James Patton | |
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| Born | 1690[1]: 81 or 1692 County Donegal, Ireland |
| Died | 30 July 1755 (aged 62–63) Draper's Meadow, Montgomery County, Colony of Virginia |
| Cause of death | Killed by Shawnee warriors |
| Years active | 1740–1755 |
| Known for | Virginia leadership, government and development |
| Title | Augusta County magistrate, sheriff, Justice of the Peace, collector of duties on furs and skins, escheator, coroner |
| Spouses | Ally Patton (died 1728) Mary Osborne (died c. 1749) |
| Parent(s) | Henry Patton and Sarah Lynn Patton |
| Relatives | Mary (daughter, b. 1730), Margaret (daughter, b. 1731 or 1732), John (son, b. 1734),[2] Elizabeth (sister), John Lewis (uncle) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Colony of Virginia |
| Years of service | 1742–1755 |
| Rank | Colonel of Militia and Chief Commander of the Augusta County Militia |
| Unit |  Virginia militia, Augusta County militia |
| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Augusta County | |
| In office 1753–1755 | |
| Preceded by | John Madison |
James Lynn Patton, (1690 or 1692 – 30 July, 1755) was a merchant, pioneer frontiersman, and soldier who settled parts of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Between his immigration to Virginia in 1740, and his death there in 1755, he was a prominent figure in the exploration, settlement, governance, and military leadership of the colony. Patton held such Augusta County offices as Justice of the Peace, Colonel of Militia and Chief Commander of the Augusta County Militia, County Lieutenant, President of the Augusta Court, commissioner of the Tinkling Spring congregation, county coroner, county escheator, collector of duties on furs and skins, and County Sheriff. He also was President of the Augusta Parish Vestry and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.[3] He was present at three important treaty conferences with Iroquois and Cherokee leaders. Patton was killed by Shawnee warriors in July 1755.
James Patton was distantly related to US General George S. Patton (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945), both being descendants of the Rev. William Thomas Patton (1590 – abt. 1641), who was born in Freuchie, Fife, Scotland.[citation needed]
- ^ Floyd, Letitia Preston, "Memoirs of Letitia Preston Floyd, written Feb. 22, 1843 to her son Benjamin Rush Floyd," transcribed from the original by Jim Glanville and Ryan Mays; in Smithfield Review, vol. 20, 2016
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Mays5was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jim Glanville and Ryan Mays, "William Beverley, James Patton, and the Settling of the Shenandoah Valley," Essex County Museum and Historical Society Bulletin, Vol 55, Nov 2010, Tappahannock, VA