Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,923 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,923 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is the grave of David Patterson. Born in 1818 on Cedar Creek, outside of Greeneville, Tennessee, Patterson was the kind of early 19th century riser that personified many of the politicians of that era. He evidently didn’t come from much, but managed to go through the local schools and then Greeneville College before studying the law and passing the bar. That meant he could buy slaves, the dream of nearly all whites of the South in that era.…