Military records pertain to the defense of the Ohio-Kentucky region and the Shawnee; the exchange of white and Native American prisoners; the jurisdictional boundaries of various militia companies; Josiah Harmar’s defeat by the Miami (1790); and Arthur St. Clair's campaign (1791). Included are pension records, muster rolls, provision lists, militia lists of Cave Johnson, Robert Sanders, Andrew Steel, William Steele, Sowyel Woolfolk, Jilson Payne, and Benjamin Craig.
Business records deal with the development of cities in Ohio and Kentucky and with the various civil offices held by Patterson. Included are land claims, subscription payment receipts for a grammar school in Lexington, Kentucky, land surveys, and correspondence with prominent businessmen and settlers dealing with his involvement in business, religious, and political affairs in the cities.
Personal papers consist of Draper's correspondence, 1843-1855, with Patterson's youngest son, Jefferson, which includes recollections and quotations from an autobiography, and correspondence to his wife Elizabeth and children.
