Paisley Family Association

Click on the topic below to go to the list of resources. If you have questions about any of the materials, want to add to the list, or encounter a broken link, contact Diane Langston, dlangsto@yahoo.com.

WEBSITE LINKS

Paisley DNA Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/paisley/about/background

Paisley Family Online Tree: Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com/ Subscription required to access records and trees. This is where the PFA’s private Clan Paisley database is housed. You can request access if your dues are paid.

Clan Paisley Society USA Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/people/Clan-Paisley-Society-USA-branch/100064487330093/

Clan Paisley Society: https://www.clanpaisleysociety.org.uk/

SEE ADDITIONAL WEBSITE LINKS BELOW

PFA Library

Archive

Repositories

Additional Website Links

• Family Search. https://www.familysearch.org/en/ . Free. Create an account. Millions of documents. Millions more unindexed and require searching through county registers and books.
• Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/  Free. Most are cemetery listings and some photos of tombstones. Be wary of memorials that people have placed that have no actual burial info.
• Newspapers
  • Ancestry owned: https://www.newspapers.com/ (paid subscription) 
  • Google’s Newspaper access portal: https://news.google.com/newspapers
  • Library of Congress: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
  • Newspaper Archives: https://newspaperarchive.com/ (paid subscription)
• Revolutionary War. Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters. https://revwarapps.org/ Transcriptions of pension applications. Able to do searches within apps.
• RootsWeb https://www.ancestry.com/boards/ An old but huge online forum that connected researchers. Ancestry purchased it, and contact sites have expanded, but still some good info from years ago. Use several key words or Advanced Search to sort through the hundreds of messages.
• USGenWeb http://www.usgenweb.org/ Free genealogical records posted since 1996. Maintained by volunteers, so amount of information for each state and county varies.
• BY LOCATION:
• CANADA. Library and Archives of Canada https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/
• ILLINOIS.
  • Statewide Marriage index 1763-1900. https://apps.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp
  •             Statewide Death Index, pre-1916. https://apps.ilsos.gov/isavital/deathsrch.jsp
  •             Global search of multiple databases: https://apps.ilsos.gov/isa/globalsrch.jsp
• IRELAND. National Archives of Ireland https://genealogy.nationalarchives.ie/
• NORTH CAROLINA. State Archives https://archives.ncdcr.gov/search-catalog/search-doc
• VIRGINIA. Library of Virginia. Not the easiest website to navigate. They no longer allow direct access to most databases, like Bible records. General searching: Type surnames, then use drop-down arrow on right to request just digital collections, then on left side narrow further to “collections” or other areas. https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en
  •             Newspapers: https://virginiachronicle.com/
  •             Virginia Chancery Records: https://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/
• WASHINGTON D.C.  Library of Congress. https://catalog.loc.gov/  . Must use Advanced Search to locate items in this huge collection. Some records online.
• WASHINGTON D.C.  National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/ . Papers of and about Melvyn R. Paisley, Sec. of Navy. Pension and military records for many Paisleys. Searching is more difficult than using https://www.fold3.com/search , but it is free.
• WASHINGTON D.C.  U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Land Office Records https://glorecords.blm.gov/
• UNITED KINGDOM. https://www.freeukgenealogy.org.uk/  Government and church records transcribed by volunteers.

Paisley Family Association Library

Family histories and Biographies

Drake, Julia Angeline and James Ridgely Orndorff. From Mill Wheel to Plowshare: The Story of the Contribution of the Christian Orndorff Family to the Social and Industrial History of the United States. Cedar Rapids Iowa: The Torch Press, 1938. 271pp, index, ill. Note: a descendant of Jane Paisley and John White. [donated Oct 2018 by Julia Drake’s grandniece Sharon Schirding]

Huckaby, Elizabeth Paisley and Ethel C. Simpson. Tulip Evermore: Emma Butler and William Paisley, Their Lives in Letters, 1857-1887. Fayetteville AR: Univ of Arkansas Press, 1985. 492pp, no index. [purchased by Diane Langston]

O’Shea,Margaret N. Oldham Paisley: A Community Editor and His Newspapers,…1915-1970. 1974. 186pp, indexed. [donated by Judy Fuquay Whiting]

Paisley, Melvyn with Vicki Paisley. Ace! Autobiography of a Fighter Pilot World War II. Boston: Branden Pub Co, 1992. 316pp, photos, index. [purchased by Diane Langston]

Paisley. Clan Society. The Journal of the Clan Paisley Society. Periodical, published annually since 1989. Chief: Duncan W. Paisley of Westerlea.

