Colonel William Preston was an Irish-born American military officer, planter and politician who founded a political dynasty. After service in the French and Indian War, Preston served five years in th
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.