Joshua was a son of Thomas Austin Patrick Sr. and Nancy Read. He married Matilda Cynthia Ann Gilliland 17 Dec 1859 in DeKalb County, Alabama.

1850 DeKalb Co., AL, pg 330: Thomas A. Patrick, 43, GA; Nancy, 39, TN; Ezekiel, 19 M, TN; William C., 18 M, TN; Thomas A., 16 M, TN; Joshua, 10 M, AL; James M., 8 M, AL; Andrew J., 6 M, AL; Benjamin F., 4 M, AL; John W., 1 M, AL.

1860 DeKalb Co., AL, pg 227: Thomas A. Patrick, 53, GA; Nancy, 48, TN; Joshua 20 M, AL; James, 18 M, AL; Andrew, 16 M, AL; Benjamin, 14 M, AL; John W., 11 M, AL; Newton, 8 M, AL; Margaret Gilliland, 16 F, Thomas is guardian of Margaret (Nathaniel Read's Estate).

1870 Etowah Co., AL, pg 259: Joshua Patrick, 31, AL, farmer; Cynthia M., 30, AL; Nancy A., 8 F, AL; Mary L., 5 F, AL; William H., 2 M., AL.

1880 Etowah Co., AL, ED 72, pg 398: Joshua Patrick, 40, AL; Sintha, 30, AL; Nancy, 17, AL; Missy (Mary L), 14, AL; William, 12, AL; Martha, 10, AL; Sintha, 7, AL; Saphronia, 5, AL; Emma, 6/12, AL.

1900 Etowah Co., AL, ED 153, Sh 5A: Joshua Patrick, Jun 1839, 60, AL; Cinthy M., Oct 1840, 59, AL; Nancy A., Jul 1862, 37, AL; Mary L., Dec 1865, 34, AL; Emma E., Jul 1879, 19, AL; Rufus A. Wormack, Apr 1881, 19, AL, boarder.

1907 Census of Confederate Veterans. Joshua Patrick; Post Office Address: Keener; b. June 13, 1839 at Keener, Ala. in Etowah County, first entered service as a private in March 1862 at Cox Mill, DeKalb Co., Ala. in Co. I, 10th Ala. Inf. and continued until discharged account disability at Richmond, Va., April 1863. Re-enlisted as a private in April 1864 at Gadsden in the State Troops and continued until April 1865.

1910 Etowah Co., AL, ED 64, Sh 1A: Joshua Patrick, 70, AL, farmer; Matilda, 67, AL; Nancy A., 45, AL; Emma E., 25, AL.