Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Wm. Ballard Preston” in chapter 6.40, section c.6.40.214, page 444 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1.:

...rom Mr. Davis' Government at Montgomery, and the secret arming of the Federal Government for attack, had now produced feverish apprehensions in and out of the Convention. Colonel Baldwin considered Mr. Wm. Ballard Preston , of Montgomery county, as deservedly one of the most influential members of that body. This statesman now began to feel those sentiments, which, soon after, prompted him to move and secure the pass...
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