Cashie River
This beautiful photo was
taken at Windsor, NC, near Roanoke by Martha G. Price, a
native of Bertie County. Mrs. Price has graciously allowed
us to use her photo. As a little girl, Martha, who lived
a few blocks from the river, recalls playing there quite
often. The essence of her photo captures the essence of
the spirituality and historic significance of the river.
Click on photo for a larger view.
The Southern Tuscarora were comprised of different clans,
Chief Casiah and family being of the "Deer Clan."
Additional information on the Southern Band of Tuscarora
was given by Tuscarora brother and Native American historian,
Wayne Jackson, and a sister of the feather from Canada,
Deb Cavel-Greant. Thank you both for your expertise.
For more information on this tribe, and to further your
Native American lineage, check out the following link:
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We
have new knowledge that Andrew Presley, Jr.'s son, John
Presley, was the father of Dunnan Presley, Sr. We also have
good reason to believe that Dunnan Presley's given name
was actually "Dunning" named for a maternal grandfather.
We have the Andrew Presley, Jr. family moving about between
NC and SC quite regularly during the pre-Revolutionary and
post-Revolutionary War period. Son John, in his pension
statement, confirms that he also moved freely between N.
Car. and Tennessee.
We have three brothers: Thomas, John, and Andrew, Jr. in
Anson County, Rowan County, Buncombe County, NC, and Kershaw
and Lancaster Counties in SC during the periods from 1771
to 1820.
In 1790, Andrew is found both in Buncombe County, NC and
in Lancaster County, SC. Kershaw County was a large part
of what was to become Lancaster. We have a documented ledger
for Kershaw County naming Andrew, Sr., Andrew, Jr. and Thomas
along with John Hood. We also show that on the 1790 census
for Lancaster County, SC, an Andrew "Priestley"
living with "one other, free." On the census records
of that time, "one other" usually denoted one
of another color other than white but not necessarily a
slave. Next door to Andrew is Jno "Priestley."
Next door to John is the household of Dunnan Cashialaw,
noted as "one other, free." This record has been
proven by Casiah family members to be Dunning Casiah who
lived in that very area at that very same time. Andrew "Priestley"
is not listed with son, Charles "Priestley" as
the son is already married to Miss Mary "Polly"
Keziah, daughter of Dunning Casiah. Charles and Polly were
married in Rowan County, NC, in 1783 and also on the record
denoting this, according to Casiah family members, is the
comment that Charles "is the son of Andrew Presley,
a blacksmith from Cecile County, MD."
Andrew's son, John, had been seen on a document listed as
married to ? Casiah. (document to be located and displayed
here.) If John Presley was married to a daughter of Dunning
Casiah, that would explain where John's son received his
name. According to Casiah/Tuscarora tradition, a son is
named for the maternal grandfather. In this case, John Presley's
son would have been named "Dunning" for his mother's
father, Dunning Casiah. Dunning John Presley was born in
1780 in Lancaster County, SC, where his father was documented
as living within the ten-year census period.
With additional proofs being researched at this time, the
following Casiah/Keziah/Presley lineage charts are almost
conclusive, however, not confirmed at this point. Proofs
will be submitted as they are received.
Elvis had Cherokee roots. His ggrandmother, Morning Dove
White Mansell was Cherokee in Alabama. Lillian Mann Fortenberry,
the oldest sister of Gladys, was found to be living as an
Absentee Shawnee according to the US Indian Rolls taken
in Oklahoma, in 1937. With her first husband, Charlie Mann,
and a son, Billy, the Indian Roll shows Lillian with her
given indian name, "Lillie Panther.">> US
Indian Census
Tuscarora Chief ca. 1700's
Lillian Fortenberry a/k/a
"Lillie Panther" of the Shawnee
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