Benjamin Hart PRESTON^[1]

1836 - 1851  (15 years)

• Name	Benjamin Hart PRESTON
  Nickname	Hart
  Birth	1 Feb 1836	Montgomery Co, Virginia   [1, 2]
  	Hart was born at his paternal grandparent's home, "Smithfield" plantation in Montgomery County, Virginia on 1 February 1836.
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jun 1851  [1, 2]
  	Hart died on 22 June 1851. He was 15 years of age at the time of his death.
  Burial	Montgomery Co, VA   [3]
  	His body was interred at the Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation in Montgomery County, Virginia.
  Person ID	I62913	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Taylor PRESTON,   b. 26 May1809, Montgomery Co, Virginia d. 1880
  Mother	Mary HART,   b. c. 1809, South Carolina d. 1881 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1833  [1, 2]
  	The couple married on 21 January 1833.
  Photos		Solitude
  Family ID	F7168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2868] Robert Taylor Preston Papers. Ms1992-003, Special Collections, Virginia Tech. Biographical Information. [S2938] George A. Hanson, Hanson, Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland, ((1876, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 2002)), p. 170., ISBN 0-8063-4632-9. [S2844] Historic Smithfield Plantation, online (http://www.smithfieldplantation.org/). Preston Cemetery.