Partridge, Silva Dell Wilson. Paisley and Allied Families. Spokane WA: Zions Intermountain Press c.1973 by Oscar Paisley, 1251pp, index. [donated by Rovena Llewellyn Jones]

Rankin, S. M. The Rankin and Wharton Families and Their Genealogy. Greensboro NC, not dated, privately published after 1930. MA: Higginson Book Co [reprint]. 295pp, illus. Note: numerous Paisleys intermarried into Rankin and Wharton families. [purchased by Diane Langston]

Waters, Evelyn G. Paisley. Wiley Pasley and Evaline Senter of Ashe County, North Carolina: Their Known Descendants. West Grove, PA: E. P. Waters, 1995. 111pp, index, charts, extensive appendix of photos.

Histories of cemeteries, places, organizations, institutions

Alamance Presbyterian Church Organized 1764: The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Alamance Presbyterian Church, Greensboro North Carolina. 32pp. Signed by Rev. W. Lowery McBath and Eagle Scout Terry Bradham who were at the 12 Apr 1969 Paisley reunion event at the church. [donated by Judy Fuquay Whiting]

Browning Mary A., ed. Guilford County Cemeteries Volume II Eastern Section. Greensboro NC: Guilford County Genealogical Society, 2001. 442pp, index. [purchased by Diane Langston]

Caruthers, Eli W. Revolutionary Incidents and Sketches of Character chiefly in the “Old North State” volumes I and II. Philadelphia: Hayes and Zell, 1856. Reprint 1999 by Guilford County Genealogical Society. 247pp, index. [purchased by Diane Langston]

Kaune, Olive F. One Hundred Twenty Years of Donnellson Presbyterian Church History 1819-1939. 44pp, ill. Some material provided by Josie McCaslin, great-granddaughter of Joseph Paisley. [donated by Sharon Schirding]

Guilford County Genealogical Society. The Guilford Genealogist (periodical). Number 31,

Moore, Carol. Greensboro’s First Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Images of America series). Arcadia Pub, 2006. No index, Paisley on pp 42, 104. [purchased by Diane Langston]

Nix, Jerry S. One Hundred Sixty Years History of Bethel Presbyterian Church 1812-1972., Alamance Printing Co, 1973. 48pp, photos, indexed. Includes info on Rev. Samuel Paisley and info and photo of Rev. William D. Paisley. [donated by Judy Fuquay Whiting]

One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Donnellson United Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A: Church History 1819-1969. Donnellson, Illinois, privately published. 21pp, stapled binding. [donated by Judy Fuquay Whiting]

Sockwell,Helen Paisley. Life, Lore & Legend of McLeansville, Kernsville NC: Elm Creek printing, 2009. 497pp, indexed. [purchased by Diane Langston]

Stockard, Sallie Walker. The History of Alamance. 1900. Reprinted 1986 by Alamance County Historical Museum, Burlington NC. 187pp, indexed. [donated by Judy Fuquay Whiting]

Vital Records and County, State, and National records

Browning, Mary A. and Dixie Matheny Normandy. Guilford County 1860 Annotated Abstract of the U.S. Population Schedule of 1860 For Guilford County, North Carolina. Greensboro NC: Guilford County Genealogical Society, 1991. 320pp. Listed as enumerated, index included. [purchased by Diane Langston]

Hill, Jane Smith, transcriber, Lawrence E. Jarrell, editor. Guilford County North Carolina 1850 Census Schedule 1: Population. Greensboro NC: Guilford County Genealogical Society, 2000. 329pp. Listed as enumerated, index included. [purchased by Diane Langston]

North Carolina. Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790. Athens GA: Iberian Pub Co, 1990. Reprint of Government Printing Office publication, 1908. 202pp, index. [purchased by Diane Langston]

UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS

Carey, Mark A. “Who was John Peasley of Burke County, North Carolina, Wilkes County, North Carolina and Hawkins County, Tennessee?” (A Presentation by Dr. Mark A. Carey to the Paisley Family Association, March 5, 2011)

Fuquay, Mildred Smith. Paisley reunion notebook and papers, 1969-78. Clippings, correspondence, newsletters, photos. Family history compilations by Silva Partridge, Annie Llewellyn Samuel, Marion Sikes, Boyd Paisley Greeson. [donated by Judy Fuquay Whiting]

