James P. Presley

James P. was born in 1838 in Of, Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   James P.'s father was John Presley and his mother was Rebecca Green.  His paternal grandfather was Andrew Presley; his maternal grandparents were Green and Priscilla. He had eight brothers and four sisters, named Pleasant, George, William, John, Green, Hiram, Morgan, Gilbert, Priscilla, Elizabeth, Jane and Eliza.  He was the sixth youngest of the thirteen children.