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Black plaque № 25786

Woden, TX, United States

Site of Pattonia. Nearby was the site of the riverport community of Pattonia (also called Patton's Landing), founded by Robert S. and Moses L. Patton in 1844. Pattonia was situated at a bend in the Angelina River on a tract of land patented to General Thomas J. Rusk. The Patton brothers moved to Tex

as from Georgia in 1835, with Moses serving as a courier for Rusk during the Texas War for Independence. Robert's daughter Harriet Ann would later marry Gen. Rusk's son, John Cleveland Rusk. By the 18

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