RoseCrag Genealogy

About Us

Texans for many years, Clay & Shay Patterson now live in Dandridge, Tennessee and are active in the Jefferson County Genealogical Society and the Jefferson County Historical Society as well as the Dandridge Main Street program.  They are among the founders of the Dandridge Scots-Irish Festival that began in 2007.  Clay has been a genealogist since 1975 and received his diploma as a Certified Genealogist in 2006.  While Shay is not quite as active in research, she has an uncanny nack for finding gravestones and marriage documents.

Clay Patterson, CG, FSA Scot, a Professional Certified Genealogist, is a  member of the:  Association of Professional Genealgists, National Genealogy Society, Scots-Irish Society of the U.S.A., Tennessee State Archives, East Tennessee Historical Society, and the Jefferson County (TN) Genealogical Society.  Further, Clay is a Fellow in the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.  A genealogist for over 30 years, Clay specializes in Scots-Irish migration in the Appalachian Mountains and East Tennessee.  For assistance with your genealogy project, contact Clay at  clay@rose316.com
The photo below shows Clay & Shay standing at the mailbox at the old Daniel farm in Blair Hollow near Fayetteville.  The next photo was taken at the Confederate Ball of the Old Fort Griffin Memorial Regiment held at Texas Women's University in Denton, Texas in 2002.  The third photo was our engagement photo at our Confederate Ball in 2000.