William Preston (Virginia), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Preston (Virginia)
American politician
Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1729
Date of Death: 28-Jun-1783
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About William Preston (Virginia)
- Colonel William Preston (December 25, 1729 – June 28, 1783) played a crucial role in surveying and developing the colonies going westward, exerted great influence in the colonial affairs of his time, ran a large plantation, and founded a dynasty whose progeny would supply leaders for the South for nearly a century.
- He served in the Virginia House of Burgesses, and was a Colonel in the militia during the American Revolutionary War.
- He was one of the thirteen signers of the Fincastle Resolutions, a predecessor to the United States Declaration of Independence.He was a founding trustee of Liberty Hall (later Washington and Lee University), when it was made into a college in 1776.
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