Susanna Preston 1769-1833
Smithfield Prestons

 Susanna Preston born at Greenfield 2-12-1769, daughter of Col. William and Susanna Preston, married Nathaniel Hart of Woodford, Kentucky and left five daughters and two sons. She died at Smithfield 6-25-1833.

1. Sarah Hart (Sally?) married Col. Geo. C. Thompson of Mercer Co., KY. A member of the legislature and its speaker. Col Thompson's children and grandchildren inter-married with the Vances of Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana, and the Martins of Louisville.
2. Letitia P. Hart married Arthur H. Wallace. Her children intermarried with the Alexanders, the Taylors, Edwards and Dades of Kentucky.
3. Louisiana P. Hart married Tobias Gibson, of Live Oak Plantation, Terrebone Parrish, Louisiana, and left eight children:
• Sarah H. Gibson married her relative, Joseph A. Humphreys, of Woodbury Co., KY.
• Randall Lee Gibson, born at his Grandfathers residence in KY, graduated from Yale, entered the Confederate Service as a private and rose to the command of a company, a regiment, a brigade and a division. He was a member of Congress and a US Senator starting in 1875. He married Miss Mary Montgomery of New York.
• William Preston Gibson, a surgeon in the Confederate Service, married his relative Miss Elode Humphreys.
• Hart Gibson, a member of the KY legislature, a captain in the Confederate Service, married Miss Mary Duncan of Lexington, KY.
• Claude Gibson, died while a captain in the Confederate Service.
• Tobias Gibson Jr. also a captain in the Confederate Service.
• McKinley Gibson was likewise a captain in the Confederate Service.
4. Mary Howard Hart married William Vorhees. Their children intermarried with the families of Sanders, Band and Duncan of Kentucky and California. One Gordon Vorhees was in the Confederate Service and was killed in action.
5. Virginia Hart married Alfred Shelby and then secondly Dr. R. J. Breckenridge, leaving children by both husbands.
6. The two sons were Nathaniel Hart II and William Hart.

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