3 MORE PRYORS…added to the TN PRYOR Project: John, Manerva, and Sarah Pryor possibly children of Elizabeth Pryor on the 1850 Census in Jackson Co., TN. This family was living with Thomas Porter and family in 1850. There is a message dated 11/15/1998 on the Genealogy.com message board: searching for a John Franklin Pryor born in 1846 in Jackson Co., TN. Does anyone know if the John in Jackson Co., TN in 1850 is the John Pryor in Weakley Co., TN in 1860? Is he the John Pryor in Meramec, St. Louis Co., MO in 1880?
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CINDERELLA FOUND! I keep researching the census and other records, however I’m convinced at this point that Cinderella PRIOR who is on the 1870 of Franklin County, IL is the same person who was the wife of Allen Pryor or Jackson Co., TN. I believe that Alfred Pryor who was also recorded in Franklin. Alfred is of interest because he was living with Josephine PRYOR Purcell in 1920 as was described as her “uncle”. Josephine is the daughter of Thomas and Tabitha Pryor of Wilson Co., TN, so this census record appears to connect the lines of Allen Pryor of Jackson Co., TN to Thomas Pryor of Wilson Co., TN.
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ADDED new photo… Rockbridge School House near Gallatin, Sumner Co., TN. Photo of Pryor classmates about 1910.
(waybackmachine link)
ADDED new photos… Aaron Lindsey Pryor born 1864 in Giles Co., TN.
(as of Dec. 2019 link not available)
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FAMOUS PRYORS…Did you know that Civil War General Roger Atkinson Pryor (1828-1919) is buried in the North? General Pryor is buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, NJ. Also buried in this cemetery are Aaron Burr, President Grover Cleveland, Jose and Kitty Menendez (parents of the infamous California Menendez brothers), and John Witherspoon a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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I have heard from some new researchers who have shed light on the TN PRYORS…
A decendant of John Clark Pryor born 1841 in Kingsport, TN. John was the son of Thomas D. Pryor and wife Margaret Clark. He lived in TN and later Iowa and California. This researcher has been told that John Clark Pryor was the grandson of John Sackett Pryor and Mary Jockey. Is anyone aware of this family line? Read Bio in Pryor Histories
Another researcher is looking for ancestry of William Pryor of Rhea County. Searching the census records, we found the Rhea County Pryors are related to Harmon Pryor of Marion County and Sequatchie County, TN. Read Bio in Pryor Histories.
