Person

Matthew S. Preston (Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1817-10-06 d. 1881-08-29

Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Melvina J. Preston. Father of Ann C. Preston, John S. Preston, Rufus B. Preston, and Smith Butler Preston. Farmer in Ballard County in 1850 and 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandsville, p. 278. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Cobbs, p. 103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Milburn District, p. 11. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, District 4, p. 22. Find A Grave, "Matthew S. Preston (1817-1881)," Memorial #75856623, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75856623&ref=acom (accessed June 22, 2017).

Citation

Preston, Matthew S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206167 (November 12, 2026).

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