Pryor Records from Nansemond County, Virginia
Nansemond County existed until 1974 when it became part of Suffolk (Independent City).
1752 Vestry Record – An Account of the Lands procession’d from the Pocosson to the Beaverdam in the Year 1752…Joseph Perry and Jacob Price processioned the Land Marks from Spike’s Run to Barbacu and from Summorton road to Newby’s, Pres’t William Hunter, Mansfield Tarlinton, Peter Walkins [sic], James March, John Denby, Christopher Norfleet John Skinner, Henry Gwin, & Edward Pryor
(The Vestry Book of Uppper Parish, Nansemond County…, pub. 1949, page 83)
1755 Vestry Record – At A Vestry held in The courthouse In Suffolk Town Septemb’r the 13th 1755 for the Upper Parrish of Nansemond County…Edward Pryor, (The Vestry Book of Upper Parish, Nansemond County…, pub. 1949, page 101)
1755 Vestry Record – In Obedience to an order of Vestry held at Suffolk Town Sept’br 13th 1755 We have met and Renewed all the Land Marks in the Sd order Mentioned the owners or some personal for them p’rst…mentions line between Henry Skinner and Edmund PRYOR/PRYER as well as a line between Edmund Pryer and Joseph Price. (The Vestry Book of Uppper Parish, Nansemond County…, pub. 1949, page 109)
Pryor Records from Nelson County, Virginia
1843 Marriage, Nelson County –Hugh J. Norvell married Martha J. PRYOR on Sept. 12, 1843 (Hugh and Martha are on the 1850 Census in Pike Co., MO. Martha J Pryor may be from Amherst County since the this Norvell couple migrated to Pike Co. with other Pryors from Amherst.)
1833 Chancery Court Case – George N. Rose vs. Wm Massie. Mentioned in documents is Col. Pryor “the surveyor” who divided land into plots for the defendant. (This may be John Pryor the surveyor in Amherst County that borders Nelson Co.. John Pryor is mentioned in 1834 record in Amherst Co.)
Pryor Records from New Kent County, Virginia
1689 Vestry Record – At a vestry held at St. Peter’s parish Church on behaf of ye St. Peter’s parish this 4th day of May, 1689. Present: Gideon Macon, Thom. Mitchell, Mr. Hen. Wyatt, Corn’ Dabnie (Cornelius Dabney?), James Moss…The several persons named in Companys y’t were ordered to prosessions & to Remark ye bounds of each man’s land: (includes) Margaret Prior. (The Vestry Book of Saint Peter’s, New Kent County, VA…p. 17. Note: Samuel Pryor witnessed the will of Cornelius Dabney in 1717 Hanover Co., VA)
1706 Birth, New Kent County – Hannah PRIOR, daughter of ?? PRIOR baptized 5 Jan 1706 in St. Peter’s Parish ( The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent … pub. 1937, p. 385)
1716 Birth, New Kent County – Elizabeth PRYOR, daughter of William PRYOR born 7 May 1716 in St. Peter’s Parish. ( The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent … pub. 1937, p. 386)
1722 Birth, New Kent County – Henry Lansford birth registered in St. Peter’s Parish. Henry married Catherine PRYOR.
1725 Birth, New Kent County – “Wm” William PRYOR, son of Nicholas PRYOR born, baptized 10 Apr 1726 at St. Peter’s Parish ( The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent … pub. 1937, p. 484)
1729 Vestry Record – At a Vestry held for Blissland Parish at Mr. Stephen Fornea’s on Monday the 16th day of June 1729…It is Ordered by this Present Vestry that Jefery a Negro Man belonging to David Pryor be Leavy free.
