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In 1879, their second child, Franklin \"F.T.\" Taliaferro Burks (1849-1921), would marry his second wife, Hortense Washington Vaughan (1867-1955), the youngest of the four children of Dr. Washington \"Wash\" L. Vaughan and Francis \"Fannie\" Shields. Her siblings included noted doctor and surgeon Dr. George Tully Vaughan; Eugene Neville Vaughan; and Matilda Corinne Vaughan Hoffman. F.T. and Hortense Burks had 4 children: Pearl Burks Rossner Burnley Miles; Frank T. Burks, Jr.; Garnett M. Burks, who married architect Lorenzo Simmons Winslow; and Broaddus Vaughan Burks. Broaddus Burks (1898-1985) married Pauline Genevieve Englehard (b. 1909) in 1931, and they had two children.","The guide to the Pauline E. Burks Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Pauline E. Burks Family Papers were completed in April 2008. The collection was partially processed upon their reciept.","The Pauline E. Burks Family Papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspaper clippings, family Bibles, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia.","Papers about the families include 18th-century land and property information for Virginia and 19th-century financial papers and ledgers as well as both personal and business correspondence. Most early materials pertain to the Broaddus, Edmonds and Taliaferro families. More contemporary materials from the late 19th and 20th centuries are found in the Vaughan and Burks papers. Most of the 20th-century papers are the informal correspondence of the Broaddus and Pauline Burks family, dating from the 1930s to the 1980s.","Other materials include a set of transcriptions of record books from Amherst County, Virginia from a series called Courthouse Miniatures, and other printed materials, such as magazines and newspapers. The magazine and newspaper selection consists only of selected issues and clippings from the periodicals, but contains interesting local news and advertisements. Also of note are a few clothing catalogs, patterns, and sewing instructions from around 1900. Children's publications such as Youth's Companion and activity pages complement the Virgnia schoolteacher information found in the Burks and Vaughan family materials.","Includes letters to Childress, Snead, Broaddus, and Taliaferro families","Includes: Consumer Sugar Pledge from Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Blank application to Ku Klux Klan; Fabric samples from John Wanamaker and Edward Ridley and Sons; Bank brochure with information about Panama Canal; Obituary of F.T. Burks; Refund checks from Montgomery Ward; Newspaper clippings","These issues all have drawings by Garnett Burks in them.","Includes: Pittsburgh University and West Virginia University materials ca. 1928, newspaper clippings, buttons, admission tickets, programs, dance cards, wedding announcements, grades. Family letters, baby shower booklet for Pauline, wedding announcements and obituaries, greeting cards, church programs, ca.1930-1989","Includes letters from friend who's a missionary in Japan in the 1940s","Includes list of Rowland Edmonds' slaves, 1836","Includes some letters from E. Taliaferro, program for recognition program at Georgetown in 1929, and newspaper clipping about 88th birthday","Includes Amherst Progress, The News [Lynchburg, VA], The Washington Post, and the Washington Times","Includes: Newspaper clippings about G.T. Vaughan and wife; Poetry written on printed advertisements; Correspondence; Invitation to Christmas Soiree at Virginia Female Institute; Printed advertisement for Bank of South-Western Missouri - W.L. Vaughan \u0026 Co.","Includes: Catechisms of the Wesleyan Methodists; Our Home Above booklet; Abide with Me booklet; Our Story Quarterly, Vol. III, No. 1, 1906; Primary Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1906; Colored chromolithograph ephemera; Advertisements for medicines; Prof. Jesse Beery information on training horses","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","Pauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks' family. The papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspapers, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. Materials focus mainly on the Vaughan and Burks families and range from 1760s land grants to 1970s family correspondence.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Broaddus family (Amherst County, Va.)","Edmonds family (Amherst County, Va.)","Burks family (Amherst County, Va.)","Vaughan family (Amherst County, Va.)","Taliaferro family (Amherst County, Va.)","Burks, Pauline E.","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["Pauline E. 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The magazine and newspaper selection consists only of selected issues and clippings from the periodicals, but contains interesting local news and advertisements. Also of note are a few clothing catalogs, patterns, and sewing instructions from around 1900. Children's publications such as Youth's Companion and activity pages complement the Virgnia schoolteacher information found in the Burks and Vaughan family materials.","Includes letters to Childress, Snead, Broaddus, and Taliaferro families","Includes: Consumer Sugar Pledge from Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Blank application to Ku Klux Klan; Fabric samples from John Wanamaker and Edward Ridley and Sons; Bank brochure with information about Panama Canal; Obituary of F.T. 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Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_12be747ba9ad8a8259343f814b389842\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks' family. 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In 1995 she published the book Roots, Shoots and Runners: Taliaferro, Broaddus, Burks, Vaughan and Allied Families As Seen in Their Letters, Bible Records and Family Papers.","Alexander Hairston Burks married Ellen T. Broaddus. In 1879, their second child, Franklin \"F.T.\" Taliaferro Burks (1849-1921), would marry his second wife, Hortense Washington Vaughan (1867-1955), the youngest of the four children of Dr. Washington \"Wash\" L. Vaughan and Francis \"Fannie\" Shields. Her siblings included noted doctor and surgeon Dr. George Tully Vaughan; Eugene Neville Vaughan; and Matilda Corinne Vaughan Hoffman. F.T. and Hortense Burks had 4 children: Pearl Burks Rossner Burnley Miles; Frank T. Burks, Jr.; Garnett M. Burks, who married architect Lorenzo Simmons Winslow; and Broaddus Vaughan Burks. Broaddus Burks (1898-1985) married Pauline Genevieve Englehard (b. 1909) in 1931, and they had two children.","The guide to the Pauline E. Burks Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Pauline E. Burks Family Papers were completed in April 2008. The collection was partially processed upon their reciept.","The Pauline E. Burks Family Papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspaper clippings, family Bibles, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia.","Papers about the families include 18th-century land and property information for Virginia and 19th-century financial papers and ledgers as well as both personal and business correspondence. Most early materials pertain to the Broaddus, Edmonds and Taliaferro families. More contemporary materials from the late 19th and 20th centuries are found in the Vaughan and Burks papers. Most of the 20th-century papers are the informal correspondence of the Broaddus and Pauline Burks family, dating from the 1930s to the 1980s.","Other materials include a set of transcriptions of record books from Amherst County, Virginia from a series called Courthouse Miniatures, and other printed materials, such as magazines and newspapers. The magazine and newspaper selection consists only of selected issues and clippings from the periodicals, but contains interesting local news and advertisements. Also of note are a few clothing catalogs, patterns, and sewing instructions from around 1900. Children's publications such as Youth's Companion and activity pages complement the Virgnia schoolteacher information found in the Burks and Vaughan family materials.","Includes letters to Childress, Snead, Broaddus, and Taliaferro families","Includes: Consumer Sugar Pledge from Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Blank application to Ku Klux Klan; Fabric samples from John Wanamaker and Edward Ridley and Sons; Bank brochure with information about Panama Canal; Obituary of F.T. Burks; Refund checks from Montgomery Ward; Newspaper clippings","These issues all have drawings by Garnett Burks in them.","Includes: Pittsburgh University and West Virginia University materials ca. 1928, newspaper clippings, buttons, admission tickets, programs, dance cards, wedding announcements, grades. Family letters, baby shower booklet for Pauline, wedding announcements and obituaries, greeting cards, church programs, ca.1930-1989","Includes letters from friend who's a missionary in Japan in the 1940s","Includes list of Rowland Edmonds' slaves, 1836","Includes some letters from E. Taliaferro, program for recognition program at Georgetown in 1929, and newspaper clipping about 88th birthday","Includes Amherst Progress, The News [Lynchburg, VA], The Washington Post, and the Washington Times","Includes: Newspaper clippings about G.T. Vaughan and wife; Poetry written on printed advertisements; Correspondence; Invitation to Christmas Soiree at Virginia Female Institute; Printed advertisement for Bank of South-Western Missouri - W.L. 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Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_12be747ba9ad8a8259343f814b389842\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks' family. The papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspapers, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. Materials focus mainly on the Vaughan and Burks families and range from 1760s land grants to 1970s family correspondence.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Pauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks' family. The papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspapers, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. Materials focus mainly on the Vaughan and Burks families and range from 1760s land grants to 1970s family correspondence."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"famname_ssim":["Broaddus family (Amherst County, Va.)","Edmonds family (Amherst County, Va.)","Burks family (Amherst County, Va.)","Vaughan family (Amherst County, Va.)","Taliaferro family (Amherst County, Va.)"],"persname_ssim":["Burks, Pauline E."