This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pressler, Preslar, Presley, Parker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACE/327 Message Board Post: Does anyone know what happened to the Joshua Preslar, Jr. (born about 1810, son of Joshua Preslar & Susannah Parker) who moved his family from Anson County, North Carolina to Henderson County, Tennessee between 1851-1853? He married Margaret [-?-] about 1839 and had at least nine children: Thomas P. Preslar was born 1840 NC Sarah E. Preslar was born abt 1842 NC James H. Preslar was born abt 1844 NC Hugh Daniel Preslar was born abt 1846 NC Nancy A. Preslar was born abt 1849 NC S.E. Preslar was born abt 1851 NC W.M. Preslar was born abt 1853 TN Joshua Preslar was born abt 1857 TN F.C. Preslar was born abt 1859 TN Joshua & family show up in the 1850 Anson County census. By the 1860 census, they show up in Henderson County, but oldest son, Thomas, is no longer with the family. By the 1870 Henderson County census, Joshua is no longer listed and Thomas is listed with his wife and 3 children. There wasn't a will as far as I could find in the Henderson County records, Joshua isn't listed in any of the cemeteries in the county and neither can I find any deed activity involving him. I believe my 3rd great grandfather, Thomas Parker Presley, is that oldest son, but have been unable to locate any documentation that specifically establishes that, merely the 1870 census with Thomas living in Henderson with an age that matches. Thomas and family ended up settling in Dyer County. Participation in the Presley-Pressley DNA Surname Project has revealed 25/25 marker matches with several known descendants of the Johannes Valentin Pressler descendants who settled in Anson County (as well as a 36/37 and 34/37 marker match).