Huffines, David Allen Jr. “Virginia Paisley Sikes,” excerpts From One Generation to Another, Part I: The Hofheintz/Huffines Family, Part II: Williamson, Wakefield, Underwood, Sikes, Lipscomb, & Paisley Families. Charlotte NC, 2001. [printed from online Family History Library copy; also includes obituary for Virginia Paisley Sikes]

Paisley Family Tree poster, 28”x24”. William Paisley 1700 at base. [donated by Judy Fuquay Whiting]

Paisley, Gary. “Paisleys of the Upper New River Valley” (A Presentation by Gary Paisley to the Paisley Family Association, March 2, 2013)

Paisley, John Calvin. All the Way from Olden Days to the Far Future: An Autobiography. 1987. Autobiography and Lineage Charts of John Calvin Paisley of Baltimore MD (1911-1995). [provided by his widow Miriam Jungblut Paisley]

Partridge, Silva Wilson. Paisley Scrapbook. Newspapers clippings, notices, photos. 1950s, 1960s, early 1970s. [donated by Judy Fuquay Whiting]

Ulmer, Mark. “Paisley: From Scotland to America” (A Presentation by Mark Ulmer to the Paisley Family Association, March 7, 2009)

MEDIA

Paisley family at Stone Mountain Georgia Highland Games, October 1995 [VHS]. Filmed by Rovena & Donald Jones

Paisley family at Grandfather Mountain North Carolina Highland Games, July 11-14, 1996. [VHS] Filmed by Rovena & Donald Jones

Ulmer, Mark. Paisley from Ireland to America. Paisley Family Association presentation 2009. [CD] Filmed by Rovena & Donald Jones

Archives – original documents, analyses, transcriptions

Bible – Paisley, John & Mary Ann Denny

Bible – Paisley, Samuel & Nelley Paisley

Bible – Paisley, Robert & Margaret Major

Bible – Peasley, Isaac & Alice

Bible – Peasley, Rev. Sylvester

Bible – White, John & Jane Paisley

Doak/Paisley Timeline

Land Purchase NC 1769 Wiley to Paisley, William

Land Purchase NC 1770 Wiley to Paisley, William

Letter 1850 Paisley, Rev. Samuel about Paisley family. Compiled and analyzed by Mark Ulmer.

Revolutionary War – John Peasley pension

Will / Probate – Gray, James 1748 Kent  CO DE (names daughter Margaret Pasley)

Will / Probate – Gray, James 1751 Kent  CO DE (probate issues by son-in-law John Peasley)

Will / Probate – Paisley, John 1811 Guilford CO NC

Will / Probate – Paisley, Preston 1836 Guilford CO NC

Will / Probate – Paisley, Robert 1828 Logan CO KY

Will / Probate – Paisley, William Jr 1822 Guilford CO NC

Repositories – libraries, museums, and archives with materials connected to the Paisley family

• ARKANSAS. University of Arkansas. https://uark.as.atlas-sys.com/ . Papers & photos of William McLean Paisley (1842-1891) and Emma Butler Paisley. Also Elizabeth Paisley Huckaby.
• IOWA. University of Iowa. https://collguides.lib.uiowa.edu/?MSC0450 . Diaries of John Paisley (b.1831 Guernsey Co OH) m. Chloe Lippitt.
• KENTUCKY. Western Kentucky University. Kentucky Museum: https://westernkentuckyuniversity.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/5D838A91-134B-4B71-8958-294428241032 (Capt. Robert Paisley rifle)
• PENNSYLVANIA. Presbyterian Historical Society, Presbyterian USA (Philadelphia) https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-465 . William Denny Paisley (1770-1857), Samuel Abner Paisley (1811-1892), family historian William M. Sikes.
• NORTH CAROLINA. Greensboro Museum. https://greensborohistory.org/ Hard to locate materials in catalog but they do house items from Lt. John C. Paisley and Sarah Paisley Sloan. Museum is the old First Presbyterian Church and the cemetery has the grave of Rev. William D. Paisley.
• NORTH CAROLINA. Wilson Library at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03969/ . Genealogical papers of Silva Wilson Partridge on the Paisley family.
• OHIO. Western Reserve Historical Society. http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/view?docId=ead/OCLWHi3434.xml;chunk.id=headerlink;brand=default . James A. Paisley (1866-1932) company papers.
• WASHINGTON D.C.  Daughters of the American Revolution.  https://www.dar.org/ Search online for availability of records. Some can be ordered, but many must be viewed at the library.