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Broaddus family (Amherst County, Va.)","Edmonds family (Amherst County, Va.)","Burks family (Amherst County, Va.)","Vaughan family (Amherst County, Va.)","Taliaferro family (Amherst County, Va.)","Burks, Pauline E."],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":174,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:46:21.925Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1912"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1219","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, 1749/1882","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1219#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Preston, John, 1764-1827","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1219#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. 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Two additional series include materials from individuals in later generations and branches of the Preston family and genealogical/historical research. Within each of these series, materials are in chronological order.","William Preston","Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built by William Preston (1729-1783), who emigrated from northern Ireland with his family in 1737. He married Susanna Smith in 1761 and settled at Greenfield in Botetourt County in 1769. Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. Smithfield was the birthplace and home of three Virginia governors, including James Patton Preston (son of William), and John Buchanan Floyd and John Floyd, Jr. (grandsons of William).","Susanna Smith Preston","Susanna Smith was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1740 to Francis and Elizabeth (Waddy) Smith. In 1761, Susanna Smith married William Preston and in 1769, they settled at Greenfield (in Botetourt County). They moved to Fincastle in 1772, and then in 1773 to Smithfield, the home William built for her in Montgomery County. Susanna and William had at least twelve children: Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837), John Preston (1764-1827), Francis Smith Preston (1765-1835), Sarah Preston McDowell (1767-1841), Anne Preston (1769-1782), William Preston (1770-1821), Susanna Preston Hart (1772-1833), James Patton Preston (1774-1843), Mary Preston Lewis (1776-1821), Letitia Preston Floyd (1779-1852), Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812), and Margaret Brown Preston Preston (1784-1843). William Preston died in 1783, and although the historical record is lacking about Susanna, it is known that she lived at Smithfield for another 40 years, raising the younger children and managing the household and the estate (sometimes with the help of her sons, who were known to handle legal matters). Susanna died in 1823 and is buried in the Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7727619/susanna-preston. Additional information was compiled from Preston family papers in Special Collection and University Archives.","John Preston","John Preston, eldest son of William and Susanna (Smith) Preston, was born in 1764 at \"Greenfield\" in Botetourt County, Virginia. He periodically served in the Virginia militia throughout his lifetime. Preston was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Botetourt County in 1783, as well as Montgomery County in 1791 and again in 1803-1804. He served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1792- 1799.","In 1792, Preston was named as a trustee in the act that established Christiansburg, Virginia in 1792, and served as a clerk of its first Board of Trustees. In 1798 he served as a trustee in the act that established Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1795, Preston became a Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the Third Regiment of Artillery. In 1799, he was elected Brigadier General, and given command of the brigade for Wythe, Montgomery, and Monroe Counties.","Later in 1810, Preston was appointed by the Virginia General Assembly to be the Treasurer of Virginia, serving until 1819. An audit of the treasurer's books found that Preston's accounts were in arrears, and a judgement was issued against Preston for 87 thousand dollars. To meet the obligation, Preston transferred a number of properties to trustees, who were to oversee their sale and the payment of funds into the treasury.","Preston married Mary Radford in 1798, and after her death in 1810, married Eliza Ann Carrington Mayo in 1811. He had seven children with his first wife and one with his second. When not on active military duty, Preston resided at \"Smithfield\" with his mother until his marriage, after which he lived at \"Horseshoe\". He died at Greenfield in 1827.","Founded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) has twenty branches which own and maintain historic properties. In November 1958 the APVA authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation, the historic home near Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia, built by William Preston in 1773. In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donated Smithfield and 4.5 acres of land to the APVA. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and contracted with architects and contractors. Since its foundation, and in more recent years, the organization has had some changes, including the dissolution of branches and the combination of the Montgomery County Branch with the Smithfield Preston Foundation. In 2009, the name was changed to Preservation Virgina.","The guide to the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers was completed in the 1960s. Additional arrangement and description was completed prior to and during 2014.","Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, 1754-1996. Ms1962-001. Finding aid available online.\n\nJohn Preston Deed, 1826. Ms2005-014. Finding aid available online. \n\nJohn Preston Papers, 1806-1830, 1844, n.d. Ms1994-034. Finding aid available online. \n\nPreston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747-1897. Ms85-020. Finding aid available online.  \n\nRobert Taylor Preston Papers, 1829-1871, n.d. Ms1992-003. Finding aid available online. \n\nWilliam Preston Land Grant, 1773. Ms1994-027. Finding aid available online. \n\nWillard Preston Genealogy, c.1998. Ms2009-121. Finding aid available online. \n\nGeorge Green Shackelford Papers, 1899-1990 (Bulk, 1955-1989). Ms1983-003. Finding aid available online. \n\nSmithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d. Ms1997-002. Finding aid available online.","The collection include business transactions, land surveys, and general store accounts (1745-1789) relating to William and Susannah Smith Preston; correspondence, business transactions, and notes on farm affairs (1782-1828) relating to their son, John Preston; correspondence and land surveys (1840-1882) relating to John, William A., and Alfred G. Preston; correspondence (1848-1861) relating to William Ballard Preston; and a day book (1789-1820) of the Prestons of Washington County.","The circumstances relating to the loan of this collection restrict SCUA staff from creating reproductions for publication and exhibition. Requests for reproduction for personal and research use may be permitted. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","The collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. Other materials include 19th and 20th century genealogy research on the Prestons.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, 1749/1882"],"collection_ssim":["Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, 1749/1882"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.1962.004"],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1962.004"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"geogname_ssm":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"places_ssim":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"creator_ssim":["Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)"],"creators_ssim":["Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)"],"access_terms_ssm":["The circumstances relating to the loan of this collection restrict SCUA staff from creating reproductions for publication and exhibition. 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Within each of these series, materials are in chronological order."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eWilliam Preston\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built by William Preston (1729-1783), who emigrated from northern Ireland with his family in 1737. He married Susanna Smith in 1761 and settled at Greenfield in Botetourt County in 1769. Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. 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Susanna and William had at least twelve children: Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837), John Preston (1764-1827), Francis Smith Preston (1765-1835), Sarah Preston McDowell (1767-1841), Anne Preston (1769-1782), William Preston (1770-1821), Susanna Preston Hart (1772-1833), James Patton Preston (1774-1843), Mary Preston Lewis (1776-1821), Letitia Preston Floyd (1779-1852), Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812), and Margaret Brown Preston Preston (1784-1843). William Preston died in 1783, and although the historical record is lacking about Susanna, it is known that she lived at Smithfield for another 40 years, raising the younger children and managing the household and the estate (sometimes with the help of her sons, who were known to handle legal matters). Susanna died in 1823 and is buried in the Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation. Source: \u003ca href=\"https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7727619/susanna-preston\"\u003ehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7727619/susanna-preston\u003c/a\u003e. Additional information was compiled from Preston family papers in Special Collection and University Archives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJohn Preston \u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Preston, eldest son of William and Susanna (Smith) Preston, was born in 1764 at \"Greenfield\" in Botetourt County, Virginia. He periodically served in the Virginia militia throughout his lifetime. Preston was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Botetourt County in 1783, as well as Montgomery County in 1791 and again in 1803-1804. He served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1792- 1799.