In a message dated 7/17/99 12:09:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, BANJOB@todays-tech.com writes: << Preston built a large two-story log house with a separate log kitchen. When Col. Preston died, his son inherited the land >> Larry, Most interesting info on the Prestons, especially since they spelled Tow String correctly instead of the currently misspelled Toe String. I'm not a Preston descendant, just have a picture of the old house before it was torn down in 1841 to make way for Watts Bar Lake. My Clack ancestors bought the place from the Prestons and lived in it until TVA came along. Ironic as it may be, the water did not cover where the house was sitting but the house was gone anyway. In fact, there's other houses sitting on the exact same spot today. Edna Clack