Pryors On The Knox County Court Index

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Here are some other cases involving Pryors in Knox County:

17 Jan 1801 – Harris Prior – Delinquent Tax – Bk 3, P 69

14 Oct 1802 – Jesse Pryor – Defendant Criminal – Bk 4, P 87

18 Oct 1805 – Harris Pryor – Bastardy Case – Bk 5, P 51

18 Jan 1806 – Samuel Pryor – Deliquent Taxes in 1804 – Bk 5, P 83

17 Oct 1807 – Harris Pryor – Deliquent – Bk 6, P 95

8 Apr 1820 – William Pryor vs. Robert Craig (civil) – Bk 10-21, P 254

10 Apr 1830 – William Pryor – Defendant Criminal – Bk 14, P452

7 Jul 1831 – G L Pryor – Power of Attorney from Peter and Polly Nance Estate – Bk 16, P 76

7 Jul 1831- Edward Pryor – Estate – Bk 16, P 76

6 Oct 1834 – Elizabeth Pryor – Defendant Criminal – Bk 16, P440
Prosecutor vs. William B. Cuthbutson

7 Jan 1836 – William Pryor – Defendant Criminal – Bk 11-2, P110

7 Jan 1836 – William Pryor – Defendant vs State Prosecutor Criminal – Bk 11-2, P112

7 Jan 1836 – William Pryor – Defendant vs Lucy Cuthbutson Pltf  Criminal – Bk 11-2, P112

8 Jan 1836 – William Pryor – Prosecutor vs. William B. Cuthbutson (aka Cuthbertson and Cuthbert )Pltf  Criminal – Bk 11-2, P117
[There’s a brief bio of William B Cutherbertson. It’s important to not that his wife had 2 sons when she entered the marriage].

5 Nov 1838 – John Pryor – Comr, Support of Mrs Graves and Family Aptd – Bk 11-2, P295

7 Oct 1839 – Charles Pryor – Comr, Support of Margaret Watt and Family – Bk 11-2, P383

2 Oct 1840 – John Pryor – Commissioner, Support of Mrs Elisha Joiner and family appointed – BK 11-2, P407

5 Apr 1842 – James M Pryor  – Bastardy – BK 17, P 123-132

5 Jul 1842 – James M Pryor – Bastardy – BK 17, P 145

7 Nov 1842 – James M Pryor  – Bastardy – BK 17, P 162

6 Nov 1843 – William Pryor – 1 poll, insolvent tax – BK 17, P 225

1 Dec 1845 – James Pryor – 1 poll tax – BK 17, P 375

6 Apr 1857 – James Pryor – 1 poll, insolvent tax – BK 21, P 47

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More on the Murder of William Pryor (Nashville 1833)

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Nashville, TN PryorRemember the account of William Pryor who was murdered in Nashville in 1833? (see post) I can’t resist working on a 180 year old murder mystery. This probably goes beyond a cold case. It’s downright frozen!

I found another report of the murder. There aren’t any more details, but it’s interesting to know where it was reported: The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States, Vol. 1, from March to August 1833. It was reported under Deaths in the General Intelligence section.

At Nashville, Tenn. Mid. WILLIAM PRYOR, murdered.

If William was in the Navy, what was he doing in Nashville? I found in another version of The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States, Volumes 1-2, William Pryor was listed as a midshipman as of 11 Feb 1832 and murdered April 1833. His rank confirms he was in the Navy and the dates firm up that this is the same Pryor I wrote of earlier.

The initial report said he was from Clarksville, TN (Montgomery County). All the twists and turns. It does get to be interesting.

Mary Kennerson Pryor born around 1720

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I’ve been checking more of the families who associated with the Pryors. Going back to an older post I wrote about Harris Pryor (see post) I was able to ID Harris’ wife as Mary Kinnerson. I gotta say the handwriting is really difficult. Her surname is written at least 3 times in the Chancery Court case I used to ID her. The best 3 examples I’ve shown below:

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You can see, sometimes it’s spelled in the document with a “C” and sometimes it’s spelled with a “K”. I looked up the name online and saw that it’s a variation of Gunnison, Gunneson, Kenneson, Kenniston, Kennison, Kennerson, Gunnerson, and Kenson.  I’m adding this to my list with Pryor and Ballew that have more variations than you can shake a stick at.

They must be out there. I just haven’t found anyone living near the Pryors in Prince Edward County, Bedford County, Henrico County, or Goochland County with similar surnames.

You’ll notice familiar names on the deed below (George David vs. Harris Pryor, filed in Prince Edward Co., VA 1773). Yes, it’s Charles and Landis Patteson/Patterson who with Harris Pryor, were witnesses to the will of John Wright in Prince Edward County in 1775 (John Wright was the son in law of John Pryor and Mary New).

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Who Married William Pryor and Spicy Taylor?

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William Pryor and Spicy Taylor of Overton County, TN were married 18 August 1809 in Campbell County, VA. Consent was given by the bride’s father, Edward Taylor. If ages from the census records are correct, William was between 39 – 48 years old. Spicy was 19. William’s age may indicate this was a second marriage for him. John Taylor was both a bondsman and a witness (probably Spicy’s brother John—we know she had a brother by that name because he is named with the family in an 1829 indenture in Overton County, TN – Deed Book F, page 176). The marriage was performed by Samuel Davidson. I thought it would be interesting to see if I could find Rev. Samuel Davidson and see if there were any clues to the whereabouts of William and Spicy.

Samuel Davidson was in Lynchburg, Campbell, Co., VA in 1810. Familiar surnames around him are Josiah Patteson, James Bailey, Richard Pollard, Overton Evans, William Oglesby, Alexander Davidson, James Maxey, William Taylor, John Woodson, Jacob Woodson, James Taylor, George Davidson, Wirt Taylor, Robert Wright, Robert Wright Sr., George Wright, Silvy Wright.

One researcher posted online- “Rev. Samuel Davidson married Frances Oglesby on 18 Oct 1802 in Campbell County, VA, and he died in Appomattox County, VA around 1861. He had a son named Reverend John A. Davidson.”  This is an excellent clue as it coincides with what we already suspect about the location of this Pryor line—they lived in the part of Campbell County that became Appomattox County in 1845.  It also states Davidson’s family was in Prince Edward County which we already know that through divisions part of it became Campbell County.

Frances Oglesby is important too because she was the daughter of Richard Oglesby. Her sister, Mary Polly Oglesby, had married Hezekiah Taylor a relation of Edward Taylor (not to be confused with Edward’s son who was also named Hezekiah Taylor).

California Chrome Pedigree Part of the Pryor Racing Heritage

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Has the hype surrounding the beautiful thorough bread, California Chrome, got you counting the days to the Belmont Steaks? It should be tickling your genealogy bone too because California Chrome pedigree can be traced right back to the Virginia Pryors who were involved in breeding and training.

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