Josiah Ellis Pridgen

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About Josiah Ellis Pridgen

From "The Pridgen family of Sapony Creek" by Plummer Alston Jones

http://books.google.com/books?id=HQZJAAAAMAAJ

Family legend has it that he owned a general store in Cherokee, Alabama. When the Civil War began, he chose to be apolitical and not to fight for either cause. When Sherman came through Cherokee, he burned Josiah's store.


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Josiah Ellis Pridgen's Timeline

1812
December 7, 1812
Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
1842
February 5, 1842
Cherokee County, AL, United States
1844
March 27, 1844
AL, United States
1845
August 19, 1845
1847
May 10, 1847
AL, United States
1850
March 19, 1850
AL, United States
1852
August 20, 1852
AL, United States
August 20, 1852
Alabama, USA