Greene County, NC Civil War Pension Files
Military Information
- Regiment:14th HA UST Co k
- Rank: Pvt
- Enlistment: April 10, 1865
- Discharge: Honorable Discharge Dec 11,1865 Ft Macon
- Physical Description: 5ft 10 in Black Complexion, Black Hair, Black Eyes
Pension File Information
- Pension Status: Approved Widows Pension
- Residence after war: La Grange, Lenoir, NC
- Widow pension filed Approved
- Depositions By: CD Saul, John H (JH) Edwards, S A Busbee, Charles Best, Jordan Blount
Personal Information
- Born: Date Not Stated in Pension File, Greene County, NC
- Death: 1886 at John Silivant farm in Greene County; cause of death Dropsy
- Wife 1: Edna Swinson married Feb 1868 by S A Busbee, Justice of the Peace at Robert W Taylor’s in Greene County
Family Information
- Parents: None listed in Pension File
- Siblings: None listed in Pension File
- Children: None listed in Pension File
Enslavement Information
Slave Owner: None listed in Pension File
Their Story Information
Most of the Pension information is of Edna Swinson Pridgen. Here is some of the information found in other records. In the 1870 census, Ednah and Ransom’s surname was Pridgen but in the 1880 census they went by the Woods surname. Edna died Feb 26, 1920 and her parents were Allen Swinson and Nannie Best. Jordan Blount lived 3 properties down on both 1870 and 1880 censuses.
Dreams Deferred Genealogy 
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