church and governmental affairs.
He engaged in locating and surveying land, which he followed up to near the close of his earthly career. Though he had little education in the science of surveying, yet he manifested a skill in that science far above the average surveyor taught in the schools and in advance of the science of his day for brevity and accuracy. I have assisted
him in that work and in five minutes after the survey was made with pencil
and paper on his compass he would make a calculation and announce the number of acres regardless of the number of corners and courses, which to have solved such problems by the rules of surveying would have taken an hour or two. I have several times noted down the field notes, took them home, and made the calculation by the rules of surveying to test the accuracy of his method and so far as the number of acres was concerned found him correct. He lived to an advanced age, and was
gathered to his father's respected and admired by all who knew him for
his honesty and Christian deportment."...
"He was employed to locate the Ellis county school lands, and the county
is much indebted to him for the judgment shown in the location of those lands.
The Colonel (referring to James Patton) was a tall angular man and somewhat eccentric. It is told of him that the lack of chain or chain-carriers was no obstacle to him; he would take a piece of raw-hide, hobble his feet together
the length of a yard apart, and thus equipped perform the duties of surveyor and chain-carriers, and his work usually came out right.
He had several grandsons, one of whom, W.T. PATTON, was one of the first justices of the peace elected in Ellis County."
Information found in History of Ellis County (Texas), pages 74 & 123:
"James E. (Erwin) Patton, a Missourian, a relative of a numerous family in that state, several of whom were ministers of some note. He was a man of honesty and
integrity; and so unsuspecting that he suffered considerable loss financially, believing others to be as honest as himself; devoted to his church, though not a sectarian; his hand ever open to the wants of suffering humanity; giving of his means
to the institutions of the church and the cause of Christianity; a man of limited education, but a close observer and a reader and thinker, so that he was tolerably well posted on church and governmental affairs.
He engaged in locating and surveying land, which he followed up to near the close of his earthly career. Though he had little education in the science of surveying, yet he manifested a skill in that science far above the average surveyor taught in the schools and in advance of the science of his day for brevity and accuracy. I have assisted
him in that work and in five minutes after the survey was made with pencil
and paper on his compass he would make a calculation and announce the number of acres regardless of the number of corners and courses, which to have solved such problems by the rules of surveying would have taken an hour or two. I have several times noted down the field notes, took them home, and made the calculation by the rules of surveying to test the accuracy of his method and so far as the number of acres was concerned found him correct. He lived to an advanced age, and was
gathered to his father's respected and admired by all who knew him for
his honesty and Christian deportment."...
"He was employed to locate the Ellis county school lands, and the county
is much indebted to him for the judgment shown in the location of those lands.
The Colonel (referring to James Patton) was a tall angular man and somewhat eccentric. It is told of him that the lack of chain or chain-carriers was no obstacle to him; he would take a piece of raw-hide, hobble his feet together
the length of a yard apart, and thus equipped perform the duties of surveyor and chain-carriers, and his work usually came out right.
He had several grandsons, one of whom, W.T. PATTON, was one of the first justices of the peace elected in Ellis County."
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