James Patton Preston
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James Patton Preston was a U.S. political figure who served as the 20th Governor of Virginia.
Preston in 1803. Portrait by Gilbert Stuart.
Draper's Meadow massacre
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The Draper's Meadow Massacre was an attack in July 1755, when the Draper's Meadow settlement in southwest Virginia, at the site of present-day Blacksburg, was raided by a group of Shawnee warriors, wh
Reconstructed 18th-century pioneer cabin on Smithfield Plantation, near the site of the Draper's Meadow Massacre in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Draper's Meadow Massacre memorial in Blacksburg, Virginia
Memorial plaque to Colonel James Patton and pioneers killed at Draper's Meadow Massacre.