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Matthew Albert Presnell

Male 1819 - 1864  (45 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Matthew Albert Presnell was born on 21 Jan 1819 in Clarke, Alabama, USA (son of Elijah Presnall and Sarah Sallie Scott); died on 25 Feb 1864 in Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States.

    Matthew married Margaret Ann Fluellen on 23 Dec 1850 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. Margaret (daughter of James D. Fluellen and Elizabeth Nicholson) was born in 1832 in Suggsville, Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 28 Feb 1862 in Clarke County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Nathan Clay Presnall was born in 1855 in Alabama, USA.
    2. Amanda Presnall was born on 28 Feb 1862 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 28 Feb 1862 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    3. Caroline Elizabeth Presnell was born on 1 Dec 1851 in Vashti, Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 9 Dec 1923 in Fulton, Clarke, Alabama, United States; was buried in Dec 1923 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    4. John Cain Presnall was born on 13 Aug 1847 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 15 Mar 1907 in Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.

    Matthew married Mary Wood on 13 Aug 1844 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. Mary (daughter of John L Wood) was born in 1820 in Missouri City, Fort Bend, Texas, United States; died about 1851 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Martha Presnall was born in 1853 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    2. Margaret Presnall was born in 1857 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    3. Matthew Presnall was born in 1854 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    4. Buchanan Presnall was born in 1858 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    5. John Cain Presnall was born on 13 Aug 1847 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 15 Mar 1907 in Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.
    6. Caroline Elizabeth Presnell was born on 1 Dec 1851 in Vashti, Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 9 Dec 1923 in Fulton, Clarke, Alabama, United States; was buried in Dec 1923 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elijah Presnall was born in 1762 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA (son of James Presnell and Sarah Harvey); died on 27 Nov 1841 in Clarke County, Alabama.

    Notes:

    ELIJAH w/Mary 1810 Real Estate Transaction (Randolph County)

    Elijah mustered in the War of 1812 in 2nd Regiment, Burke Co, NC, and later with the 1st Regiment of Mississippi Vols. aka 1st Regiment U.S. Vols under General Claiborne and Captain Samuel Dale at Ft. Madison in September and October 1813. In 1818, Elijah was an Overseer of Line Road: from Doddings to Crop Road (road runs east to the Alabama River and “Presnall Landing” at the mouth of Silver Creek).

    Elijah Presnall moved to Clarke County, AL between 1815 and 1818. He owned a plantation on the Alabama River (then in Monroe County), which he operated with slave labor (according to the 1830 census, he owned 8 slaves). It is believed that he is buried on the land he owned.

    There is an Elijah Presnall who was a bondsman at the marriage of Thomas Dunning and Lillis Ann Pearson in 1815 in Randolph Co, NC. Do not know the relationship. Supposedly the Dunnings and Elijah Presnall came to the Alabama Territory in 1815-1816. There is a Presnall living next door to Thomas Dunning in the 1816 Monroe Co, AL census. The early Alabama settlers most often came down the Federal Road and located along the Alabama River. The Alabama Genweb site has a map of the Federal Road route posted. The 1816 Monroe and Clarke County censuses are posted on the "Tracking your Roots" website.

    Elijah married Sarah Sallie Scott in 1825. Sarah (daughter of John Scott and Chloe Riggs) was born in 1796 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1886 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah Sallie Scott was born in 1796 in North Carolina, USA (daughter of John Scott and Chloe Riggs); died in 1886 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    Children:
    1. Caleb Calvin Presnall was born on 9 Jun 1823 in Vashti, Clarke, Alambama, USA; died on 16 Oct 1874 in Jackson City, Clarke County, Alabama.
    2. Nancy Jane Presnall was born about 1823 in Alabama, USA; died in 1900 in Monroe County, Alabama, USA.
    3. Harvey Presnall was born in 1829; died on 20 Jun 1844.
    4. James Presnell was born about 1815.
    5. Tryon T Presnall was born in 1817 in Alabama, USA.
    6. Sarah Ann Presnall was born on 31 Oct 1831 in Clark, Alabama; died on 9 Oct 1900 in Clarke, Alabama.
    7. Westwood Armistead Presnall was born on 8 Apr 1822 in Clarke Co. Alabama; died on 18 Dec 1877 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; was buried .
    8. Joel Presnell was born in 1828 in Clarke County, Alabama, USA; died in 1893.
    9. 1. Matthew Albert Presnell was born on 21 Jan 1819 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 25 Feb 1864 in Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Presnell was born in 1742 in Albermarle Parish,Virginia (son of Jacob Presnell and Martha); died before 4 Sep 1836 in Silver Creek Plantation, Clarke, Alabama, United States; was buried in Alabama, USA.

    Notes:

    Many genealogies claim that James who married Sarah Harvey was the son of James (b. 1708), however we can be reasonably sure that James (husband of Sarah Harvey) was the son of Jacob.

    He served in the Bedford County Virginia Militia during the French and Indian War. His wife Sarah Harvey, was the daughter of Michael Harvey, a member of Jacob's Good Creek Quakers moving to old Rowan-Randolph County before 1760.

    James became a large land owner in Randolph County and one of the leading citizens. He was Judge on the Little River. He left Randolph County in 1805.


