Person:Francis Preston (2)

Gen. Francis Smith Preston, Esq.
m. 17 Jan 1761
  1. Elizabeth Preston1762 - 1837
  2. John Preston1764 - 1827
  4. Sarah Preston1767 - 1841
  5. Anne Preston1769 -
  6. Maj. William Preston1770 - 1821
  7. Susanna Preston1772 -
  9. Mary Preston1776 - 1824
  10. Letitia Preston1779 - 1852
  11. Thomas Lewis Preston1781 -
  12. Peggy Preston1784 -
m. 10 Jan 1793
  1. Isaac Trimble Preston1793 - 1852
  2. SC Sen. William Campbell Preston, Esq.1794 - 1860
  3. Eliza Henry Preston1796 -
  4. Francis Smith Preston1798 - 1801
  5. Susan Smith Preston1800 - 1847
  6. Ann Sophonisba Preston1803 - 1844
  7. John Smith Preston1809 - 1881
  8. Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston1818 - 1852
Facts and Events
Name Gen. Francis Smith Preston, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Aug 1765 Botetourt, Virginia, United Statesat Greenfield
Alt Birth? 2 Aug 1765 Smithfield, Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage 10 Jan 1793 Botetourt, Virginia, United Statesin The Stone House
to Sarah Buchanan Campbell
Death[1][2][3][4][5] 26 May 1835 Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United Statesage 59 - died at the home of his son William
Burial[5] Aspinvale Cemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Smyth, Virginia, United States

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Francis Preston (August 2, 1765 – May 26, 1836) was an American lawyer and politician from Abingdon, Virginia. He was the son of Col. William Preston of Virginia, served in both houses of the state legislature, and represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797. Preston had a house built in Abingdon, now called the Martha Washington Inn. In 1795, while residing at Saltville, he constructed the Preston House.

Preston was the father of William Campbell Preston and John S. Preston and the uncle of William Ballard and William Preston.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Francis Preston.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Francis Preston, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
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    General Francis Smith Preston b.8-2-1765 at Smithfield d.5-26-1835 in Columbia, SC at the home of his son the Honorable William C. Preston. Francis Smith Preston was the son of Col. William Preston and Susanna Smith. Francis was a lawyer, a member of the State Senate of Virginia and a Brigadier General in the War of 1812. He married Sarah Buchanan Campbell b.4-21-1778 d.7-23-1846, daughter of General William Campbell 1745-1781 and Elizabeth Henry 1749-1825, on Jan. 10, 1793. (William Campbell was a Colonel prior to Kings Mtn, became a General and apparently died possibly as a result of wounds sustained in the battle. He was a hero of the battle.) (Elizabeth Henry was one of nine sisters of Patrick Henry. Four of the other sisters lived to adulthood and had children. They were Jane Henry m. Samuel Garland Meredith, Susannah Henry married Col. Thomas Madison, Ann Henry married Col. George William Christian and Lucy Henry married Col. Valentine Wood.) Francis Preston and Sarah had 15 children.

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    From: The National cyclopaedia of American biography. Indexes. Personal and topical indexes to ... the National cyclopedia of American biography, including the first and revised editions. 1935. New York: J.T. White & Co.

    PRESTON, Francis, congressman, was born at Greenfield, Botetourt со., Va., Aug. 2, 1765, son of William Preston, who became a colonel in the revolutionary army. He was graduated at William and Mary College in 1783, and having studied law at that institution under George Wythe was soon admitted to the bar. He practiced in Montgomery, Washington and other counties until 1793, when he entered congress.
    :After serving for two terms, until March, 1797, he declined a re-election, and retired to his home at Abingdon, Va. At the beginning of the war of 1812 he enlisted, was appointed colonel of volunteers, and marched with his regiment to Norfolk. Subsequently he was appointed brigadier-general and major-general of militia. He was frequently elected to the Virginia house of delegates and to the senate, and was greatly admired for his eloquence and for ability in debate, Gen. Preston was married, in 1792, to Sarah, daughter of Col. William Campbell, who distinguished himself in the battle of King's mountain.
    :Her mother was Elizabeth Russell. Their sons, William Campbell, John Smith and Thomas Lewis, became prominent, the rirst as a legislator and educator; the second as an orator; the third as a legislator and soldier. Gen. Preston died while on a visit to his son, William, at Columbia, S. C., Mav 25, 1835.


    27. iii. Francis PRESTON, born August 2, 1765 in Greenfield, Botetourt Co., VA; married Sarah Buchanan Campbell. ...

  5. 5.0 5.1 PRESTON, Francis, in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
