Benjamin Rush Floyd," by Letitia Preston Floyd, James Preston's sister. Archival Records A Guide to the Governor James Patton Preston Executive Papers, 1816–1819 at The Library of Virginia 1774 births 1843 deaths People from Blacksburg, Virginia College of William & Mary alumni United States Army officers Virginia Democratic-Republicans Virginia state senators Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Governors of Virginia Virginia postmasters Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States 19th-century American politicians United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 Preston family of Virginia