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"All
my life I wanted to be an actor, though I never was in any school
plays or recited a line other than the Gettysburg Address for
my sixth-grade homeroom class." ~
Elvis
Presley
Presley
Family History
Elvis Presley is now a part of American
History. We hope that his memory will help to lead future generations
to regard history and heritage, and to help preserve both as
Elvis would have strived to do.
Elvis occasionally visited the battlefield at Shiloh,
not far from his home. He sometimes took friends and/or family
to see the monuments and to teach them what he had learned about
the battle. Elvis was very much aware that his roots were set
during the War Between States, 1861 ~ 1865. His gggrandfather,
Dunnan Presley, served for the Confederacy in Co. E of Ham's
Regiment, MS cavalry as did many ancestral cousins.
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has graciously accepted from the Point Lookout Prisoner of War
Descendants Organization two certificates naming Elvis Presley
as a post-humous member on behalf
of two cousins, Darling Presley and Horton Presley, both of
whom died at the prison located in MD. in 1864. Both men died
after the Christmas prisoner exchange and kin would like to
know why they were not part of that exchange. PLPOW is seeking
those very answers. For more information, please contact elviscousin@comcast.net
or read more about it here>>
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S. John Warren and Sarah Robinson Warren,
5thggrandparents of Elvis Presley.Sam Warren's mill in Fulton, MS,
was destroyed by fire by Union Cavalry. Sam Warren was 89 years old
at the time he was harrassed and beaten, and he went home and there
died. Many of Elvis'Warren family members were captured and/or harrassed
by Union cavalry coming through Fulton.{photo submitted by Melanie
Shelton, 4th Cousin of Elvis, Warren/Hood line}
Stay
tuned for articles to come on
Elvis and the Civil War, Native American lineage, Elvis and Spirituality,
and Elvis
and History:
›Elvis,
A Student of Civil War History
›Was
Elvis Tuscarora?
›Elvis,
His Spiritual Side
›Elvis,
American Patriot
Elvis and the
USS Arizona Memorial
Elvis in the US Army
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Dunning Presley ~ Myths and Misconceptions
Rosella (Rose)
Elizabeth Pressley,
daughter of Dunning Pressley and great-
grandmother of Elvis. You have long read her story, now meet Rosella
as she looked shortly before her death in 1925.

copyright: 2007 Julian
C. Riley and
Rachel Ann Harden
The Roots of Elvis Presley
details the family lines
of Elvis' direct and more recent connections while The Kin of Rock
and Roll connects Elvis and his direct family lines to the ancestors
and gives more insight to the ancestral lines as well as exists
as a tribute to our cousin, Elvis.

Father and son
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"...I
believe in America an' what she stands for. I believe in defending
our rights an' standing up for liberty and freedom for all..."
~Elvis
Presley
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Elvis and History |
Elvis
had with him a Civil War musket that was given to him as a gift
from members of Humes High School after he had fitted the color
guard with new outfits. On being asked that since his family
had been here {in America} a long time, were any of his ancestors
in the Civil War or the War of the Revolution, Elvis replied:
"Ah, let me see. On which side, let's
see?" and then he laughed.
Elvis knew the history. He was facinated by the history of the
War Between the States. Elvis was proud of his heritage.
North
Carolina in the Revolution
A link to interesting reading. An online
book about the American Revolution with the above link outlining
the chapter concerning our ancestors terrain with excerpts on
the Mecklenburg Committee. |
More on the Ancestors
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