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Abstract | Letitia Preston Floyd was the daughter of Colonel William Preston Floyd and wife of John B. Floyd, governor of Virginia, 1830-1834. Typed copy of memoirs of Letitia Preston Floyd. The memoirs are in the form of a letter to her son, Rush Floyd, dated 22 February 1843. Included are reminiscences about 18th-century pioneers of western Virginia and Kentucky, especially Colonel James Patton and her father; genealogical information about the Preston, Floyd, Breckenridge, and Ingles families of Virginia; and description of warfare and other incidents with Indians originally written for a projected book to be called "Sketches of the Pioneers." |
Creator | Floyd, Letitia Preston. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, February 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Letitia Preston Floyd was the daughter of Colonel William Preston Floyd and wife of John B. Floyd, governor of Virginia, 1830-1834.
Back to TopTyped copy of memoirs of Letitia Preston Floyd. The memoirs are in the form of a letter to her son, Rush Floyd, dated 22 February 1843. Included are reminiscences about 18th-century pioneers of western Virginia and Kentucky, especially Colonel James Patton and her father; genealogical information about the Preston, Floyd, Breckenridge, and Ingles families of Virginia; and description of warfare and other incidents with Indians originally written for a projected book to be called "Sketches of the Pioneers."
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