Preston Family Papers: Preston Davie Genealogical Collection
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Preston Family
Title: Papers Preston Davie Genealogical Collection
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 11.33 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A P937g
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes papers and notes assembled by Preston Davie for a proposed book on the Preston family of Va., Ky., and S.C., and drafts of the various chapters and sections written by Davie during his forty years of research on the family. The papers include biographical details on members of this family with emphasis on the years between 1740 and 1860, although several lines are continued to ca. 1960. There is much in the collection on the American origins of both the Preston and Patton families in Ireland, Scotland, and England. The collection contains material on the allied families of Breckinridge, Brown, Hart, McDowell, Smith of Hanover and Gloucester counties, Va., Waddy, Wickliffe, Floyd, Johnston, and Davie of Ky.; lists of portraits of various members of the family and the artists who painted or sculpted them; and histories of “Smithfield” and “Greenfield” plantations in Va.
Biographical Note
Folder List
Box 1
fl. List of portraits of Preston family members.
fl. 1 Secretary’s old index to genealogical files, 1963.
fl. 2 Preston Family History: drafts of introductory materials.
fl. 3 Preston Family History: drafts of introductory materials.
fl. 4 Preston Family History: Secretary’s lists of drafts of chapter 1.
fl. 5 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Of the name Preston,” 1927.
fl. 6 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “The Prestons of Greenfield and Smithfield in Virginia,” 1927.
fl. 7 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Of the Prestons of Great Britain and Ireland,” 1927 Nov.
Box 2
fl. 8 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Of the Prestons of Great Britain and Ireland,” 1930 Feb.
fl. 9 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Old World Backgrounds,” 1941 Feb.
fl. 10 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “The Prestons of Greenfield and Smithfield in the Great Valley of Virginia,” 1942.
fl. 11 Preston Family History: chapter 1- fragment, 1942 Feb.
fl. 12 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “The Earliest Known Origins of the Preston Family,” 1943.
fl. 13 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “The Earliest Known Origins of the Preston Family,” 1943. Carbon copies.
fl. 14 Preston Family History: chapter 1- handwritten draft, 1945.
Box 3
fl. 15 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Old World Origins,” 1946.
fl. 16 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Preston Family Origins,” 1946.
fl. 17 Preston Family History: chapter 1- fragment, 1947 July.
fl. 18 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Origins and Old World Backgrounds,” 1952.f
fl. 19 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Old World Origins,” 1965.
fl. 20 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Old World Origins,” n.d.
fl. 21 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Origins and Old World Backgrounds,” n.d.
fl. 22 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Origins and Old World Backgrounds,” n.d.
fl. 23 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Old World Backgrounds,” n.d.
fl. 24 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Old World Backgrounds,” n.d.
fl. 25 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “Preston Family Origins,” n.d.
fl. 26 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “The Prestons of Greenfield and Smithfield in Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 27 Preston Family History: chapter 1- “The Family in England,” n.d.
Box 4
fl. 28 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous handwritten drafts, n.d.
fl. 29 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous handwritten drafts, n.d.
fl. 30 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous handwritten drafts, n.d.
fl. 31 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous handwritten drafts, n.d.
fl. 32 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous draft fragments, n.d.
fl. 33 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous draft fragments, n.d.
Box 5
fl. 34 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous draft fragments, n.d.
fl. 35 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous draft fragments, n.d.
fl. 36 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous draft fragments, n.d.
fl. 37 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous draft fragments, n.d.
fl. 38 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous draft fragments, n.d.
fl. 39 Preston Family History: chapter 1- miscellaneous draft fragments, n.d.
