Nathaniel West Dandridge IV (abt. 1820 - abt. 1875)

Born about 1820 in Virginia

Ancestors

Died about 1875 at about age 55 in , Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States of America [uncertain]

This profile is part of the Dandridge Name Study.

Nathaniel Dandridge IV is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.

Biography

Nathaniel was born about 1820 in Virginia, the fifth of seven known children and fourth of five sons of Nathaniel West and Martha H. Fontaine Dandridge.^[1]

At an unknown date and place he married Harriet A. Wylie. .^[2]

Nathaniel died of unknown causes when he was in his fifties, about 1875, probably in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, He is buried in Pontotoc City Cemetery.^[3]

Family of birth

Nathaniel West Dandridge married Martha H. Fontaine on 13 July 1797 in Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia, and they had the following known children:

1. Elizabeth Ann Dandridge
2. William Fontaine Dandridge
3. Nathaniel West Dandridge
4. Martha Lightfoot Dandridge
5. Rosalie Spotswood Dandridge
6. Charles Fontaine Dandridge
7. Henry Bolling Dandridge.^[4]

1850 census

N[athaniel] W[est] Dandridge appears  in the 1850 United States Federal Census as a 25-year-old farmer with no stated property living in Mississippi with his wife, Harriet, several of her siblings, and a one-year-old child, a daughter.

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1850 census for Nathaniel West Dandridge, III

Name: N W Dandridge; Age: 25; Birth Year: c1825; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: Pontotoc County, Mississippi; Gender: Male; Family Number: 207.

Household Members: Name Age

N W Dandridge 25

Harriet Dandridge 22

Mary Dandridge 1

Isaauc E Wilie 20

Diana Wilie 18

Nancy Wray 5^[5]

From Findagrave.com

Nathaniel West Dandridge, IV

Birth: 1820, Henry County, Virginia, USA; Death: 1875, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA.

Nathaniel West Dandridge, IV was the Son of Nat West Dandridge, III by his wife Martha Henry Fontaine he was born about 1820 @ Henry County, Virginia. Tombstone @ Pontotoc City Cemetery has no dates of Birth & Death for Nat West Dandridge, IV. He married Harriet A. Wylie. 

Family links: Parents: Nathaniel West Dandridge (1771 - 1847), Martha Henry Fontaine Dandridge (1781 - 1845); Spouse: Harriet A Wylie Dandridge (1828 - 1907); Children: Spotswood Bolling Dandridge (1842 - 1907), William B. Dandridge (1851 - 1852); Siblings: Rosalie Spotswood Dandridge Bradford, Eliza Ann Dandridge Hereford (1802 - 1855), Charles Fontaine Dandridge (1806 - 1864), Martha Lightfoot Dandridge Bolton (1821 - 1850).

Inscription: no birth date & no death date Bradford's Co. MS CSA.

Burial: Pontotoc City Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA, Plot: B24 Confederate Soldiers^[6]

Citations

1. ↑ Dandridge.ftw
2. ↑ Dandridge.ftw
3. ↑ Spotsgenie, "Nathaniel West Dandridge, IV," Findagrave.com. Record added: Nov 12, 2013. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120229889. Accessed 21 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
4. ↑ Dandridge.ftw
5. ↑ 1850 Census, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; Roll M432_380, Page 68B, Image 141 (32 of 306), Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=DTn1720&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=nathaniel%20west&gsfn_x=0&gsln=dandridge&gsln_x=0&msbpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msbpn=49&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C0%7C49%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C&msrpn__ftp=Henry%20County,%20Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=1356&msrpn_PInfo=7-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C0%7C49%7C0%7C1356%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C&MSAV=1&uidh=23h&pcat=35&fh=5&h=3525341&recoff=&ml_rpos=6. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4200051_00141?pid=3525341&backurl=http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DDTn1720%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3Dnathaniel%2520west%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Ddandridge%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msbpn%3D49%26msbpn_PInfo%3D5-%257C0%257C1652393%257C0%257C2%257C0%257C49%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26msrpn__ftp%3DHenry%2520County,%2520Virginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D1356%26msrpn_PInfo%3D7-%257C0%257C1652393%257C0%257C2%257C0%257C49%257C0%257C1356%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D23h%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D5%26h%3D3525341%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D6&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DTn1720&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 17 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
6. ↑ Spotsgenie, "Nathaniel West Dandridge, IV," Findagrave.com. Record added: Nov 12, 2013. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120229889. Accessed 21 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 18 March 2011 through the import of knox17032011.ged.

• Sheri (Carson) Lavadour RN adopted the profile of Nathaniel Dandridge III on 29 Dec 2013.

Sources

• Dandridge.ftw

• Robertson, Wyndham (1887), Pocahontas and her Descendants, p. 46 (gen 7).

• Spotsgenie, "Nathaniel West Dandridge, IV," Findagrave.com. Record added: Nov 12, 2013. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120229889. Accessed 21 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1850 Census, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; Roll M432_380, Page 68B, Image 141 (32 of 306), Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=DTn1720&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=nathaniel%20west&gsfn_x=0&gsln=dandridge&gsln_x=0&msbpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msbpn=49&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C0%7C49%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C&msrpn__ftp=Henry%20County,%20Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=1356&msrpn_PInfo=7-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C0%7C49%7C0%7C1356%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C&MSAV=1&uidh=23h&pcat=35&fh=5&h=3525341&recoff=&ml_rpos=6. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4200051_00141?pid=3525341&backurl=http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DDTn1720%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3Dnathaniel%2520west%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Ddandridge%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msbpn%3D49%26msbpn_PInfo%3D5-%257C0%257C1652393%257C0%257C2%257C0%257C49%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26msrpn__ftp%3DHenry%2520County,%2520Virginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D1356%26msrpn_PInfo%3D7-%257C0%257C1652393%257C0%257C2%257C0%257C49%257C0%257C1356%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D23h%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D5%26h%3D3525341%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D6&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DTn1720&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 17 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.