Box 2
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Whitley Preston to [his father], Gen. John Preston in Richmond; Concerns a tract of land in Cabell County which Whitley suggests be resurveyed; Cabell County, January 8, 1816
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30
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:
January 8, 1816
Received of John Preston, a sum for tuition for his daughter; Signed J. A. Oswald; Richmond, January 1816
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30
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:
January 1816
Francis Preston to "Dear Brother," Gen. John Preston, in Richmond; Concerns elections in Botetourt and Montgomery Counties; Fincastle, April 10, 1816
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 30
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:
April 10, 1816