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Patton, James, 1692-1755. Papers of James Patton [manuscript], 1738-1753.

Title: Papers of James Patton [manuscript], 1738-1753.

The collection includes an indentured servant agreement, a militia commission, a 1744 plat of Calf Pasture River land, a memoranda book, 1745, recording a trip to Wood's River on land business, a history of a petition to the government of Virginia for Mississippi land, a report of Cherokee Indian trouble and a will mentioning slaves.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647869784 View

Preston, William, 1729-1783. Draper manuscripts: William Preston papers, 1731-1791.

Title: Draper manuscripts: William Preston papers, 1731-1791.

Papers of William Preston, a colonial and frontier political figure in Virginia, and a few of his relatives. Business and military records concern Preston's land dealings and his role in Indian negotiations. Also included is correspondence with prominent military and political figures, as well as some papers of James Patton and John Buchanan.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 c.f. (6 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787348 View

Preston family. Papers, 1727-1896 (bulk 1751-1823).

Title: Papers, 1727-1896 (bulk 1751-1823).

The collection contains correspondence, accounts, land records, estate materials, and other papers of the following persons: James Patton (1692-1755), early settler and sheriff of Augusta County, Va.; William Preston (1729-1783) of "Greenfield," Botetourt County, Va., surveyor, militia and Revolutionary War officer; John Preston (1764-1827) of "Horseshoe Bottom," Montgomery County, Va., militia officer, state legislator, and Virginia state treasurer; Francis Preston (1765-1835) of Abingdon, Va., politician; William Preston (1770-1821), U.S. Army officer; and Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812) of Lexington, Va. Materials concern the patenting and settlement of land in southwestern Virginia and Kentucky; the activities of surveyors in Augusta and Montgomery counties, Va., and the settlement of Botetourt and Wythe counties, Va.; salt and iron mining and manufacture; Indians, African-American slavery, and the Revolution in southwestern Virginia; and banking, politics, and mineral springs in Virginia. Also, contains miscellaneous papers of other members of the Preston and related families.

ArchivalResource: 3,540 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31752218 View

Notes on "Springhill" in Augusta County, Va. [manuscript], n.d.

Title: Notes on "Springhill" in Augusta County, Va. [manuscript], n.d.

Typescript, preliminary notes on "Springhill", the home of Colonel James Patton?, Augusta County, Va., and a sketch of the Zack McChesney home on the "Springhill" site, also 2 photos.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647884750 View

Stewart, J. Adger (Joseph Adger), Collector, 1877-1954. Collection, 1555-1976.

Title: Collection, 1555-1976.

Genealogical research and correspondence concerning Stewart's various family lines. The families are traced back to the eighteenth century or earlier. Most of the material consists of copies, transcripts, and Stewart's research data and correspondence. Also included are photostats of correspondence of the Reverend John Brown, Brown family members, and a few prominent Virginians and early Kentuckians; genealogical data on the Brown family; and correspondence and printed material regarding Liberty Hall in Frankfort, Ky., the home of the Senator John Brown family.

ArchivalResource: 3.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49336658 View

Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: George Rogers Clark papers, 1756-1891.

Title: Draper manuscripts: George Rogers Clark papers, 1756-1891.

Papers of and about George Rogers Clark, the most noted military commander in the western campaigns of the Revolution, gathered by Draper from relatives, descendants, and other historians; by transcripts from archives in Spain, Virginia and other localities for an intended complete biography. Included are papers gathered from Clark's descendants and from others who had proposed biographies, recollections of Clark's role in the early history of Kentucky and the Revolutionary War in the West, notes, copies of documents, and interviews with participants or their descendants. Draper's own voluminous notes and drafts of the first two chapters of Draper's proposed biography are also present.

ArchivalResource: 15.0 c.f. (64 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145789335 View

Austin, Moses, 1761-1821. Papers of the Preston and related Radford families [manuscript], 1726-1895.

Title: Papers of the Preston and related Radford families [manuscript], 1726-1895.

The collection contains correspondence, surveys, indentures, receipts and other financial, legal and military papers of the related families. Topics include farming and crops, land sales, mercantile purchases, and slave hirings. Of interest are a series of letters, 1819-1828, from University of Virginia students mentioning negotiations with a D.F. Carr, Thomas Jefferson's reputation and John H. Cocke's intentions to keep students out of Charlottesville by a moat or physical barrier. Other topics include early land transactions in Augusta and neighboring counties, 1744-1810, the estate settlement of Colonel James Patton, and the military service of William Preston against Indians on the Virginia frontier.

ArchivalResource: 1300 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647830644 View

Beale, Lucy Preston. Interview summary, 1922.

Title: Interview summary, 1922.

Typewritten summary of a 1922 interview with Mrs. Lucy Preston Beale, great-granddaughter of Col. William Preston, while on a visit to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Included is information regarding the death of Col. James Patton in 1755, the origin of the name of Smithfield, Va., and the presidential campaign of 1848.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145794799 View