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Published by the Presley/Preslar/Pressly Family Research Association
VOLUME VI NO. 3 March 1991 Page forty-three
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BRESSLER, VON BRESSLER, VON BRESSLER UND ASCHENBURG REICHSGRAFEN VON BRESSLER
(Ed. Note: The following letter, dated 22 Jan. 1991, was received from Paul Pressler, address withheld.
"I wrote to you in 1989 concerning our trip to Kindlebruck, Germany, in an attempt to find out additional informtion about the family. You kindly printed the family genealogy [Sept. 1989 issue] correctly beginning with Johann Jacob Pressler who came to Kindlebruck and built a house where the cornerstone says 1680.
"This last summer my wife and son, Herman Paul Pressler IV, and I went to Breslau in Poland, having heard that our family originated there and to Neumarkt, which is about 30 kilometers (or 20 miles) outside of Breslau to the East. We hired the son of the curate of the museum in Neumarkt to do research for us. He has discovered many interesting things and only recently he found a book of the fifty leading families of Silesia which lists our family. He copied a number of pages from the book, mailed them to me, and I have now had it translated. I am sending a copy of the translated copy on which I have made notes [in brackets] estimating the birthdates of individuals. I am descended from the fourth Bressler line which went to Whittenberg in the mid 1600's. Evidently Johann Jacob Pressler went briefly to Nanssis and taught school there before corning to Kindlebruck, but his roots were in Whittenberg.
"I am delighted to have found my family going back to 1395. I think this might be of interest to your readers.")
The stock was pretty much bourgeoisie by origin, becoming discernible by the time of the 14th century until the thirty years war in Neumarkt in Silesia and in the outskirts of the city. Originally well-to-do there, representatives of the line belonged to the Neumarkt city council or were even mayoral. Four lines developed, of which only the 1st line had wandered off to Breslau in the latter half of the 17th century. The 2nd line moved to Strassburg and is said to have expanded there in the 18th century, while the 6th [prob. a misprint for 4th] line assumed noteworthy positions in the mid-German area.
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THE PRESLEY/PRESLAR/PRESSLY NEWSLETTER is a quarterly publication of the Presley/Preslar/Pressly Family Research Association and is distributed to members and to selected genealogical libraries, President is Lillian L. Stumpp, address withheld. Vice-president is Betty Bostick, address withheld. Treasurer is E.L. Singleton, address withheld.
Queries and items for publication should be sent to the Editor, Edwin C. Dunn, address withheld. They will be included in the Newsletter at no cost as space permits. Back issues of the Newsletter may be ordered from the Editor at $1.50 each (only three issues were in volume one).
Applications, checks, and renewals for membership should be sent to the Secretary, Carol Hicks, address withheld. Applications should be accompanied by family group sheets for the Presley (etc.) family line. Dues are $12 per year; associate membership (spouses) dues $5 per year, payable on July 1st. New members receive all back issues for the current membership year. Dues received after Fterch 1st will be applied to the following year beginning on July 1st.
Inquiries concerning material in the Association archive should be addressed to the Research Director, James E. Anderson, address withheld. They should be accompanied by two first-class postage stamps.
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
As I type this, the weather is warm and the young men across the street, shirtless and in shorts, are tossing a football. I can hardly resist the urge to visit a garden nursery. You can't fool me, however. I know winter is still lurking around, because the calendar says it's the last week of February. Nevertheless, I'm making plans to visit Salt Lake City in about a week. Now, watch the worst blizzard of the winter strike just as I reach the Wasatch Range!
I'm going to spend a few days at the Family History Library, not to research Preslar/Presley lines, but to work on a couple of my other family lines that I have put aside for the last few years. However, if it can be worked out, I'll be meeting with Jim Anderson, our Research Director, and with Lillian Stumpp, our President, who is planning to drive down from Idaho Falls, to discuss what we can do to improve the genealogical information which our Association is bringing to you.
Many of you are sending us really great stuff, but Lillian is concerned that we aren't doing enough as an organization to help many of you. Therefore, we're going to try to figure out how we can sponsor some research at the library there whereby we can include more raw genealogical data, vital statistics, etc. in each issue of our Newsletter.
Hiring a researcher is expensive, but we'll try to do what
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we can. In the meantime, I can report that our researcher in Wasnington, D.C., continues to extract information for us at the National Archives, where she currently is working on the index to the Civil War Union service records. They will begin in the next issue. She has also suggested possible future projects at the Archives as well as at the Library of Congress, the DAJ., DAC, National Genealogical Society, etc.
If you have any suggestions about future research projects you d like us to undertake at the Family History Library in Utah or at a depository in D.C., let us know.
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Maintaining and enlarging our membership is always a concern to your officers. Here are some statistics which show what has happen to our organization since its founding.
1985-86 (1st year)
32 members, 4 associate members
1986-87
46 members, 4 associate members, including-
24 renewals; a 75% renewal rate
1987-88
61 members, 5 associate members, including-
40 renewals; an 87% renewal rate
1988-89
68 members, 7 associate members, including-
53 renewals; an 87% renewal rate
1989-90
89 members, 4 associate members, including-
58 renewals; an 86.5% renewal rate
1990-91
81 members, 2 associate members (as of Dec. 1990),
including-
70 renewals; a 79% renewal rate
(Note: The number of members is the total number of members for the year as of March 1st. New memberships received after March 1st are applied to the following year. The number of renewals and the renewal rate is based on the number of renewals as of Dec. 1st. )
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For those of you who wish to obtain a list of current members, send 25cents and a large, self-addressed, stamped envelope to our Secretary, Carol Hicks
"In nineteenth-century rural England... the radius of the average isolate, or pool of potential spouses, was about five miles, which was the distance a man could comfortably walk twice on his day off, when he went courting--his roaming area by daylight. . ..[T]he bicycle extended the radius to twenty-five miles."
The New Yorker, May 13, 1985, "A Reporter at Large. The Mountain of Mames" by Alex Shoumatoff.
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BRESSLER, VON BRESSLER....(continued);
The 1st line, having migrated to Breslau, split into two branches, which were both represented on the Breslau city council in the 18th century. Altogether, the Breslau line placed three representatives on the city council. After the incorporation of Silesia into Prussia, one of these councilmen became Breslau's Oberburgermeister [lord mayor] from 1766-77. The founders of both Breslau branches were business men and held significant positions in the life of the city center. Both were elevated to the hereditary/landed/Bohemian knighthood: the one in 1703 with the addendum "and Aschenburg," in order to preserve the title of the family matriarch, who was the last of the line; the other in 1709 as a stepbrother (without the addendum) whose descendants were elevated to the imperial counthood. This count-peerage became extinct in 1945, while the "Bressler and Aschenburg" branch died out in 1732. Even before the ascension to the counthood, the surviving descendants of the Breslau branch had again left. The family had only existed in Breslau for something over 100 yearsf yet through the positions which it had attained, it left significant marks.
FAMILY TREE
I. Johann Bressler -1395 royal Bohemian secretary to King Wenzel
II. Bernhard -1430 "auf Lehngut Pirschen," district of Neumarkt
in Silesia
1. Matthaus - auf Pirschen; because of the troubles between Georg Podiebrad and King Matthias of Hungary he withdrew to Neumarkt and turned over his estate to his brother Simon, [b. ca. 1455] Son:
1. Christop I in Neumarkt. [b. ca. 1485] Son:
1. Johann, having studied, acquired quite a reputation as an erudite man in Neumarkt. m. Anna Kundert. [b. ca. 1515] Sons:
a. Christoph II. 1st Line. [b. 1549, d. 1664]
b. Anton. 2nd Line. (b. ca. 1556, d.1607]
c. Georg. 3rd Line. [b. ca. 1563]
d. Johann Christoph. 4th Line. [b. ca. 1570]
2. Simon - assumed the "Lehngut Pirschen" (Neumarkt) from his brother Matthaus; was slain by Tartars, who had joined the Polish army, in October 1474 during the war between King Kasimir of Poland and King Matthias of Hungary. Sons:
1._____ -fallen in the Turkish war as an imperial lieutenant colonel.
