Entry 2 Form the Bible of of John Polk Pryor
Family Memoranda, Script 1867
I have heard (from my father, Edward, I believe) that while my great-great grandfather, John Pryor, had 12 children of whom 4 were sons, my great-grandfather, Green Pryor (born in 1745) died before he was 25, leaving but a child, one son (John) . This son lived to be only 27, dying of the small pox at Norfolk, VA., leaving only 2 children, Peter and Green. My uncle Peter, who was two years older than my father, married my mother’s half sister, Angelina Harris, and dying at the age of 27, left but one child, a daughter named Eliza, who married her cousin George Washington Perkins. Washington and Eliza, both always seemed so near and dear to me almost as brother and sister. Eliza lived a happy wife for many years with a home-full of the fairest children ever seen, and then became partially insane for a year or two — recovered entirely — added considerably (2 or 3 children) to her bright home circle, and then after living nearly through the war and until she was about 43 years old, died beloved and lamented by all who knew her. (She was a noble and beautiful woman — gentle and true).
TN Pryor Notes:
George Washington Pryor and wife Eliza are found on the 1850 and 1860 Census in Desoto County, MS.
https://tennesseepryors.com/pryor-website/state-records/mississippi/
Break out the champagne! We’ve added another Pryor to the TN Pryors Project. Eliza Pryor, daughter of Peter Pryor was probably born in Williamson County, TN.
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