(The Vestry Book of Blisland, Blissland Parish, New Kent and Blissland Parish, VA, pub. 1935 , p. 37)
1736 Vestry Record – At a Vestry held for Blisland parish at the Uper Church the 18th day of october 1736. To David Pryer for keeping Thos Bates last year 00450 ( The Vestry Book of Blisland, Blissland Parish, New Kent and Blissland Parish, VA, pub. 1935, p.63)
1744 Vestry Record – At a vestry held for Blisland Parish at the uper Church the 15th Day of October 1744…To David Pryour for keeping Thos. Holdcroft’s child 624 ( The Vestry Book of Blisland, Blissland Parish, New Kent and Blissland Parish, VA, pub. 1935, p. 88)
1745 Vestry Record – At a Vestry held for Blisland Parish at the lower Church the 8th Day of October 1745…To David Pryor 624 (The Vestry Book of Blisland, Blissland Parish, New Kent and Blissland Parish, VA, pub. 1935, p. 91)
1799 Birth, New Kent County – Peggy PRYOR (bl)
1820 Census, New Kent County
William B PRIOR, a mark Charles Binns … 2 people engaged in agriculture, 1 male slave, 4 female slaves, no free blacks.
Records from Norfolk County, Virginia
1770 Marriage, Norfolk Co. – Dickerson PRYOR married Mrs Frances Frazier (widow) on April 13, 1770
1772 Marriage, Norfolk Co. – John Mason married Elizabeth Coverly on 21 Jul 1772, witnessed by Dickerson PRYOR.
1777 Claims Filing, Norfolk Co. – Property destroyed on 2 Oct 1776, Claimant Dickerson PRYOR, occupation joiner, 6 houses destroyed after 15 Jan 1775, destroyed by Orders of Convention, value 546 pounds. [Journal and the Reports of the Commissioners, Appointed by the Act of 1777, To Ascertain the Losses Occasioned to Individuals by the Burning of Norfolk and Portsmouth In the Year 1776] Note: Dickerson Pryor above was a “joiner” and the runaway apprentices noted below were apprenticed to John Pryor, a carpenter. Is this possibly the same person?
1783 Tax List – Samuel Prior, slave titheables Phillis and Joe
1784 Event – On March 18, 1784 the court ordered Willis Wilson and George Dyson be appointed ferry-keepers for one year from Portsmouth to Norfolk, and that John Burgess and Sam Pryor be appointed ferry-keepers from Norfolk to Portsmouth. (History of Norfolk County, Virginia and Representative Citizens, ed. William Henry Stewart, pub. 102, page 263.)
1785 Tax List – Samuel PRIOR, slaves George, Wills, Argil, Charles
1786 Tax List – Samuel Prior, slaves Sam, Nancy,
1787 Tax List – Jno. Pryor, Saml. Pryor.
1787 Run away apprentices, Norfolk Co. – Charles and Richard Bray apprenticed carpenter boys, ran away from John PRYOR of Norfolk (Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers, By Jr Robert K Headley)
1787 Immigration, Norfolk Co. – William PRYOR (Extracted from Naturalizations and Declarations of Intention, Norfolk Borough/City, Norfolk County (Now Chesapeake), Princess Anne County (Now Virginia Beach), Portsmouth, Eastern District Court, Virginia. Norfolk, VA)
1788 Tax List – John Pryor, Samuel Pryor
1789 Personal Tax, Norfolk Co. –
Recorded March 1789, John PRYOR, 3 free males over 16, 4 blacks over 16, 1 black over 12 and under 16.
Recorded March 1789, Samuel PRYOR, 1 free male over 16, 2 blacks over 16
1790 Tax List – Samuel Pryor and John Pryor
1790 Death, Norfolk Co. – Mrs Prior, spouse of John PRIOR of Norfolk died (NPC 24 Apr 1790) (Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers, By Jr Robert K Headley)
1791 Tax List – Samuel Pryor and John Pryor
1792 Will, Norfolk Co. – John PRYOR deceased. Heirs: brother Christopher Pryor, brother William Pryor deceased – his orphaned children, niece Kitty Vaughn, brother Samuel Pryor. Witnesses: Manor Dison and Richard Lewelling. (George Dyson named in 1808 case below). Proved 24th day of April 1792.
1792 Tax List – Samuel Pryor
1793 Tax List – Samuel Pryor
1794 Tax List – Samuel Pryor
1795 Tax List – Samuel Pryor
1808 Chancery Court Case, Norfolk Co. – Edmund PRYOR and wife Sarah vs. George Dyson et al. Sarah and her brother George were the children of George Dyson, deceased. The younger George had Jesse Nicholson as his guardian. Pryor was seeking title on town property between Crawford St. and Glasgow St. near the river.
