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Hopkins and Webster County, Kentucky, laborer and farm laborer. South Carolina native. Married to Mahala Barger Presley in Greene County, Tennessee, on March 17, 1821. Father of Henry Presley, William R. Presley, David Presley, John Presley, and George Presley. Married to Catharine Carter Presley in Webster County, Kentucky, on March 21, 1865. Laborer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Webster County in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District No. 2, p. 157A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, 607.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 485B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Webster County Marriages, Film #000568132.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Greene County Marriages, May 1780-September 1836.

Citation

Presley, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210035 (November 12, 2026).

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H. Stratman et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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