You may be wondering why I’m so curious about Nathaniel Pryor of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and how he fits in with the Pryors from Virginia. His father was a John Pryor. My own Pryor ancestor who is also my “brickwall” was a John Pryor who owned land in Campbell County, VA. I would just like to get the John Pryors sorted out so we know who is who!
I found a John Pryor in the Report of the Virginia State Library, Volume 5 by the Virginia State Library, Calendar of legislative petitions: Amherst, Bedord, and Botetourt:
1803 Dec. 9. A909. Establishment of flour inspection at Bethel; place is convenient to people coming down James River from mountains. Richard F. Ellis, Burnett Jenkins, John Prior, Anthony Christian, and 125 others. Reported.
Then on 20 November, 1805, a Jesse Pryor is in the records.
A920 Division of county. William Jopling, Jesse Pryor, Robert Sebree, John Roberts, John Harding and 60 others.
I think this is the John and Jesse Pryor who were on the 1800 Tax List for Amherst Co., VA virginia-a-counties/ and that they were sons of Nicholas Pryor.