2.Andreas -a lay brother in the Holy Ghost Hospital in Steinau.
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1st LINE
Christoph II b. 1549, d. Mar. 14, 1633 (age 84), councilman
in Neumarkt/Silesia & a state juror.
Sons:
1. Melchior --a pastor in Stroppen.
2. Christoph III b. 1598, d. Dec. 19, 1664 (age 66). He had studied law and became secretary to imperial General Pechmann. Thereafter he became a state juror and defended the city.of Neumarkt against the Swedes in the thirty years war. Eventually he turned back to Breslau on account of the great unrest caused by the war, becoming a businessman there. In 1652 he purchased Grunthal in the district of Neurnarkt. M. (1st) Justine Flade von Aschenburg, last of that line, daughter of Christoph Flade von Aschenburg, granddaughter of David Flade von Aschenburg. M. (2nd) Anna Eckert: b. 1611, d. May 4, 1664, daughter of Zacharias Eckert (m. (1st) _____ Friemel).
Children by 1st marriage:
1. Christoh IV 1st branch.
2. Heinrich -- fallen in the siege of Candia.
3. Magdalene -- m. Donat Fritsche in 1644.
Children by 2nd marriage:
4. Joachim -- 2nd branch.
5. Rosine b. Apr. 16, 1648, d. Aug. 21, 1714, m. Georg Langen (d. June 2, 1682) on May 26, 1671.
6. Justina -- d. Mar. 27, 1671, unmarried.
3. Balthasar -- S.S. Univ. Frankfurt/O. 1619; Univ. Rostock 1626; Univ. Leiden Oct. 22, 1630; Univ. Strassburg 1631; studied medicine.
4. Georg S.S. Univ. Frankfurt/O. 1619 jointly with his brother Balthasar; Univ. Rostock 1626. He attended the Mary Magdalene course in Breslau in 1626.
1st BRANCH
Christoph IV Bressler von Aschenburg b. 10-16-1625 Neumarkt in Silesia, d. 11-26-1710 Breslau (age 85 & 6 wks), businessman, in 1688 was Breslau's Kaufmanns-Altester [lit. Businessman's eldest}; in 1690 Administrator of the Kuhlmannschen foundation Herrenprotsch, Peiskerwitz and Domslau. From 1699-1707 he was a juror on the city council, but resigned in 1707 in favor of his son Ferdinand Ludwig. Gomolcky has recorded him as the senior member of the council and mayor, yet he was listed on the council record as no higher than 4th juror. Gomolcky was also in error regarding the date of death, which he gives as 1707. From 1702-07 he served as juror, Kellerher of the Schweidnitz Keller [?]. On Jan. 18, 1703 Kaiser Leopold I elevated him to the Bohemian knighthood with the title "von Aschenburg." His mother was born a Flade von Aschenburg; because she was the last of that line, this mark of distinction for him and his descendants was put onto the name thusly, "von Bressler and Aschenburg" -- in contradistinction to the enobled Joachim (stepbrother >v. by his father's 2nd wife) and his descendants. m. on Nov. 26, 1658 to Anna Regina Rolcke: b. 1642, d. June 11, 1720
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(age 78), daughter of Balthasar Rolcke of the principality of Oppeln. The marriage lasted 52 years. Children:
1. Anna Regina - b. 1659, d. Nov. 19, 1660 (age 1).
2. Hans Christoph - b. Apr. 1661, imperial senior salt agent, m. Johanna Eleonore von Burgsdorf on Nov. 17, 1694. She was b. 1674, d. June 1708, daughter of Johann Wilhelm von Burgsdorf. Children:
1. Christiane Regine - b. Dec. 11, 1695, d. Apr.1725, ra. in Apr. 1715 to Johann Georg Rothe, a Breslau businessman.
2. Benjamin Wilhelm b. Dec. 6, 1699, d. 1732,
m. in 1725 to Margarethe Elisabeth von Birkholtz. With him ended the 1st branch of the 1st line
bearing the name, "von Bressler and Aschenburg." The marriage produced but one daughter, she not even reaching the age of one. Daughter:
1. Wilhelmine Elisabeth - b. Dec. 16, 1732, d. Oct. 25, 1733.
3. Ernst Wilhelm - b. Apr. 1664, d. May 15, 1683.
4. Anna Regina - b. Mar. 15, 1666, m. on Nov. 23, 1695 to Heinrich Mayer von Meyersburg. He was b. in Nuremberg, Aug. 24, 1641, d. Oct. 10, 1704. On Feb. 2, 1700 a juror on the Breslau city council. He was ennobled, though the Diplom [a certificate of some sort] did not appear until after his death. (Dipl. v. 3.9.1704). (m. 1st in 1673 in Breslau to Maria Freyer, "verw. Wolff." [either "widowed" or "related"]).
5. Ferdinand Ludwig - b. Breslau July 4, 1681, d.
Breslau May 7, 1722. After attending the Elisabeth course in Breslau he studied from 1699 with Professors Strych, Thomas, and Budde. In 1705 and 1706 he toured Holstein, Holland, and England. In 1707 he returned to Breslau and in 1708 he took his father's place on the city council, where he served as a juror until his death in 1722; in his last years he was council treasurer. On May 29, 1711 he was appointed, under Kaiser Josef, imperial council; on Nov. 7, 1716 he was appointed to the imperial commercial council of Silesia under Kaiser Karl VI. He was quite interested in academics, concerning himself with politics, history, genealogy, and other disciplines. He also translated French works into German, converting (among others) Hubner's genealogical tables in French for the purpose of publication. Sinapius, who was close to him and his family, devoted a page long laudation to him, at the second part of p. 545 of his work, "Silesian Curiosities." His great plan -- to produce a history of Silesia under inclusion of Bohemians and Moravians was rendered impracticable by his early death: he died ,f at age 41 . V. Witzendorff-Rehdiger, and Stein
after him, maintain that he kept bell protection.
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M. (1st) Barbara Helena von Debschitz - b. Feb. 8, 1684, daughter of Hans Friedrich von Dobschutz auf Peruschen and Anna Rosine von Pannwitz of the House of Lomnitz (Glatz). M. (2nd) on Sept. 13, 1712 in Vienna to Marianne Elisabeth von Wirth "; - d. Dec. 1, 1726, daughter of Georg von Wirth, the imperial resignation-administrator [?!?].
Children by the 2nd marriage:
1. Marianne Luise - b. Sept. 2, 1713, d. Feb. 11, 1745, m. on Nov. 19, 1727 to Ferdinand Joachim von Elsner, from 1734-41 a juror in Breslau.
2. Charlotte - b. Dec. 5, 1714, d. Apr. 2, 1716.
3. Catharina Theresia - b. 9-9-1719, d. 1719.
4. Karl Ferdinand - b. Nov. 19, 1718, d. May 1, 1720.
5. Karl Wilhelm - Jan. 17, 1722
2nd Branch
Joachim von Bressler -- b. Aug. 17, 1653, d. July 6, 1718, businessman in Breslau 1704. Representative of the Kuhlmannschen foundation Herrenprotsch, Peiskerwitz and Domslau. Businesmanelder in 1705. Elevated to the hereditary/landed/Bohemian knighthood on Jan. 18, 1709, but without the epithet "and Aschenburg," merely with the name "von Bressler." Appointed in 1712 to the imperial commercial council for the Duchy of Silesia. Around this time he served the Zwinger[?]-company well, and introduced shooting to the midst of the Breslau business community. He was himself a crack shot, but let himself be represented by businessman Samuel Sommer as the best shot, whereupon a medal was struck for him to the honor of the Zwingerfraternity. 1st wife, Anna Christiana Milich on May 2, 1685 - d. Apr. 25, 1707, daughter of Liegnitz city councilman Theophil Milich. 2nd wife, Anna Barbara Konrad in Sept. 1708 her first husband was Ferdinand v. Buchwald, she was from Fraustadt.
