John Presley, Sr.

Origins

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206637302/andrew_andreas-david-...

Andrew Presley Jr. and Sarah Lee had the following children:

1. John born 1748 died 1833
2. Charles, born 1750 died 1835
3. Andrew Presley, III, born 1754 died 1855
4. Peter born 1756 died 1829

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Andrew Preslar Jr's children, were: Charles, John, Andrew III, Peter, and Joseph.

John Presley, born in Rowan County, NC in 1748, served in the American Revolutionary War for his brother, Peter, born in 1756. After the war, John relocated to Monroe County, TN, where he filed for a pension and received it beginning 1833. John was in Monroe County, TN, at the same time as Dunning Presley and Dunning, Jr. who was born in Monroe in 1827. However, John, it was said, moved there to be close to his children. Charles Presley also served in the American Revolution along with his wife, Polly Keziah. (Hereafter referred to as Presley).

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

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Presley-353

1750: see his Court appearance December 04,1833 in Marion County Tennessee Revolutionary War Application. Application states he was 83 years old at time of application, on 31 Dec 1883. Pension was paid until 1837, at which time it was stated he was deceased.

1835 Pension Roll in Tennessee gives his age as 84. His age is given as 83 as of the application date; 31 Dec 1883. [1]

1837 passed away in Monroe County Tennessee: Pension records (see image)

John probably had more than one wife, and more than two children. His neighbor was Dunning Casiah in Kershaw South Carolina. Dunning had 3 daughters, Mary (Polly) married Charles Presley, brother of John, Elizabeth married Enoch Smith, one is Unknown. It is a possibility John married a Casiah, and named his first born Dunning John Presley.

John served in the Revolutionary War. 1779-1780.

PROBABLY LIVING IN ANSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, BEFORE SERVICE. LIVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS (6) IN KERSHAW SOUTH CAROLINA AROUND 1790. MOVED TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. MOVED TO MONROE COUNTY TENNESSEE AROUND 1830.

John Presley NARA Pension Application File

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Presley-353 cites
• https://biography.elvis.com.au/elvis-presley-family-history.shtml
• http://www.revwarapps.org/s3738.pdf
• 1790 Federal Census Lancaster County South Carolina, John Presley, neighbor to Dunning Cosh? Casiah.
• "Jack & Ray." DNA Detectives. Series 1, Episode 1. Unknown Broadcaster. Aired 14 October 2015 (New Zealand). Accessed via YouTube, Reel Truth History Documentaries, June 2021. Mention occurs abt 16:16. < YouTube >