Dunning "Dunnan" John Presley, Sr.

Biography

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John Presley, son of Andrew, Jr. is the father of Dunning (Dunnan) Presley. Dunning, Sr. is listed by himself on the 1810 Buncombe County Census, and on the 1820 census record for Buncombe County, NC, along with John Presley.

It is now believed that John Presley may have been married to a Casiah/Keziah, daughter of Dunning Casiah, the neighbour of Andrew Prestley, and whose other daughter, Mary Polly Keziah, married Andrew's eldest son, Charles. ohn's son, Dunning John Presley, providing that his mother was a Casiah, would have been, in Tuscarora tradition, named for the maternal grandfather, in this case, DUNNING Casiah.

Interesting to note here are the census records and applications for Rev. War pensions that show us Andrew Presley/Priestly with Charles, John, and Anthony, and Andrew III, born in 1754, also a son of Andrew, Jr., also had a son named John, both of who also moved to TN. Both Andrew Presley and his brother John were given Bounty-Land Warrants which is why they moved to SC and TN from NC. We have Charles Presley/Priestley who served of his own accord but also stepped in to serve in the stead of both Andrew and John, his brothers. John had recalled in his pension that he had served in the stead of his brother, Peter. Dunning (Dunnan) Presley, Sr. was born 1780 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, and died at age 70 in 1850 in Polk County, Tennessee.

Dunning Presley married (1) Mary. He married (2) Catherine on Abt. 1808 in Lancaster County, South Carolina.

Children of Dunning Presley and Catherine are:
+ Dunning Presley Jr ., b. July 1, 1827, Monroe County, Tennessee, d. March 10, 1900 in Mississippi.

Dunning Jr was the son of John Presley, grandson of Dunning Presley Sr. and great grandson of Andrew (Andreas) Preslar, the first immigrant of the family to America. On November 1, 1847 at the age of 20 he enlisted at Knoxville as a private in Captain Jno. C. Vaughn's Company C of the 5th Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers.

On November 7th he was issued a warrant for 160 acres of land based on his army service.

Dunning married Martha Jane Wesson several years his junior, whom he marries on August 15, 1861. In February of 1862, the couples first child, Rosella Elizabeth Presley, is born.

The 1880 Federal census for Independance Arkansas states Rosella and Rosalinda's father Dunnan Presley Jr's last name was in fact Presley. Dunning died March 10, 1900 in Mississippi, at 73 years of age.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125225331/dunning-john-presley

Dunning John Presley, Sr. was born 1780 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, and died at age 70 in 1850 in Polk County, Tennessee.

Lancaster County, SC is across the state line from Mecklenburg County, NC.

Dunning Sr was married to a Catherine on about 1808 in Lancaster County, South Carolina.
In the 1850 US Census, he was married to Mary, age 50, Dunnin was 70 and died that year.

The enlistment document specifies that Dunning Sr is age 28 in Sep 1812, which would make his birth year 1784, not the 1780 listed. More research is needed to determine his correct date of birth.

Dunning Sr. and his family relocated to Buncombe County after the war - moving west toward Tennessee which was typical in those days.

Dunning may have been derived from the Scottish Gaelic name spelled DUNOON, but pronounced DANUN or DUHNUN.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125225331/dunning-john-presley Find A Grave Memorial #125225331 DUNNING JOHN PRESLEY SR created 16 FEB 2014 by Suzanne E Presley and maintained by Suzanne E Presley. Dunnin Sr. is my great, great, great, great grandfather Last update 5 APR 2021
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Presley-3
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KGY4-W3Q
• https://biography.elvis.com.au/elvis-presley-family-history.shtml