Samuel N. Pryor of the Marion County Line

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This week I heard from a researcher who is trying to find more information on Samuel N. Pryor.  She believes she has uncovered the identity of Samuel’s daughter.

Samuel N. Pryor is believed to be a son of Matthew J. Pryor of Marion Co., TN. Samuel was born about 1793 in Granville Co., NC. He was granted land in Marion County in 1824.  In 1830 he was counted on the census in McNairy Co.  He bought a lot in Purdy, McNairy County in 1831 and then sold it in 1833.

S. N. Pryor was counted on the 1840 Census in Tippah Co., MS. At that time he had a contemporary aged female in the home, believed to be his wife Delana Street, and a younger female who was between the age of 5 years and 10 years.

The researcher has found that Martha Adelaide, the wife of Thomas Jefferson Hill, was formerly a Pryor and suspects that she was Samuel’s daughter. Martha was born in 1833 in Tennessee and appears on the 1850 and 1860 Census in Tippah County, living with her husband. Their first born son was named Samuel. It should also be noted that a family with the surname “Hill” was recorded near Samuel Pryor on the 1840 Census.

The Tippah Co. genealogy site notes that Samuel served as a tax assessor and collector for  the county.

If anyone has further information on Samuel or Martha, please comment on this entry. Thanks!

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William Pryor of Stewart County, TN – Identified As One of “Austin’s Old 300”

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Good news for Pryor  researchers.  Another TN Pryor line has been identified!

William Pryor who married Betsy Trammell has been long acknowledged as one of Austin’s Old 300, one of the group of settlers who migrated to Texas at the end of the 1820’s and two decades before the Mexican War.  Information from researcher Betty Vaughn now connects the dots with documents to confirm that William is the same man who settled in Stewart County, TN in 1805.

While William has been identified there’s still the need to complete the family connections.  William and his family left Tennessee for the Mississippi Territory (Clarke Co., AL) and then moved on to Texas. A James Pryor (probably William’s brother) and his wife Mary stayed in Stewart County. They and their kin were counted in subsequent years in both Stewart County and in Trigg Co., KY.

Read more… (Wayback Machine link)

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New Cites for Illinois Pryor Researchers

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A researcher has contributed information on the TN Pryors who resided in  Union Co., IL and White Co., IL.

Hardin Pryor who was recorded in Union Co., IL in 1860 is now identified as Hardeman Pryor on his marriage record to Mrs. Elizabeth Adams. Hardeman was on the 1850 Census in Knox Co., TN. Hardeman was the son of James Pryor b. 1815 and Lucy Cruse b. 1817 in TN.

Found in the 24 Sept 1894 Carmi Courier (White Co., IL) death of Rev. James Pryor born 28 Nov 1825 in TN. He died Sept 21 1894 after a buggy accident and is buried in Big Prairie Cemetery near Carmi, IL.

The same researcher obtained the marriage record of William Ross Pryor Senior’s 2nd marriage to Mary Holderby in Gallatin, IL.  William is reported to be the son of William Pryor and Martha Newby of White Co., IL.  The marriage record states his mother’s maiden name as “Ross” so the Newby connection may now be questioned.

These cites are now on the TN Pryor website in line with census transcriptions. https://tennesseepryors.com/pryor-website/state-records/illinois-counties-t-z/

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Thomas Jefferson Pryor, Early Texas Settler

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Just when you think all genealogy sources are online, Ancestry.com continues to add records. Stephen F. Austin’s Register of Families lists settlers who came into the Mexican state of Texas in 1825.  The only Pryor recordes is Thomas Jefferson Pryor, age 23, single, from Alabama.  He arrived in 1824.

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Tennessee Marriages

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Ancestry.com has a new database of Tennesse Marriages: “Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002.” What I like about this database is that there are links to the actual marriage licenses and register entries. It’s a nice chance to check handwriting (“Was she really a Prior or a Price?”) and to discover who was a bondsman or surety for the marriage.

I’ve been prowling for Pryors in the database.  I’m always amazed that there more questions than answers. I guess I shouldn’t be amazed as it now seems to be the norm with the Pryors! Here are just a few of the questions that came out of reviewing the marriages.

1. Who was the Mr. Pryor who married Emily Leggett before she married Austin L. Green in Roane Co. in 1850.

2. Who were the two Pryor women, Amanda and Martha, who married in Rutherford County?  Crocketts were surety for the marriages.

3. Who is the Laura Bernard who married William Oscar Pryor in Tipton Co.? Is she a daughter of Laura Pryor Bernard?

 

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