Children by 1st marriage:
1. Johanna Susanna - b. May 10, 1686, m. Samuel Friedrich von Strych auf Allerheiligen, Furstl. Wurtt.-Oels-Bernstadt. Rat. [???].
2. Anna Catharina - b. Aug. 10, 1687, d. June 4, 1690.
3. Anna Eleonora - b. May 31, 1689, d. May 16, 1690.
4. Christiana Margaretha - b. Oct. 1691.
5. Theophil - b. Mar. 15, 1693, Cornet in imperial dragoon-regiment of Palfi.
6. Christiana Eleonora - b. Mar. 25, 1695, m. Melchior Rudolf Nov. 20, 1713, d. Feb. 12, 1737, a businessman in Breslau.
7. Juliana Therese - b. Apr. 1, 1697, m. Oct. 18, 1724 to Johann Jakob Isenflamm, a Vienna businessman.
8. Anna Elisabeth - b. Oct. 14, 1698, m. Apr. 11, 1725
to Johann Christoph von Lossa, a royal Polish and princely saxon commissions-council.
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9. Kunigunde Wilhelmine - b. Aug. 25, 1701, d. Jan. 5, 1702.
10. Johann Gottlieb - b. Jan. 6, 1705, d. Apr. 11, 1777 on Sponsberg, in 1740 purchased himself the estates of Lauske and Nostiz, located in Lausatia. In the period of 1733-41 was a juror on the Breslau city council and was in fact installed as a councilman after the conquest of Silesia by Prussia under Friedrich the Great. From 1766 until his death in 1777 he even served as Oberburagermeister of the city, so that altogether he had worked for the good of the city for 44 years. m. Eleonore Christiane von Wehner in 1735 (b. Feb. 6, 1712, d. Feb. 9, 1758). Her father was Andreas von Wehner, Breslau city councilman and city treasurer: he was b. Jan. 21, 1663, d. June 25, 1741, on Centawa-Blottnitz 0/S. Her mother was Johanna Rosine Friderici, b. Feb. 1, 1676, d. Sept. 2, 1734, buried Elisabeth-Kirche [a church] on Sept. 5, 1734.
Children:
1. Johanna Juliana - b. June 7, 1736.
2. Gottlieb Wilhelm - b. Breslau Sept. 22, 1743, d. Lauske Dec. 9, 1814, on Spensberg, Lauske,
Nostiz. Even beyond the paternal estates, there . devolved upon him additional properties by virtue of heirship to the terminated family line of the peers of Lossa (his father's sister), including (among others) Friedersdorf, Maltitz & appurtenances, Hedwigsdorf, and Bischdorf. Royal saxon privy councillor, elevated June 29, 1792 to Dresden electoral curacy in the counthood. M. Jan. 4, 1776, in Bautzen to Johanna Viktoria Tugendreich von Burgsdorff - b. in Gorlitz May 6, 1745, d. in Lauske Feb. 3, 1805, daughter of Colonel Rudolph August von Burgsdorff and Christiane Sophie von Schlieben, of the house of Klein Milkau. Gottlieb Wilhelm's family prospered further within the counthood until 1945.
2nd LINE
Anton -- d. Nov. 14, 1607, imperial collector of inland revenue [and Oberbier-] in Neumarkt in Silesia. According to Blazek he is said to have already received a noble-Diplom from Kaiser Rudolph II, yet after his statement no particulars are given. Sinapius and v. Ledebur affirm it with certainty. Sinapius even gives a heraldry description (see below).
Sons:
1. Friedrich - in 1609 imperial "Oberbiergefalleeinnehmer" [some kind of revenue agent] in Neumarkt.
2. Peter - imperial Oberbiergefalleeinnehmer in Neumarkt.
Son:
1. ___ -1647 imperial Oberbiergefalleeinnehmer in Neumarkt.
3rd LINE
Georg - 3rd son of Johann, 1602-18 a juror in Neumarkt, 1616 a Reichs-retailer in Breslau.
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Son:
1. Johann Bressler - b. Aug. 26, 1602, d. Nov. 14, 1641
in Strassburg. m. (1st) Salome Rudiger. m. (2nd) Susanna
Heusten, daughter of the Strassburg princely lecture
council Ernst Heuster.
Children by 2nd marriage:
1. Johannes
2. Fridericus
3. Ernst - Strassburg councilman
4th LINE
Johann Christoph Bressler - 4th son of Johann. [b. ca. 1570], He became mayor of Neumarkt in Silesia. m. Brigitte Bressler, daughter of Johann Bressler auf Dambritsch und Ellgut, and of Brigitte ____ (inner part of Breslau stock cannot be
classified).
Son:
1. Christoph Bressler - b. Neumarkt Aug. 21, 1609, d. Wittenberg Nov. 1, 1665. College educated, Doctor of both Laws, princely advisory council, assessor on the legal faculty in Wittenburg and electoral saxon high court of justice, lawyer and trustee of the University * of Wittenburg. M. Anna Maria Ressner - daughter of Jeremia Reussner (assessor of the electoral saxon high court of justice and of the consistory [possibly a Lutheran church council] as well as professor of law in
Wittenburg) son:
1. Johann Christoph von Bressler, [b. ca. 1635] council of the prince of Wurttemberg-Mopelgart and ambassador. Investiture in Vienna Dec. 24, 1706.
Son:
1. Johann Jacob - b. ca. 1655, Kindelbruck 1680].
HERALDRY
1. Family arms: shield divided, upper part in gold, one of the division lines a rising black eagle with spread wings; lower part in black, a golden pole. On the "Helm" [perhaps crest or handle] an open wing, right in black, left in gold. "Helm" -decorations: black/gold.
2. Bressler von Aschenburg (von Bressler und Aschenburg) 1703. Divided, upper part split, on the right in red an armored arm, in the fist holding a silver banner right-sloping. On the left, in gold, sloping-right, a silver street. Lower part divided once again: above in gold a black eagle rising with spread wings out of the division line, below in black a golden pole. "Helm"ornamentation: an open wing, right in black, left in gold. "Helm"-decoration: right side black/gold, left side red/silver.
NOTES [UNTRANSLATED]
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1860 Census
(Ed Note: Data from the 1890 census is given as follows: Page, dwelling number/family number, name, age, sex, color, occupation, value of real estate/value of personal property, birthplace.)
