At the chapter organizational meeting in November 1923, Mrs. Robert Keene Arnold was elected Regent and  Mrs. Theodore Harris was elected Vice Regent. Mrs. Harris read a sketch of the life and service of General Marquis Calmes, the founder of Versailles, written by her father, the late John Andrew Steele and, at her suggestion, it was decided to name the chapter after the General.

Marquis Calmes had visited the Kentucky area in 1775 and purchased four hundred acres of land in what would later become Woodford County. By preemption warrant signed by Patrick Henry, Calmes received one thousand acres of land near the town which he would name Versailles. At the close of the war, he returned to this area and built a fine home three and one-half miles from Versailles.  At the age of twenty-seven, Calmes married Priscilla Heale (Hale) and they had nine children. He died February 27, 1834, and his remains repose with those of his wife  in a stone mausoleum at their home.

The organizing officers were Regent Mrs. Robert Keene Arnold, Vice Regent Mrs. Theodore Harris, Registrar Mrs. George Douglas, Secretary Miss Katherine Sullivan, Historian Mrs. Wade H. George, Treasurer Mrs. B.F. Chenault, and Chaplain Mrs Horace Gay. Kentucky State Regent Mrs. William Rodes was present