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1792, Preston was named as a trustee in the act that established Christiansburg, Virginia in 1792, and served as a clerk of its first Board of Trustees. In 1798 he served as a trustee in the act that established Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1795, Preston became a Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the Third Regiment of Artillery. In 1799, he was elected Brigadier General, and given command of the brigade for Wythe, Montgomery, and Monroe Counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLater in 1810, Preston was appointed by the Virginia General Assembly to be the Treasurer of Virginia, serving until 1819. An audit of the treasurer's books found that Preston's accounts were in arrears, and a judgement was issued against Preston for 87 thousand dollars. 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In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donated Smithfield and 4.5 acres of land to the APVA. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and contracted with architects and contractors. Since its foundation, and in more recent years, the organization has had some changes, including the dissolution of branches and the combination of the Montgomery County Branch with the Smithfield Preston Foundation. In 2009, the name was changed to Preservation Virgina.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note","Administrative History"],"bioghist_tesim":["William Preston","Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built by William Preston (1729-1783), who emigrated from northern Ireland with his family in 1737. He married Susanna Smith in 1761 and settled at Greenfield in Botetourt County in 1769. Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. Smithfield was the birthplace and home of three Virginia governors, including James Patton Preston (son of William), and John Buchanan Floyd and John Floyd, Jr. (grandsons of William).","Susanna Smith Preston","Susanna Smith was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1740 to Francis and Elizabeth (Waddy) Smith. In 1761, Susanna Smith married William Preston and in 1769, they settled at Greenfield (in Botetourt County). They moved to Fincastle in 1772, and then in 1773 to Smithfield, the home William built for her in Montgomery County. Susanna and William had at least twelve children: Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837), John Preston (1764-1827), Francis Smith Preston (1765-1835), Sarah Preston McDowell (1767-1841), Anne Preston (1769-1782), William Preston (1770-1821), Susanna Preston Hart (1772-1833), James Patton Preston (1774-1843), Mary Preston Lewis (1776-1821), Letitia Preston Floyd (1779-1852), Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812), and Margaret Brown Preston Preston (1784-1843). William Preston died in 1783, and although the historical record is lacking about Susanna, it is known that she lived at Smithfield for another 40 years, raising the younger children and managing the household and the estate (sometimes with the help of her sons, who were known to handle legal matters). Susanna died in 1823 and is buried in the Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7727619/susanna-preston. Additional information was compiled from Preston family papers in Special Collection and University Archives.","John Preston","John Preston, eldest son of William and Susanna (Smith) Preston, was born in 1764 at \"Greenfield\" in Botetourt County, Virginia. He periodically served in the Virginia militia throughout his lifetime. Preston was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Botetourt County in 1783, as well as Montgomery County in 1791 and again in 1803-1804. He served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1792- 1799.","In 1792, Preston was named as a trustee in the act that established Christiansburg, Virginia in 1792, and served as a clerk of its first Board of Trustees. In 1798 he served as a trustee in the act that established Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1795, Preston became a Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the Third Regiment of Artillery. In 1799, he was elected Brigadier General, and given command of the brigade for Wythe, Montgomery, and Monroe Counties.","Later in 1810, Preston was appointed by the Virginia General Assembly to be the Treasurer of Virginia, serving until 1819. An audit of the treasurer's books found that Preston's accounts were in arrears, and a judgement was issued against Preston for 87 thousand dollars. To meet the obligation, Preston transferred a number of properties to trustees, who were to oversee their sale and the payment of funds into the treasury.","Preston married Mary Radford in 1798, and after her death in 1810, married Eliza Ann Carrington Mayo in 1811. He had seven children with his first wife and one with his second. When not on active military duty, Preston resided at \"Smithfield\" with his mother until his marriage, after which he lived at \"Horseshoe\". He died at Greenfield in 1827.","Founded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) has twenty branches which own and maintain historic properties. In November 1958 the APVA authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation, the historic home near Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia, built by William Preston in 1773. In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donated Smithfield and 4.5 acres of land to the APVA. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and contracted with architects and contractors. Since its foundation, and in more recent years, the organization has had some changes, including the dissolution of branches and the combination of the Montgomery County Branch with the Smithfield Preston Foundation. In 2009, the name was changed to Preservation Virgina."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers was completed in the 1960s. 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Ms2005-014. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01718.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eJohn Preston Papers, 1806-1830, 1844, n.d. Ms1994-034. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00017.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003ePreston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747-1897. Ms85-020. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00543.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e  \n\n\u003citem\u003eRobert Taylor Preston Papers, 1829-1871, n.d. Ms1992-003. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00529.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eWilliam Preston Land Grant, 1773. Ms1994-027. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01643.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eWillard Preston Genealogy, c.1998. Ms2009-121. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00495.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eGeorge Green Shackelford Papers, 1899-1990 (Bulk, 1955-1989). Ms1983-003. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00860.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eSmithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d. Ms1997-002. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00522.xml\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, 1754-1996. Ms1962-001. Finding aid available online.\n\nJohn Preston Deed, 1826. Ms2005-014. Finding aid available online. \n\nJohn Preston Papers, 1806-1830, 1844, n.d. Ms1994-034. Finding aid available online. \n\nPreston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747-1897. Ms85-020. Finding aid available online.  \n\nRobert Taylor Preston Papers, 1829-1871, n.d. Ms1992-003. Finding aid available online. \n\nWilliam Preston Land Grant, 1773. Ms1994-027. Finding aid available online. \n\nWillard Preston Genealogy, c.1998. Ms2009-121. Finding aid available online. \n\nGeorge Green Shackelford Papers, 1899-1990 (Bulk, 1955-1989). Ms1983-003. Finding aid available online. \n\nSmithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d. Ms1997-002. Finding aid available online."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection include business transactions, land surveys, and general store accounts (1745-1789) relating to William and Susannah Smith Preston; correspondence, business transactions, and notes on farm affairs (1782-1828) relating to their son, John Preston; correspondence and land surveys (1840-1882) relating to John, William A., and Alfred G. Preston; correspondence (1848-1861) relating to William Ballard Preston; and a day book (1789-1820) of the Prestons of Washington County.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection include business transactions, land surveys, and general store accounts (1745-1789) relating to William and Susannah Smith Preston; correspondence, business transactions, and notes on farm affairs (1782-1828) relating to their son, John Preston; correspondence and land surveys (1840-1882) relating to John, William A., and Alfred G. Preston; correspondence (1848-1861) relating to William Ballard Preston; and a day book (1789-1820) of the Prestons of Washington County."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe circumstances relating to the loan of this collection restrict SCUA staff from creating reproductions for publication and exhibition. Requests for reproduction for personal and research use may be permitted. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The circumstances relating to the loan of this collection restrict SCUA staff from creating reproductions for publication and exhibition. Requests for reproduction for personal and research use may be permitted. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_68714e40271ead0815dcc771a6e68aa0\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. Other materials include 19th and 20th century genealogy research on the Prestons.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. Other materials include 19th and 20th century genealogy research on the Prestons."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"famname_ssim":["Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"persname_ssim":["Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":34,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:44:34.154Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1219","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1219","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1219","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1219","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1219.