Henry B. Presnell

Notes:

Henry Presnell was enlisted a Private with Company C, 36th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers at Richmond, Indiana on 27 August 1861 by Captain Woodard.

His service record states, "That he was duly mustered into the Military Service of the United States at Richmond, Indiana on the 16th of September 1861 for a term of 3 years by Lieutenant Colonel Wood, Mustering Officer. His discharge certificate states that he was 5 feet, 8 & 1/2 inches tall, light in complexion, and sandy colored hair.

His discharge states that he was affected with a double hernia and this was the reason for his disarge, signed by his Company Commander, P. Woodard on 03 March 1862 and signed by the Regimental Commander on 25 March 1862.

Henry was in the Union Army for about six months when he was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky.

From letters on file at the national archives of which I have copies, Henry Presnell was arrested by the Union Army for what they assumed as dissertion. The letter shows that he was sent under guard to Schofield Barracks, St. Louis Missouri. The letter from Captain S.J. Stewart dated 27 August 1863 affirms that he was duly discharged from C Company, 36th Indiana Volunteers, and that he he is being returned with the guards who brought him here. The letter also states that "great care should be taken when sending men here as the Governemnt is being put at great expense in many instances by having discharged men sent long distances only to be released and returned."

Henry Presnell's pension application states that he has a hernia on both sides caused by falling while drilling at Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky in 1861. He also has rheumatism since leaving the service. The document further states that he contracted chronic diarhea while in the service, and that he has partial blindness caused by a snag while in service. Henry applied for admission to the Iowa Soldier's Home at Marshalltown Iowa on 13 April 1893 at the age of 68 (this age is in error even though the application was filed by Henry he would have been 61). Henry Presnell has a Civil War veterans stone marking his grave tha shows,"H. Presnell Co C., 36th Ind. Vol."


Buried:
"Old Cemetery" Iowa Soliders Home, Row 11, Grave 29

Died:
Age: 69

Henry married Mary Dillon on 31 Dec 1863. Mary was born about 1835 in Indiana; died before 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On 30 November 1826, Benoni requests certificate to marry Jane Moon at the Newberry Monthly Meeting, Ohio.
On 28 December his certificate was granted.

A complaint was filed at the Duck Creek Monthly meeting on 24 September 1829 that he used profane language, struck a man, and varried from the truth. He denied parts thereof. On 23 June 1831 Benoni was disowned by the Duck Creek Quakers.

His wife Jane and children request certificate to Newbury Monthly Meeting Ohio on 21 July 1831 and on 22 Septmenber 1830 the certificate is granted

Henry County, Probate Hearing Book, 1830-1861
Presnell, Benoni
Book 1, Page 75, "heirs"

Henry County, Probate Appearance Book, 1826-1852
Presnall, Benoni Book 1, Page 67, 1852

Benoni married Jane Moon on 1 Mar 1827 in Newberry, Clinton, Ohio, USA. Jane (daughter of Daniel H Moon and Ruth Hutson) was born on 10 Feb 1810 in Newberry, Clinton, Ohio, USA; died in 1886 in Indian Creek, Story, Iowa, USA; was buried in 1886 in Peoria, Story, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Peoria Cemetery

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April 21, 1831 -- Regarding Daniel of Duck Creek; a preparatory meeting informed that he had been guilty of raising and circulating a slanderous report on an individual calculated to lower the credit and dignity of the Society.

July 21, 1831 -- Disowned.

August 25, 1831 -- Daniel appealed to the quarterly meeting.

June 20, 1832 -- The preparatory meeting complained of Daniel for using profane language and using spiritous liquor.

He was disowned on September 20, 1832.

Daniel married Pleasant Maudlin on 6 Jun 1804 in Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolina, USA. Pleasant (daughter of John Maudlin and Ann Newby) was born on 13 Jun 1784 in Perquimans, North Carolina, USA; died before 1860 in Henry, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Ruth Hutson on 29 Oct 1790 in Cane Creek M.M., Randolph Co., North Carolina. Ruth (daughter of Richard Hutson and Sarah Lamb, daughter of Charles Hudson and Martha Robertson) was born on 5 May 1770 in Cane Creek, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; died on 19 Jan 1852 in Newberry, Clinton, OH; was buried in Old West Fork Ce, Clinton, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Center Monthly Meeting of Guilford County, North Carolina was established in 1757. The Daniel Presnell family was associated with this Center Monthly Meeting prior to 1792. The minutes of this meeting were destroyed by fire in 1825.

Daniel Presnell appears on Jacob Shepard's List in Randolph County in 1779 (age 31), the year the county was formed. His worth is listed as 170 pounds.

