Eliza Pledger

b. circa 1804
  • Eliza Pledger was born circa 1804 in South Carolina.
  • She married Claudius M. Pegues, son of William Pegues II and Sarah Speed, on 24 December 1822 in Wilcox County, Alabama, with B. Hoff, JP, officiating.
  • Claudius M. Pegues and Eliza Pledger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included William Allen Pegues, John Pegues, Henry William Pegues, Joseph Pegues and James M. Pegues.
  • Claudius M. Pegues and Eliza Pledger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included William Allen Pegues, John Pegues, Henry William Pegues, Joseph Pegues and James M. Pegues. Also in the household were males aged 50-59 and 0-4, and one female aged 10-14 (who may have been Eliza Pegues enumerated with the family in 1850).
  • Claudius M. Pegues and Eliza Pledger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Washington County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Pegues, Joseph Pegues and James M. Pegues. Also in the household was Elizabeth Pegues (age 22), who may have been the twin of James, or if she actually was about 12 and not 22 years old, it is likely that she married John H. Eastham in 1856, in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, where the family of Claudius deceased brother Malachi was living at the time, as well as Claudius' son William Allen Pegues.
  • Eliza Pledger became a widow at the between 1850 and 1860 death of her husband Claudius M. Pegues.
  • Eliza Pledger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Clear Creek Township, Sevier County, Arkansas. The only other person in the household was overseer Robert Henderson.
  • She was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Eliza Pledger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Clear Creek Township, Sevier County, Arkansas, enumerated next to her son James. Also in the household were gunsmith Edward Humphries (age 63) and his son Lucius (21), both born in North Carolina.
  • Last Edited: 27 Mar 2015

Family: Claudius M. Pegues b. 24 October 1797, d. between 1850 and 1860