Dr. George Patrick was the 2nd child of 14, born to John and Elizabeth "Callaway" Patrick. He was a Charter Member of the Richmond Masonic Lodge No. 25.
He was listed as Sergeant Major, First Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia, from August 15, 1812 to November 30, 1812. George enlisted once more however, and that led to the loss of his life on January 22, 1813, during the Battle of River Raisin.
Many Kentuckians died that day and most of the bodies were left where they fell. About six months later, Colonel Johnson was able to send a detachment to the battlefield, with orders to collect and bury the remains of many of the fallen. All though this proved to be a wasted effort, because the Indians later reopened the graves and scattered the remains once again. Governor Shelby on October 15, 1813, ordered Simrall's Regiment and General King's Brigade to make a carefull search for all that had died at Raisin. Sixty five skeletons were found and given a christian buriel, but later, on July 4, 1818, these remains were reinterred in the Cemetery in Monroe Michigan, the city that then stood on the site of the battle. Then just a month later General Lewis Cass held a public meeting, where a committee was appointed to move the remains to Detroit, and they were interred in the Protestant burying-ground. The final resting place had not yet been found however, and again in 1834, the fallen heroes were removed to the Clinton Street Cemetery in Detroit. Then in September, of the same year they were exhumed for the last time, placed in boxes marked "Kentucky's gallant dead, January 18, 1813, River Raisin, Michigan" and forever layed to rest in the State Lot at Frankfort, Kentucky.
He was listed as Sergeant Major, First Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia, from August 15, 1812 to November 30, 1812. George enlisted once more however, and that led to the loss of his life on January 22, 1813, during the Battle of River Raisin.
Many Kentuckians died that day and most of the bodies were left where they fell. About six months later, Colonel Johnson was able to send a detachment to the battlefield, with orders to collect and bury the remains of many of the fallen. All though this proved to be a wasted effort, because the Indians later reopened the graves and scattered the remains once again. Governor Shelby on October 15, 1813, ordered Simrall's Regiment and General King's Brigade to make a carefull search for all that had died at Raisin. Sixty five skeletons were found and given a christian buriel, but later, on July 4, 1818, these remains were reinterred in the Cemetery in Monroe Michigan, the city that then stood on the site of the battle. Then just a month later General Lewis Cass held a public meeting, where a committee was appointed to move the remains to Detroit, and they were interred in the Protestant burying-ground. The final resting place had not yet been found however, and again in 1834, the fallen heroes were removed to the Clinton Street Cemetery in Detroit. Then in September, of the same year they were exhumed for the last time, placed in boxes marked "Kentucky's gallant dead, January 18, 1813, River Raisin, Michigan" and forever layed to rest in the State Lot at Frankfort, Kentucky.
Dr. George Patrick was the 2nd child of 14, born to John and Elizabeth "Callaway" Patrick. He was a Charter Member of the Richmond Masonic Lodge No. 25.
He was listed as Sergeant Major, First Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia, from August 15, 1812 to November 30, 1812. George enlisted once more however, and that led to the loss of his life on January 22, 1813, during the Battle of River Raisin.
Many Kentuckians died that day and most of the bodies were left where they fell. About six months later, Colonel Johnson was able to send a detachment to the battlefield, with orders to collect and bury the remains of many of the fallen. All though this proved to be a wasted effort, because the Indians later reopened the graves and scattered the remains once again. Governor Shelby on October 15, 1813, ordered Simrall's Regiment and General King's Brigade to make a carefull search for all that had died at Raisin. Sixty five skeletons were found and given a christian buriel, but later, on July 4, 1818, these remains were reinterred in the Cemetery in Monroe Michigan, the city that then stood on the site of the battle. Then just a month later General Lewis Cass held a public meeting, where a committee was appointed to move the remains to Detroit, and they were interred in the Protestant burying-ground. The final resting place had not yet been found however, and again in 1834, the fallen heroes were removed to the Clinton Street Cemetery in Detroit. Then in September, of the same year they were exhumed for the last time, placed in boxes marked "Kentucky's gallant dead, January 18, 1813, River Raisin, Michigan" and forever layed to rest in the State Lot at Frankfort, Kentucky.
He was listed as Sergeant Major, First Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia, from August 15, 1812 to November 30, 1812. George enlisted once more however, and that led to the loss of his life on January 22, 1813, during the Battle of River Raisin.
Many Kentuckians died that day and most of the bodies were left where they fell. About six months later, Colonel Johnson was able to send a detachment to the battlefield, with orders to collect and bury the remains of many of the fallen. All though this proved to be a wasted effort, because the Indians later reopened the graves and scattered the remains once again. Governor Shelby on October 15, 1813, ordered Simrall's Regiment and General King's Brigade to make a carefull search for all that had died at Raisin. Sixty five skeletons were found and given a christian buriel, but later, on July 4, 1818, these remains were reinterred in the Cemetery in Monroe Michigan, the city that then stood on the site of the battle. Then just a month later General Lewis Cass held a public meeting, where a committee was appointed to move the remains to Detroit, and they were interred in the Protestant burying-ground. The final resting place had not yet been found however, and again in 1834, the fallen heroes were removed to the Clinton Street Cemetery in Detroit. Then in September, of the same year they were exhumed for the last time, placed in boxes marked "Kentucky's gallant dead, January 18, 1813, River Raisin, Michigan" and forever layed to rest in the State Lot at Frankfort, Kentucky.
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