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers","title_ssm":["Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers"],"title_tesim":["Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1749-1882, n.d."],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1749-1882, n.d."],"normalized_date_ssm":["1749/1882"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, 1749/1882"],"text":["Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, 1749/1882","Ms.1962.004","Blacksburg (Va.)","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Women -- History","The collection is open for research.","The majority of the collection is arranged in series by family member/branch of the family: William and Susanna Smith Preston, William Ballard Preston, John and Elizabeth Preston, John Preston, and James Patton. Two additional series include materials from individuals in later generations and branches of the Preston family and genealogical/historical research. Within each of these series, materials are in chronological order.","William Preston","Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built by William Preston (1729-1783), who emigrated from northern Ireland with his family in 1737. He married Susanna Smith in 1761 and settled at Greenfield in Botetourt County in 1769. Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. Smithfield was the birthplace and home of three Virginia governors, including James Patton Preston (son of William), and John Buchanan Floyd and John Floyd, Jr. (grandsons of William).","Susanna Smith Preston","Susanna Smith was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1740 to Francis and Elizabeth (Waddy) Smith. In 1761, Susanna Smith married William Preston and in 1769, they settled at Greenfield (in Botetourt County). They moved to Fincastle in 1772, and then in 1773 to Smithfield, the home William built for her in Montgomery County. Susanna and William had at least twelve children: Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837), John Preston (1764-1827), Francis Smith Preston (1765-1835), Sarah Preston McDowell (1767-1841), Anne Preston (1769-1782), William Preston (1770-1821), Susanna Preston Hart (1772-1833), James Patton Preston (1774-1843), Mary Preston Lewis (1776-1821), Letitia Preston Floyd (1779-1852), Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812), and Margaret Brown Preston Preston (1784-1843). William Preston died in 1783, and although the historical record is lacking about Susanna, it is known that she lived at Smithfield for another 40 years, raising the younger children and managing the household and the estate (sometimes with the help of her sons, who were known to handle legal matters). Susanna died in 1823 and is buried in the Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7727619/susanna-preston. Additional information was compiled from Preston family papers in Special Collection and University Archives.","John Preston","John Preston, eldest son of William and Susanna (Smith) Preston, was born in 1764 at \"Greenfield\" in Botetourt County, Virginia. He periodically served in the Virginia militia throughout his lifetime. Preston was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Botetourt County in 1783, as well as Montgomery County in 1791 and again in 1803-1804. He served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1792- 1799.","In 1792, Preston was named as a trustee in the act that established Christiansburg, Virginia in 1792, and served as a clerk of its first Board of Trustees. In 1798 he served as a trustee in the act that established Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1795, Preston became a Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the Third Regiment of Artillery. In 1799, he was elected Brigadier General, and given command of the brigade for Wythe, Montgomery, and Monroe Counties.","Later in 1810, Preston was appointed by the Virginia General Assembly to be the Treasurer of Virginia, serving until 1819. An audit of the treasurer's books found that Preston's accounts were in arrears, and a judgement was issued against Preston for 87 thousand dollars. To meet the obligation, Preston transferred a number of properties to trustees, who were to oversee their sale and the payment of funds into the treasury.","Preston married Mary Radford in 1798, and after her death in 1810, married Eliza Ann Carrington Mayo in 1811. He had seven children with his first wife and one with his second. When not on active military duty, Preston resided at \"Smithfield\" with his mother until his marriage, after which he lived at \"Horseshoe\". He died at Greenfield in 1827.","Founded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) has twenty branches which own and maintain historic properties. In November 1958 the APVA authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation, the historic home near Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia, built by William Preston in 1773. In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donated Smithfield and 4.5 acres of land to the APVA. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and contracted with architects and contractors. Since its foundation, and in more recent years, the organization has had some changes, including the dissolution of branches and the combination of the Montgomery County Branch with the Smithfield Preston Foundation. In 2009, the name was changed to Preservation Virgina.","The guide to the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers was completed in the 1960s. Additional arrangement and description was completed prior to and during 2014.","Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, 1754-1996. Ms1962-001. Finding aid available online.\n\nJohn Preston Deed, 1826. Ms2005-014. Finding aid available online. \n\nJohn Preston Papers, 1806-1830, 1844, n.d. Ms1994-034. Finding aid available online. \n\nPreston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747-1897. Ms85-020. Finding aid available online.  \n\nRobert Taylor Preston Papers, 1829-1871, n.d. Ms1992-003. Finding aid available online. \n\nWilliam Preston Land Grant, 1773. Ms1994-027. Finding aid available online. \n\nWillard Preston Genealogy, c.1998. Ms2009-121. Finding aid available online. \n\nGeorge Green Shackelford Papers, 1899-1990 (Bulk, 1955-1989). Ms1983-003. Finding aid available online. \n\nSmithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d. Ms1997-002. Finding aid available online.","The collection include business transactions, land surveys, and general store accounts (1745-1789) relating to William and Susannah Smith Preston; correspondence, business transactions, and notes on farm affairs (1782-1828) relating to their son, John Preston; correspondence and land surveys (1840-1882) relating to John, William A., and Alfred G. Preston; correspondence (1848-1861) relating to William Ballard Preston; and a day book (1789-1820) of the Prestons of Washington County.","The circumstances relating to the loan of this collection restrict SCUA staff from creating reproductions for publication and exhibition. Requests for reproduction for personal and research use may be permitted. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","The collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. 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Within each of these series, materials are in chronological order."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eWilliam Preston\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built by William Preston (1729-1783), who emigrated from northern Ireland with his family in 1737. He married Susanna Smith in 1761 and settled at Greenfield in Botetourt County in 1769. Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. 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Susanna and William had at least twelve children: Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837), John Preston (1764-1827), Francis Smith Preston (1765-1835), Sarah Preston McDowell (1767-1841), Anne Preston (1769-1782), William Preston (1770-1821), Susanna Preston Hart (1772-1833), James Patton Preston (1774-1843), Mary Preston Lewis (1776-1821), Letitia Preston Floyd (1779-1852), Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812), and Margaret Brown Preston Preston (1784-1843). William Preston died in 1783, and although the historical record is lacking about Susanna, it is known that she lived at Smithfield for another 40 years, raising the younger children and managing the household and the estate (sometimes with the help of her sons, who were known to handle legal matters). Susanna died in 1823 and is buried in the Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation. 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To meet the obligation, Preston transferred a number of properties to trustees, who were to oversee their sale and the payment of funds into the treasury.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreston married Mary Radford in 1798, and after her death in 1810, married Eliza Ann Carrington Mayo in 1811. He had seven children with his first wife and one with his second. When not on active military duty, Preston resided at \"Smithfield\" with his mother until his marriage, after which he lived at \"Horseshoe\". He died at Greenfield in 1827.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) has twenty branches which own and maintain historic properties. In November 1958 the APVA authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation, the historic home near Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia, built by William Preston in 1773. In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donated Smithfield and 4.5 acres of land to the APVA. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and contracted with architects and contractors. Since its foundation, and in more recent years, the organization has had some changes, including the dissolution of branches and the combination of the Montgomery County Branch with the Smithfield Preston Foundation. In 2009, the name was changed to Preservation Virgina.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note","Administrative History"],"bioghist_tesim":["William Preston","Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built by William Preston (1729-1783), who emigrated from northern Ireland with his family in 1737. He married Susanna Smith in 1761 and settled at Greenfield in Botetourt County in 1769. Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. Smithfield was the birthplace and home of three Virginia governors, including James Patton Preston (son of William), and John Buchanan Floyd and John Floyd, Jr. (grandsons of William).","Susanna Smith Preston","Susanna Smith was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1740 to Francis and Elizabeth (Waddy) Smith. In 1761, Susanna Smith married William Preston and in 1769, they settled at Greenfield (in Botetourt County). They moved to Fincastle in 1772, and then in 1773 to Smithfield, the home William built for her in Montgomery County. Susanna and William had at least twelve children: Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837), John Preston (1764-1827), Francis Smith Preston (1765-1835), Sarah Preston McDowell (1767-1841), Anne Preston (1769-1782), William Preston (1770-1821), Susanna Preston Hart (1772-1833), James Patton Preston (1774-1843), Mary Preston Lewis (1776-1821), Letitia Preston Floyd (1779-1852), Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812), and Margaret Brown Preston Preston (1784-1843). William Preston died in 1783, and although the historical record is lacking about Susanna, it is known that she lived at Smithfield for another 40 years, raising the younger children and managing the household and the estate (sometimes with the help of her sons, who were known to handle legal matters). Susanna died in 1823 and is buried in the Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation. Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7727619/susanna-preston. Additional information was compiled from Preston family papers in Special Collection and University Archives.","John Preston","John Preston, eldest son of William and Susanna (Smith) Preston, was born in 1764 at \"Greenfield\" in Botetourt County, Virginia. He periodically served in the Virginia militia throughout his lifetime. Preston was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Botetourt County in 1783, as well as Montgomery County in 1791 and again in 1803-1804. He served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1792- 1799.","In 1792, Preston was named as a trustee in the act that established Christiansburg, Virginia in 1792, and served as a clerk of its first Board of Trustees. In 1798 he served as a trustee in the act that established Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1795, Preston became a Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the Third Regiment of Artillery. In 1799, he was elected Brigadier General, and given command of the brigade for Wythe, Montgomery, and Monroe Counties.","Later in 1810, Preston was appointed by the Virginia General Assembly to be the Treasurer of Virginia, serving until 1819. An audit of the treasurer's books found that Preston's accounts were in arrears, and a judgement was issued against Preston for 87 thousand dollars. To meet the obligation, Preston transferred a number of properties to trustees, who were to oversee their sale and the payment of funds into the treasury.","Preston married Mary Radford in 1798, and after her death in 1810, married Eliza Ann Carrington Mayo in 1811. He had seven children with his first wife and one with his second. When not on active military duty, Preston resided at \"Smithfield\" with his mother until his marriage, after which he lived at \"Horseshoe\". He died at Greenfield in 1827.","Founded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) has twenty branches which own and maintain historic properties. In November 1958 the APVA authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation, the historic home near Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia, built by William Preston in 1773. In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donated Smithfield and 4.5 acres of land to the APVA. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and contracted with architects and contractors. Since its foundation, and in more recent years, the organization has had some changes, including the dissolution of branches and the combination of the Montgomery County Branch with the Smithfield Preston Foundation. In 2009, the name was changed to Preservation Virgina."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSome processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers was completed in the 1960s. Additional arrangement and description was completed prior to and during 2014.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Some processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers was completed in the 1960s. Additional arrangement and description was completed prior to and during 2014."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eAssociation for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, 1754-1996. Ms1962-001. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00510.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e\n\n\u003citem\u003eJohn Preston Deed, 1826. Ms2005-014. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01718.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eJohn Preston Papers, 1806-1830, 1844, n.d. Ms1994-034. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00017.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003ePreston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747-1897. Ms85-020. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00543.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e  \n\n\u003citem\u003eRobert Taylor Preston Papers, 1829-1871, n.d. Ms1992-003. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00529.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eWilliam Preston Land Grant, 1773. Ms1994-027. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01643.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eWillard Preston Genealogy, c.1998. Ms2009-121. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00495.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eGeorge Green Shackelford Papers, 1899-1990 (Bulk, 1955-1989). Ms1983-003. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00860.xml\" title=\"Finding aid\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e \n\n\u003citem\u003eSmithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d. Ms1997-002. \u003ca href=\"http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00522.xml\"\u003eFinding aid\u003c/a\u003e available online.\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, 1754-1996. Ms1962-001. Finding aid available online.\n\nJohn Preston Deed, 1826. Ms2005-014. Finding aid available online. \n\nJohn Preston Papers, 1806-1830, 1844, n.d. Ms1994-034. Finding aid available online. \n\nPreston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747-1897. Ms85-020. Finding aid available online.  \n\nRobert Taylor Preston Papers, 1829-1871, n.d. Ms1992-003. Finding aid available online. \n\nWilliam Preston Land Grant, 1773. Ms1994-027. Finding aid available online. \n\nWillard Preston Genealogy, c.1998. Ms2009-121. Finding aid available online. \n\nGeorge Green Shackelford Papers, 1899-1990 (Bulk, 1955-1989). Ms1983-003. Finding aid available online. \n\nSmithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d. Ms1997-002. Finding aid available online."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection include business transactions, land surveys, and general store accounts (1745-1789) relating to William and Susannah Smith Preston; correspondence, business transactions, and notes on farm affairs (1782-1828) relating to their son, John Preston; correspondence and land surveys (1840-1882) relating to John, William A., and Alfred G. Preston; correspondence (1848-1861) relating to William Ballard Preston; and a day book (1789-1820) of the Prestons of Washington County.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection include business transactions, land surveys, and general store accounts (1745-1789) relating to William and Susannah Smith Preston; correspondence, business transactions, and notes on farm affairs (1782-1828) relating to their son, John Preston; correspondence and land surveys (1840-1882) relating to John, William A., and Alfred G. Preston; correspondence (1848-1861) relating to William Ballard Preston; and a day book (1789-1820) of the Prestons of Washington County."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe circumstances relating to the loan of this collection restrict SCUA staff from creating reproductions for publication and exhibition. Requests for reproduction for personal and research use may be permitted. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The circumstances relating to the loan of this collection restrict SCUA staff from creating reproductions for publication and exhibition. Requests for reproduction for personal and research use may be permitted. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_68714e40271ead0815dcc771a6e68aa0\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. Other materials include 19th and 20th century genealogy research on the Prestons.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. Other materials include 19th and 20th century genealogy research on the Prestons."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"famname_ssim":["Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"persname_ssim":["Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":34,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:44:34.154Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1219"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1425","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747/1897","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1425#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Preston, William, 1729-1783","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1425#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"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. 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Within each series, materials are arranged chronologically with undated materials at the end.","Materials relating to James Patton are in Box 1, Folders 1-4. Those relating to William Preston (1729-83) are in Box 1, Folders 5-13. John Preston materials are in Box 2, Folders 1-39, and materials relating to members of his family in Box 2, Folders 40-41. Box 3 contains miscellaneous and unidentified papers. Wherever possible, materials are arranged chronologically.","Founded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) has twenty branches which own and maintain historic properties. In November 1958 the APVA authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation, the historic home near Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia, built by William Preston in 1773. In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donated Smithfield and 4.5 acres of land to the APVA. