I’ve been looking at Pryors in the Colonial/Revolutionary Period for about a week. Enough! I had to take a break and take a step backwards. I decided to go through what’s available on the Pryor men who served in the War of 1812.
The switch the War of 1812 was about as fruitful as Pryor genealogy gets—I found some new information on one of men in my own known family line! It looks like William G. Pryor who served from Tennessee is the William Pryor who was married to Spicy Taylor. I’m fairly certain it’s the same William as William G served in Joel Parrish’s Company and my William had a deed witnessed by Joel Parrish in 1829 and both Parrish and William Pryor were counted on the same page of the 1830 Census living in Overton County, TN.
Other than finding out that William Pryor served in the military, this piece of information provided more insight into the story of my Pryors. I now know that William had a middle name. I’ve learned that he was in Tennessee earlier than when his family arrived in the late 1820’s from Virginia (that’s also frustrating because it also means some of the early Pryor documents may be attributed to this William!). I also have an explanation of why his wife had a gap in having children—he may have been away from Campbell County, VA with the military.
The excepts of the 1812 Records are now online. (go to page) I’ve grouped them where I can show relationships between men or relationships based upon the location from which they served. Click the title of the article to open up comments—always happy to share your observations!
