Commissioner Patton
Character Key Number:
3136
Display Name:
Commissioner Patton
Sort Name:
Patton, Commissioner James
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
A soldier during the days of the Mississippi Territory, Patton became active in politics when Mississippi achieved statehood in 1817. In 1821, along with Thomas Hicks and William Lattimore, he was one of the "three Commissioners" who chose the site for the new state capital (79).