| Name |
David Pridgen |
| Birth |
ca 1742 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Guardianship |
Mar-Jun 1762 |
Edgecombe Co, North Carolina, British America |
| Mar-Jun 1762. Thomas Pridgen appointed Guardian to David Pridgeon, Sala Pridgeon, Jesse Pridgeon, William Pridgeon & Drury Pridgeon, Orphans of William Pridgeon giving Security in the sum of £1000. Proc Thomas Horn & James Ricks Sec. |
- Weynette Parks Haun. Edgecombe County North Carolina County Court Minutes, 1744 thru 1762, Book I ( Durham, NC, n. p., 1985), 103.
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| Inheritance |
28 Feb 1766 |
Edgecombe Co, North Carolina, USA |
| No Probate date. Son-in-law: David Pridgen, "heffer"; son & exr: John Evins; son & exr: Abraham; daus: Sarah Evins, Leady (Ledy) Ballard, Elizabeh Evins. Remainder, divide equally. Wit: Rachel Price, Tobias Sealey. |
| Property, Real |
20 Jul 1782 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| David Pridgen deed to Drury Pridgen |
- Joseph W. Watson. Kinfolks of Nash County, North Carolina, 1778-1854 (Durham, NC: Fisher-Harrison Corp., 1979), 7. [Nash County Deed Book 1, p 214]
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| Census |
1790 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
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1790 Census for Nash County, North Carolina, Sheet 18-19
--David Pridgen-- 2 free white males of 16 years and upward, including head of families; 1 free white male under 16; 4 free white females including heads of families; 5 slaves, total 12 household members.
--Drury Pridgen-- 1 free white male of 16 years and upward, including head of families; 4 free white females including heads of families, total 5 household members.
Jesse Pridgen, 3 free white males under 16, 1 free white male 16 and over, 5 free white free females, 4 slaves, total 13 household members. |
| Property, Real |
6 May 1792 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| David Pridgen deed to Hardy Pridgen for the land whereon said Hardy then lived. |
- Joseph W. Watson. Kinfolks of Nash County, North Carolina, 1778-1854 (Durham, NC: Fisher-Harrison Corp., 1979), 23. [Nash County Deed Book 4-135]
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| Witness |
Feb 1795 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| Will of George Jackson, signed 25 Dec 1789. "sick & week" Wife Mary Jackson - lend to her all my land & estate. Grandson Lewis Jackson - 5 shillings. Joseph Jackson, Barbra Pope, Sarah Cooper, Rasme Taylor - remainder of estate after my wife's death. Son Newman Jackson - 5 shillings. Ex: Drewery Taylor, Lewis Jackson. Wit: David Pridgen, Drewry Pridgen. p 229 of will book. |
| Property, Real |
8 Mar 1796 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| David Pridgen deed to Abijah Pridgen |
- Joseph W. Watson. Kinfolks of Nash County, North Carolina, 1778-1854 (Durham, NC: Fisher-Harrison Corp., 1979), 46. [Nash County Deed Book 6-173]
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| Property, Real |
9 Sep 1796 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| Hardy Pridgen deed to David Pridgen |
- Joseph W. Watson. Kinfolks of Nash County, North Carolina, 1778-1854 (Durham, NC: Fisher-Harrison Corp., 1979), 46. [Nash County Deed Book 6-189]
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| Will |
