US Army Brigadier General, US Congressman. Born in Botetourt, Virginia, he was a successful lawyer in practice when he was elected a member of the State Senate of Virginia in 1783. In 1793, he was elected as a Republican to the Third Congress, reelected to the Fourth Congress, serving until 1797, when he declined to be a candidate for re-nomination. Resuming the practice of law, he was elected a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, serving (1812-14). With the advent the War of 1812, he was commissioned a Colonel in the Virginia Volunteers and was later promoted a US Army Brigadier General. After the war, he served in the Virginia State Senate, (1816-20). He died at age 70 in Columbia, South Carolina.
US Army Brigadier General, US Congressman. Born in Botetourt, Virginia, he was a successful lawyer in practice when he was elected a member of the State Senate of Virginia in 1783. In 1793, he was elected as a Republican to the Third Congress, reelected to the Fourth Congress, serving until 1797, when he declined to be a candidate for re-nomination. Resuming the practice of law, he was elected a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, serving (1812-14). With the advent the War of 1812, he was commissioned a Colonel in the Virginia Volunteers and was later promoted a US Army Brigadier General. After the war, he served in the Virginia State Senate, (1816-20). He died at age 70 in Columbia, South Carolina.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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Elizabeth Preston Madison
1762–1837
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John Preston
1764–1827
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Elizabeth Preston Davis
1765–1815
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Sarah Preston McDowell
1767–1841
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William Preston
1770–1821
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Susanna Preston Hart
1772–1833
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James Patton Preston
1774–1843
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Mary Preston Lewis
1776–1821
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Letitia Preston Floyd
1779–1852
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Thomas Lewis Preston
1781–1812
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Margaret Brown Preston Preston
1784–1843
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William Campbell Preston
1794–1860
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Susanna Smith Preston McDowell
1800–1847
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Sarah Preston Floyd
1802–1879
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Anne Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
1803–1844
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Maria Thornton Carter Preston Preston
1805–1842
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Charles Henry Campbell Preston
1807–1832
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John Smith Preston
1809–1881
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Thomas Lewis Preston
1812–1903
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Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston Hampton
1818–1852
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