General Patrick Henry Brittan was born in Thornton Gap, Virginia on September 21, 1815.
He learned printing in Washington, D.C. and then migrated to Columbus, Georgia in 1839 to practice his trade.
He married Ora Williams of Morgan County, Georgia in that same year.
It was a small daily that he merged with the Confederation in 1858, in a new joint venture with two other partners.
[3] Brittan and his wife had nine children: Kate, Mary, Henry S., Emmett, Grattan, Lizzie B., Lucy, Sallie, and Belle.