Box 6
fl. 40 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Greenfield and the Prestons of Greenfield and Smithfield,” 1930 Apr.
fl. 41 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia,” pre-1938.
fl. 42 Preston Family History: chapter 2- draft written in the 1930s.
fl. 43 Preston Family History: chapter 2- draft of 1945 Aug.
fl. 44 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” 1950.
fl. 45 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” redraft of 1950 draft.
fl. 46 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” 1962 redraft of 1950 draft.
fl. 47 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” 1963 Aug.
fl. 48 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” with preface, 1963 Dec.
fl. 49 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” 1964 Jan.
fl. 50 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” 1964 May.
fl. 51 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” 1964 June.
fl. 52 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” 1964 Oct.
Box 7
fl. 53 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 54 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 55 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 56 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 57 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 58 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 59 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 60 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 61 Preston Family History: chapter 2- undated draft with comments by Mrs. Peyton.
fl. 62 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Advent to Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 63 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “The Prestons of Virginia,” n.d.
fl. 64 Preston Family History: chapter 2- “Of the Greenfield, Smithfield, and Walnut Grove Prestons of Virginia,” n.d.
Box 8
fl. 65 Preston Family History: chapter 2- miscellaneous handwritten drafts, n.d.
fl. 66 Preston Family History: chapter 2- miscellaneous handwritten drafts, n.d.
fl. 67 Preston Family History: chapter 2- miscellaneous draft fragments and notes.
fl. 68 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “Of What Befell John Preston in the New World,” 1928 Nov.
fl. 69 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “The Great Valley of Virginia,” 1939 Jan. 20.
fl. 70 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “The Great Valley of Virginia,” 1939 Jan. 24.
fl. 71 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia,” 1939 Mar.
fl. 72 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in the Great Valley of Virginia,” 1938-1940.
fl. 73 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “The Virginia Background,” 1940 Mar.
Box 9
fl. 74 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “Virginia and the Rappahannock River in the Year, 1727,” 1940.
fl. 75 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “Virginia and the Rappahannock River in the Year, 1727,” 1940. Carbon copies.
fl. 76 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “The Settlement of the Great Valley of Virginia and the Coming there of Captain James Patton and John Preston,” 1940.
fl. 77 Preston Family History: chapter 3- handwritten footnotes to 1950 Aug., draft.
fl. 78 Preston Family History: chapter 3- “The Great Valley of Virginia; Its Discovery and Settlement by White Men,” n.d.
Box 10
fl. 79 Preston Family History: chapter 3- incomplete drafts and fragments covering period through the 17th century.
fl. 80 Preston Family History: chapter 3- incomplete drafts and fragments covering period through the 17th century.
fl. 81 Preston Family History: chapter 3- incomplete drafts and fragments covering period 1700-1730.
fl. 82 Preston Family History: chapter 3- incomplete drafts and fragments covering period 1700-1730.
fl. 83 Preston Family History: chapter 3- incomplete drafts and fragments covering period 1738-1755.
fl. 84 Preston Family History: chapter 3- incomplete drafts and fragments covering period 1738-1755.
Box 11
fl. 85 Preston Family History: chapter 3- miscellaneous handwritten drafts and fragments, n.d.
fl. 86 Preston Family History: chapter 3- miscellaneous handwritten drafts and fragments, n.d.
fl. 87 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Secretary’s inventory of old box 1a.
fl. 88 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Drafts of genealogical sketches of Aldred.
fl. 89 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. “Michael LeFleming of DeFurness,” draft, notes.
fl. 90 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. “The Prestons of Cockerham Parish, Lancaster, England,” draft, 1927 May.
fl. 91 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Cockerham Parish Prestons, notes, genealogical charts.
Box 12
fl. 92 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Prestons of Bolton and of Preston, handwritten fragment.
fl. 93 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Heraldic arms-notes.
fl. 94 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Genealogical charts.
fl. 95 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Genealogical charts.
fl. 96 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Genealogical charts.
fl. 97 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Genealogical charts.
fl. 98 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Genealogical charts.
fl. 99 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Bibliography for research into old world origins.
Box 13
fl. 100 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Photostats from secondary sources on British families.
fl. 101 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Photostats from secondary sources on British families.
fl. 102 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Photostats from secondary sources on British families.
fl. 103 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Miscellaneous notes.
