David Thomas Pritchard

   Cause of his death was Senile Nephritis / Pulmonary Aedema.

  General Notes:

The 1900 census records the birth date of David Thomas Pritchard as February 1842, however, a genweb site by Ruthann Dunagan records February 17, 1839. Civil War records indicate he was born in 1841; however, the 1850 census below indicates a year of birth as ca 1838.

The 1850 Federal Census for Camden Co., NC records David Pritchard (12 - Camden), living with his widowed mother Huldy Pritchard (47 - Currituck) and siblings Polly (26 - Camden), Joseph (23 - Camden), Hugh (21 - Camden), Allen (19 - Camden), Huldy, Jr. (14 - Camden), Benjamin (10 - Camden), and John T. (7 - Camden). In researching the 1840 census for Camden Co. the only Pritchard family with children as described in the 1850 census belonged to Joseph Pritchard ... therefore ... I will assign Joseph and Huldy as parents of David Pritchard. Additional evidence is that the oldest brother of David is Joseph and also David names his first son Joseph ... a good, meaningful family name.In November 2015 this researcher found the death certificate of David T. Pritchard and it names his parents as Joseph Pritchard and Nancy Herring.

Civil War Soldiers Records <www.ancestry.com>:
David T. Pritchard of Camden County, North Carolina, enlisted at the age of 20 as a Private in Company M, 12th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 30 May 1861. He transferred to Company 2nd B, 32nd Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 15 October 1861 and was promoted to Full Sergeant on 15 November 1861 (Estimated day of Promotion). He was captured and became a POW on 10 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA and confined on 18 May 1864 at Point Lookout, MD. He was paroled on 15 March 1865 at Point Lookout, MD and exchanged on 18 March 1865 at Boulware's Wharf, VA. His headstone reads: 1st Lieut, 2 NC Militia, CSA

The 1880 Federal Census for South Mills Township, Camden Co., NC, District 20, page 56A, dated June 17, 1880 records David T. (38 - VA/NC/NC) and Alice (28 - NC/NC/NC) Pritchard with children Joseph (6), Eula (5), David E. (4), Louella (2), and William R. (1/12). David is a Farmer.

See general notes on his son, Joseph, for 1900 census facts.

The 1910 Federal Census for South Mills Township, Camden Co., NC District 20 records David T. (67) and Alice V. (50) Pritchard with children William R. (25), Johnie (22), George (20), Judson (18), Sanborne (15), and Florine (13). David and Alice have been married 35 years and have had 12 children of whom 10 are still living.

  Research Notes:

The 1880 Federal Census for South Mill Township, Camden Co., NC, District 20, page 41A, dated June 14, 1880 records Hugh Pritchard (51 - NC/NC/NC) [brother of David Thomas Pritchard] with his wife Susan [Williams] (40 - NC/NC/NC) and their children David (19), Sallie (17), Cornelia G. (11), Mary E. (8), Huldah (6), and Thomas J. (2). Hugh is a Miller. Note: Nearby is a widowed David Pritchard (74 - NC/NC/NC) living with John (49) and Ann (48) [Elizabeth Ann Jackson] O'Kelly and children Annie O'Kelley (12) and George Walton O'Kelley (8).

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: David Thomas Pritchard (widowed)
Residence: Springfield Ave., Norfolk, VA
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 82
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1842
Death Date: 16 Apr 1924
Death Place: Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
Burial: April 18, 1924 at South Mills, N. C.
Registration Date: 17 Apr 1924
Father: Joseph Pritchard
Mother: Nancy Herring
Spouse: Alice V Pritchard
Informant: J. A. Pritchard [son] of Norfolk, VA

David married Alice Virginia Cox, daughter of William C. Cox and Elizabeth Bell, on 18 Sep 1872 in Moyok , Currituck Co., North Carolina. (Alice Virginia Cox was born in Mar 1850 in Camden Co., North Carolina, died on 14 Feb 1921 in South Mills Township, Camden Co., NC and was buried on 16 Feb 1921 in Camden Co., NC.) The cause of her death was Aortic Regurigation (sic) of Heart [Regurgitation].