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BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES

There are many resources available to the researcher interested in the Presley and Pressley families. Some of them aren't easy to come by, and some contain conflicting information. If these resources are used as helpful instruments or tools in our research, and not as sources of definitive information, then they can help us move forward in our research. The listing below is not inclusive.

There must be many books and articles available that I am not familiar with. If you are aware of any helpful research tools please e-mail me and I will review them and add them to this page.


PRESLEY FAMILY HISTORY Pressly, Pressley, Presley Family in America
Compiled by Richard Carlton Fulcher Copyright 1994 by Richard Carlton Fulcher

This book discusses many lines of variant spellings, mostly throughout the South.


LEAVING A TRAIL
by Norma Jean Crabtree Privately published Printed by Prinit Press, Dublin Indiana.

The book discusses the genealogy of the Scots-Irish family of James PRESLEY b. 1783 and his wife Lydia (Bridget) HATFIELD who settled in Dickinson and Russell Counties of VA, and allied lines, (Crabtree, Bales, Jackson).


THE SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Published 1951 by order of the General Synod Presses of Jacobs Brothers, Printers, Clinton, SC.

This large book gives sometimes detailed biographical information of the PRESSLY men who served as ministers in the ARP churches, often including their descendants.


THE PRESSLEY FAMILY 1800 - 1989
by Louise Pressley Walden Privately published. (Printed by the Broad River Genealogical Society of Shelby, NC)

This book discusses the German line of Thomas PRESLEY b. abt 1825 and his wife Agnes HELMS of Monroe, Union County, NC.


THE SPIRIT OF 212
by Buford Lindsay Hamilton, Jr., M.D. Copyright 1996 by Buford Lindsay Hamilton, Jr., M.D. Privately published. (Printed by Josten's Printing Company, Winston-Salem, NC ISBN # 0-9654993-0-8 LOC Catalog Card Number 96-95057)

This book discusses the life and family of James Hearst PRESSLY, D. D. and Julia Mabel LOWRY, his wife. This family is affiliated with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP)


SHERARD FAMILIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEYOND
by Anita Wirick Roof Copyright 1992 Anita Wirick Roof Privately published LOC Catalogue Card Number 92-63047 ISBN # 0-9623070-1-7

While this is a genealogy of the Sherard family of SC, there is substantial information regarding the descendants of John Ebenezer Pressly b. 4 Apr 1849, Anderson, SC and his wife Sara Martha Sherard. This family is affiliated with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP).


DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD and DICEY CORNWELL PRESLEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Compiled and Edited by Annie Presley and Minnie Carender. Undated.

Computer-generated and photocopied pages in 3 ring Binder. This 486 page book discusses the many descendants of Richard PRESLEY born 1795 South Carolina, died 1887, Monroe Co., Tennessee, and his wife Dicey CORNWELL. It discusses briefly several other Presley lines, including those in Russell County, VA, the Hans Jurie "John" PRESLAR line of Anson County, NC, and also provides some census and other records of various Presley families.


PRESSLEY FAMILIES AND DESCENDANTS, 1734 - 1991
by Sarah R. Touchet Copyright : Library of Congress Privately Published. Printed by Thomasville Printing.

This is a series of family group sheets and census records relating to various Southern Presley and Pressley families of Scots-Irish descent.


BY SHIP, WAGON, AND FOOT TO YORK COUNTY, S. C.
by George Bowman Hartness Copyright 1966 by George Bowman Hartness, Privately published

In this genealogy of several early York Co., SC families, there is a brief but interesting discussion of the Thomas PRESLAR family of Anson Co., NC. and his wife Sara LEE, and specifically of their daughter Mary PRESLEY b. 1779 who married David THOMAS.


PRESSLEY FAMILY HISTORY
A narrative by John Gotea Pressley (b. 1833)
Printed by Three Rivers Historical Society, Hemingway, SC 29554

This booklet discusses the Williamsburg, SC family of William PRESSLEY ( b. bef. 1780) and his wife Eleanor ORR, and allied lines ( Brockinton, Barr, Fowler, Mouzon, etc.).


CURTIS EDWARD PRESLEY 1894 - 1975
A Pictorial Diary of World War I. Compiled by Mary Martha Merritt
Copyright 1977 by Mary Martha Merritt. BJW Printers, Beckley, WV LOC # 77-89967

This book is a record in pictures of the WW I air service of Curtis Edward PRESLEY. The book contains many photographs of the PRESLEY family and a brief genealogy tracing Mr. Presley's descent from the Rev. David Alexander PRESLEY b. 27 Dec 1842 of TN, AR, and MS, and his wife Jemima ROACH.


THE PRESLEY FAMILY GENEALOGY - Looking Back Through The Years
by Lehman and Ruth B. Tiller, Self Published by Lehman and Ruth Tiller, Maretta Tiller Lester, Stafford
Tiller, Regina Tiller Street and Marcus Tiller, 1997. Copyright 1996/1997 Lehman or Ruth B. Tiller, Vansant, VA

This book discusses the many descendants of James PRESLEY born abt. 1783
and his wife Lydia "Biddie" HATFIELD born abt 1792 of Russell and Buchanan
Counties, VA . They were the parents of six sons and two daughters.


 

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