Tennessee Pryors

Hugh McCabe and the Pryor Family

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Vanessa Wood

Who was Hugh McCabe? There are numerous references to a Hugh McCabe amongst the Pryors in Virginia and then in Tennessee.

1. Sarah Pryor, daughter of Luke Pryor and resident of Williamson Co., TN. Sarah married David Squire, then Hugh McCabe, Joseph Carter and lastly to Angus McPhail. Sarah McPhail was elderly when she died in 1851.

2. There was a Hugh McCabe on the 1810 Census in Amherst Co., VA.

3. 1788 in Amherst Co., VA… William Pryor and wife Mary Pryor, slander case vs. Hugh McCabe. The case was dismissed and the defendant ordered to bear costs.

Also the possibly the same Hugh McCabe…

4. A 1997 query about a Hugh McCabe from Amherst Co., VA with a wife named Sarah. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaessex/esxque3.html

5. DB H p 572 15 July 1799 Hugh McCabe & wife Elizabeth to Wm. Hall 300 acres on N. side of Pedlar River (in Amherst Co., VA)

6. Zealous MILSTEAD m. Catherine “Caty” MCCABE d/o Hugh McCabe. and Sarah Unknown. MARRIED: 9 Aug 1780 Amherst County, VA. Children Joseph, James and Eli Milstead were all born in Hancock Co., GA.

Category: Genealogy

Photos Added of John Clark Pryor b. 1841

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Vanessa Wood

More photos added to website. John Clark Pryor b. 1841, son of Thomas David Pryor and Margaret Jamison Clark. The family was on the 1850 Census in Cocke Co., TN and in 1860 in Jefferson Co., TN. John C. Pryor and his brother Thomas D. were in Los Angeles County, CA at the time of the 1920 Census. These photos were taken near Monrovia, CA. View Photos. Thanks to Marc Pryor who submitted these photos.

Category: Genealogy, Photos

PHOTOS: Amazing Tin-Types on the Site

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Vanessa Wood

I received 4 more photos from the “Reed Collection”. 3 are tin-types of Pryor women from Gallatin, TN and one is of Buster Simmons, the son of Ann Eliza Pryor and a grandson of Allen L. Pryor. The tin photo were pretty dark with age, but I did my best to bring out the images with Photoshop. One of the photos is of Lucy Pryor, also a daughter of Allen L. Pryor. It helps to tie together the photos of the Pryor women already noted in the collection… they all wore am exceedingly large bead necklace in their photos! It look like the strands of giant Austrailian pearls. Read NY Times Article on Big Pearls

Category: Genealogy, Photos, Tennessee Pryors

Completing Allen L. Pryor’s Family

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Vanessa Wood

More photos have arrived! They are now on the website and ready for viewing. The question is… do we actually have photos of all of Allen L. Pryor’s children. I have a photo of Lycurgus Lafayette Pryor when he was quite elderly. Did he have a tin-type made in the 1870’s when the rest of the family went in to Gallatin for their portraits? There must be a story to them having their portraits done. Allen L. Pryor’s wife died in 1865, I wonder how he got all these teens and young adults to show up for a photograph! Where was Lycurgus and William T. at this time?

See The Reed Collection for photos of Allen L. Pryor and his children (see photos)

Category: Genealogy, Photos | Tags: Allen L Pryor

Got Pryors?

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Vanessa Wood

Allen L. Pryor photo arrived! It’s terrific. I’ve added it to the The Reed Collection page and the photo is now viewable within the website. Dating these photos is really tricky. I’m fairly good and figuring out the date of women’s clothing from a bussell or neckline, but men’s clothing — especially when you have just a photo from the chest up– are very hard to date. When were men wearing the short ties like in this photo? Allen L. Pryor was born in 1816… was this pre-Civil War?

I heard from another researcher who sent a copy of the death certificate on one of the Jackson County Pryors– Serena Elizabeth Pryor, wife of Wesley Marion Anderson. It identifies her parents as Alfred Pryor and Serena Dill. Having her mother’s surname looks to be new information. I found that I had more Dills in my database… Nancy Jane Pryor Nelson who is suspected to be another daughter of Alfred and Serena, had a son named Joseph Nelson who married Nancy Jane Harris who was a daughter a Mr. Harris and Patience Dill.