Sources Obtained from the Fairfax City Regional Library, Pittsylvania County Shelf:


PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS 1,2 AND 3 Abstracted and Compiled by Lucille C. Payne, Neil G. Payne, Page 175:
DB3, p464 - PRESTAGE from PRESTAGE					       BILL SALE, 20 Sep 1773
I John PRESTIAGE for sum L50  Current Money of Virginia paid by John PRESTAGE Senr. Have sold him two mares the one Sorrell Branded WC, the other Grey Branded with AC on her Jaw with other Brands and likewise a Corn field, 4 head of cattle, 6 plates, 2 dishes, 5 Basons, one Smiths bellows, one flax wheal being now in Possession of Jno. PRESTAGE Senr...Jno. PRESTAGE Junr. Have put said John PRESTAGE Senr. In full possession.
Wit:  Daniel GARDNER, Margreat GARDNER, Nathaniel GARDNER
Rec:  24 Feb 1774
										John PRESTAGE jr.


ABSTRACTS OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1767 - 1820, Compiled by Lela C. Adams & Virginia Bassett, Copyright 1986,by Southern Histroical Press, Inc. Pages 28 & 29:
Page 23-25
30 March 1791, Pr:  20 June 1791
LWT  	JOHN PRESTAGE infirm and weak in body but sound in mind and memory.
To my son JOHN PRESTAGE all my smith tools now in his possession and one shilling.
To my grandson LARKIN PRESTAGE all the tract of land where I  now live.
To my grand-daughters LETTY and NANCY PRESTAGE all my stock and
household furniture excepting my white mare, I cow and calf and the bed SARAH D. P. lies on, 
which I give to SARAH D. P. (DUPEE).
To my grand daughter NANCY PRESTAGE all my wife's wearing apparel.
Appoint JOHN WILSON and DAVID TERRY executors.
				JOHN PRESTAGE
Wit:	WILLIAM WALTERS, SILVANG GARDNER, SARAH D. P., JR.
Codicil:
24 March 1791

Whereas SARAH DUPEE and her family has laboured and done service for me, I give unto her and 
her heirs 50 acres that joins BENJAMIN HARDY.  Desire that SARAH and her children shall not be 
interrupted on the place I now live till 25 December 1791, and that she shall have the crops made this year.

JOHN (X) PRESTAGE
WILLIAM WALTER, P. WADE , SARAH (X) DUPEE, and SUSANNAH (X) DUPEE
WILLIAM WALTERS and THOMAS WILLIAMS security for executors.


PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS, 1791-1794,  Copyright (c) 1991, by T.L.C. Genealogy.
Page 538.  Dec 10, 1793 from Sarah Dupee of P, to Ezekiel Russell of P, for 15 E, all that parcel of land in P on the Big Branch, containing about 50 acres which was devised to said Sarah Dupee by the P will of John Presta_qe deceased, and the same is bounded by Benjamin Hardey, a dividing line between Larkin Prestaye and said Sarah Dupee.  Signed - Sarah (X her mark) Deepe.  Wit - James Wilson, William (X his mark) Russell, Sarah Russell.  Recorded Apr 21, 1794.


THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LISTS FOR THE YEAR 1787 FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA  by Netti Schreniener-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, Genealogical Books in Print, Springfield, VA  1987.
John Prestridg listed with 3 horses and 12 cattle.