Sarah "Sally" Preston
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Name Sarah "Sally" Preston Birth Abt 1759 [1] Gender Female Person ID I3869 Gritton Last Modified 15 Jan 2026
Family John Shumate, b. Abt 1759, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 
d. 1822, Harrison County, Kentucky (Age 63 years) Marriage 28 Jan 1788 Fauquier County, Virginia [1] - bondsman: Jacob Preston
Children 1. Catherine Shumate, b. Abt 1790, Virginia d. 9 Jan 1878 (Age 88 years)2. John Shumate, b. Abt 1802, Kentucky d. 27 Feb 1856, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 54 years)3. William Shumate, b. Abt 1800, Kentucky d. Bef 1880 (Age 79 years)4. Lydia Shumate, b. Abt 1800, Kentucky Family ID F1633 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
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Event Map 
Marriage - 28 Jan 1788 - Fauquier County, Virginia 
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Documents 
John Shumate inventory 1822
Estate Sale of John Shumate, Harrison County, Kentucky, 1822
page 132
Harrison County December Court 1822 set This Inventory & appraisement of the Estate of John Shumate Deced was produced in open court & ordered to be recorded Att H C Moore
A List of sale of the Estate of John Shumate Deced
Widow Sally Shumate One Cupboard 16.00
George Million 1 bed & bedding 38.75
Isaac Ramey 2 beds & beding 46.75
Mrs Shumate 1 bed & beding 20.00
Mrs Shumate 1 bed & beding 20.00
Salley Shumate ___ 1 chest 3. 25
Barnard Oder Hemp seed & chest 3.00
Andrew Hounshell 2 Sickles 0.65
Barnard Oder 1 Rifle Gun 21.00
Thos Smith 1 Do Do 20.12 ½
John Shumate 1 Kettle 4 00
Thos Millen 1 Do do 4.00
Joseph Beagle 1 Pot & Gallon 2.50
James Clemons 1 Do 10 ds 3.50
John R Blair 1 Iron Wedge 0.75
Mrs Sally Shumate A Kettle 3.76
Mrs do Shumate 1 Kettle 2.00
Mrs Sally Shumate Oven & Skillet Sunds 2.31 1/4
John Adams Oven & lid 12 ½
Betsey Lake one Loom 9.00
Allen Godman 1 Lott tin ware 0.75
Daniel Huffman One Slidge 3.75
John B Cline 1 Frow 1.98 3/4
Betsey Lake 1 Mead 0.75
James Monsingo 1 woolen Reed pd 0.87 1/2
Betsey Lake 1 Rathe 18 ½
Betsey Lake 2 pair of Geese 0.50
Peny Prefoton 1 Drawing Knife 1.00
John Shumate 2 augers 1.00
Mrs Salley Shumate 1 ____ 2.76
Edmond Wells 1 do do 4.00
Roy Beagles 1 shovel plow 3.37 1/2
Mrs Sally Shumate 2 Hoes 2.00
John Adams 1 Do. 0.75
Hamson Million Sugar Slide & tubb 0.50
Mrs Sally Shumate 3 tubbs 0.75
John Shumate 1 tubb & bucket 1.01
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____ Done 1 churn pd 0.56 1/4
Mrs. Sally Shumate Double & Irons 2.25
Saml M Clain 2 Common chairs 0.50
John Adams 1 Riddle & Sifter – 4.12 1/2
James Clemmons 1 Mare – 20.00
Mrs Sally Shumate 1 Bay mare 30.00
John B Cline 1 old Saddle 1.50
John Shumate 1 do . do . 7.00
John Presston 5 barrell of Corn 7.75
John Coulson 8 do do 7.62 1.2
John B Cline 5 do do 7.50
Reuben Hedges 5 do do 7.62 ½
John B. Cline 5 do do 7.87 1/2
Abner Boone 5 do do 8.00
Wm Presston 5 do do 8.25
1st Lott 16 Hoggs - John Shumate 25.00
Wm Shumate 2 Lott 10 15.00
Barnard Oder 3 do 10 11. 37 1/2
Saml Noe 4 do 25 18.25
Mrs Sally Shumate wheat & _____ 4.00
Lanard Keith Rye in the Straw 7.25
John Shumate 1 ___ Break 0.25
Edmond Wells 3 tubbs & baskett 1.25
Robt Laton 3 wethers full of burs 6.62 ½
Wm Hutchison 1 Red Cow 10.00
Saml Noe 1 brownish cow 11.00
James Beagles 1 Red Cow 10.00
Robt Bowells 2 matched calves 7.12 ½
Abner W Wall 2 do do 8.74
Wm Shumate 1 yellow horse colt 38.00
John Shumate 1 filley 45.50
Mrs Sally Shumate 5 head of Geese 10.00
John Shumate 1 blade Stack 4.31 1/4
Thomas Miller 1 tin trumpet 0.37 1/2
Mrs Sally Shumate 1 Table 0.75
John Shumate Half of a grind stone 1.00
John Shumate Half of a Hemp Stack 2.50
Harrison County December Court 1822 $ 612.19 3/4
This List of sale of the Estate of John Shumate Deced was produced in open Court and ordered to be recorded att H C Moore
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Sources - [S85] Robert S. Riley, History of the Shumate family, Kentucky pioneers, (Utica, KY, McDowell Publications, 1992), Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S85] Robert S. Riley, History of the Shumate family, Kentucky pioneers, (Utica, KY, McDowell Publications, 1992), Library of Linda Hedges.