1810 Census, Norfolk Co.
(The name is slightly obscured) Edward or Edmund Pryor 003100010111
1820 Census, Norfolk Co.
Mrs. Fremong 5 – 1102 (two oldest females age 26-45) (This is possibly Ann Whiting Pryor (wife of Major John Pryor of Richmond) who ran off with her French tutor Mr. Fremont . – NY Times)
1850 Census, Norfolk Co.
Portsmouth, page 129a, house 127 William Emmerson 40 carpenter VA, Mary PRIOR 39 VA, Sarah Emmerson 10 VA, William 8 VA, Edmond 5 VA.
Gosport, US Navy Yard, Page 199a, … Edward PRYOR 30 sailor Madera Island.
1895 Directory of Norfolk
Archer Pryor (driver)
Austin PRYOR lab (laborer)
Frances PRYOR (domestic)
George L PRYOR
Mary E PRYOR (widow)
Sarah PRYOR (laundress)
Pryor and Ried (George L PRYOR and Jacob E Reid)
Records from Northampton County, Virginia
1655 Land Patent – at Southy Littleberry, Northampton – John PRYER
Records from Nottoway County, Virginia
1741 Deed – Philip PRYOR 15 Oct 1741 386a ridge between branches of Great and Little Nottoway (Rivers)
1772 in Amelia County – Richard Dennis of Raliegh (Rawley) Parish in Amelia County, conveyed to his grandson Richard PRYOR, son of John PRYOR, of Nottoway Parish a negro girl “Cate” and her children (Notes on Southside Virginia By Walter Allen Watson, pub. 1925)
1798 Deed – Deed from Peter Randolph and Sarah, his wife, to Henry Dennis, conveying a tract on Cellar Creek, bounded by Luke PRYOR, Isham Clay and others, it being the same land recovered of the heirs of Lettice Bland, deceased. (Notes on Southside Virginia By Walter Allen Watson, pub. 1925)
1802 Deed – Luke Pryor had left Nottoway and gone to Dinwiddie County and had sold land. Deed book 2, page 375. (Notes on Southside Virginia By Walter Allen Watson, pub. 1925)
1824 Indenture – 20 Nov 1824 includes Richard PRYOR
1840 Census Nottoway Co., VA
Theodorick PRYOR 000001 – 11001 (Theodorick is on the 1830 Census in Dinwiddie Co., VA. Probably the son of Richard Pryor and Ann Bland. His death record states parents as Richard and Nannie.)
1850 Census Nottoway Co., VA
Page 379b, house Theodorick PRYOR 45 clergyman, POS, Dinwiddie Co., VA. Frances C. 38 Nottoway Co., VA. Frances 16 Nottoway Co., VA. Nannie B. 12 Nottoway Co., VA. Mary A. Warner 19 teacher VT. Thomas Gates 70 black Nottoway Co., VA. (Theodorick Pryor was the father of Roger A. Pryor of Albemarle Co. Theodorick married Lucy C. Atkinson on 22 Sept. 1827 in Chesterfield Co., VA. 1860 counted in Petersburg City, VA)
1870 Census Nottoway Co., VA
Page 87d, Bellfonte Dist. Squire PRYOR 36 VA (bl), Prudence Pryor 36 VA (bl), John Pryor 30 VA (bl), John Pryor 12 VA (bl), Aaron Pryor 7 VA (bl), Sukey Pryor 60 VA (bl).
Page 150a, Blendon, Nottoway Court House PO, Theoderick PRYOR 65 Frances Pryor 58 Mary Fitzgerald 59
1880 Census, Nottoway Co., VA
Page 87d, Bellfonte Dist., Jno. PRYOR 42 (bl), Louisa Pryor 40 (bl) wife, Aaron Pryor 18 (bl) son, M. L. Pryor 3 (bl) dau, Ewd. Pryor 1 (bl) son, Wm. Gerald 19 (bl) step son, Moses Gerald 15 (bl) step son, M. F. Gerald 12 (bl) step dau, Kate Gerald 9 (bl) step dau, Susan Pryor 80 (bl) mother