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and contracted with architects and contractors. Since its foundation, and in more recent years, the organization has had some changes, including the dissolution of branches and the combination of the Montgomery County Branch with the Smithfield Preston Foundation. In 2009, the name was changed to Preservation Virgina.","The guide to the Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers commenced and was completed in 1985. Additional materials were processed, arranged, and described in 1990. Some addition description and arrangement was completed in November 2014.","VT Special Collections and University Archives has a number of other collections related to the Preston family:\n      Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, Ms1962-001\n      Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004\n      George Green Shackelford Papers, Ms1983-008\n      Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003\n      William Preston Land Grant, Ms1994-027\n      John Preston Papers, Ms1994-034\n      Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, Ms1997-002\n      John Preston Deed, Ms2005-014\n      Willard Preston Genealogy, Ms2009-121","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 the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1810 to 1819. For further information on the Preston family, see John F. Dorman, The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia (1982).","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","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. 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Box 3 contains miscellaneous and unidentified papers. Wherever possible, materials are arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1889, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) has twenty branches which own and maintain historic properties. In November 1958 the APVA authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation, the historic home near Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia, built by William Preston in 1773. In 1959 Mrs. Janie Preston Brockenbrough Lamb, a descendant of Preston, donated Smithfield and 4.5 acres of land to the APVA. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and contracted with architects and contractors. 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Their papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence. Much of the collection relates to John Preston (1764-1827), treasurer of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1810 to 1819. For further information on the Preston family, see John F. Dorman, The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia (1982)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8e13b0d7e5cc3ce6e22b7cb2c6c71242\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe 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 papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["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. 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Some addition description and arrangement was completed in November 2014."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eVT Special Collections and University Archives has a number of other collections related to the Preston family:\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1216.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eAssociation for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, Ms1962-001\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1219.oai_ead.xml\"\u003ePreston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1388.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eGeorge Green Shackelford Papers, Ms1983-008\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1884.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eRobert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1979.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eWilliam Preston Land Grant, Ms1994-027\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/1986.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eJohn Preston Papers, Ms1994-034\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/2038.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eSmithfield Preston Foundation Papers, Ms1997-002\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/2286.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eJohn Preston Deed, Ms2005-014\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/2540.oai_ead.xml\"\u003eWillard Preston Genealogy, Ms2009-121\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["VT Special Collections and University Archives has a number of other collections related to the Preston family:\n      Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, Ms1962-001\n      Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004\n      George Green Shackelford Papers, Ms1983-008\n      Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003\n      William Preston Land Grant, Ms1994-027\n      John Preston Papers, Ms1994-034\n      Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, Ms1997-002\n      John Preston Deed, Ms2005-014\n      Willard Preston Genealogy, Ms2009-121"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe 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 the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1810 to 1819. For further information on the Preston family, see John F. Dorman, \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia\u003c/title\u003e (1982).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["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 the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1810 to 1819. For further information on the Preston family, see John F. Dorman, The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia (1982)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8e13b0d7e5cc3ce6e22b7cb2c6c71242\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe 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 papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["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 papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"famname_ssim":["Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"persname_ssim":["Preston, William, 1729-1783","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, William, 1729-1783","Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.)","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":189,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:45:03.361Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_1425"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2623","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Preston Family Correspondence, 1861/1872","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2623#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Preston, Sarah Caperton, 1826-","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2623#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. 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James Francis Preston was born in Virginia and was educated at West Point Military Academy. He volunteered in the Mexican War and both equipped and organized his company completely at his own expense. While serving the Union army during the American Civil War, he died of exposure in 1862. His wife, Sarah Caperton Preston, was from Elmwood, Monroe County, West Virginia.","Hugh Caperton Preston was the son of James Francis and Sarah Caperton Preston. He was born on September 5, 1856 in Elmwood, West Virginia. In 1877, he graduated as a senior Captain from Virginia Military Institute. Afterwards, he managed his mother's estate (White Thorn) in Montgomery County, Virginia until he sold it in 1892. Hugh then moved to East Radford and pursued real-estate and insurance business as well as serving two terms as Mayor. In the Spanish American War, Hugh served in Company M of Virginia's 4th Volunteer Infantry, stationed in Cuba. He then served in the 31st US Volunteer Company in the Philippines, where he was promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant. On April 30, 1878, Hugh married Miss Cary Marx Baldwin; they had seven children together. In 1901, Hugh and his wife returned to East Radford, where he then worked in the real-estate business for the rest of his life.","External source:","\"Hugh Caperton Preston.\" USGenWeb Archives - Census Wills Deeds Genealogy. Web. 15 Oct. 2010. http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/monroe/bios/preston.tx.","The guide to the Preston Family Correspondence by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston Family Correspondence was completed in October 2010.","See the following materials, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, Ms1962-001","John Preston Deed, Ms2005-014","John Preston Papers, Ms1994-034","Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, Ms1962-004","Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, Ms1985-020","Robert Taylor Preston Papers, Ms1992-003","Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, Ms1997-002","William Preston Land Grant, Ms1994-027","Willard Preston Genealogy, Ms2009-121","George Green Shackelford Papers, Ms1983-008","The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters.","The first letter is dated on July 28, 1861 and is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston following the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. He writes about the battle's events and his own movements, including executing a direct order from General Jackson to charge the advancing enemy. In the beginning of his letter, James calls the battle a \"fearful sight.\"","The second letter dates to May 15, 1872 and is written by Sarah Caperton Preston to Colonel Grabowski, an instructor at Preston and Olin Institute (now Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg. The letter is a response to a previous notice from the Colonel about her son's (Hugh Caperton Preston) recent failure to follow a senior student's order at Preston and Olin. Sarah passively defends her son, explaining why he might have disobeyed the order. She also expresses confusion at some of the Colonel's reasoning for her son's behavior. Additionally, Sarah expresses hope that her son will gain maturity with age and learn that, \"an officers commision will not always shield him.