NORTH CAROLINA
ANSON COUNTY
15 112/112 Daniel Preslar 78 M W Farmer 1000/200 NC
Sallie " 77 F W NC
Henry 33 M W NC
18 137/137 John Preslar 45 M W Farmer 2920/350 NC
Martha " 44 F W NC
Isabel Ross 70 F W NC
Levi Preslar 20 M W NC
Mahala " 12 F W NC
Griffin " 9 M W NC
John " 4 M W NC
Martha " 2 F W NC
Sarah Horne 2 F W NC
Infant 1/12 M W NC
52 -/381 John Preslar 78 M W NC
Anne? " 45 F W NC
Prudence " 35 F W NC
Robert H???th 35 M W NC
57 459/459 Sarah Preslar 39 F W Owns Farm 285/100 NC
Elizabeth " 19 F W Domestic NC
Mary " 14 F W NC
Susan " 12 F W NC
Colin " 10 F W NC
Charles " 9 M W NC
Sarah " 6 F W NC
114 880/847 Emily Presler ?/12 F W NC
living with Sidney & ? Luther family
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134 -/996 Thomas Presler 45 M W Farmer 1000/295 NC
Sarah " 16 F W NC
Margaret " 14 F W NC
Thomas " 12 M W NC
Mary " 9 F W NC
???ey " 7 F W NC
John " 5 M W NC
? " 3 F W NC
Rachel(?) " 1 F W NC
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
255 120/120 John Presley 65 M W Farmer /50 NC
Harriet " 70 F W Domestic SC
255 121/121 Williamson Presley 25 M W Farmer NC
Rebecca " 20 F W /40 NC
Calvana " 13 F W NC
Andrew " 12 M W NC
Joseph " 11 M W NC
Thomas " 6/12 M W NC
255 122/122 Jason Presley 22 M W Farmer /25 NC
Jane " 30 F W Domestic NC
John " 7/12 M W NC
256 144/144 Wm. Presley 46 M W Farmer /125 NC
Diana " 39 F W Domestic NC
Jas. " 24 M W Farm Laborer NC
George " 18 M W NC
Lorenzo " 14 M W NC
Daniel " 12 M W NC
Sarah " 9 F W NC
Mary " 6 F W NC
Pinkney " 3 M W NC
Matilda " 1 F W NC
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257 149/149 William Presley 60 M W Farmer /210 NC
Fanny " 44 F W Domestic NC
Margaret " 21 F W Domestic NC
John " 19 M W Farm Laborer NC
Salanda " 16 M W Farm Laborer NC
Frederick " 15 M W Farm Laborer NC
Nancy " 12 F W NC
Martha " 9 F W NC
Sarah " 5 F W NC
Daniel " 1 M W NC
314 683/669 David Presley 50 M W Day Laborer /100 NC
Jane " 44 F W NC
James " 17 M W Farmer NC
Chas. " 13 M W NC
Rachel " 10 F W NC
Matilda " 3 F W NC
317 718/704 James Presley 36 M W Day Laborer NC
Jane " 31 F W NC
John " 13 M W NC
Laura " 8 F W NC
Mary " 4 F W NC
HAYWOOD COUNTY
289 120/120 David Presley 36 M W Printer 100/120 NC
Eliza " 21 F W Domestic NC
Juliann Henson 17 F W NC
289 122/122 Thomas Presley 52 M W Printer 100/650 NC
Jemima " 51 F W Domestic NC
Newton " 23 M W Farming NC
Malinda L. " 25 F W Domestic NC
Charlotta J. " 21 F W Domestic NC
Nelson A. " 19 M W Farming NC
Joshua A. " 18 M W Farming NC
Joseph A. " 15 M W Farming NC
Mijamin C. " 13 M W NC
Margaret E. " 8 F W NC
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318 -/503 F.A. Presley 26 M W Farming 100/360 NC
Elizabeth " 21 F W Domestic NC
Mary J. " 1 F W NC
Jane " 33 F W Domestic NC
HENDERSON COUNTY
357 /87 Andrew Presly 68 M W Laborer SC
Elizabeth " 51 F W SC
Nancy " 28 F W NC
Samuel " 10 M W NC
Rachel " 9 F W NC
Mary " 7 F W NC
357 /89 Adam Presly 40 M W Laborer NC
Masilda " 33 F W NC
William " 13 M W NC
Taylor " 11 M W NC
Sarah " 8 F W NC
Nancy " 4 F W NC
Burgess " 3 M W NC
Infant " 3 F W NC
363 /171 Adam Presly 40 M W NC
Marilda " 40 F W GA
William " 14 M W GA
Taylor " 12 M W GA
Mary " 10 F W GA
Virgil " 8 M W GA
Rowlin " 4 M W NC
363 /182 Jackson Presley 23 M W NC
Sarah " 19 F W NC
William " 3 M W NC
James " 1 M W NC
378 /369 William Pressly 35 M W Farmer NC
Rebecca " 35 F W NC
Calvina " 8 F W NC
Andrew 6 M W NC
Joseph " 5 M W NC
James " 1 M W NC
William Stroup Jr. 23 M W NC
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380 /392 J.B. Presly 36 M W Farmer NC
Elizabeth " 25 F W NC
Howard " 13 M W NC
James " 10 M W NC
Mary A. " 7 F W NC
Fidelia " 5 M W NC
Josiah " 2 M W NC
Margaret Frada 28 F W NC
Martha " 2 F W NC
380 /393 Antony Presley 28 M W Farmer NC
Mary " 23 F W NC
Augustus " 6 M W NC
P. John " 5 M W NC
Malissa 2 F W NC
Elin " 1 F W NC
Louisa Lawson 14 F W NC
380 /1267 James Presly 61 M W Farmer NC
Mary A. " 54 F W NC
380 /1549 Reubin Stepp Sr. 66 M W NC
Susan " 66 F W SC
Mary E. " 24 F W NC
Silas P. " 7/12 M W NC
Mary " 40 F W NC
Richard Presley 32 M W Laborer NC
UNION COUNTY
363 265/253 Milas R. Presley 40 M W Farmer 1500/1170 NC
Agnes " 32 F W Domestic NC
Ellis P. " 14 M W NC
Nancy C. " 11 F W NC
John W. " 8 M W NC
Mary E. " 7 F W NC
Rachel M " 6 F W NC
Jacob C. " 3 F W NC
Mahaly C. " 8/12 F W NC
Laviey Griffin 18 F W NC
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366 268/256 Peter Presley 53 M W Farmer 600/334 NC
Elizar J. " 43 F W Domestic NC
Uriah " 21 M W Farmer Laborer NC
Frances N. " 17 F W Weaver NC
Caroline L. " 12 F W NC
William A. Stegoll 24 M W Student NC
363 269/257 John E. Presley 26 M W Farmer /120 NC
Alsy V. " 25 F W Domestic NC
Sarrha A. " 1 F W NC
Joseph B. " 1/12 M W NC
374 424/411 Eli Presley 43 M W Farmer 600/472 NC
Mary M. " 35 F W Domestic NC
William E. " 18 M W NC
Rody M. " 16 F W NC
John E. " 14 M W NC
Esther " 13 F W NC
James M. " 11 M W NC
Thomas C. " 10 M W NC
Mary M. " 8 F W NC
Sarah M. " 7 F W NC
Eliza J. " 6 F W NC
Davis A. " 3 M W NC
Milton D. " 1 M W NC
374 431/418 James P. Pressey 25 M W Farmer 490/524 NC
Mary M. " 25 F W Spinster NC
William F. " 2 M W NC
396 756/734 Margaret Pressey 50 F W Domestic 25/ NC
Lydia E. " 5 F W NC
Mary J. " 2 F W NC
Elizabeth A. " 3/12 F W NC
401 31/31 Elias Presler 57 M W Farmer 100/500 NC
Elizabeth " 57 F W Domestic NC
Rachael " 18 F W NC
Alfred " 5 M W NC
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402 54/54 Elijah Presley 31 M W Master Carpenter NC
Gatsey P. " 24 F W Spinster 345/500 NC
James M. " 11 M W NC
Mary E. " 10 F W NC
John C. 8 F W NC
George W. " 6 M W NC
Martha A. " 4 F W NC
Briant C. " 2 M W NC
409 159/159 Amos Presley 24 M W Farmer NC
Anna " 28 F W Domestic NC
William L. " 5/12 M W NC
409 160/160 Hosea Presley 22 M W Farmer NC
Emaline " 20 F W NC
409 164/164 John W. Presler 48 M W Farmer 1200/1000 NC
Levicy " 35 F W Domestic NC
Gilbert " 14 M W NC
Hannan " 12 M W NC
Malia " 9 F W NC
Anna " 82 F W Domestic NC
Lucinda " 47 F W NC
410 176/176 Darling Presley 35 M W Farmer /200 NC
Mary " 28 F W NC
Emily " 7 F W NC
Rosannah " 4 F W NC
Saml W. " 2 M W NC
416 272/272 Thomas Presley 26 M W Farm Laborer NC
Agness " 26 F W NC
William " 8 M W NC
Marion " 3 M W NC
Milas " 1 M W NC
417 266/286 Wyatt Presley 33 M W Job Laborer /100 NC
Anna " 30 F W NC
Gilbert " 9 M W NC
Israel " 7 M W NC
William " 5 M W NC
Elizabeth " 5 F W NC
