Presley Neville was an American

United States

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 military officer, and state official who served in the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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Presley Neville was born at the family home in Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...

, to General John Neville

General John Neville

John Neville was an American military officer, land speculator, and state official who served in the American Revolutionary War and, as a tax collector, was a central figure in the Whiskey Rebellion...

 and Winifred Oldham Neville. He served as the Marquis de Lafayette's aide-de-camp

Aide-de-camp

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 for two years. Both Presley and his father, John, were captured in the Siege of Charleston

Siege of Charleston

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 in 1780. Following his release in 1782, Presley married Nancy Morgan, daughter of General Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer, soldier, and United States Representative from Virginia. One of the most gifted battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War, he later commanded troops during the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion.-Early years:Most authorities believe that...

. They lived at Woodville

Woodville (Heidelberg, Pennsylvania)

Woodville, also known as the Neville House or John Neville House, is a house on Washington Pike south of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania. It is significant for its association with John Neville, a tax collector whose other house was burned in the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The oldest portion of the house...

 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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, and raised a family. Presley served as Chief Burgess of Borough of Pittsburgh from 1804-1805.