I’m hoping it means I’m on the right track and not on a wild goose chase! I took another look at a piece of information we have on the Pryor family from Campbell County, VA (later in Sumner County and Overton County, TN). A researcher had found a letter from the 1930’s tucked into a file at the TSLA. It referenced the sale of Campbell County property owned by John Pryor in 1812 by his heirs John and William. We know who wrote the letter and I thought it could be a good exercise to figure out why.
The letter was written by William Cabler Moore who was living in Stamford, CT. I did some searching and found that his tree looks like this:
Henry Childress b. 1715 in Henrico Co. Married Mary Farmer.
Sarah Childress b. 1728 in Charlotte. Married Edwin Smith.
Jane Smith b. 1789 in SC. Married Frances P. Cabler.
Martin Henry Cabler married Mary Ann Smith.
Lillie Talbot Cabler married William Moore.
Ending with William Cabler Moore who made the query in the 1930’s.
So a conclusion. Mr. Moore was searching the Childress family. That may be a good sign for Pryor researcher because it seems to indicate that he also thought that John in Campbell County was the son David Pryor and Miss Childress (daughter of Abraham Childress).
If there are any children or grand-children of Mr. Moore, we’d love to know if there were any records kept in the family. We’d love to know what he put together on the family tree!
