Joel Pridgen

Male 1786 - 1863  (77 years)


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  • Name Joel Pridgen 
    Birth 5 Jan 1786  Nash Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Inheritance 1811  Edgecombe Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Written 26 Sep 1808. Feb Ct 1811. Bk. E, p 2. Wife: (not named) furniture, horse, mare, saddle, bridle, 30 hogs, 3 cows and calves. Lend 850 acres land whereon I live during widowhood, 4 Negroes, furniture, 1/4 still; reversion of land to Philander; sons: Henry and William, 1 Negro each; Edward, 1 Negro and set of blacksmith's tools; and Philander (Exrs), 3 Negroes and saddler's shop and tools, still to be shared with Edward and mother; dau: Elizabeth Pearce, 2; gr. sons: Joel and Josiah Pridgen, 1 Negro to be shared; son-in-law: Hardy Pridgen, 2; son-in-law: Elisha Horn 2; gr. daus: Hansel and Tabitha Horn, to share 1 Negro at death of gr. mother; gr. son: Martin Horn, 1 Negro at death of gr. mother; gr. son: Sarky Pridgen, 1 Negro; dau: Oney Barnes, 1 Negro; gr. dau: Levisa Tisdale, furniture (all new), cow and calf and $50; gr. dau: Elizabeth Tidsale, 1 Negro, residue divided between wife and 6 child and 6 gr. child. Wit: Peter Gray, Benjamin Gray, Rebekah Gray, Elizabeth Gray, Jas. Williams.  
    • Ruth Smith Williams and Margarette Glenn Griffin. Abstracts of the Wills of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1733-1856 (Rocky Mount, NC: Dixie Letter Service, 1956), 335.
    Death 12 Mar 1863  Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16192  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2017 

    Father Hardy Pridgen,   b. ca 1765, Edgecombe Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1848, Nash Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Piety Mourning Tisdale,   b. ca 1764, Nash Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1853, Nash Co, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F5968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsInheritance - Written 26 Sep 1808. Feb Ct 1811. Bk. E, p 2. Wife: (not named) furniture, horse, mare, saddle, bridle, 30 hogs, 3 cows and calves. Lend 850 acres land whereon I live during widowhood, 4 Negroes, furniture, 1/4 still; reversion of land to Philander; sons: Henry and William, 1 Negro each; Edward, 1 Negro and set of blacksmith's tools; and Philander (Exrs), 3 Negroes and saddler's shop and tools, still to be shared with Edward and mother; dau: Elizabeth Pearce, 2; gr. sons: Joel and Josiah Pridgen, 1 Negro to be shared; son-in-law: Hardy Pridgen, 2; son-in-law: Elisha Horn 2; gr. daus: Hansel and Tabitha Horn, to share 1 Negro at death of gr. mother; gr. son: Martin Horn, 1 Negro at death of gr. mother; gr. son: Sarky Pridgen, 1 Negro; dau: Oney Barnes, 1 Negro; gr. dau: Levisa Tisdale, furniture (all new), cow and calf and $50; gr. dau: Elizabeth Tidsale, 1 Negro, residue divided between wife and 6 child and 6 gr. child. Wit: Peter Gray, Benjamin Gray, Rebekah Gray, Elizabeth Gray, Jas. Williams. - 1811 - Edgecombe Co, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Petition for the division of the land of Hardy Pridgen, decd., 1135 acres of land. The twelve lots were drawn by: (1) William H. High in right of his wife, Atsey; (2) Larkin Pridgen; (3) Calvin Richardson in right of his wife, Piety; (4) Henry Eatman in right of his wife, Mourning; (5) Calvin Taylor in right of his wife, Polly; (6) Archibald H. Barnes in right of his wife, Primmy; (7) Raford Kent in right of his wife, Cealy; (8) Wilson Rentfrow in right of his wife, Cally; (9) Henry H. Kent, heir of Sally Pridgen who married Raford Kent and died in 1835; (10) Elizabeth O'Neal, formerly Elizabeth Pridgen; (11) heirs of Josiah Pridgen; (12) Joel Pridge. Feb Term 1853. [Source: Abstracts of Early Records of Nash County, North Carolina 1777-1859 by Joseph W. Watson, 2nd ed. (Durham, NC: Seeman Printery, Inc, 1975) 63.]

      Petition for the sale of land of Hardy Pridgen, who died in 1849, leaving the following as his heirs at law: Piety, a daughter who married Calvin Richardson; Polly, a daughter who married Calvin Taylor; Betsey, a daughter who married Stanly O'Neal, "now" decd.; Hardy H. Knt, son of Sarah, decd. a daghter who married Raiford Kent; Kelly, a daughter who married Wilson Renfrow; Mourning, a daughter who married Henry Eatman; Atsey, a daughter who married William High; Prinistine, a daughter who married Archer Barnes; Joel Pridgen; Wilie Pridgen; Henry Pridgen; Celey, a daughter who married Raiford Kent; the heirs of Josiah Pridgen, namely, L. L. Pridgen, Susan Pridgen, Mary Ann Pridgen, Timothy Pridgen, Joel J. Pridgen, Nancy Pridgen, Winny Pridgen, and Larkin Pridgen No date. Source: Abstracts of Early Records of Nash County, North Carolina 1777-1859 by Joseph W. Watson, 2nd ed. (Durham, NC: Seeman Printery, Inc, 1975) 88.]