Individual Details

Larkin married (1) Alcy Campbell, daughter of John Campbell. She was born about 1776 in North Carolina and died 10 Sep 1853 in Cherokee Co TX. Larkin married (2) Hannah Gaeler on 21 Nov 1856.

He received land from his grandfather:
Pittsylvania DB 9
p.23 John Prestage Will. To my son John Prestage, all my Smith's tools which he has in possession. To Grandson Larkin Prestage [See deed, DB 11, p. 420 for sale of this land.] all that tract where I now live. To my two granddaughters Sally [?Letty] & Nancy Prestage, all my stock and household furniture except my white mare & 1 cow & calf & the bed that Sarah D. P. Lies on which I bequeath unto the sd Sarah D. P. & her heirs forever. To my Grandaughter Nancy Prestage all my wife's wearing apparel. John Wilson & David Terry, Executors.
30 Mar 1791 Signed: John Prestage
Wit: William Walters, Silvana Gardner
Sarah (X) D. P. Junior
p.24 24 Mar 1791 Whereas Sarah Dupe & her family has labor'd and done services for me. I give 50 acres of land adj Benjamin Hardy's line. Signed: John (x) Prestidge
Wit: ? Wade
Sarah (X) Dupe
Susannah (X) Dupe
p.25 20 Jun 1791 Will & Codicil brought by John Wilson & David Terry & proved on oaths of the witnesses & ordered recorded. Securities were William Walters & Thomas Williams.


Pittsylvania Co VA DB 11
p.420 7 Nov 1798 John Prestridge Attorney in fact of Larkin Prestridge, both of Georgia. PofA dated 27 Oct 1797. To Washington Thompson of Pittsy Co. 400$ Waters of Birch Crk/ 400 acres. Joseph Terry's line; Thomas Terry's line. Signed: John Prestridge Att in fact for Larkin Prestedge. Wit: M. Clay, George Shelton, Wm Price Junr, James Nelson, William Shelton, Cuthbert Hudson. Proved 18 Feb 1799 by three witnesses
p.430 26 Oct 1797 Larkin Prestidge of Franklin Co GA Appoints his father, John Prestidge of same. Sell his tract of land in Pittsy Co on Waters of Birch Crk 400a Bounded by Joseph Terry's old and William Herren?? Surveyed originally for John Prestidge dec'd and bequeathed to said Larkin Signed: Larkin Prestedge
Wit in Franklin Co GA: Moses Payne JP, Joseph Chandler JP
Certified by Jno. Smith, Clerk of Superior Court for Franklin Co 16 Oct 1797
Jno Smith certified by Judges of Inferior Court for Franklin Co 26 Oct 1797: Larken Cleveland. John Waller
Ordered recorded in Pittsy 18 Feb 1799


In 1810, Larkin "Prestage" was found on the Amite Co MS Census. By 1820 he was in Dallas Co, Alabama. 1830 in Pickens Co AL. 1840 in Choctaw Co MS.

Then in 1850 he was in Cherokee Co Texas, as L. Prestage age 76, b. Virginia; Alsey, age 70, b. NC, and James age 13, b. MI [Mississippi], probably a grandson. Son Obadiah C. Prestridge also lived in Cherokee Co, as did Larkin's first cousin Andrew Walters who had his father Moses Walters living with him. [p.837b]

Birth	Abt 1775	Virginia
Death	10 Aug 1858	Cherokee County, Texas

Father	John Prestridge (1750 - 1797)
Mother	Elizabeth "Betty" Walters (1755 - )
Sibling	Letty Prestridge (1776 - 1824)
Sibling	John Prestridge (1780 - 1832)
Sibling	Hannah Prestridge (1782 - 1823)
Sibling	Nancy Prestridge (1782 - )
Sibling	Lucy Prestridge (1784 - )
Sibling	Samuel Prestridge (1788 - )
Sibling	Howell Prestridge (1792 - 1860)
Sibling	Joseph W. Prestridge (1794 - 1836)
Sibling	Michael Prestridge (1797 - )