\"","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Preston Family Correspondence was donated to Special Collections in 2010."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Civil War","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Women -- History"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Civil War","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Women -- History"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.1 Cubic Feet 1 oversized folder"],"extent_tesim":["0.1 Cubic Feet 1 oversized folder"],"date_range_isim":[1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eScans of both letters and the envelope are \u003ca href=\"http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/Ms2010-070/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eavailable online\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Copies"],"altformavail_tesim":["Scans of both letters and the envelope are available online."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection was arranged by material type.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection was arranged by material type."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCol. James Francis Preston was born in Virginia and was educated at West Point Military Academy. He volunteered in the Mexican War and both equipped and organized his company completely at his own expense. While serving the Union army during the American Civil War, he died of exposure in 1862. His wife, Sarah Caperton Preston, was from Elmwood, Monroe County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Caperton Preston was the son of James Francis and Sarah Caperton Preston. He was born on September 5, 1856 in Elmwood, West Virginia. In 1877, he graduated as a senior Captain from Virginia Military Institute. Afterwards, he managed his mother's estate (White Thorn) in Montgomery County, Virginia until he sold it in 1892. Hugh then moved to East Radford and pursued real-estate and insurance business as well as serving two terms as Mayor. In the Spanish American War, Hugh served in Company M of Virginia's 4th Volunteer Infantry, stationed in Cuba. 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The letter is a response to a previous notice from the Colonel about her son's (Hugh Caperton Preston) recent failure to follow a senior student's order at Preston and Olin. Sarah passively defends her son, explaining why he might have disobeyed the order. She also expresses confusion at some of the Colonel's reasoning for her son's behavior. Additionally, Sarah expresses hope that her son will gain maturity with age and learn that, \"an officers commision will not always shield him.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2f0544762e7998af32dd7bfd22b70cb1\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son's (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at Preston and Olin Institute (now Virginia Tech).\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. 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James Francis Preston was born in Virginia and was educated at West Point Military Academy. He volunteered in the Mexican War and both equipped and organized his company completely at his own expense. While serving the Union army during the American Civil War, he died of exposure in 1862. His wife, Sarah Caperton Preston, was from Elmwood, Monroe County, West Virginia.","Hugh Caperton Preston was the son of James Francis and Sarah Caperton Preston. He was born on September 5, 1856 in Elmwood, West Virginia. In 1877, he graduated as a senior Captain from Virginia Military Institute. Afterwards, he managed his mother's estate (White Thorn) in Montgomery County, Virginia until he sold it in 1892. Hugh then moved to East Radford and pursued real-estate and insurance business as well as serving two terms as Mayor. In the Spanish American War, Hugh served in Company M of Virginia's 4th Volunteer Infantry, stationed in Cuba. He then served in the 31st US Volunteer Company in the Philippines, where he was promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant. On April 30, 1878, Hugh married Miss Cary Marx Baldwin; they had seven children together. In 1901, Hugh and his wife returned to East Radford, where he then worked in the real-estate business for the rest of his life.","External source:","\"Hugh Caperton Preston.\" USGenWeb Archives - Census Wills Deeds Genealogy. 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The letter is a response to a previous notice from the Colonel about her son's (Hugh Caperton Preston) recent failure to follow a senior student's order at Preston and Olin. Sarah passively defends her son, explaining why he might have disobeyed the order. She also expresses confusion at some of the Colonel's reasoning for her son's behavior. Additionally, Sarah expresses hope that her son will gain maturity with age and learn that, \"an officers commision will not always shield him.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2f0544762e7998af32dd7bfd22b70cb1\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son's (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at Preston and Olin Institute (now Virginia Tech).\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. 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Series I: Correspondence is arranged in chronological order. Series II: Photographs is in its original order in two albums. Series III: Ephemera is arranged by material type.","The Price family arrived in Southwest Virginia from Germany in the 1740s. Samuel Winston Price was born September 14, 1871 to James Bane Price and Sarah Winston Price. Samuel married Della Hickman of Hickman, Virginia, in 1897. The couple had five children: Ferdinand, Theodore Roosevelt, Julia Winston, Florence Alma, and Helen Elizabeth. Samuel inherited Price's General Store after his father's death and leased it to others. According to the letters he received, he was a practicing attorney in Price's Fork Virginia. Samuel had health problems that lead him to be hospitalized at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for a time in 1899. These health problems continued to plague him until his death in 1911. \n \nSources:","The James Bane Price Country Store at Price's Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia.[Prices Fork, VA: P. G. 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Series I: Correspondence is arranged in chronological order. Series II: Photographs is in its original order in two albums. Series III: Ephemera is arranged by material type.","The Price family arrived in Southwest Virginia from Germany in the 1740s. Samuel Winston Price was born September 14, 1871 to James Bane Price and Sarah Winston Price. Samuel married Della Hickman of Hickman, Virginia, in 1897. The couple had five children: Ferdinand, Theodore Roosevelt, Julia Winston, Florence Alma, and Helen Elizabeth. Samuel inherited Price's General Store after his father's death and leased it to others. According to the letters he received, he was a practicing attorney in Price's Fork Virginia. Samuel had health problems that lead him to be hospitalized at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for a time in 1899. These health problems continued to plague him until his death in 1911. \n \nSources:","The James Bane Price Country Store at Price's Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia.[Prices Fork, VA: P. G. 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Diaries contains the following items: diaries dated 1847-1907, transcripts of diaries, and loose pages that did not belong in the diaries. This series is arranged by material type. \nII. Images contains photographs and a newspaper clipping. The photographs are of Rosanna and William Dawson, their children and grandchildren, unidentified family members, the Dawson House, and a picture and newspaper clipping of when the Liberty Bell came to Roanoke, VA. This series is arranged by subject. \nIII. Papers and Artifacts contains two sub-series: Family Papers/Genealogy and Ephemera. Family Papers/Genealogy contains primary sources for research, genealogy research, original correspondence, receipts and deeds, a description of William Dawson's chair, and a Roanoke Times article about the collection. Ephemera contains publications, including \"The Maid of the Mountains\", \"The Secret of a Happy Day\", \"Methodism in Blacksburg\", other local history information, and a Washington, D.C. ashtray. This series is arranged by material type.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement Note"],"arrangement_tesim":["The Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection is arranged in three series: Diaries, Images, and Papers and Artifacts. \nI. Diaries contains the following items: diaries dated 1847-1907, transcripts of diaries, and loose pages that did not belong in the diaries. This series is arranged by material type. \nII. Images contains photographs and a newspaper clipping. The photographs are of Rosanna and William Dawson, their children and grandchildren, unidentified family members, the Dawson House, and a picture and newspaper clipping of when the Liberty Bell came to Roanoke, VA. This series is arranged by subject. \nIII. Papers and Artifacts contains two sub-series: Family Papers/Genealogy and Ephemera. Family Papers/Genealogy contains primary sources for research, genealogy research, original correspondence, receipts and deeds, a description of William Dawson's chair, and a Roanoke Times article about the collection. Ephemera contains publications, including \"The Maid of the Mountains\", \"The Secret of a Happy Day\", \"Methodism in Blacksburg\", other local history information, and a Washington, D.C. ashtray. This series is arranged by material type."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRosanna Croy Dawson was born on 1822 to Methodist sexton Adam Croy and Elizabeth Echols Croy. Records suggest that Rosanna married William H. Dawson (November 23, 1811-March 27, 1878) between December 30, 1839 and January 2, 1840. William H. Dawson was a teacher. Together they raised nine children in a home located at the intersection of East Roanoke and Wharton Streets. The nine children were Robert M., William Thomas, Melissa Jane, Wesley McDonald, Martha V., Sarah E., Mary M., Maggie R., and Ellen Pauline. William H. Dawson taught mathematics, French, and Latin at the Olin and Preston Institute after it opened in 1851. William was the head of the school until it closed when the Civil War began.