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Pryor Records from Franklin County, Ohio
1849 Estate – Giles S PRIOR, Letters of Administration filed by G. S. Wilcox, W. Wilkinson, James Stickney on 9 April 1849. Estate included shared in Jefferson County Bank in Watertown, NY. Names his widow Elizabeth PRIOR, Lucy A PRIOR, Elizabeth and Euela?, his minor children. (Giles Prior is on the 1840 Census in Jefferson Co., NY)
Records from Hamilton County, Ohio
1789 – Andrew PRYOR and Moses PRYOR was an early settler of Mill Creek area, near Griffin’s Station. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, compiled by Henry A. Ford, A. M., and Mrs. Kate B. Ford, published by L. A. Williams & Co., 1881.
1792 Muster Roll – James Flynn’s Company of Militia Volunteers. N.W. Territory of the Ohio River. 25 Jan 1792 to the 27th. Roster contains Moses PRYOR.(The Quarterly Publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Volumes 13-15, pub. 1920)
1792 or 1793 – The more tragic history of Carthage begins with the killing of Moses PRYOR and his two children, killed by Indians, in 1792-3, and the murder of the pack-horsemen at Bloody run, just south of the present village, in 1793 — History of Hamilton County, Ohio, compiled by Henry A. Ford, A. M., and Mrs. Kate B. Ford, published by L. A. Williams & Co., 1881, page 339. (Elizabeth Pryor Harper’s Twenty-Two Southern Families states “(Indian) attack on Pryor’s family and on Griffin’s station.” Moses Pryor appears to be the family Mrs. Harper referenced.)
1809 Marriage – Samuel Littell married Nancy PRYOR on 23 Jul 1809. (Marriage date is in the Revolutionary War pension application filed by Nancy’s second husband William Warrington. Nancy Pryor Warrington is on the 1850 Census in Delaware Co., OH)
1820 Birth – Amy Pryor Payne in Wayne Co., IN stated she was born in Hamilton County, IN.
1829 Will – Andrew PRYER. Heirs: Polly Pryer, William Pryer, John Pryer, Andrew Pryer, Charlotte Pryer, Aaron Pryer, Mary Ann Pryer, exectitors” William Wilson, William Baxter
1845 Letter Held at Cincinnati Post Office for Joseph W. PRYOR. (The Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Dec 1845)
1850 Census Hamilton Co., OH
Cincinnati Ward 10 House 625, Family 1411 Jesse Hickman 40 shoemaker VA, Elizabeth A. 30 NY, Octava 8 OH, Elizabeth 6 OH, Sarah Ann 4 OH, William Green 21 blacksmith OH, Richard 19 KY, Margaret 15 OH, Jesse HIckman 1 OH, Family 1412 Abigail PRYER 30 OH, Melissa 16 OH.
1860 Census Hamilton Co., OH
Cincinnati Ward 4, John Stevens 23 flatboatman PA, William Herbert 27 flatboatman PA, Peter Sanford 40 flatboatman NY, William Nicholson 19 flatboatman VA, J. B. Baird 26 flatboatman VA, Thomas PRYOR 33 flatboatman VA, Charles Burton 18 flatboatman VA, Pat Gilroy 29 laborer Ireland.
1930 Census, Hamilton Co., OH
Cincinnati Dist. 440, page 5A William R. Moles 52 (21) TN TN TN, Rachel (PRYOR) wife 49 (22) TN TN TN, Lloyd son 18 TN, Inia dau 16 TN, Curtis son 13 TN. (Wm & Spicy Pryor of Overton Co. TN>Overton Pryor>Simeon Overton Pryor>Rachel Pryor).
Records from Highland County, Ohio
1813 Birth – Born on 16 Mar 1813 Benjamin PRIOR. Died 28 Aug 1896 (The News-Herald, 17 Sept 1896, obituary)
Records from Huron County, Ohio
1820 Default Tax Payers
Elisha Prior
The Sandusky Clarion, 13 Nov 1822
1880 Census, Huron Co., OH –
House 61 James PRYOR 34 OH MD MD, Eva 28 wife OH NY CT
House 62 Walter PRYOR 68 farmer MD MD MD, Eliza 60 wife VA PA VA, Lucretia 37 daughter OH, Francis McKenny 4 grand son OH OH VA
Records from Jefferson County, Ohio
1831 Abigail Prior, widow of Abner Prior applied for Revolutionary War pension. Notes state Major Prior was issued bounty land per warrant 1666 in 1791. A statement of Abigail Allyn born 1757: Abigail was the daughter of Benjamin Allyn, their children were Abner, Ann, and Allyn all born before 1776, and afterwards, Harriet, Abigail and Sally. They moved from Windsor, CT to Ohio in 1796.
Records from Knox County, Ohio
1850 Census Knox County, OH
Brown Twp., Page 434a, House 2933 William PRIOR 65 farmer PA, Mary 53 PA, Hammond 25 OH, Mary 22 OH, James 3 OH. (This is possibly the William Pryor who married Mary Miller 27 July 1820 in Belmont Co., OH)
1860 Census Knox County, OH
house 46 Hammon PRYOR 34 farmer OH, Elizabeth 27 OH, William 5 OH, Mary C 4OH, Hezekiah 2 OH, Alinda 1/12 OH
house 47 William PRYOR 76 PA, Mary 64 PA
house 48 Michel PRYOR 64 PA, Rebecca 61 VA, Clara J 33 OH, Margaret R 29 OH, William 24 OH, Roseanna 22 OH, Martha L 19 OH, Elizabeth [illegible]
1870 Census Knox County, OH
House 76 Clenen Minard 32 Carpenter OH, Mary A 34 OH, Francis 10 OH, Jane 6 OH, Ida 1 OH, Samuel 1 OH, William PRYOR 86 farmer PA.
House 77 Hammond PRYOR 50 farmer OH, Elizabeth 45 OH, William 15 OH, Mary 14 OH, Hezekiah 11 OH, Lucinda 10 OH, George 8 OH, Jane 4 OH.