Amy " 3 F W NC
Esther " 1 F W NC
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419 317/317 Hannah Preslar 63 F W Spinster NC
Mary A. " 17 F W NC
431 490/490 Sherrod Presley 60 M W Farm Laborer NC
Sarah " 48 F W 600/100 NC
Elisabeth " 37 F W NC
Anna " 33 F W NC
Adsey " 31 F W NC
441 661/661 Evan Presley 40 M W Farm Lab. /100 NC
Rebecca " 40 F W Domestic NC
Mary A. " 21 F W Domestic NC
Tabitha " 19 F W Domestic NC
Sela " 17 F W Domestic NC
Hosea " 15 M W NC
Calvin " 13 M W NC
Eli " 11 M W NC
Rusell " 9 M W NC
Margaret " 4 F W NC
449 796/793 Gillam Presley 33 M W Farmer 900/1000 NC
Holly " 32 F W Domestic NC
Franklin " 10 M W NC
Merrion " 8 M W NC
Eleazer " 6 M W NC
Milia " 2 F W NC
Cyrus " 10/12 M W NC
Eli " 60 M W Farmer NC
452 839/839 Eleazer Presley 58 M W Farmer 500/1000 NC
Nelly " 57 F W Domestic NC
Nancy " 30 F W NC
Salathiel " 27 M W Farmer NC
Elisabeth " 25 F W Farmer NC
Phebe " 20 F W Farmer NC
Andrew " 18 M W Farmer NC
Tho. " 15 M W Farmer NC
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452 840/840 Milton Presley 32 M W Farmer 300/300 NC
Polly " 24 F W NC
Jane " 10 F W NC
Sarah " 8 F W NC
Lee " 6 M W NC
Nelly " 1 F W NC
454 870/870 Hosea Presley 25 M W Day Laborer /100 NC
Emiline " 20 F W NC
Infant " 4/12 F W NC
WILKES COUNTY
117 249/248 Wm. Presley 40 M W Farmer 50/150 NC
Mary " 35 F W NC
Leander " 7 M W NC
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MILITARY RECORDS
(Ed. Note: When our Association obtained from the National Archives the Revolutionary War pension records, and the list was published in the March 1987 Newsletter, our researcher in Washington, D.C., reported that the file of Abraham Pressler of New York contained no records. We'd not a clue as to their fate. However, as an indication of how a family organization can overcome such problems, a new member, Gerard Swarthout, Jr., 407 N. 4th St., Opelika, Alabama 36801 wrote about his wife's family and sent us copies of those pension records, which had been received from the Archives in 1965, when they were obviously still there where they belonged. An abstract of these records follows.)
On 7 Sept. 1843 Abraham Pressler appeared in court in Steuben Co., N.Y., and stated that he was a resident of Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., N.Y., aged 77, that he enlisted in the service of the U.S. under Capt. Peleg Ransom in 1777 for six months. He was then a resident of New Paltz, Ulster Co., and he marched with his company several hundred miles v/est from New Paltz through Ulster and Sullivan Cos. and the places of Mombacus and Nevesink. The company was commanded part of the time by Capt. Westbrook and attached to the Regt. commanded by a Col. Spalding. He was born in New Paltz, Ulster Co., N.Y., in 1762, and since the war has lived at Geneoa, Ontario Co., and at Prattsburgh, Steuben Co.
Elias Simmons of Prattsburgh and Thomas Peck, a minister of Naples, Ontario Co. signed affidavits stating they knew him and believed him to be age 77 and -a Revolutionary War veteran.
Jonathan Pressler of Seneca, Ontario Co. , swore that he was 90 years of age and that Abraham Pressler of Prattsburg was his brother and that the latter entered the service in New Paltz in 1777 and served for six months. 12 Sept. 1842.
John Presler of Seneca, Ontario Co., M.Y., swore on 9 Apr. 1853 that he was a -legal heir of Abraham Presler, a soldier in the Revolution, that he was directly interested as a claimant in said pension, and that he was appointing C.W. Bennett of Washington, D.C. as his attorney to nrosecute the claim of Abraham Presler.
The pension claim was rejected, no reason given.
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BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, MARRIAGE RECORDS
Compiled by Lillian L. Stumpp
Transcription Note: Pages 57-61 were very dim and hard to read. I did my best but there could be many errors.
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12-25-1907
7-11-1937
2-5-1932
11-15-1896
4-15-1896
8-8-1888
12-20-1896
8-5-1894
11-18-1868
3-18-1887
3-3-1896
9-20-1891
12-8-1895
6-15-1899
4-3-1898
8-25-1890
2-10-1885
12-11-1898
11-22-1896
6-19-1887
3-10-1869
1-1-1897
12-24-1871
8-16-1866
8-30-1858
5-12-1852
1-16-1899
9-21-1881
8-28-1877
3-26-1882
2-26-1875
12-29-1878
3-11-1880
12-25-1883
9-13-1882
2-4-1858
3-28-1895
4-8-1897
4-10-1870
8-25-1867
3-24-1866
4-15-1866
3-27-1866
6-25-1870
6-8-1902
7-7-1923
1-19-1936
1-23-1920
8-4-1900
8-28-1901
12-1-1926
6-20-1936
11-26-1927
7-11-1937
10-5-1902
1-7-1901
12-21-1927
2-16-1928
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Presley, Ernest
Pressley, F.M. Rev
Presley, Benj
Presley, G.M.
Presley, G.W.
Presley, G.W.
Presley, Hardy
Presley, J.B.
Presley, J.B.
Presley, J.E.
Presley, J.F.
Presley, J.L.
Presley, J.M.
Presley, James M.
Presley, M.H.
Presley, N.E.
Presley, Pinkney
Presley, R.C.
Presley, T.M.
Presley, W.M.T.
Presley, Zeb
Pressley, Charles
Pressley, Charles M.
Pressley, David S.
Pressley, J.B.
Pressley, J.H.
Pressley, J.P.
Pressley, J.S.
Pressley, James H.
Pressley, Jason
Pressley, John
Pressley, Joseph
Pressley, Marcus W.
Pressley, P.M.
Pressley, Peter
Pressley, R.L.
Pressley, Wesley
Prestley, David
Prestley, Frederick M.
Prestley, Geroge W.
Prestley, J.M.
Prestley, L.S.
Prestley, Lafayet
Presley, Albertus
Presley, Bryan
Presley, Casper
Presley, D.W.
Presley, Daniel
Presley, Daniel
Presley, Delma
Presley, Delma
Presley, Elijah
Presley, Ernest
Presley, Erwin
Presley, Gaston
Presley, Harry G.
Presley, J.J.
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Pressley, Gussie
Crook, Julia
Wolfe, Clara V. Mrs.
Creesman, Addie
Bell, Alma
Lytle, Martha
Welch, Levida
Wilson, Ora
Pounders, Alice
Ingle, M.E.
Bias, Mollie
Pressley, Adeline
Burnett, Mary
Murphy, M.J.
Perry, Cora M.
Jordan, Ella
Yarborough, Harriett
Franks, Sarah
Welch, Arizona
Taylor, Carrie
Warren, Sarah L.
Buchanan, Carrie
Rogers, Margrett A.
Murra, Martha J.
Pressley, Mary Ann
Tate, Eliza Jane
Rollins, Josie
Townsend, Rutha C.
Lee, Julia
Farmer, Alice A.
Guy, Mary M.
Garren, Sarah
Pressley, Rhoda
Watts, Annie C.
Jones, L.A.
Cannon, Lucinda
Howell, Julia
Moss, Hattie
Green, S.A.
Frady, Adeline
Tow, Emaline
Curtis, Mary
Powers, S.C.
Bruce, Harriett
Jones, Nellie
Jenkins, Dorothy Blanche
Allen, Dorothy Ida
Dines, Scottie
Clayton, Minnie
Frady, Dora
Richardson, Elizabeth M.
