Daughtridge and Bone: new information

I have some new info on Daughtridge and Bone...not much but it helps.

One question I have partially answered is when Sophia died. I figured it had to be before 1893 because her son Columbus named his daughter Sophia, so I figure he named her after his mother. His daughter was born in 1893. Well I just found out today that Sophia's land was divided up between her heirs on 19 Aug 1885, so that tells me that she probably died a few months before then. I got that information from a copy in the Nash County deed book.

I also got some cemetery information from a book at the library. It has a list of everyone in the Haywood Bone cemetery. I didn't take notes the last time I was up there so I didn't remember everyone who was buried there or what the dates were. It says Susan Bone died in 1895, which answers another question. I knew it had to be after 1893 but before 1900. But it also says that she was born in 1853, but I don't think that's right. I have Susan in the 1850 census and she's a year old, which puts her birth at 1849. So just goes to show you that the grave markers are not always correct. (Like della's) She wouldn't have been in the 1850 census if she was born in 1853.

I also have some information on Willie Daughtridge. My sister printed off a list of battles that his regiment (32nd infantry) fought in. I've also been doing some research on Elmira Prison in NY, which is the prison Willie died in during the civil war. Apparently from what I have read, Elmira was one of the WORST prisons during the war. And it was especially hard for the boys from the south b/c they were not used to harsh winters and they often had little clothing. Disease was widespread and they were also malnourished as the prison didn't give them much to eat. That's so horrible! What a horrible way to die. I read that the prisoners who died there were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery (I think that's the name, I'll have to go back and check that) but I did a search and I couldn't find Willie's name. Maybe they misspelled it.

Pridgen Family

This weekend, I think I'll be working on my Pridgen line. So far, I've done my best to identify all of the children and wives of John Hardy, and I've identified several children of Alexander and Phoebe.

Next up is Patrick Henry, Jesse, Drewery, and William Pridgen.

I was lucky enough to find a copy of Jesse, Drew, and Wm's wills on the genweb site. This will help me verify who their children were. I've also printed off some info from the internet that I'll use.

I think after I work on the Pridgen line, I'll go back to the Bone line and work some more. There's a really great book online that I found about the Bone family, and I think if I search it some more, I can find some very useful information about who the rest of the Bone children were.