Aug 1813 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| will signed 24 May 1814. Wife Pinkley L. Pridgen lend to her 150 acres where I now live which my father bought from Benjamin Flowers; also 140 acres which I bought from Joseph Harwood & wife Sarah; also 25 acres which I bought of Solomon Wells; also lend to her negro man Peter, woman Win, man Jacob (formerly called Young Jacob), girl Jude, horse, etc; and after her widowhood, all that lent to said wife to go to 2 sons, Hardy & Abijah Pridgen & daughter Cloah Atkison. Wife - give to her $200. Son Hardy - 330 acres on both side of Sappony Swamp which I bought from John Atkinson; $250; also Vilot & her children, man Jeffrey, boy Jesse, etc. 3 grandsons William Hutson Tisdale, Philander Tisdale, Alexander Henry Tisdale (sons of William Tisdale & his wife Piety); boy Bynum, girl Lett (daughter of old Lett). Daughter Piety Tisdale -lend to her feathr bed & furniture; after her death to my graddaughter Mourning Tisdale. Son Abijah Pridgen - 175 acres on north side of Tar River which I bought from Hardy Pridgen; man Cai, man Ellick, gorl Sook, 1 still, etc. Daughter Cloah Atkinson - 158 1/2 acres on north side of Tar River which I bought of James Prim and wife Mary; 141 acres on north side Tar River which I bought from James Prim and wife Mary; woman Lucy, man Charles, man Isaac, woman Jane, feather bed $ furniture. Daughter Ateshia Harper - woman Cate, boy Nepton, woman Old Dinah, boy Pomp, bed & furniture. Daughter Primmy Lamki -woman Old Lett, woman Charlot, bed & funiture. Daughter Peggy Cooper - woman Silve, woman Nancey, boy Abraham, girl Beck, bed & furniture. Daughter Polly Harriet Pridgen (minor) - 150 acres adjoining Drewry Pridgen which I bought of Rhoda Allen; 150 acres which I bought of Elizabeh Allen; 320 acres which I bought of Joseph Selah, Jr.; boy Sooke, $600; to receive legacy if she lives to age 18, reversion to my 2 sons Hardy & Agijah Pridgen & daughter Cloah Atkinson. Ex: son Abijah Pridge, Benjamin Atkinson, Wit: John Vick, Jacob Brarnes, Nancy B. Bottoms. |
- (1) Ruth Smith Williams and Margarette Glenn Griffin, Nash County, North Carolina, Will Book I (Rocky Mount, NC: J. W. Watson, 1967), 85. [Will Book I-275]. (2) Stephen E. Bradley, Jr, abst. The Wills of Nash County, North Carolina, Vol I, 1777-1848 (Keysville, VA: Stephen E. Bradley, 1992), 64. [Original Nash County Wills Books, known as “Retired Will Books” on microfilm at North Carolina Archives. #334] Will Book 1777-1848, p 333.
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| Death |
26 May 1814 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| Inventory |
29 Jun 1814 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| David Pridgen inventory by Abijah Pridgen and Benjamin Atkinson, exrs. First sale held Aug 31, 1814. Four additional sales held. Account current, May 22, 1819. |
- Joseph W. Watson. Abstracts of Early Records of Nash County, North Carolina 1777-1859 2nd ed. (Durham, NC: Seeman Printery, Inc, 1975), 231.
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| Relationship |
20 Nov 1821 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| Polly H Pridgen was an orphan of David Pridgen, decd, with Nicholas Lewis as guardian. |
| Relationship |
27 Jan 1827 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| Pinkey Lewis, the wife of Nicholas Lewis, was formerly the widow of David Pridgen, decd; Polly H Pridgen was a minor daughter of said Pinkey Lewis and David Pridgen. |
- Joseph W. Watson. Abstracts of Early Records of Nash County, North Carolina 1777-1859 2nd ed. (Durham, NC: Seeman Printery, Inc, 1975), 231.
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| Relationship |
21 Oct 1839 |
Nash Co, North Carolina, USA |
| Chloe Wilder of Noxubee Co, Mississippi, was lately Chloe Atkinson and formerly Chloe Pridgen, daughter of David Pridgen. |
- Joseph W. Watson. Kinfolks of Nash County, North Carolina, 1778-1854 (Durham, NC: Fisher-Harrison Corp, 1979), 172. [Book 16, p 474]
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| Person ID |
I10201 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
23 Aug 2020 |
1742 - 1814 (72 years)
