Wesley Preston
- Name
- Wesley Preston
- Sex
- Male
- Enslaved or Free
- Free
- Record(s) Seen In
- Common Law Orders - F - December 1864 - September 1868
- Page and Line Number
- CLF: PP. 322-323, 330, 334
- Date(s) Seen in Records
- CLF: October 1867
- Additional Information
- Wesley Preston was charged with a felony in the Justices Certificate of Commitment for violently raping a 13 year old free girl named Lydia Steptoe on September 7, 1867. His trial was deferred to the next term, and he was remanded to jail. Robert Finch, Josiah Rayford, Caesar Steptoe, and Laura Steptoe were all to testify against him. Preston plead not guilty, and he demanded that his trial be put before the Circuit Court, but he was remanded to jail.
- Lidia
- Laura Kently
- Ceasar Steptoe
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