There are two Mary Polly Prestons in this era of Floyd Kentucky. One married John Haws 1809 and the other married Moses Dameron 1811. Two years apart in Floyd County, Kentucky.
Polly, the third daughter of Moses Preston the first, married John Hawes, a Methodist preacher. They settled on George's Creek. From there they went to Indiana, but only to return to Flat Woods, Lawrence County, where they settled for life. Their farm was about 1 mile above Louisa. Wesley Hawes, a former prominent citizen of Lawrence County, holding the office of sheriff and other official honors, was their son. Judge Asbury Hawes, a merchant and farmer of Prosperity, is another son of theirs, and, like his ancestors is a Methodist. Allen P., another son, served as captain in the Union army. Jane married Archibald Border; Betty married Abraham Childers. They lived mostly on a farm on the banks of the Sandy, although they spent some time in the Rock Castle region, the husband dying many years ago and she growing old, (now seventy-eight) lives with her children near Richardson and seems happy and contented.
Mary and John married in 1809, but the first child (Frances) that we can verify with documentation was born in 1819. We are convinced that there were other children born before Frances, but as of yet we can not find any documentation for proof. Some of the family members believe that Ann, Betsy and Jane were children of Mary and John Haws but cannot show any documentation. Therefore, we have added these three daughters but do not offer any proof.
1850 Lawrence Co., KY census
Asbury Haws=28 (Farmer) (00) Katharine=24, John W., Jr.=4, Elizabeth=1 also Mary Hale=57 (Note: Mary Hale=57 is Asbury's Mother, Mary Hale)
1870 Lawrence Co., KY Asberry Haws=48 (farmer), Catherine=45, Ulysses=19 (farm laborer), Leander=17 (farm laborer), Hester A.=15, Trinvilla=12, Mary=9, Isabell=7, Emma=4 and Minnie=2 also Louisa McKinster=24, Reuben McCoy=42 (laborer), Mary Haws=83 and James Bowe=24 (laborer)
Charles G. Wells Annals of Floyd Co. KY 1800-1826, p. 294.
Father: Moses Preston I b: 17 JUL 1762 in Bedford, Bedford Co., VA
Mother: Frances Fanny Arthur b: 1764 in Goose Creek, Bedford Co., VA
Marriage 1 John Haws b: ABT 1784 in Floyd Co., KY
Married: 7 NOV 1809 in Floyd Co., KY
Note: Charles C. Wells, Annals of Floyd County, KY 1800-1826 (Gateway Press: 1983), p. 123. Bond dated 7, Nov. 1809 by John Haws and George Poteet for marriage shortly to be had between John Haws and Polly Preston.
Children
Has No Children Betsy Haws
Has No Children Ann Haws
Has No Children Jane Haws
Has Children Frances Haws b: ABT 1819 in Floyd Co., KY
Has Children John Wesley Haws b: ABT 1820 in Georges Creek, Floyd Co, now Lawrence co., KY
Has Children Asbury Haws b: 21 SEP 1821 in Georges Creek, Lawrence Co., KY
Has Children Allen P Haws b: 8 FEB 1824 in Georges Creek, Lawrence Co., KY
Has No Children Mary Peggy Haws b: ABT 1824 in Virginia
Has Children James Madison Haws b: ABT 1821 in Kentucky
Sources
↑ First-hand information as remembered by David Damron, Saturday, March 29, 2014.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to TinaSue Friel for creating WikiTree profile Preston-1817 through the import of My Family Tree - 2013-01-04 13-20-43.ged on Jul 12, 2013.
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I have access to a marriage record for Moses Damron to a Polley Preston in Floyd County, KY dated 28 Mar 1811 by R. Haws. (Floyd Co., KY Marriage Book 1, 1800-1817). So, if the above Mary "Polly" Preston Haws was married in 1809 to a John Hawes, then she later married Moses Damron/Dameron in March 1811, that would not match up with what is stated in her Bio as follows.... "Mary and John married in 1809, but the first child (Frances) that we can verify with documentation was born in 1819. We are convinced that there were other children born before Frances, but as of yet we can not find any documentation for proof. Some of the family members believe that Ann, Betsy and Jane were children of Mary and John Haws but cannot show any documentation. Therefore, we have added these three daughters but do not offer any proof." I suspect that there were two Mary Polly Prestons, as was not uncommon, and these two women are being considered the same female by assumption. More research needs to be done.
I did find the marriage record for John Haws and Polly Preston dated 7 Nov 1809, for which they were married by William Maguyer (sometimes he has written it as McGuyer). So, were John and Polly Preston only married for less than a year and a half, if she is the same Polley Preston as marrying Moses Damron/Dameron in March 1811?? Mary Polly Preston Haws and John Haws could not have had a daughter in 1819, as stipulated within the above bio, if Polly Preston married again in 1811.