Box 14
fl. 104 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Miscellaneous notes.
fl. 105 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Miscellaneous notes.
fl. 106 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-England. Miscellaneous notes.
fl. 107 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. Draft fragment, “Of the Scottish Branch of the Parental Stock of Prestons of the Manor.”
fl. 108 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. The Prestons of Gorton, notes.
fl. 109 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. The Prestons of Valleyfield, notes.
fl. 110 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. The Prestons of Valleyfield, notes.
Box 15
fl. 111 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. Excerpts from Culross and Lasswade parish registers.
fl. 112 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. Heraldry-Craigmillar and Valleyfield.
fl. 113 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. Excerpts from county records and genealogies relating to Preston families.
fl. 114 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. Craigmillar Castle, pamphlets, magazine articles, notes.
fl. 115 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. Miscellaneous notes, charts.
fl. 116 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Scotland. Miscellaneous notes, charts.
fl. 117 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Memo on John Preston in Ireland.
fl. 118 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Shannon River fishing rights-correspondence with Mabel Phelps.
fl. 119 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. 17th century Irish background, notes, memos.
fl. 120 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. The Reverend William Preston.
fl. 121 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. The Prestons of Gormanston.
Box 16
fl. 122 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Calendar of State Papers of Relating to Ireland, excerpts from index.
fl. 123 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Calendar of State Papers of Relating to Ireland, excerpts.
fl. 124 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Calendar of State Papers of Relating to Ireland, excerpts.
fl. 125 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Calendar of State Papers of Relating to Ireland, excerpts.
fl. 126 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Calendar of State Papers of Relating to Ireland, excerpts.
fl. 127 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Patton and Preston names in Irish sources.
fl. 128 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Excerpts from “Landed Gentry’s.”
fl. 129 Preston Genealogical Files: Old world origins-Ireland. Printed Irish county maps.
fl. 130 Preston Genealogical Files: The Prestons in America. Orlando Brown’s “Memoranda of the Preston Family,” 1842.
fl. 131 Preston Genealogical Files: The Prestons in America. Historical sketches of the Preston family in newspaper clippings, 1878-1914 and n.d.
Box 17
fl. 132 Preston Genealogical Files: The Prestons in America. Descendants of John Preston in the male lines, 1960s.
fl. 133 Preston Genealogical Files: The Prestons in America. Miscellaneous Preston obituaries from 1810.
fl. 134 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-John Preston notes.
fl. 135 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-James Patton biographical sketches.
fl. 136 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-James Patton biographical sketches by Thomas Lewis Preston, about 1897.
fl. 137 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-James Patton- correspondence relating to research, 1920-1956.
fl. 138 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-James Patton-genealogical charts.
fl. 139 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-James Patton-Lynn family materials.
Box 18
fl. 140 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-James Patton-notes.
fl. 141 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-James Patton-notes.
fl. 142 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-related materials. William Beverley-notes.
fl. 143 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-related materials. Notes on crownlands grants in Virginia in the 1730s.
fl. 144 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-related materials. Notes on various colonial families in Virginia.
fl. 145 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-related materials. “History of Augusta County, Virginia,” by J. Lewis Peyton, photostat.
fl. 146 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-related materials. List of governors of Virginia, 1710-1822.
fl. 147 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-related materials. Other Pattons in America-Captain James Patton of Louisville.
fl. 148 Preston Genealogical Files: 1st generation-related materials. Other Pattons in America-descendants of William Patton of Augusta County, Va.
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fl. 149 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Letitia Breckinridge notes, biographical sketch.
fl. 150 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Col. William Preston-Greenfield and the Prestons of Greenfield and Smithfield.
fl. 151 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Col. William Preston-Smithfield brochure-proofs and final copy.
fl. 152 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Col. William Preston-Smithfield family burial grounds, notes and maps.
fl. 153 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Col. William Preston-transcripts of correspondence in John C. Wyllie article on Daniel Boone.
fl. 154 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Col. William Preston-excerpts from entries in the family Bible.
fl. 155 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Col. William Preston-issue.
fl. 156 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Col. William Preston and the founding of Liberty Hall Academy, article.
fl. memoranda.
fl. 158 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Col. William Preston-notes and memoranda.
