A native of Crawford County, Patterson was accepted to the bar at just 19 years old, and was eventually ranked among the finest lawyers in the state of Georgia. He served as city attorney from 1888-89, and was appointed by President Grover Cleveland as governor of the “new” Oklahoma Territory at the start of the Big Land Rush.
(1855-1895) (Magnolia, lot 1, row C24)
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