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Francis Smith Preston

Francis Smith Preston

Male 1765 - 1836  (70 years)

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  • Name Francis Smith Preston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 2 Aug 1765 
    • "Greenfield", Smithfield, Montgomery Co., VA
    Gender Male 
    Birth 2 Aug 1765  Smithfield Plantation, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 26 May 1836  Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3475  Bob Juch's Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

    Family Sarah Buchanan Campbell,   b. 21 Apr 1778   d. 23 Jul 1845, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1793  Rockbridge County Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Henry Preston,   b. 11 Aug 1796, Salt Works, Washington, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1876, Charlottesville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     2. William Campbell Preston,   b. 27 Dec 1794, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1860, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [natural]
     3. Sarah Buchanan Preston,   b. 14 Feb 1802, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1879, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     4. Ann Sophonisba Preston,   b. 9 Apr 1803, Smithfield, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1844, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)  [natural]
     5. James Madison Preston,   b. 18 May 1811, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1812 (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     6. John Smith Preston,   b. 20 Apr 1809, Smithfield, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1881, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     7. Thomas Lewis Preston,   b. 20 Nov 1812, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1903, Wyndhurst, Albermarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [natural]
     8. Susannah Smith Preston,   b. 5 Mar 1800, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1847, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [natural]
     9. Charles Henry Campbell Preston,   b. 13 Sep 1807, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1832, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)  [natural]
     10. Maria Thornton Carter Preston,   b. 12 Dec 1805, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1842, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [natural]
     11. Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston,   b. 13 Jan 1818, Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1852, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)  [natural]
     12. Francis Smith Preston,   b. 21 Jun 1798, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1801 (Age 2 years)  [natural]
     13. Jane Robertson Preston,   b. 30 Jun 1804, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1804 (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     14. Robert Gamble Preston,   b. 9 Oct 1815, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1815, Salt Works, Washington County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     15. Isaac Trimble Preston,   b. Abt 1793, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1852, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F1366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 May 1836 - Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000514

      PRESTON, Francis, (father of William Campbell Preston and uncle of William Ballard Preston and William Preston), a Representative from Virginia; born in Greenfield, Botetourt County, Va., August 2, 1765; was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1783; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Montgomery and Washington Counties; member of the State house of delegates in 1788 and 1789; elected to the Third Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1797); declined to be a candidate for renomination; settled in Abingdon, Va., and resumed the practice of law; again a member of the State house of delegates 1812-1814; colonel of Volunteers in the War of 1812; served in the State senate 1816-1820; died at the home of his brother, William C. Preston, in Columbia, S.C., May 26, 1836; interment in Aspinvale Cemetery, near Seven Mile Ford, Va.

  • Sources 
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