Marjorie McRae

Title

Marjorie McRae

Subject Headings

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Slavery--United States
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Description

Marjorie McRae discusses researching her family's ancestry and recounts two of the stories of these ancestors.

Name(s) of ancestors

Robert Preston

Other name(s) mentioned

King George II of Great Britain and Ireland; Robert E. Lee

Name(s) of enslaved person(s)

Fraction family

Location(s) mentioned

Virginia, United States; Blacksburg, Virginia, United States; Sayler's Creek, Virginia, United States; Richmond, Virginia, United States

Name of plantation(s) mentioned

Oatland Plantation (Loudoun County, Virginia, United States); Smithfield Plantation (Blacksburg, Virginia, United States)

Indigenous tribes mentioned

Monacan Indian Nation; Moratuc

Conflicts mentioned

American Civil War

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