John Warfield Johnston papers 1778-1890

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John Warfield Johnston papers 1778-1890

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/johnstonjohnw/

Collection includes papers of Johnston and of his wife, Nicketti Virginia (Floyd) Johnston, of her parents, John Floyd, governor of Virginia, and Letitia (Preston) Floyd, Letitia's brother, Francis Smith Preston, and other members of the Preston family. Includes letters, fictional and political writings, and other papers, including many references to plantation life, Virginia and national politics, pioneers of southwestern Virginia and genealogical material on the Breckinridge, Buchanan, Floyd, Preston, and other Virginia families.

2.5 linear feet; 5 boxes, 416 items.

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6359666

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Floyd family

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Preston family

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Johnston, John W. (John Warfield), 1818-1889

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Lawyer, judge, and U.S. Senator, from Abingdon (Washington Co.), Va. From the description of Papers, 1778-1890. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19934075 ...

Preston, Francis, 1765-1835

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The second son and third child of Col. William Preston and his wife Susanna Smith, was born at "Greenfield," Botetourt County (Va.), 2 August 1765. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1783, and practiced law in Montgomery and Washington counties in Virginia. Preston served in the House of Delegates in 1788 and 1789. From March 1793 until March 1797, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives. Settling in Abingdon, he returned to law practice and again entered ...

Buchanan family

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Breckinridge family

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Johnston, Nicketti Virginia Floyd.

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Floyd, Letitia Preston

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Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863

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John Swank, a native of Augusta County, Va., settled near Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Va., where he lived until his death just before the outbreak of the Civil War. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and is buried at St. John's [Lutheran Church, Rockingham County.]. From the description of Land grant, 1849 March 31, to John Swank. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 15347747 Biographical note: Politician; John Buchanan Floyd was Governor of Virgi...