Box 20
fl. 159 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“The Line of Descent of Susanna Smith . . .” 1939 July.
fl. 160 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“The Line of Descent of Susanna Smith . . .” 1944 June 19.
fl. 161 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“The Line of Descent of Susanna Smith . . .” 1944 June 22.
fl. 162 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“The Line of Descent of Susanna Smith . . .” 1944 Sept.
fl. 163 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“The Line of Descent of Susanna Smith . . .” 1944 Oct.
fl. 164 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“Susanna Smith . . . Her Ancestry and Her Story,” n.d.
fl. 165 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“Susanna Smith . . . Her Ancestry and Her Story,” copies of previous draft.
fl. 166 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“Susanna Smith . . . Her Ancestry and Her Story,” copies of previous draft.
Box 21
fl. 167 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-undated fragments and drafts.
fl. 168 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-handwritten drafts.
fl. 169 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-handwritten drafts.
fl. 170 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston- correspondence concerning research.
fl. 171 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-notes.
fl. 172 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-biographical sketches of the Smith family.
fl. 173 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Susanna (Smith) Preston-“The Waddy Family of Virginia,” 1944 July and notes.
fl. 174 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Margaret (Preston) Brown-issue.
fl. 175 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Ann (Preston) Smith-notes.
fl. 176 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-Mary (Preston) Howard-notes.
fl. 177 Preston Genealogical Files: 2nd generation-James Preston (1742)-notes.
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fl. 178 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Elizabeth (Preston) Madison (1762-1837). “Line of Elizabeth Preston,” & notes.
fl. 179 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. John Preston (1764-1827)-“Line of John Preston,” 1939 and n.d.
fl. 180 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. John Preston (1764-1827)—notes, correspondence concerning research, 1928-1942.
fl. 181 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Francis Preston (1765-1835)-“Line of General Francis Preston,” 1926 Apr.
fl. 182 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Francis Preston (1765-1835)-biographical, genealogical sketch, ca. 1929.
fl. 183 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Francis Preston (1765-1835)-genealogical tables, n.d.
fl. 184 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Francis Preston (1765-1835)-notes.
fl. 185 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Francis Preston (1765-1835)-biographical sketch of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Henry (1749-1835).
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fl. 186 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Sarah (Preston) McDowell (1768-1841)-notes, draft fragment on McDowells.
fl. 187 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Ann Preston (1769-1782)-note.
fl. 188 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Major William Preston (1770-1821)-biographical sketch.
fl. 189 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Major William Preston (1770-1821)-biographical sketch, copies of above.
fl. 190 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Major William Preston (1770-1821)-“Line of William Preston,” n.d.
fl. 191 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Major William Preston (1770-1821)-miscellaneous incomplete biographical sketch.
fl. 192 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Major William Preston (1770-1821)-notes, correspondence, clippings.
fl. 193 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Major William Preston (1770-1821)-Caroline (Hancock) Preston (1785-1847).
fl. 194 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Susanna (Preston) Hart (b. 1772)-genealogical tables, notes.
fl. 195 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-“Line of James Patton Preston,” 1926 Apr.
fl. 196 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-“Line of James Patton Preston,” 1939 Mar.
fl. 197 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-sketch for Virginia Historical Portraiture.
fl. 198 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-genealogical tables.
