When Hosea W. Presley was born about 1790, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Anthony Andreas Presley, was 28 and his mother, Patience Ricks, was 27. He married Lovely Word about 1820, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States in 1840. He died about 1847, in Sabine, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Many, Sabine, Louisiana, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."
Louisiana was divided into 19 parishes (rather than counties or boroughs) on March 31, 1807. Currently, there are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
English: variant of Priestley with loss of -t- through assimilation into the preceding -s-.
Americanized form of German Pressler .
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