Historical Marker
General James Patton
Waynesboro, Wayne County · Mississippi
Erected 1987
Patton's public life began in 1801, when he was a commissioner marking a land route from the Gulf of Mexico to Natchez. He was a lieutenant colonel in the territorial cavalry in 1810, represented Wayne County in the territorial assembly in 1811 and 1813, and in 1813 commanded Patton's Fort at Winchester during the Creek War. In 1819 he became a major general in the state militia. The next year he was one of three commissioners who chose the site of Jackson as the state capital.
Where it stands
31.61680, -88.59090 · Directions
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