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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Sarah Buchanan Preston Land Deed, Ms1987-034, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Sarah Buchanan Preston Land Deed collection was acquired by Special Collections prior to 1987.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Sarah Buchanan Preston Land Deed was completed in 1987. Additional information was completed in May 2011.
Sarah Buchanan Campbell Preston was born to William and Elizabeth Henry Campbell in 1778. In 1793, she married Francis Preston (1765-1835), the son of Colonel William Preston. Together they had 10 children. In 1834, Sarah inherited more than 13,000 acres in Washington County, Virginia. It seems likely that land from this inheritance is part of the land sold in the 1835 deed. She died in 1946 and is buried in Smyth County, Virginia.
The Sarah Buchanan Preston Land Deed is a manuscript copy of a land transfer indenture statement for lands in Russell, Tazewell, and Scott counties, Virginia. The land was sold by Preston to John and Edward Fulton of Washington County, Virginia, in 1835.
For more information on the Preston family records at Special Collections and University Archives, consult our Preston Family Resources Guide.
The guide to the Sarah Buchanan Preston Land Deed by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).