I took my genealogy notebook over to mom's this weekend and showed my work to her. She was very impressed. She just couldn't believe I was able to find so much information, and where in the world did I find it out from?
I've put more than just the pedigree charts and family record sheets in there. I've also got any pages I printed out from online, copies of wills, message board posts, etc. I went through and highlighted what's important. It's like a history project only FUNNER! :)
Oh, found out a little info on my grandparents' marriage that I will have to change. I had them listed as being married in Nash County, but mom says this isn't correct. They actually got married in Virginia, I think Emporia or some city like that. I asked her why and I guess it was an age thing, like maybe my grandmother was a little too young to get married then? I'm not sure. She was 19, but this was 1930 so who knows what the laws were like then. Anyway, I've got to change that. She did say that her brother was the one who drove them up there to get married. They eloped. How romantic! <3
Looking over my research, I've realized how far I've come along. I've got 6 generations of Parker families, 7 if you count me i suppose. I've also come quite far in my Pridgen line but I have not made up records of all of those families yet. There's still more research to do and I want to be able to list all of the Pridgen families, who they married, their kids, etc. It will take a while. Plus for all of the other families too! I'm trying to go backwards though, just working on the ones closest to me, like Parker, Pridgen, Daughtridge, and Bone. Then work my way to the other lines, like the Lands, Batchelors, and Winsteads.
I also had an idea this morning of a section I could add to my notebook. I have several ancestors that fought in the civil and revolutionary wars. I was thinking of adding a military section since you can find a lot of info through military records.
I plan to work on it some today so I can't wait to get started :)
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Hi Melody,
I just found your journal searching the net.We have alot of Surnames in common.At least 5,and a possible as well.My email is cherokeemoon1977@yahoo.com
Hi, Melody!
I'm also tied in with the Pridgen, Parker, Bone & Daughtridge families of Nash County- for instance, from the Sandy Cross area south of Nashville and more or less scattered throughout Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson counties. I'm just recently looking all these names up, finding out who's who. Did you ever hear talk of a Civil War soldier in the family who deserted the army (may have been a prisoner) and hid in a cave near Sapony Creek, and when his wife (or may have been his mother) brought him something to eat and Union soldiers came up and burned her wrists to get her to tell where he was? I have only heard bit parts of it and was wondering if that story circulated in your family. I believe Alexander Elliott Pridgen may have been that soldier. Just speculating on that name, but he is listed as a Civil War soldier who deserted. Do you know about the small branch of Sapony Creek being called "Buffalo Spillwater", possibly by Indians who lived there? John Hardy Pridgen was my great Grandfather and Della bone was my great grandmother, who died when my grandmother was a few months old. John Hardy remarried and my grandmother was raised by Mary, his next wife. Unfortunately, John Hardy Pridgen cut ties with my grandmother over a land dispute and no contact was made by him toward his grandchildren. We connect our Parkers with these Pridgens through John Hardy Pridgen, seeing my grandmother married a Parker.
Hi Linda!
We're cousins. I thought your name sounded familiar. John Hardy and Della are also my great grandparents and I'm the youngest granddaughter of Frank and Elsie. That's a very interesting story about the civil war soldier. I'll have to look into that and see if I can find out any more. I know of at least three of our ancestors that were in the civil war. Willie Daughtridge was one of them, and he died from disease while being held as a POW in Elmira, NY. Josiah Parker was the other one and I heard he died from typhoid or pneumonia at a Wilmington hospital. He's buried there somewhere. I read that Alexander deserted so it's possible it could be him. I do know there were Indians (Sapponese maybe? Named for the creek) that lived around that area but I haven't heard of Buffalo Spillwater.
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