James Polk Priestly: Our Family History

Generation: 1

James Polk Priestly was born on 1 Dec 1844 in Sabine Co, Texas (son of James Priestly and Elizabeth Ann Ragsdale); died on 13 Jun 1926.

Family/Spouse: Catherine T. Davis. Catherine was born on 17 Apr 1857 in Texas; died on 2 Nov 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

James Priestly was born on 10 Apr 1817 in York, South Carolina; died on 30 Apr 1884 in Jacksonville, Cherokee Co, Texas.

James married Elizabeth Ann Ragsdale on 25 Sep 1838 in Rutherford Co, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Nimrod Ragsdale and Ann Chapple) was born on 11 Sep 1819 in South Carolina; died on 4 Jun 1860 in Dewitt Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Ann Ragsdale was born on 11 Sep 1819 in South Carolina (daughter of Nimrod Ragsdale and Ann Chapple); died on 4 Jun 1860 in Dewitt Co, Texas.

Children:

1. James Polk Priestly was born on 1 Dec 1844 in Sabine Co, Texas; died on 13 Jun 1926.

Generation: 3

6.	Nimrod Ragsdale was born in 1778 in Petersburg, Virginia; died on 10 Apr 1837 in Shelby Co, Texas. Nimrod married Ann Chapple in 1795. Ann was born in 1780 in of, Virginia; died in 1823 in Shelby Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann Chapple was born in 1780 in of, Virginia; died in 1823 in Shelby Co, Texas.

Children:

Martha Ragsdale was born in 1808 in Shelby Co, Texas; died in 1850 in San Marcos, Hays Co, Texas.
Peter Chapple Ragsdale was born on 3 Feb 1810 in Virginia; died on 12 Mar 1882 in San Marcos, Hays Co, Texas.
William Jones Ragsdale was born on 3 Sep 1811 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co, Virginia; died on 28 Oct 1884 in San Marcos, Hays Co, Texas.
Edward Baxter Ragsdale was born on 3 Oct 1816 in Raleigh, North Carolina; died on 8 Nov 1883 in Jacksonville, Cherokee Co, Texas.
3. Elizabeth Ann Ragsdale was born on 11 Sep 1819 in South Carolina; died on 4 Jun 1860 in Dewitt Co, Texas.