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fl. 199 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-chronologies.
fl. 200 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-photostats of items concerning appointment of Thomas Jefferson as Visitor of the University of Virginia.
fl. 201 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-text to accompany Jefferson items.
fl. 202 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-correspondence concerning research, 1925-1939.
fl. 203 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. James Patton Preston (1774-1843)-notes.
fl. 204 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Mary (Preston) Lewis (1776-1824)-notes.
fl. 205 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Letitia (Preston) Floyd (b. 1779)-notes and clippings.
fl. 206 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812)-genealogical tables, notes.
fl. 207 Preston Genealogical Files: 3rd generation-children of Colonel William Preston. Margaret Brown Preston (1784-1843)-genealogical tables.
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fl. 208 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-William Campbell Preston (1793-1860) notes and chronology.
fl. 209 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-Francis Smith Preston (1798-1801).
fl. 210 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-Charles Henry Campbell Preston (1807-1832).
fl. 211 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-Henrietta (Preston) Johnston.
fl. 212 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-Major General William Preston C.S.A. (1816-1887)-genealogical charts, notes, correspondence.
fl. 213 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-Major General William Preston C.S.A. (1816-1887)-Wickliffe family materials.
fl. 214 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-Susan Preston Christy Hepburn (1819-1897).
fl. 215 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-William Ballard Preston (1805-1862).
fl. 216 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-James Francis Preston (1823-1862).
fl. 217 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-Letitia Preston Floyd Lewis.
fl. 218 Preston Genealogical Files: 4th generation-John Thomas Lewis Preston (1811-1890).
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fl. 219 Preston Genealogical Files: 5th generation-Elizabeth (Preston) Allan (b. 1849).
fl. 220 Preston Genealogical Files: 5th generation-Mary Owen (Preston) Brown (1841-1898).
fl. 221 Preston Genealogical Files: 5th generation-Caroline Hancock (Preston) Thornton (d. 1917).
fl. 222 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Helen (Draper) (Taft) Ayer (d. 1931).
fl. 223 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Mason Brown.
fl. 224 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Preston Brown.
fl. 225 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Janet George (Allan) Bryan.
fl. 226 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Sarah (Carrington) Currell.
fl. 227 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-John Preston Darby.
fl. 228 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Margaret (Thornton) Hunt (b.1874).
fl. 229 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Margaret (Preston) Johnston (d. 1964).
fl. 230 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Benjamin Howard Payne.
fl. 231 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-E. R. Preston.
fl. 232 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Randolph Preston.
fl. 233 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-William Preston.
fl. 234 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Caroline (Thornton) Scott.
fl. 235 Preston Genealogical Files: 6th generation-Mary Mason (Brown) Waite.
fl. 236 Preston Genealogical Files: 7th generation-John Mason Brown (d. 1969).
fl. 237 Preston Genealogical Files: 7th generation-Dr. Caroline Preston Scott.
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fl. 238 Other Preston Families: Prestons of Walnut Grove, Washington County, Va., descended from John Preston (d. 1796), Elaughmore, County Donegal, Ireland.
fl. 239 Other Preston Families: Prestons of New England, descended from Roger Preston of Upper Ottery, Devonshire, England.
fl. 240 Other Preston Families: Preston Family of Orange County, New York, cadet branch of the Prestons of Ipswich, Mass., descended from Roger Preston.
fl. 241 Other Preston Families: Preston Family of Philadelphia, descended from William Preston of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, emigrated 1684.
fl. 242 Kimbrough family of Va.
fl. 243 Other Preston Families: biographical sketch of Sir Amyas Preston (d. 1617) of England.
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fl. 244 General correspondence: Letitia Hart Alexander.
fl. 245 General correspondence: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
fl. 246 General correspondence: John W. Barr, Jr.
fl. 247 General correspondence: Rosa Robinson Barrett.
fl. 248 General correspondence: Mrs. Jasper Blackburn.
fl. 249 General correspondence: Charles E. Breckinridge.
fl. 250 General correspondence: Breckinridge family, Dr. Scott D. Breckinridge, Desha Breckinridge.
fl. 251 General correspondence: James M. Breckinridge.
fl. 252 General correspondence: Francis W. Butler-Thwing.