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosanna's youngest daughter, Ellen, started a dressmaking business out of the house. Following William H. Dawson's death in 1878, Rosanna joined her daughter in the business. Rosanna kept books for the business and actually recorded the names of the women who sewed, the garments they worked on, and the hours they worked to keep track of how much they should be paid. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosanna died on March 18, 1906. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Rosanna Croy Dawson was born on 1822 to Methodist sexton Adam Croy and Elizabeth Echols Croy. Records suggest that Rosanna married William H. Dawson (November 23, 1811-March 27, 1878) between December 30, 1839 and January 2, 1840. William H. Dawson was a teacher. Together they raised nine children in a home located at the intersection of East Roanoke and Wharton Streets. The nine children were Robert M., William Thomas, Melissa Jane, Wesley McDonald, Martha V., Sarah E., Mary M., Maggie R., and Ellen Pauline. William H. Dawson taught mathematics, French, and Latin at the Olin and Preston Institute after it opened in 1851. William was the head of the school until it closed when the Civil War began.","Rosanna's youngest daughter, Ellen, started a dressmaking business out of the house. Following William H. Dawson's death in 1878, Rosanna joined her daughter in the business. Rosanna kept books for the business and actually recorded the names of the women who sewed, the garments they worked on, and the hours they worked to keep track of how much they should be paid.","Rosanna died on March 18, 1906."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection, Ms2019-012, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection, Ms2019-012, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection was completed in March 2019.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection was completed in March 2019."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection includes materials from 1847-1907. The collection contains family history related to the Croy-Dawson families, framed + unframed photographs, business papers from the dress shop, and family materials relating to Blacksburg. The collection consists of three series: Diaries, Images, and Papers and Artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eFolder 12 - \"The Maid of the Mountains\" (1924)\nFolder 13 - \"The Secret of a Happy Day\" and \"Methodism in Blacksburg\" (1948)\nFolder 14 - \"The Ole Clay Road\" (1926), \"Some Highlights of Blacksburg Methodism\" (1981), and \"In Old Blacksburg\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection includes materials from 1847-1907. The collection contains family history related to the Croy-Dawson families, framed + unframed photographs, business papers from the dress shop, and family materials relating to Blacksburg. The collection consists of three series: Diaries, Images, and Papers and Artifacts.","Folder 12 - \"The Maid of the Mountains\" (1924)\nFolder 13 - \"The Secret of a Happy Day\" and \"Methodism in Blacksburg\" (1948)\nFolder 14 - \"The Ole Clay Road\" (1926), \"Some Highlights of Blacksburg Methodism\" (1981), and \"In Old Blacksburg\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish material from Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish material from Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_45e2694087ca84094c6832890d7de9bb\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection includes materials from 1847-1907. The collection contains information relating to the Croy Dawson Family and supposedly the only woman-run business in Blacksburg, VA at that time.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection includes materials from 1847-1907. The collection contains information relating to the Croy Dawson Family and supposedly the only woman-run business in Blacksburg, VA at that time."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Methodist Church (U.S.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Methodist Church (U.S.)"],"famname_ssim":["Croy family (Blacksburg, Va.)"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Methodist Church (U.S.)","Croy family (Blacksburg, Va.)"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"total_component_count_is":32,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:48:32.624Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3394"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2038","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784/1881","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2038#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Madison, Elizabeth Preston, 1762-1837","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2038#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2038#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2038","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2038","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2038","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2038","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2038.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers","title_ssm":["Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers"],"title_tesim":["Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1784-1881, n.d."],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1784-1881, n.d."],"normalized_date_ssm":["1784/1881"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784/1881"],"text":["Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784/1881","Ms.1997.002","Blacksburg (Va.)","Local/Regional History and Appalachian South","Montgomery County (Va.)","Women -- History","The collection is open for research.","Selected letters from this collection have been digitized and are available online (most with text transcripts).","The collection is arranged by correspondent.","Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built by William Preston (1729-83), who emigrated from northern Ireland with his family in 1737. He married Susanna Smith in 1761 and settled at Greenfield in Botetourt County in 1769. Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. Smithfield was the birthplace and home of three Virginia governors, including James Patton Preston (son of William), and John Buchanan Floyd and John Floyd, Jr. (grandsons of William).","Smithfield Plantation remained in the family for generations and is currently maintained by the Montgomery County branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Greenfield was a home in Botetourt County where William and Susanna Smith Preston resided in the 1760s.","See also the detailed list of correspondents in the collection, with some biographical information.","For more information about the Preston family, see John Frederick Dorman, The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia (Filson Club, Inc.; Louisville, Kentucky, 1982).","The guide to the Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers commenced in 1997 and was completed in 1998. Additional description was completed in 2009. Minor updates to the finding aid were made in 2020.","There are several collections in Special Collections related to the Smithfield Plantation and the Preston family in Special Collections and University Archives and the University Libraries. Links and descriptions can be found on thePreston Family Resoures Research Guide.","The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection also includes a will of William Campbell Preston, an obituary of John Smith Preston and his photograph, and a circular asking for funds for a memorial in honor of John Smith Preston.","Many of the correspondents are the children and grandchildren of William (1729-83) and Susanna Smith (1740-1825) Preston, settlers of Botetourt and then Montgomery County, Virginia. The letters were written by Sarah Preston McDowell's brothers and sisters, and their spouses. Other letters were written by the children of her brothers Francis Preston and James Patton Preston. Most of the letters are addressed to Sarah Preston McDowell and James McDowell or their son James McDowell and his wife Susanna Smith Preston McDowell.","These materials are not in copyright and personal, scholarship, and educational use is permitted. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining exhibit/display, commercial, or other use.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.)","McDowell family (Rockbridge County, Va.)","Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.)","Madison, Elizabeth Preston, 1762-1837","Preston, Edmonia M. (Edmonia Madison Randolph), 1787-1847","Preston, Francis, 1765-1835","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, Thomas L. (Thomas Lewis), 1812-1903","Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860","McDowell, James, 1770-1835","McDowell, James, 1795-1851","McDowell, Sarah Preston, 1767-1841","McDowell, Susana Smith Preston","The materials in the collection are in English."],"collection_title_tesim":["Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784/1881"],"collection_ssim":["Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784/1881"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Ms.1997.002"],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.1997.002"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"geogname_ssm":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"places_ssim":["Blacksburg (Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Madison, Elizabeth Preston, 1762-1837","Preston, Edmonia M. (Edmonia Madison Randolph), 1787-1847","Preston, Francis, 1765-1835","Preston, John, 1764-1827","Preston, Thomas L. (Thomas Lewis), 1812-1903","Preston, William C. 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It was built by William Preston (1729-83), who emigrated from northern Ireland with his family in 1737. He married Susanna Smith in 1761 and settled at Greenfield in Botetourt County in 1769. Preston established himself as a leader in the Virginia frontier by serving in the militia in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, in the House of Burgesses representing Augusta County from 1766 to 1768 and Botetourt County in 1769, and as County Lieutenant of Fincastle and Montgomery. He was appointed surveyor of Fincastle County in 1772 and moved his family to that area. He built Smithfield, named in honor of his wife, in 1773. 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