Presley
Seay
Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Reuben Seay Jr
and Emaline (Lewis) Seay
Brother of
Harriett Seay (Seay) Saulsbury, Nancy Matilda (Seay) Ballenger, William M Seay and Lucy Elizabeth (Seay) Knight
Husband of
Susannah (Susong) Seay
— married
17 Jan 1858 in Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Tolbert Sanford Seay, Katherine Alice (Seay) Parker, Martin (Seay) D, Mary Ellen (Seay) Knight, Sarah Emaline Seay, George Alexander Seay, Julia Florence (Seay) Knight, Dona Seay and Nannie Seay
Died
at about age 54
in Greene, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Mar 2017
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Biography
Presley Seay served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 31st Tennessee (A. H. Bradford's); 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Enlisted: 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 31st Tennessee (A. H. Bradford's); 39th Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Presley Seay was the 3rd of 10 children children born to Rueben Seay & Emeline Lewis Seay.
Presley & wife Susannah Susong Seay had 11 children:
- Pete
- Virginia
- Martin D. 1861
- Sarah Emaline 1866
- Tolbert Sanford 1858-1928 (Sarah V. Cochran)
- Mary Ellen 1863-1942 (John V. Knight)
- George Alexander 1869-1937 (Ida Belle Knight)
- Julia Florence (Smelcer) 1872-1930
- Donna 1873
- Fannie 1877
1862 Civil War: Confederate Private - Enlisted in Company H, Tennessee 39th Infantry Regiment. 39th Mounted Infantry (Col WM Bradford's Regiment, AND Volunteers, Thirty-first Infantry)
Widow's Pension application was W2887.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #34446133
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDF-6WH : 12 April 2016), Presley Seay in household of Ruben Seay, Greene county, part of, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing family 262, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Presley by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Presley by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Joe Seay
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #91683
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~1.56%
Mickie Elvington :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mickieb1942
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~1.56%
Cal Brannon :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #59191
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~0.78%
Don Bradley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WM8652794 [compare], Ancestry member dbradley154
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #174285
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~0.78%
Susan (Wells) Ryan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A831915 [compare], Ancestry member Sryan713
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~0.78%
Gary Mauldin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member garymauldin77
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~0.78%
Donna (Bishop) Dailey :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tngal105
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~0.78%
Charles Cleveland :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeanne (Gravely) Waggoner :
MyHeritage DNA
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Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Seay-1832 and Seay-831 appear to represent the same person because: they share the exact same vital statistics, the same parents, the same sibling, Lucy Seay, the same spouse, Susan Susong, and the same daughter, Mary Ellen Seay.
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by Linda (Johnson) Leslie
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