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Richard PRIDDY

SAR Patriot #: P-330032

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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Quartermaster / Sergeant

DAR #: A093139

Birth: 30 Apr 1760 / / VA
Death: 02 May 1831 / Marion / AL

Qualifying Service Description:

1st VA Reg Sergeant: Continental Line - Virginia Capt John Fleming

Additional References:

Pension Number S*W5593
BLWT #34939-160-55

Spouse: Judith/Judy Forrest
Children: Elizabeth;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
2013-09-12	KY	54845	George Geoffrey Baggett (187253)	Elizabeth
2016-08-17	KY	70793	Jackson Hunter Baggett (199583)	Elizabeth
2017-12-31	KY	78823	Jacob Henry Martin (205818)	Elizabeth

Burial:

Hill (aka Moore Hill, Mulberry Hill) Cemetery_(C-0021489)

Location:

/ Lamar / AL / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

23427

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

8949811

Marker Type:

SAR Bronze Stake

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

03 Oct 2015

Comments:

Photo by permission: George Geoffrey Baggett, Kentucky Society SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Geoff Baggett
Sgt. Richard Priddy – Soldier: First Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line

Richard Priddy was born April 30, 1760, in Halifax County, Virginia. While a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, he enlisted at the tender age of sixteen on August 1, 1776, in Captain John Fleming’s Company of the 1st Virginia Regiment. He fought in the Battle of Monmouth and at the taking of the Stony Point Fort on the Hudson River, as well as many other minor battles and skirmishes. He wintered at the infamous Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. He has an extensive file of military record cards documenting his service in the National Archives.

He was promoted on March 2, 1779, at the age of 18, to the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant for the 1st Virginia, which later was combined with the 10th Virginia Regiment. He was released from service on August 2, 1779 at Rampaugh, New York, upon completion of his three-year enlistment.

Upon returning home to Virginia he married Judith Forrest, who also hailed from a Patriot family, in Halifax County on March 7, 1782. Though counts vary according to source, Richard and Judith Priddy are believed to have had seven sons and six daughters. The family migrated from Virginia through East Tennessee in the early 1800's, and eventually settled in Northwest Alabama by 1820.

After arriving in Alabama he applied for and was awarded a pension for his service in the amount of $8 a month for his service retroactive to May 13, 1828. He died soon after receiving his pension on May 2, 1831. He now rests here in the old Hill Cemetery in the Moscow community of Lamar County, Alabama. His grave was marked by the Alabama Society in a multi-Patriot ceremony and Southern District District Color Guard event on October 3, 2015.

After his death, his beloved Judith went with her daughter Malinda and her husband to Mississippi, where she died in 1857 at the age of ninety-two.

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