fl. 253 General correspondence: Colonel John Campbell of Va.
fl. 254 General correspondence: R. C. Campbell-Preston of Ardchattan Priory, Taynuilt, Argyllshire, Scotland.
fl. 255 General correspondence: Cocke family of Okland, Cumberland, Va.
fl. 256 General correspondence: Ella M. Cocke, Richmond, Va.
fl. 257 General correspondence: Hon. Philip P. Cary, York Herald, College of Arms, London, England.
fl. 258 General correspondence: Craigmillar Castle, Scotland.
fl. 259 General correspondence: Reverend Robert S. Crutchfield, Tinkling Spring, Presbyterian Church, Fishersville, Va.
fl. 260 General correspondence: Douglas and Faullee, Booksellers, Edinburgh, Scotland.
fl. 261 General correspondence: Wickliffe Draper.
fl. 262 General correspondence: Antoinette Edmundson, Fotheringay, Botetourt County, Va.
fl. 263 General correspondence: Ralph T. Eubanks, Gainesville, Fla. About Senator William Campbell Preston of S.C.
fl. 264 General correspondence: the Filson Club.
fl. 265 General correspondence: Robert Fridenberg.
fl 266 General correspondence: Henry W. Frost, Middleburg, Va.
fl. 267 General correspondence: Garden Club of Va. about Greenfield, Smithfield and Whitethorn.
fl. 268General correspondence: Mrs. Cary B. Preston Gary, Norfolk, Va.
fl. 269 General correspondence: Mrs. E. L. Gibbon about the Smith family of Gloucester and Hanover counties, Va.
fl. 270 General correspondence: Reginal Glencross, London, England about English research on the Preston family.
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fl. 271 General correspondence: Sir William Gooch, Lt. Gov. of Va.-biographical sketch.
fl. 272 General correspondence: Mrs. Robert Gray, Wythe County, Va.
fl 273 General correspondence: Mr. E. L. Green, Columbia, S.C. about portraits of Senator William C. Preston.
fl. 274 General correspondence: Mrs. William Hamblen.
fl. 275 General correspondence: Charles Xavier Harris.
fl. 276 General correspondence: Mrs. Matthew Bland Harrison, Campbell County, Va.
fl. 277 General correspondence: Archibald Henderson, Chapel Hill, N.C.
fl. 278 General correspondence: Freeman H. Hart, Gainesville, Fla.
fl. 279 General correspondence: F. H. Haskell, Columbia, S.C. about Preston family portraits.
fl. 280 General correspondence: Preston Haskell.
fl. 281 General correspondence: Mary Rushton Haskell.
fl. 282 General correspondence: Mrs. Lucy P. Huffman.
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fl. 283 General correspondence: Mrs. Rebecca Johnston, Richmond, Va.
fl. 284 General correspondence: Morton V. Joyes, Louisville, Ky.
fl. 285 General correspondence: Edward Keane, Public Record Office of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland about Archibald Preston, father of John Preston the emigrant.
fl. 286 General correspondence: Ky. State Library, Frankfort, Ky.
fl. 287 General correspondence: University of Kentucky.
fl. 288 General correspondence: Philip Kerr and Lord Richard Cavendish about Preston pedigree in the library of Holker Hall, Lancashire, England.
fl. 289 General correspondence: Mrs. Brockenbrough Lamb, Richmond, Va.
fl. 290 General correspondence: Mrs. Grace Ward Krug.
fl. 291 General correspondence: Warren H. Manning, Cambridge, Mass. about description of Preston burial ground at Smithfield, Montgomery County, Va.