Brown, Catherine Lucille
Davis, Bertha
Crook, Julia
Merrell, Ethel
Long, Mary
Ray, Vergie
Shipman, Bessie
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4-21-1934
4-07-1901
4-16-1927
3-20-1935
6-16-1934
7-29-1933
1-19-1902
3-25-1931
11-04-1930
7-16-1934
11-19-1911
9-18-1919
12-31-1902
5-03-1926
4-22-1922
7-02-1903
2-01-1933
8-08-1936
5-10-1903
9-18-1920
5-15-1908
1-25-1910
2-05-1932
9-07-1920
6-08-1918
10-25-1923
6-11-1904
5-27-1920
4-30-1916
4-28-1918
7-31-1937
11-26-1912
7-19-1918
7-02-1910
9-24-1904
11-27-1937
12-03-1933
6-16-1934
11-19-1913
1-28-1937
2-17-1907
1-19-1935
1-11-1916
12-26-1927
11-10-1934
1-03-1937
7-15-1922
11-22-1903
6-18-1914
12-24-1928
1-24-1917
11-14-1917
9-04-1910
8-29-1914
6-23-1917
11-14-1980
2-17-1970
11-25-1893
1-14-1900
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Preslev, J.W.
Presley, James
Presley, Jas Thos
Preslev, Jos
Preslev, Manlev
Presley, Marvin
Presley, Oliver
Presley, Roy W.
Preslev, Suel Milton
Presley, W.D.
Presley, W.E.
Presiey, Wav
Presley, William
Presley, Willie
Pressley, B.H.
Pressley, C.A.
Pressley, Cal Franklin
Pressley, Charles
Pressley, Chas H.
Pressley, Charles 0.
Pressley, Columbus
Pressley, E.M.
Pressley, F.M. Rev.
Pressley, Fate
Pressley, Flovd
Pressley, Floyd
Pressley, Francis
Pressley, Francis
Pressley, E.E.
Pressley, G.W.
Pressley, Guy
Pressley, H.F.
Pressley, Hanson M.
Pressley, J.W.
Pressley, James
Pressley, Joseph Samuel
Pressley, Julius
Pressley, Melvin
Pressley, Melvin C.
Pressley, Mose
Pressley, N.H.
Pressley, Paul
Pressley, R.F.
Pressley, Ralph
Pressley, Ralph L.
Pressley, Vernon
Pressley, W.H.
Pressley, Walter
Pressley, Walter
Pressley, Wm B.
Presslev, Wiliie
Prescott, J.F.
Bartlett, Geo
Bass, Hardy
Clontz, Thos c.
Barber, John
Case, H.H
Certy, Mark
Case, W.P
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Miller, Lou
Goodson, Ura Estelle
Rogers, Ruby
Hampton, Kevie
Kinsland, Virginia
Moxed, Jereda
Davis, Geneva
Penley. Lacy Marie
Griffin, Mae
Lance, Georgia
Stamev, Pearl
Car land, Bertie
Whitted,, Ida
Black, Dellia
Creasman, Hattie
Patton, Agnes Eugene
Goodson, Irene
Trantham, Florence
Stewart, Rose
McFee, Minnie
Stroup, Sue
Wolfe, Clara V. Mrs.
Ballard, Edna
Davis, Carrie
Pearson, Mary P.
canning, Lillie
Gasperson, Helen
Anderson, Mary
Padgett, May Rosa
Oldham, Catherine
Reed, Minnie
Leake, Mercedes
Burnett, Maggie
Paine, Annie
Rector, Lois Fay
Clark, Mary M.
Wilson, Willie Lee
Crook, Ella
Williams, Madie
McElrath, Savannah
Davis, Ruth
Ledford, Annie
Davis, Nora
Proffitt, Virginia Lee
Bishop, Zelma Louise
Pearson, Mary
Cole, Lillie H.
Gregg, Edith
Hamrick, Georgia L.
Aliman, Minnie
Pressley, Hattie
Fressley, Ethel
Pressley, Bessie
Presslev, Myrtle C.
Pressiey, Mary E.
Preslev, R.H.
Pressiey, Till
Pressley, Mollie
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1-24-1883
3-20-1879
9-22-1895
issued-8-20-1899
issued-7-11-1914
issued-4-04-1914
issued-12-21-1861
issued-7-23-1892
7-03-1928
2-25-1905
12-29-1903
1-01-1922
10-15-1934
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Cothran, A.W.
Clampet, T.A.
Presley, Joseph M.
Presley, Kelly
Presley, V.T.
Bass, R.A.
Creasman, Bud
Preistly, J.L.
Preistly, Warren
Priestley, Caleb
Priestley, Henry
Priestley, Richard
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Pressley, Sarah
Presley, Notie
Pressley, Avaline
Hart, Miriam
Rinner, Stella
Pressley, JoAnnah
Presley, Mary
Miley, Ogreeta
Burgin, Minnie
Reed, Lottie
Davis, Lucy
Marlow, Dannie Mae
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9-20-1891
10-11-1929
10-28-1928
5-11-1910
9-09-1897
2-02-1891
6-16-1921
issued-4-19-1883
4-27-1890
11-30-1879
10-11-1887
1-06-1901
8-12-1928
7-27-1935
8-17-1901
9-08-1892
12-30-1899
6-12-1884
9-28-1890
11-03-1909
12-21-1902
2-11-1880
11-04-1891
1-24-1883
issued-7-23-1892
8-31-1889
8-13-1897
8-14-1920
12-31-1919
1-26-1896
2-02-1879
10-14-1905
4-22-1907
1-04-1919
10-16-1912
6-14-1913
525-1908
9-22-1923
issued-6-20-1879
5-07-1894
8-29-1914
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Presley, Adeline
Presley, Ahdell
Presley, Alice
Presley, Alice C.
Presley, America
Presley, Anna
Presley, Bessie
Presley, Callie E.
Presley, Dorah J.
Presley, Elizabeth
Presley, Emma
Presley, Estelle E.
Presley, Ethel Mamie
Presley, Gladys
Presley, Hattie
Presley, Hattie S.
Presley, Josephine
Presley, Laura
Presley, Larua F.
Presley, Lena
Presley, Maggie
Presley, Malissa
Presley, Margaret
Presley, Mary
Presley, Mary
Presley, Nancy A.
Presley, Naomie
Presley, Ovie
Presley, Pearl
Presley, Sallie D.B.
Presley, Sarah J.
Presley, Vinie
Presley, Hester
Pressley, Alma
Pressley, Annie
Pressley, Annie
Pressley, Annie May
Pressley. Annie May
Pressley. Aval
Pressley, Bessie
Pressley, Bessie
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Presley, J.F.
Buckner, Troy
Kent, Alonzo R.
Praytor, William F.
Murry, Joseph
Watts, L.A.
Hoke, Edgar E.
Nix, Adolphus
Fullam, John
Ose, Henry
Lance, W.R.
Gates, G.H.
Causby, Jessie James
Cogburn, Luther
Gasperson, A.
Harvey, G.B.
Taylor, William
Weaver, John T.
Lambert, J.R.
Jones, Charles N.
Brank, I.C.
Rickman, Mitchell A.
Sumner, James
Creasman, Zebulon
Creasman, Bud
Frady, James F.
Welch, John
Roberts, Bob
Develin, E.H.
Hart, George M.
Glenn, Eli
Penley, E.F.
Buckner, Mely
Warren, Joe
Allison, Talmage
Summey, Robert
Holcombe, M.J.
Isarel, Fred
Presley, Josepn M.
Lance, Ervin
Bass, Hardy
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Pressley, Carrie Bell
Pressley, Catherine F.
Pressley, Della
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Pressley, Druce
Preselev, Elizabeth
Pressley, Ella
Pressley, Ella Estella
Pressley, Emma
Pressley, Ethel
Pressley, Ethel
Pressley, Etta
Pressley, Etta
Presslev, Eva
Pressley, Evie
Pressley, Flora
Pressley, Flora V.
Pressley, Florence
Pressley, Florince G.
