FIRST SETTLEMENT IN GREENE COUNTY

LOCATION: West on FR 186 off of Highway 160 south of James River Expressway and then left on FR 143 to Patterson Cemetery.

INSCRIPTION: "465 FT. DUE WEST IS THE SITE OF THE FIRST CLAIM LOCATED IN WHAT IS NOW GREENE COUNTY BY JOHN PETTIJOHN, SR. ABOUT 1818. FIRST SETTLEMENT HERE BY THOMAS PATTERSON, AUG, 1822. ALSO SITE OF MUNSEE INDIAN VILLAGE UNDER CHIEF SWANNICK. MARKER ERECTED 1921 BY SPRINGFIELD CHAPTER SONS OF THE REVOLUTION."