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fl. 292 General correspondence: Mrs. Charles F. Middleton.
fl. 293 General correspondence: Missouri Historical Society about a portrait of John Howard.
fl. 294 General correspondence: Montgomery County Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Blacksburg, Va. about the Smithfield restoration.
fl. 295 General correspondence: William Preston Moore, Charlottesville, Va.
fl. 296 General correspondence: Mrs. W. P. Moore, Blacksburg, Va. and Mrs. Evans Willson Lindsey, Salem, Va., and Ann Preston Didier.
fl. 297 General correspondence: G. Andrews Moriarty, Boston, Mass.
fl. 298 General correspondence: National Americana Society, Colonial Families of North America publication.
fl. 299 General correspondence: National Cyclopedia of American Biography about Gov. James Patton Preston.
fl. 300 General correspondence: Cosmo Neville.
fl. 301 General correspondence: New York Public Library.
fl. 302 General correspondence: James W. Patton, Dir., Southern Historical Collection, UNC.
fl. 303 General correspondence: Rev. Father Terence O’Donnell, O.F.M.
fl. 304 General correspondence: Mrs. Thornton Parker, Jr.
fl. 305 General correspondence: Mrs. Ashton W. Peniers.
fl. 306 General correspondence: Miss Florence Perry.
fl. 307 General correspondence: Miss E. M. Peyton, Ashville, N.C.
fl. 308 General correspondence: Mrs. Lawrence W. H. Petyon, Staunton, Va.
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fl. 309 General correspondence: Mrs. Mabel Phelps, Dublin, Ireland.
fl. 310 General correspondence: H. Minot Pittman.
fl. 311 General correspondence: A. A. Preston, Richmond, Va.
fl. 312 General correspondence: Mrs. Alfred Preston (d. 1936).
fl. 313 General correspondence: Captain John Preston, Wythe County, Va.
fl. 314 General correspondence: Mrs. Nelly Preston, Wythe County, Va.
fl. 315 General correspondence: T. W. Preston, Bristol, Va.
fl. 316 General correspondence: John H. Preston, Yorkshire, England.
fl. 317 General correspondence: Mrs. William Campbell Preston, Richmond, Va.
fl. 318 General correspondence: Mrs. S. B. Quillan, Lebanon, Va.
fl. 319 General correspondence: Florence H. Robertson, Abingdon, Va.
fl. 320 General correspondence: Dr. Mason Gordon Robertson, Savannah, Ga.
fl. 321 General correspondence: Mrs. Susan Preston Robertson.
fl. 322 General correspondence: Rosenbach Co. of N.Y. and Philadelphia.
fl. 323 General correspondence: Miss Phina Schraeder, London, England.
fl. 324 General correspondence: Alfred Byron Sears.
fl. 325 General correspondence: Charles Coleman Sellers.
fl. 326 General correspondence: George Green Shackelford, Blacksburg, Va.
fl. 327 General correspondence: J. Adger Stewart, Louisville, Ky.
fl. 328 General correspondence: Mr. L. P. Summers, Abingdon, Va.
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fl. 329 General correspondence: College of William and Mary-Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. John Stewart Bryan.
fl. 330 General correspondence: Maude Thomison, Dayton, Tenn.
fl. 331 General correspondence: Charles Wickliffe Throckmorton.
fl. 332 General correspondence: Tinkling Spring Church, Fishersville, Va.
fl. 333 General correspondence: Philip H. Trout.
fl. 334 General correspondence: Lyon Gardiner Tyler.
fl 335 General correspondence: Winifred B. Wyde.
fl. 336 General correspondence: Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
fl. 337 General correspondence: University of Virginia Library.
fl. 338 General correspondence: Horace Lee Washington.
fl. 339 General correspondence: Washington and Lee University.
fl. 340 General correspondence: Miss Mabel Claire Weaks.
fl. 341 General correspondence: Edna Talbott Whitley.
fl. 342 General correspondence: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
fl. 343 General correspondence: Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
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fl. 344 General correspondence: Reverend Howard M. Wilson, Fishersville, Va.
fl. 345 General correspondence: State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
fl. 346 General correspondence: John Cook Wyllie, Charlottesville, Va.
fl. 347 General correspondence: Miss Marian Hayes, Yale University.
fl. 348 General correspondence: Miss Minnie Clare Yarborough.
