EIGHTH GENERATION

236. George Alexander PATILLO was born in 1720 in Balermic, Scotland. He emigrated in 1740 from Perthshire, Scotland.⁽¹⁸⁹⁾ George and his brother, Henry, were closely associated with a large group of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who had emigrated by way of Pennsylvania to the southern part of Virginia and settled in and around Cub Creek, Charlotte Co., then Lunenburg Co., VA. John Caldwell seemed to be the leader of this particular group as the area near Cub Creek was known as the "Caldwell Settlement."

William Caldwell gave an acre of ground in Lunenburg Co., Va on 2 April 1751, as a cemetery for 31 men. Some of those buried are David and James Logan, John Middleton, Isaac Vernon (Varner, Varnon) and Henry Pattillo.

The Caldwell Settlement at Cub Creek is located near Phenix, VA an hour south of Richmond near the home of Patrick Henry at Red Hill on State Road 40. After CR 682 and take a right on CR 619. The first log church was built in 1742, one of the six churches of the first Presbytery of Virginia. A tall poplar is traditionally the shelter for the first crude pulpit around which the congregation gathered while outposts, armed with rifles, watched for lurking Indians. There were several cemetery stones enclosed by a wrought iron fence and the charred remains of the second church built in 1800 which burned in 1937.

Historic marker " FR 14: Cub Creek Church. Six miles south is Cub Creek Presbyterian Church, the oldest church in this section. The neighborhood was known as the Caldwell Settlement for John Caldwell, grandfather of John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. About 1738 he brought here a colony of Scotch-Irish and obtained permission to establish a church."

At the site is a stone monument with large bronze plaques. " The Caldwell Settlement. John Caldwell born in Ireland. Came to Pennsylvania 1727. Died at Cub Creek 1750 and was buried here. Father of Rev. James Caldwell, hero of the Revolution, grandfather of John Caldwell Calhoun, South Carolina statesman.

In May 1739, John Caldwell in behalf of many families of our persuasion who are about to settle in the back parts of Virginia asked the Synod of Philadelphia to appoint a committee to wait on the Governor of Virginia "with suitable instructions in order to procure the favour of the government of that province to the laying a foundation of our interest in that place and to ask for the Colony Liberty of Conscience and the privilege of worshipping God in a way agreeable to the principles of our education."

The Governor granted this request and in 1738 a colony of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians under the leadership of John Caldwell purchased more than 30,000 acres along Cub Creek in this vicinity and established here a settlement of Presbyterian dessenters. Erected by Charlotte County Branch A. P. VA. 1938."

The other side says: Here in 1738 the Caldwell Settlement established its place of worship. The first building was a log meeting house, which was used until 1820, when the present church was erected.

At Cub Creek Meeting House, October 13, 1774, Hanover Presbytery decided to establish two schools of higher education, one in the county of Augusta, one in Prince Edward on Cumberland. Rev. Caleb Wallace, then pastor of the Cub Creek Congregation (a native of Charlotte County, author of the Petition of 1776 to the Virginia Assembly for the establishment of religious freedom, later Justice of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky) was a member of the two committees appointed by Presbytery to raise funds for these schools. From this action came Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) and Hampden Sydney College.

He resided in 1752 in Lunenburg Co., VA.⁽¹⁹⁰⁾ Listed as a tithable in 1752 by William Caldwell. The surname was spelled Portillo. The name of John Varnon follows that of George.
They may have come to VA because they had a relative, James Pattillo, there. He owned furniture in 1763 in Lunenburg Co., VA. ⁽¹⁹¹⁾ George Pattillo sells feather beds and furniture to Robert Hastie & Co. for the sum of 20 Pds. He owned 400 acres of land on 27 Jun 1764 in Lunenburg Co., VA.⁽¹⁹²⁾ George Pattillo acquires a land patent in Lunenburg Co. on the branchs of Little Louse Creek. Sum of 40 shillings for 400 acs. He owned 540 acres of land on 1 Jul 1765 in Charles Co., VA.⁽¹⁹³⁾ George Pattillo and David Caldwell paid 40 Pds to John Holt for 540 Acres (Deed Book 1, p. 42). He is reported in court proceedings on 6 Aug 1765 in Charles Co., VA. ⁽¹⁹⁴⁾ Georgie Pattillo and Isaac Vernon were mentioned in a court proceeding. He owned 221 acres on 1 May 1775 in Turnip Creek, Charlotte Co., VA. He may be the schoolmaster as he has a household of 12 people. He died on 9 Jun 1798 in Charlotte Co., VA. He was Wesleyan Methodist. He was married to Martha VARNER on 1 Jul 1757 in VA.

237. Martha VARNER was born on 1 Feb 1735 in Lancester Co., PA. ⁽¹⁹⁵⁾ The Varner name appears as Varnor or Vernon in other sources. John and Isaac Varnor live nearby the Pattillo family. She died in 1790 in Lunenburg, Charlotte Co., VA. She was Wesleyan Methodist. Children were:

118 i. Major James PATILLO.
ii. Sarah PATILLO was born on 1 May 1760.
iii. William Henry PATILLO was born on 31 May 1762 in Lunenburg Co., VA. He appeared on the census in 1800 in Logan Co., KY. He died after 1840 in Logan Co., KY.
iv. David PATILLO was born on 5 Oct 1764 in Charlotte Co., VA. He died in Feb 1815 in Morgan Co., GA. His will was proven in open court on 6 Mar 1815, Morgan Co., GA. Witnesses were Samuel Pattillo, William Johnston, and Robert Sessions. He served in the military Revolutionary War Soldier in VA. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution by J. H. Gwathney.
v. John Varner PATILLO was born on 9 Oct 1766 in Charlotte Co., VA. He died on 26 Jul 1820 in Greene Co., GA. He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index for the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He was a constable in Greensboro, Greene Co., GA.
vi. Mary PATILLO was born on 13 Sep 1768 in VA.
vii. Rev Samuel PATILLO⁽¹⁹⁶⁾ was born on 25 Jan 1771 in Charlotte Co., VA. He resided McKeever's Mulberry Fork District between 1803 and 1805 in Jackson Co., GA. In 1805, he drew land in Jackson Co. and in 1821 in Lee Co., GA in the Land Lotteries. The 1820 Census enumerates him in Morgan Co., GA while the 1830 Cenus has him in Walton Co., GA. Samuel purchased land from Julian and Qoe Bailey on March 9, 1830 to build a house of worship for the Methodist Episcopal Church and land in Covington for himself. (Film 42492, pt 5, SLC) He is listed in the 1832 - 1833 Gold and Land Lottery. In the 1840 Census, he is in Newton Co., GA where he lived until his death. He died on 4 Jun 1841 in Covington, Newton Co., GA. He was buried on 5 Jun 1841 in West View Cemetery, Covington, Newton Co., GA. He was a Methodist Minister 1820 to 1841.
viii. Martha (Mary) PATILLO was born on 7 Aug 1773 in GA.
ix. Janet PATILLO was born in 1776 in Charlotte Co., VA.
x. Jane Johnstone PATILLO was born on 9 Apr 1779.