Pressley, Geneva
Pressley, Gladys
Pressley, Grace
Pressley, Gussie
Pressley, Hattie
Pressley, Hattie
Pressley, Helen Nancy
Pressley, Hester
Pressley, Jennie
Pressley, Jerdia L. Mrs.
Pressley, Jessie
Pressley, Lavine
Pressley, Leona
Pressley, Lessie M.
Pressley, Lizzie
Pressley, Lula
Pressley, Mae
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Pressley, Maggie
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Pressley, Mamie
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Pressley, Margarett
Pressley, Martha Washington
Pressley, Mary
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Pressley, Mary Ann
Pressley, Mary E.
Pressley, Mildred
Pressley, Minnie
Pressley, Mollie
Pressley, Myrtle C.
Pressley, Nora
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Prescott, J.F.
Gasperson, Raymond Walter
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Thrash, A.P.
Jones, Will H.
Garren, Lonnie
Paris, A.J.
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McEntyre, W.L.
Warren, John Charles
Hightower, James E.
Wright, John
Cordell, Daniel
Lindsey, P.
Lanning, Charlie
Ingle, George N.
Hartley, Paul Owen
Garren, A.D.
Knight, E.P.
Jones, W.M.
Pressley, David
Barber, John
Watkins, James
Cody, Charley
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Pittillo, Earl B.
Carty, Mark
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CURRENT FAMILY NEWS
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We received a letter the other day from a former Cortez resident and proud parent.
Janet C. Presley wrote to pass along some good news about her daughters, Laura and Erin. Although they now live in Longmont. the Presley family evidently still feels a strong bond with the
area.
What Janet Presley sent was a article printed in a recent issue of the Longmont Daily Times-Call about her two daughters. I found myself interested in the article because they are doing something I have always wanted to do.
Erin and Laura Presley are both in the process of learning clowning skills .(hough they plan to put those skills to different uses.
Erin Presley, 20, has just begun her career with the Ringllng Bros.-and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She made her official clown debut the day after Christmas in Miami, Fla.
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Erin's 21 -year-old sister. Laura, has just been accepted into the Ringllng Bros, clown college In Venice, Fla. She will begin her downing education in August.
While Erin will use her clown-Ing abilities to entertain people. Laura will combine the theories
of clowning and comedic entertainment she will learn at clown college with the associates degree in early childhood education she is working on at Front Range Community College.
Laura plans to use the combined skills in her work with disturbed children.
Erin and Laura's parents. Bob and Jan Presley, have always known their daughters were entertainers. "They were are hams," Jan Presley said in an Interview with the Doily Times-Coll
Both sisters attended Lewis-Arriola Elementary School. Cortez Junior High* School and Montezuma-Cortez High School before moving to Longmont. Both were active in theater, speech and forensics in school.
Laura is a MCHS graduate. Erin graduated from Longmont High School. They both pursued their Interest in theater after graduation Erin in front of the curtain and Laura, for the most part, behind.
Erin has appeared in numerous plays with the Longmont Theater Company and the Upstart Crow theater group of Boulder. She also worked two seasons at Elitch Gardens entertainment department one year as a magician and street entertainer and another as wardrobe mistress, stage manager and announcer.
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Laura has served as property mistress for the Upstart Crow and has judged extemporaneous speeches and debates for high school forensics. competitions. She now works at an after school day care and gymnastics facility called Jumping Gymlnee.
With their strong background in theater, clowning
comes naturally to the sisters.
"I enjoy performing." Erin said "I prefer to perform in front of groups of people instead of Just a few. When I'm in front of all those people I feel like I'm somebody that they've all come to see me."
Erin said her only regret was that she did not have a chance to attend the clown college. When she auditioned for the down college in October, she was offered Instead a chance to tour with the circus as a work-Ing clown.
"Well, of course I accepted," Erin said. "I'm a little disappointed that I won't get to go to the college, but this is what IVe hoped for for a long, long time. I'm very lucky."
Erin will spend the next year traveling with the circus throughout America. "What a wonderful Job," she said.."! get to travel and make people laugh. What more could ! ask for?"
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PRESSLEY PRESBYTERIAN PREACHERS
(continued from Dec. 1990 issue, page 39)
PRESSLY, WILLIAM BARRON.In the home of Richard McMillen an Mary (Barron) Pressly there was born, .'larch 2nd, 1828, a so of whom it might have been predicted, "grace is poured int thy lips."
After a full course in Erskine College, he graduated in July 1849. He then spent some time teaching in Steele Creek, N.C. and passing thence to Erskine Theological Seminary was license! by the First Presbytery, Dec. 8, 1853. After some mission wor! in Kentucky, his ordination and installation over New Stirlinc and Amity, Iredell Co., N.C., took place, Nov. 9, 1855. 0] engaging manners, lovely disposition, a prince among men wit! tact and energy and intense piety, he xvas soon the leading spirit in the Master's work in that whole section.
During the civil War, Bro. Pressly began to teach. Aftei the war, about 1866, he was associated with Prof. H.T. Burke. The school flourished for a number of years, and did a gooc work for the cause of education in general and the pulpit ir particular. When the office of County Superintendent was created about 1880, he was elected to fill that responsible place# and such was his efficiency that the August preceding his death the position was put upon him again.
He was a missionary pastor. His belief was that building missions was the way to strengthen the mother church. About 1867 services were held at Hiddenite and a little later at Statesville, N.C. Another wing, now Elk Shoals, was cultivated. April 8th, 1878, was the date of his demital of New Stirling and May 17, 1878, he was installed pastor over Statesville, N.C., having removed there the preceding year. The Moderator-ship of the Synod was his responsibility in 1876. But this weak body could not carry the load nor these nerves bear the strain. Palpitation of the heart had given him concern for a number of years.
A sermon was prepared for Nov. 25th, 1883. Man proposes, but God disposes. The Sabbath being stormy, only a few were out. Returning home, inclement weather kept him in doors. Sound sleep is disturbed at 10 P.M., a strange noise, unusual breathing and his inanimate clay lay in the presence of a heartbroken wife and sons. Appropriate excercises were held in his church at Statesville. The city cemetery begged his body and a monument was assured. But his intimate friends preferred the country church yard at New Stirling.
The story goes that about 1853 while teaching at Steele Creek, N.C., a mother brought a girl just entering her teens. "Train her up right and you can have her." May 26th, 1858, he claimed this now well-educated and accomplished pupil, Miss Lorenna Evelina Harris. She shared his hardships, made bright his home, kept the fires on the altar burning. She toiled in secret that he might triumph in public. How much she contributed to his great successes we will not know till the record of surprises is unrolled.
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PRESSLY, JOHN TAYLOR, D.D.Son of David Pressly, born in Abbeville Co., S.C., March 28, 1795, graduated at seventeen Transylvania University, Ky. Four years in the A.R.P. Seminary, N.Y., under the peerless Mason fitted him for license by the Second Presbytery, July 3, 1816. July 10, 1817, he was ordained and installed pastor of the large and waiting congregation of
Cedar Spring, S.C., and Long Cane eleven years later, Feb. 28,17028.
Under Synod he was entrusted with the first mission i7est--to Tennessee. Two months in 7819 were spent, a sermon on an average, was preached each alternate day, $77.25 collected, expenses $33.40 and $7.00 per week was allowed. Synod highly approved his work and "expressed their gratitude to the head of the Church for the cheering intelligence and kind reception of the missionary during his tour."
He was Moderator of Synod 7820, her Professor of Divinity 7825-7831, early influential and always punctual. Dr. Pressly, in connection with Dr. Isaac Grier, was a delegate to a convention of the three A.R. Presbyterian Synods in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 12, 1827, with the hope of union.
In the midst of his rising popularity and extended usefulness in his congregation of 172 famiies and 334 members this relation was dissolved Nov. 11, 1831.
