Patton Jones Yorke

Patton Jones Yorke (January 7, 1843 – March 31, 1893) was a plantation owner and politician in Louisiana. He represented Carroll Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He served from 1868 to 1873 and again from 1875 to 1876. Noted as P. Jones Yorke, he was a Republican.

He was the eldest son of Louis S. Yorke and Adelaide née Patton Yorke. According to a family history he achieved the rank of colonel with a New Jersey cavalry unit.

Originally from Salem, New Jersey, Yorke's father was a merchant seaman and ship's captain who married Adelaide E. Patton of Philadelphia on June 20, 1839. They had two sons and a daughter. Patton was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, but received his preparatory education in Princeton, New Jersey. Yorke studied there for three years, but left without graduating. Yorke was discharged from duty on August 2, 1865 and settled in Louisiana. They also had a daughter named Catherine. After his first wife's death, Yorke married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Littell of Albany, New York. Yorke's sister Adelaide married U.S. Army officer Charles King in 1872.

In May 1875, Yorke gave testimony about election issues in Louisiana. He later moved back north, settling at Point Pleasant, New Jersey in 1880 or 1881. Yorke joined the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He died at his home in Point Pleasant on March 31, 1893. Yorke was interred at White Lawn Cemetery in Point Pleasant.