Editing Benjamin Fitzpatrick (section)

==Early life==
Born in [[Greene County, Georgia]], Fitzpatrick was orphaned at the age of seven and was taken by his sister (Celia Fitzpatrick Baldwin) to [[Alabama]] in 1815.

Fitzpatrick helped his brothers manage the land they owned on the [[Alabama River]] and served as deputy under the first sheriff of Autauga County. He worked in the law office of Nimrod E. Benson before he was admitted to the bar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_fitzpa.html |title=Benjamin Fitzpatrick |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives and History |access-date=2012-06-23 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212741/http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_fitzpa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Fitzpatrick studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821, commencing practice in [[Montgomery, Alabama]]. Fitzpatrick served as solicitor of the Montgomery circuit from 1822 to 1823 but moved to his plantation in [[Autauga County, Alabama|Autauga County]] in 1829. He engaged in [[planter class|planting]].