Preston Cemetery

Roman numerals stand for generations beginning with Archibald Preston. III - Col. William Preston presents the third generation. 28 Marked Graves 2 Memorials 3 Out of situ . 64 Known or Assumed burials

Resources: , 1927 Map by Harvey L. Price, dean of agriculture, VPI, 1908 - 1948 c. 1930 Map by Rudolph D. Michael, agricultural editor, VPI 1928 - 1965 1961 Map by Hartwell H. Gary, Sr., revised by C.H. Powers in 1981.

The Preston Cemetery at Smithfield 1782 - 1980 by Anna Whitehead Kenney, revised in 1984. (Anna Kenney was Smithfield's first curator from 1965 - 1972.)

The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in VA by John F. Dorman. Louisville: Filson Club, 1982.

Special Collections of the Virginia Tech Library

BURIED AT THE PRESTON CEMETERY denotes a shared grave , III-1 WIlllam Preston (1730-1783) m. Susanna Smith Preston (1739-1823) IV Ann Nancy Preston (1769-1782) no marker, actual location of grave unknown IV-2 William Preston of Kentucky (1768 -1821) IV-3 John Preston (1762-1827) no marker, also said to be buried at Greenfield in Botetourt Co., VA IV James Patton Preston (1774-1843) m. Ann Barraud Taylor (1778-1861) no marker, actual location unknown V Sarah BarTaud Preston d. 1804 as infant - grave is not marked or located V-8 Susanna Edmonia Preston (1818-1823) dled young no marker V-10 Virginia Ann Preston (1816-1833) died young no marker V Susan Preston (1825-1835) died young- grave is not marked or located V-18 WIlliam Ballard Preston (1805-1862)t m. Lucy Redd (1819-1891) VI-20 1. Ann Taylor Preston (1843-1868) m. (Walter Coles 1839-1892) - died from childbirth VII 21 Ann Preston Coles (1868-1869) as infant VI-17 2. James Patton Preston (1846-1920)t- pointed native stone marker VI-16 3. Waller Redd Preston (1847-1872)t m. Harriet Means (1846-1869) VI-19 4. Keziah Preston (c. 854-c.1861)- native stone marker near her parents VII-23 Ann Radford Beale (1868-1893) child of Lucy Redd Preston and William Beale VII-22 Charles Trigg Beale (1872-1890) -child of Luey Redd Preston and William Beale [V]-24 Robert Taylor Preston (1809-1880)f m. Mary IHart (1810-1881)? [VI]1. Virginia Ann Emily (1834-1898) m. Robert Stark Means (1833-1874)t ? [VII]-i. Sallie Stark Means (1860-1861) as infant [VII]-ii. Mary Hart Means(1861-1861) as infant [VII]-iii. Ballard Preston Means (1867-1867) as infant [VII]-iv. Courtney Hanson Means (1868-1877) as young child [VI]2. Benjamin Hart Preston (1836-1851) as young child [VI]3. James Patton Preston (1838-1901)t V-11 James Francis Preston (1813-1862)t m. Sarah Anne Caperton (1826-1908) VI-14 1. Hugh Caperton Preston (1856-1905) m. Cary Baldwin (1858-1935) VII-13 i. James Francis Preston (1878-1879) as infant VII-25 ii. Robert Baldwin Preston Sr. (1881-1944) m. Merle Page (1892-1973) VIII-30 Robert Baldwin Preston Jr. (1916-1982) m. Elnora Coffman (1920-2001) VIII-31 Edwin Page Preston (1921-2001) VII-27iii. Cary Baldwin Preston (1883-1960) m. Hartwell Gary (1881-1966) VII-28iv. Sarah Caperton Preston (1885-1965) unmarried VII-28vil. Katherine Stuart Preston (1894-1967) unmarried VII-26 v. William Ballard Preston (1888-1959) m. Lelia Dew (1893-1984) ? VII-29 vi. Hugh Caperton Preston, Jr. (1893-1966) VI-15 2. William Ballard Preston (1858-1901) m. Elizabeth Blackford Scott (1864-1920) VI-12 3. James Francis Preston (1860-1862) as infant V-9Catherine Jane Preston (1821-1852) m. (Judge George H. Gilmer 1810-1874) [VI]-i. James Preston Gilmer d. 1852 as infant -buried with mother?

Burials in cemetery not related to Preston Family , 7 Emily Ann Eyre (1805-1832) - family from Eyre Hall, Northampton, VA m. (Dr. George Terrill) Miss Julia Binners of Pittsylvania Co., VA, d. Dec. 23, 1859 - exact burial location unknown

Ledgerwood Plot (overseers of Whitethorn and Smithfleld in mid-to-late 1800s) L1 Allen Ledgerwood (1857-1880) L2 Anderson Ledgerwood (1823-1892) m. L3 Hester Ledgerwood (1820-1870) L4 Isabell Ledgerwood (1782-1862)

Slave/Servant graves (as marked on 1961 Gary map) S1 "Aunt Ginny” Virginia Capers S2 Unknown S3 Unknown Markers out of situ - unknown/original location in cemetery unknown "Benjamin” d. 1840 probably an infant (near large oak tree) "G.S.” d. Aug. 21, 1841 aged 6 years (behind L4, near Ledgerwood plot) Lavinia Hart Berkeley no date (leaning on Preston/Means Monument) t Veteran of the Civil War There are several unmarked graves scattered throughout the cemetery and other side of north fence.