Daughtridge Line

Tonight I've been working on the Daughtridge line. I've been going through the surnames of my family tree to try to verify information and prove relationships (as best I can). So far I've worked through the Pridgen and Bone lines as far as I could go. Now on to Daughtridge.

Susan Daughtridge, my gg grandmother is the first one from this line. I know her father was Willie Daughtridge, who served in the Civil War. (Susan is listed in the 1850 census along with her parents, Willie, Sophia, and sister Charity.)

Now, here's where it gets kind of tricky. From what I know, John Daughtridge was Willie's father, at least, according to this Daughtridge family website I found. It says that John married Zilla and they had several children, including Willie. Everything seems to match up. The dates, the names. And I have found sources that indicate that John and Zilla did marry and that they lived close to Willie. The 1850 census shows they lived pretty close, but not in the same house. See, Willie got married just a few years before in 1847, so of course he would have his own home by then.

I'm trying to prove that John was Willie's father. The 1840 census isn't much help b/c it only seems to list the heads of the households. It does indicate that a male child about Willie's age then was living in the house, so that could be a clue.

So say John is in fact, Willie's father...than who is John's father? The website claims that two brothers, William Benjamin and James came from Europe, possibly Ireland, and settled in the Nash/Edgecombe area of NC. It says that William's son was John. And yet, someone else has a tree on ancestry.com and they say it's James. I can't seem to find any information on any of these Daughtridges. The website doesn't list any sources, only that the info was compiled by someone in the family. And it doesn't help that I've see Daughtridge spelled in so many different ways.

I hope to find out more infomation soon. I'll just have to keep seaching. But it is exciting to think that I may have some Irish blood in me!