Person:William Paisley (5)

Information from "Buffalo Presbyterian Church Members" - (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncguilfo/BuffaloChurchMembers2.html)

Rev. William D. Paisley, son of Col. John and Marianna Denny Paisley, located in the village of Greensboro in 1820, and taught a school. He also bought a farm between Greensboro and the church. There was no church in Greensboro and his family united with Buffalo. Three of his daughters are buried in the cemetery here. He married Frances, daughter of General Alexander Mebane, and their children were Polly M., Mary Ann, Julianna, Harriet J. and Sarah J. Polly M. married Rev. Jesse Rankin, son of John Chambers Rankin, in 1825; Julianna married Congressman John A. Gilmer, son of Robert [end of page 56] S., in 1832; Sarah J. married Robert M. Sloan, son of John, of Lexington, Va., in 1836; Mary Anne and Harriet J. died young. Mr. Paisley's family moved their membership to Greensboro when their father organized the First Presbyterian Church there in 1824. Mr. Paisley often preached at Buffalo. It was his mother's church.

Post-em from Frances Laleman: From: The Times Newspaper - Greensboro North Carolina March 12, 1857 Issue Died In this place, on Tuesday last, Rev. William Paisley,in the 87th year of his age. Father Paisley, as we all learned in our younger days to revrentally call him, was born in this county, and settled in this place when it was in its infancy. He was an eminet divine, and founded the Presbyterian Church in this place.

1. ↑ David Allen Huffines, Jr. From One Generation to Another. (2001, Charlotte, North Carolina)
   379.
2. ↑ Frances Laleman - Post-em on RootsWeb,WorldConnect.
3. ↑ David Allen Huffines, Jr. From One Generation to Another. (2001, Charlotte, North Carolina)
   379.