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the West established a Theological Seminary in Pittsburg, Pa., May 1825. To the sole charge of this responsible work he was unanimously elected Oct. 70, 7837, and entered upon his duties Jan. 5, 1832. During that year he accepted a call to the First A.R.P. congregation of Allegheny, Pa., and removed the Seminary to his church.
The title of D.D. was conferred by Jefferson in 1832 of which he was a trustee 1839-1865. He married Miss Jane Hearst of Cedar Spring, S.C., Sept. 22, 1846. Synod elected him President of Erskine College. This was declined. For over 15 years he was an honor to our Synod, facile princeps, very early in his ministry being called to her most responsible, difficult and delicate duties.
His subsequent, useful and far reaching career belongs to another Church very near to us. He was the prince of the distinguished Pressly family. Dignified in person, systematic and laborious in study, able in debate, expository in preaching, a master in the classroom and oracular with his students. Psalm singing Presbyterianism never had an abler or more influential defender. His death occurred August 13, 1870.
PRESSLY, MASON WILEY.Rev. Mason Wiley Pressly is the son of Rev. John Ebenezer Pressly, D.D., and Martha Sherard, and was born at Coddle Creek, N.C., July 24th, 1859.
His preparatory education was received at Coddle Creek Academy, and his collegiate course was taken in Erskine College, where he graduated in 1879. Mr. Pressly joined the church at Due West, S.C., in 7877, while a student in college. In the
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fall of 1879 he was received as a student of theology by the First Presbytery, and studied in Erskine Seminary, graduating from that institution in 1881, and was licensed by the First Presbytery, at Coddle Creek, in the spring of 1881.
He spent a year in Princeton Theological Seminary and graduated there in 1882. After leaving the Seminary he received calls to several churches and accepted the one from Chester, S.C., and was ordained and installed pastor there in the fall of 1882.
In the spring of 1386, Mr. Pressly received a call from the North United Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa., and accepted it, and hence severed his connection with the A.R. Synod of the South. In 1889 Mr. Pressly resigned his charge of the North Church, and spent a year in post graduate studies in Princeton Seminary and in Princeton University, and was afterwards pastor of U.P. Churches at Bovina Centre, N.Y., Sewickly, Pa., and Hamilton, Ohio. In 1897 he commenced the study of medicine in the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo., and became a professor in the Institution. In 1899 he was professor in a similar institution in Minneapolis, Minn., but in 1900 he removed to Philadelphia, Pa., and founded the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, of which he is one of the leading professors. While in Kirksville, Mo., he was Associate Editor of the "Journal of Osteopathy," and has established the "Philadelphia Journal of Osteopathy," and at the present time is editor of this journal, and professor i
n the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, besides practicing his profession in that city.
Besides many articles in the religious press, Mr. Pressly has published the following pamphlets: "The Logical Method in Theology," "The Metaphysics of Theology," and "Osteopathy as a Therapeutic Science." He is also a member of the following organizations: The American Academy of Political and Social Science; Archeological and Paleontological Department of the University of Pennsylvania; The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
On Dec. 25th, 1883, Mr. Pressly was married to Miss Annie Clarkson Worth of Asheville, N.C., who has borne him five children.
Mrs. Pressly is a daughter of the late Dr. T.C. Worth and was born at Fayetteville, N.C., Feb. 26th, 1862. The Worth family has tor a number of years been prominently identified with the State Government of North Carolina, and Mrs. Pressly is a woman worthy of her name.
(to be continued)
"'If we could only get into God's memory, we would find that eighty per cent of the world's marriages have been with at least second cousins," the British social theorist Robin Fox ...[said] recently. 'In a population of between three and five hundred people, after six generations or so there are only third cousins or closer to marry.'"
THE NEW YORKER, May 13, 1985, "A Reporter at Large. The Mountain of Names" by Alex Shoumatoff.
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George M. Miller
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My wife's grandmother was Carrie Priestly Yates. The spelling of the family has baried greatly - Priestly, Priestley, Presly, Presley and Prestley, Her great-grandfather was William Priestly. He and his descendants were very interesting people. He was a lawyer who started practicing in Sarahsville, Ohio, in 1853. During the Civil War, Lt. Priestly was regimental quartermaster for the 92nd Ohio Volunteer Regiment which fought many battles as part of the Army of the cumberland, and after Atlanta, as part of Sherman's Army. We have approximately 150 letters he wrote to his wife during the war. Among his children were two engineers, a pharmacist, an English teacher, an artist and. a farmer. They looked for gold in the West and Alaska, took part in the Oklahoma Land Rush, opened a store in Skagway, and worked in many places (China, Japan, Central and South America). We have hundreds of letters written between 1840 and 1950.
We are very anxious to exchange genealogical information with anyone who might be related. William Prestley m. ??.
Children:
1) Joseph Prestley, b. 1786 Ireland (see below)
2) William Prestley, had a son named Robert, who married Elizabeth Stewart, 4 Feb. 1834 in Guernsey Co., Ohio Joseph Presley, b. 1786 Ohio, d. 1853, married Nancy Agnes(?)
Graham{?), b. 1793 Ireland.
Children:
1) William Priestly, b. Apr. 3, 1827 Liberty Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio (see below)
2) Thomas Priestly, b. 1828, married Josephine Smith Sept. 11, 1856 Guernsey Co., Ohio
3) Anne Priestly, b. 1830
4) Nancy Agnes (?) Priestly, b. 1832 William Priestly, b. Apr. 8, 1827 Liberty Twp., Guernsey Co.,
Ohio, d. Feb. 11, 1898 Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kansas, ; bur. Oak Hill Cem., Lawrence, Kansas; married Oct. 9, 1855 Guernsey Co., Ohio, to Ellen Lingo, b. Nov. 3, 1.833, d. iMar. 28, 1916 Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kansas, bur. Oak Hill Cem., Lawrence, Kansas. Children: 1} Lane Priestly, b. Sept. 16, 1858 Sarahsville, Noble
Co., Ohio, d. Sept. 21, 1860 Caldwell, Noble
Co., Ohio
2) Joseph Priestly, b. Oct. 6, 1860 Caldwell, Noble Co., Ohio, d. Feb. 7, 1884 Mexico, bur. Nogales, Arizona Territory
3) Nellie Priestly, b. Jan. 1, 1863 Caldwell, Ohio
4) William Wallace Priestly, b. Apr. 8, 1866 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
5) George Lingo Priestly, b. June 2, 1868 Delaware, Indiana
6) Caroline (Carrie) Jane Priestly, b. Jan. 31, 1871 Baldwin, Douglas Co., Kansas
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7) John Priestly, b. Mar. 6, 1873 Lawrence, Kansas, d. Apr. 22, 1874 Lawrence, Kansas
8) James Arthur Priestly, b. Feb. 4, 1876 Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kansas
9) Gertrude Frances Priestly, b. Sept. 1, 1830/81 Lawrence,
Douglas Co., Kansas, d. June 9, 1971
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Searching for more information about Moses Helms (1814-13S3). Was the last name of his first wife Donaldson as the LDS library says or was it Bullock as my family
tradition says. I would like proof. Searching for more information on the father of Tilman (c1716-d800) and George Helms [Union Co. N.C.] Was it John or Isaac?
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CH=Chandler, NC
AS=Asheuille, NC
HYC=Haywood Co., NC
BK=Burke Co., NC
MR=Marion, NC
AN=Arden, NC
TL=Transylvania Co., NC
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NB=Newbern, NC
MNC=Marshall, NC
MDC=Madison Co., NC
CS=Cruso, NC
JAC=Jackson Co., NC
BO=Boone, NC
FL=Fletcher, NC
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CC=Cane Creek, NC
GT=Gastonia, NC
HC=Henderson Co., NC
SPC=Spartanburg Co., SC
BCN=Bryson City, NC
SK=Skyland, NC
BT=Biltmore, NC
WV=Weaverville, NC
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BL=Black Mountain, NC
SC=South Carolina
USC=Union Co., SC
BV=Buena Vista, NC
P=Turnpike, NC
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