The Back Creek, North Carolina Quaker Meeting (Randoloph County) was established in 1792 and the Pressnall family was associated with this group from its start.

The Back Creek Quaker records show:

June 25, 1797, Stephen, son of Daniel of Randolph County, married Hannah Rease.

March 7, 1798, Lydia, daughter of Daniel of Randolph County, married Nathan Hutson.

June 6, 1804, Daniel, son of Daniel and Martha of Randolph County, married Pleasant Modlin.

Daniel Presnell appears on Capt. Burn's District in the 1815 Tax List of Randolph County, and is listed as having 650 acres on Back Creek.

The Milford Quaker Meeting Minutes of Wayne County, Irdiana record the following:

March 26, 1825, A committee was appointed to inspect the situation of Daniel Pressnall Sr. and his wife and devise such methods for their relief as may appear necessary.

July 23, 1825, The committee reported that the matter of relief for Daniel Pressnall Sr. and his wife be discontinued and no longer be a meeting concern.

March 25, 1826, Daniel Preasnall Sr. of Back Creek and his wife report that they need immediate assistance of the Friends.

April 22, 1826, Twenty dollars was raised for the relief of Daniel Sr. and his wife.

Daniel married Martha in 1775 in Holly Spring, Wake Co., North Carolina. Martha was born in 1750 in Virginia, USA; died between 1786 and 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ann Newby on 1 Feb 1769 in Perquimans, North Carolina, USA. Ann (daughter of William Newby and Jemima Newby) was born on 16 May 1750 in Perquimans, North Carolina, USA; died in 1846 in Henry, Indiana, USA; was buried in 1846 in Clear Springs, Henry Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Clear Springs Friends Cemetery

Notes:

Joseph, the fourth son of John and Mary, was born March 20, 1750 on Deep River, Randolph County, NC. About 1770 he married Ann Brown, daughter of Grace (Thompson) Brown and Daniel Brown, a Quaker preacher. Ann was born in Virginia, January 22, 1755. Joseph and Ann had thirteen children. (Data on these families found in the "Short History of the Moon Family").

They lived in Randolph County, NC. In 1796 Joseph and Ann and their children, some of whom had married by then, left North Carolina and went to Jefferson County, Tennessee, East of Knoxville about 20 miles, where they lived for several years. It was here that James, son of William and Jane, was born. In 1802, Joseph bought about 200 acres of land from John Chester in Jefferson Co, TN. However it was slave territory and since Quakers were opposed to slavery they moved north and formed a colony near Martinsville, in what was Highland County but is now Clinton County, Ohio.

Two sons, Daniel and Joseph, and their families were the first to leave Tennessee, in the spring of 1808. Autumn of the next year the father and mother, Joseph and Ann, with their younger children, and two sons William and Jesse and their families went to Ohio. By 1811 the rest of the family had followed to join the colony which, with their coming, numbered 55 persons - 34 males and 21 females. They were the founders of what is now Clark Township, Clinton County, OH.

In this colony were many artisans as well as farmers. The Moons of that day were well equipped for life in a new community, with carpenters, coopers, harness makers, blacksmiths, cabinet makers, stone masons, saddlers, plasterers, mechanics, gunsmiths included in their number. William and Jesse Moon were well known for the quality of guns they made and they did an extensive business in that line. It is likely there was a preacher in the group. We know there have been many in religious and educational work since.

Ann Moon died August 31, 1824 and Joseph died April 14, 1832. They were buried in the Newberry Cemetery in back of the Newberry Quaker church at Martinsville, within shouting distance of the first homes of the Moons in Ohio. The inscriptions on the stones are still legible but we are told the stones need resetting.

From 1808 until 1811 Joseph, his wife and family, eleven sons and two daughters, moved to Ohio and settled about a mile or two east of Martinsville in what is now Clark Township. In all fifty-five persons, thirty-four males and twenty-one females made the journey to what proved to be the Promised Land.

Joseph died in Martinsville on the 14th day of the 4th month of 1838. He was 88 years and 25 days old. Ann died on the 31st day of the 8th month on 1824. She was 69 years and 7 months old. (Newborn Stone Records)


Buried:
Friends Cemetery

Joseph married Ann Brown on 13 Apr 1772 in Cane Creek, Randolph, North Carolina, USA. Ann (daughter of Daniel Brown and Grace Thompson) was born on 22 Jan 1755 in Virginia, USA; died on 31 Aug 1824 in Martinsville, Clinton, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Sarah Lamb in 1769 in Randolph, North Carolina, USA. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Lamb and Sarah Moore) was born in 1748 in Perquimans, North Carolina, USA; died in 1807 in Lost Creek, , Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]