Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Promissory note for a sum to be paid to Robert McClenachan by Wm. Preston and Robert Breckinridge; Signed by Preston and Breckinridge; Augusta County, June 26, 1763
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The Preston family was important in the surveying, settlement, military affairs, and government of Southwest Virginia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence. Much of the collection relates to John Preston (1764-1827), treasurer of...
Dates:
June 26, 1763
Andrew Boyd [to William Preston?], requesting the transport of goods which arrived for Boyd from Scot-land; Fort Lewis, June 17, 1766
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The Preston family was important in the surveying, settlement, military affairs, and government of Southwest Virginia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence. Much of the collection relates to John Preston (1764-1827), treasurer of...
Dates:
June 17, 1766
Account of William Preston with Arch[ibald?] Buchanan containing itemized list of household goods, October 30, 1766
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The Preston family was important in the surveying, settlement, military affairs, and government of Southwest Virginia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence. Much of the collection relates to John Preston (1764-1827), treasurer of...
Dates:
October 30, 1766