Presley Self, Jr.

Presley Sr. SELF was born 4 APR 1763 in Probably SC, and died 5 NOV 1855 in Randolph/Benton County, Al, Believed to be buried in Chulafinnee Meth. Ch. Cem. in unmarked grave (now Cleburne Co., AL).

Family

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He was the son of 2. Unknown SELF.

He married Amelia "Amy" GUNTER ABT. 1782 in TN or Cherokee Old Nation, daughter of John GUNTER. She was born ABT. 1765 in SC, and died BET. 1851 - 1855 in Randolph County, AL, Believed to be buried in Chulafinnee Methodist Church Cemetery in unmarked grave (now Cleburne County, AL).

Their children

1. Daniel SELF b: ABT. 1784 in Culpeper County, VA
2. Francis" Frank" SELF b: 1785 in NC
3. Dicie SELF b: ABT. 1787 in SC
4. Catherine SELF b: ABT. 1790 in Probably Montgomery County, NC
5. John SELF b: ABT. 1796
6. Spencer SELF b: ABT. 1800 in Pendleton District, SC
7. Isaac SELF b: 1800 in NC? (1850 Census)
8. Mary SELF b: 1801 in AL
9. Presley Jr. SELF b: 9 MAR 1806 in TN
10. Elizabeth SELF b: 15 APR 1810 in TN?
11. Jesse SELF b: ABT. 1811

Notes

Presley Self of Alabama--by Larry Brown
The primary documentation on this Presley Self is contained in an application for Indian land in Oklahoma in 1906 by a grandson, George M. Dallas Hopper. He states that Presley married Amy (also called Annie) Gunter, daughter of the John Gunter who ran a ferry on the Tennessee River called Gunters Landing (the present site of Guntersville, Alabama). He also states that Amy had a brother also called John Gunter. Amy's grandmother was a full-blood Cherokee whose name is not given in the document. The document further states that Presley and Amy were married in Tennessee or [Cherokee] Old Nation when she was very young. {The marriage had occurred by 1784 and could have occurred as early as 1780. If this statement is true it may explain why we have never found a marriage for Presley and Amy. If it occurred in a town of the Cherokee Nation it probably was never recorded.

The document lists their children as follows: Dicie Self Taylor, Betsy Self Skelton, Frank Self, John Self, Mary Self [Hopper], Dan Self, Isaac Self, Jesse Self.

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