    Died:
    This date, his last will and testament was presented to the Orphans Court of Clark County already deceased

    James married Sarah Harvey in 1759. Sarah (daughter of Michael Harvey and Elizabeth) was born in 1741 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA; died in 1771 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Harvey was born in 1741 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Michael Harvey and Elizabeth); died in 1771 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Esau Presnell was born in 1784; died in 1840 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA.
    2. James Harvey Presnell was born in 1763.
    3. Absolum Presnall was born in 1760 in Moore, North Carolina, USA; died in 1840 in Caddo, Louisiana, USA.
    4. Eliza Ann Presnell was born about 1761.
    5. 2. Elijah Presnall was born in 1762 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA; died on 27 Nov 1841 in Clarke County, Alabama.
    6. Sarah Clarissa Presnell was born in 1771 in Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina, USA; died on 3 Apr 1821.
    7. Harvey Presnell died in 1831 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
    8. Deborah Presnell

  3. 6.  John Scott was born in Jun 1751 in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States; died on 30 Jan 1811 in Washington, Kentucky, USA.

    John married Chloe Riggs. Chloe was born on 16 Apr 1752 in Bergan, New Jersey, United States; died on 3 Dec 1852 in Groveland, Tazewell, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Chloe Riggs was born on 16 Apr 1752 in Bergan, New Jersey, United States; died on 3 Dec 1852 in Groveland, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
    Children:
    1. 3. Sarah Sallie Scott was born in 1796 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1886 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob Presnell was born on 4 Feb 1714 in King and Queen, Virginia; was christened on 13 Mar 1714 in Middlesex, Virgnia (son of Jacob Presnal and Mary Hedgecock); died about 1800 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA.

    Notes:

    Virginia had passed a law which required all males between the ages of 15 and 50 to serve 2 years in the Virginia Militia. The tour of duty was generally 2 years. The Quakers opposed serving in the Militia and they would not pay taxes to support the War.

    We find Jacob every year between 1747 and 1754 tax rolls. Jacob and other Quakers refused to pay their taxes and to serve in the militia.

    It was recorded on 26 August 1754 that, "Leave is Granted to Peter Holland, James Turner, Jacob Presnell, William Stone, William Stone Jr., James Orrick, and J.Fite." Further, "To clear road from Goose Creek up Falling Mountain. The said Holland is appointed overseer, William Stone Sr. the assistant. The said mountain road to be known as Mobberley Road and the persons convent with this tithe (tax) to attend sd. Stone and Pate are appointed as surveyors from Ridge to Goose Creek."

    It was recorded on 25 August 1755:
    Phelps -vs- Jacob Presnell
    Iden -vs- Jacob Presnell

    Recorded on 12 September 1755:
    Callaway -vs- Jacob Presnell
    Phelps -vs- Jacob Presnell Phellps was the Tithe (tax) Lister, Callaway was a member of the court.

    The word "Leave" was used because they would not pay taxes or serve in the militia, when granted leave, they would not be sentenced, rather, given leave, to construct roads.

    Recorded on 19 November 1757, in the South Creek Quaker Monthly Meeting was that Jacob Presnell is appointed Chairman of the Goose Creek Quakers, a newly formed group that desired to migrate to the wilds of North Carolina.

    On the "Tax Rolls" are the following families that moved to North Carolina before 1765, settled close to Back Creek in what is now Randolph County, North Carolina: (Presnell's married into many of these families)

    William - James, John, Robert, Giles
    Harvey - Michael Sr., Michael Jr., William, John
    Richardson - Stephen, Thomas, John, Amus, Abel, Joseph
    Hudson - Stephen, Thomas, Peter
    Hayes - Mark, William
    Atkinson - Richardson, Priegler
    Green - John, Benjamin, Henry
    Stone - William Sr., William Jr.
    King - Joseph
    Wright - Thomas
    Furr - Joseph


    Birth:
    South Side of Dragon Swamp

    Christened:
    Christ Church

    Jacob married Martha about 1740. was born about 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Martha was born about 1720.
    Children:
    1. Elias Presnell was born about 1750 in Virginia, USA.
    2. Abraham Presnell was born about 1750 in Virginia, USA.
    3. 4. James Presnell was born in 1742 in Albermarle Parish,Virginia; died before 4 Sep 1836 in Silver Creek Plantation, Clarke, Alabama, United States; was buried in Alabama, USA.
    4. Rachel Presnell was born in 1743 in Bedford, Virginia, USA; died between 1808 and 1817 in Smith, Tennessee, USA.
    5. John Presnell was born on 1 Jan 1751 in Goose Creek, Bedford County, Virginia, USA; died after 1840 in Benton Co., Alabama.
    6. Daniel Presnell was born on 15 Mar 1748 in Goose Creek, Old Lunenburg, Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Nov 1830 in Henry, Indiana, USA; was buried in Duck Creek Monthly Meeting Cemetery, Henry County, Indiana.
    7. Stephen Presnall was born in 1757 in Rowan, North Carolina; died in 1822 in Wilkes, North Carolina.
    8. Elijah Presnell was born about 1750 in Virginia, USA.
    9. Mary Presnell was born on 2 Jan 1744 in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States of America; died on 16 Mar 1831 in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States of America; was buried in Pisgah, Randolph County, North Carolina, United States of America.

  3. 10.  Michael Harvey

    Michael married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth
    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Harvey was born in 1741 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA; died in 1771 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA.


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