Category Archives: African-Americans

African-American Pryor Genealogy

Leroy B. Pryor – Part II: Can We Connect the Cousins?

Posted on March 9, 2008 by vanessa

Leroy B. Pryor is one of the Jackson County, TN Pryors who remains a mystery.  Solving Leroy’s ancestry will probably clean up many of the unresolved Pryor lines in this county! Leroy B. Pryor first appeared in District 9 of the 1850 … Continue reading →

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Was a Pryor at Mountain Meadows Massacre?

Posted on February 5, 2008 by vanessa

I was recently contacted by a researcher who is looking for information on any Pryor family members who may have been on the ill-fated wagon train that was attacked in 1857. In 1857 a group of settlers from Carroll, Benton … Continue reading →

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Black History Month: Dr. James McCune Smith

Posted on February 9, 2007 by vanessa

I’ve been helping out a friend who discovered she is related to Dr. James McCune Smith (www.jamesmccunesmith.com). Smith was the first African American to receive a degree in Medicine and was as prominent in the anti-slavery movement as his contemporary … Continue reading →

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