Monthly Archives: December 2008

New York, New York!

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A new page of census extractions is now on the TNPryor website. New York! https://tennesseepryors.com/pryor-website/state-records/new-york/. The first entry is John B. Pryor, grandson of John Benjamin Pryor of Natchez, MS and a great newphew of Senator Luke Pryor.

A great source for New York records… the New York Times. Here’s a link to their online archives. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html. I found an obituary for John Benjamin Pryor on this site. There are lots of news stories in the Times archives for Senator Luke Pryor, Roger A. Pryor, and bandleader Arthur Pryor.

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More Marion County Pryors

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I wish the Pryors in Marion County Pryors were my line! It seems like this year some great discoveries have been made and DNA has helped to confirm some researchers connection to this line. I’m tying up the research on the “Marion” line who settled in Hardin County. I’ve updated the census extractions on the TN Pryor website, starting with the 1870 Census. Nova Lemons has been a huge helping to establish the connections has added information to her website at https://lemons.homestead.com/McNairyPry.html

We’re certain we have found in Hardin County George Washington Pryor, a son of Philip Pryor and a grandson of Matthew Pryor of Marion Co.  In 1870 Andrew Jackson Pryor, George’s newphew, was also in Hardin Co. Andrew was a son of Jacob N. Pryor and a grandson of Philip Pryor. Jacob and his other children were in Henry Co., TN in 1870, but by 1880 his son William B. was in Hardin Co. and in 1900 his daughters Colestia and Caldonia were also in Hardin Co.

Something interesting came up in our digging, we found that William B. Pryor is buried under the name Button Pryor. Does anyone know of a connection of a Button family to these lines of Pryors?

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Pryors Indexed Under Surnames Starting with “Poy”

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Oh dear, just when I thought I had seen every possible misspelling of Pryor! While researching the Pryors in Hardin County, TN I came across a George “Poyer” in Ancestry’s index. George and family from the 1870 Census are now on the TN Pryor website as the handwriting definitely says “PRYOR” and the family members match with Pryors on later census records in the same county.

Margaret Pryor, daughter of Samuel Pryor of Blount County is on the 1870 Census as “Poyer”.

Samuel W. Pryor of Adair Co., IA is indexed as “Poyor” for the 1870. Census.

John Pryor b. 1816 in TN is on the 1870 Census of Linn Co., OR. His is the John or Johnathan Pryor in Davis Co., IA in 1860 and in 1850 in Menard Co., IL. He was the son of John Pryor and Ruth Sherrill. It looks like this Pryor family did some traveling. A grandson living nearby in 1870 was born in Montana. John is indexed as “Poyer” in 1870!

Help in sorting out the Pryors is always welcome! There really is a surname “Poyner” and there were quite a few living in Henry Co., TN, so please report only true “Pryor” discoveries. Thanks!

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Colestine Pryor b. 1861 – Great Grand-daughter of Matthew Pryor?

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Colestine J Pryor

Colestine J Pryor

We have another Pryor to ID! Coletine Jocelyn Pryor was born in TN in 1861. She is on the 1900 in Hardin Co., TN with her husband James Ransom Creasy. Their marriage record clearly lists her name as “Melissa”. I guess genealogy wouldn’t be as much fun if folks kept the same on all the records!

I suspect that Colestine is the same woman who was counted as a daughter of Jacob N. Pryor in Henry Co., TN in 1870 and in McNairy Co., TN  in 1880.  On these earlier census records there was a sibling named William B. Pryor and there is a William B. Pryor of about the same age living in the same Civil District as Colestine in 1900.  The daughters of Jacob Pryor were simply listed by their inital on the 1870 and 1880 census. Could Colestine J. be “C.J.”?

If Colestine is indeed the daughter of Jacob Pryor she would be a great grand daughter of Matthew Pryor of Marion Co., TN.

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