Colonel James Patton Chapter
Organized October 9, 1970
Waynesboro, Virginia
This Chapter was named for Colonel James Patton, a Scotch-Irish sea captain who settled near Waynesboro in 1738 and was instumental in the development of Augusta County. He was the first sheriff and tax collector and Colonel of all militia. He was elected leader of the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church and of the Augusta Parish Vestry. An owner of vast tracts of land in western Virginia, he established settlements of Scotch-Irish immigrants. Colonel Patton was a representative for Virginia as the Treaties of Lancaster and of Logstown with Iroquois Indians. He was also a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. During the French and Indian War uprisings, he was killed by Indians at Draper's Meadow in 1755.