I found a newspaper article that will help to turn up the ID to “positive” for Richard Pryor and son Beverly Pryor in this recent post.
https://2018/04/richard-pryor-richmond-madison-co-al/
When the tale of their Virginia adventure made it’s way into an Alabama newspaper, the editor chose to ID the Pryor men.
From The Selma Daily Reporter, September 19, 1835
I can’t let go of Richard Pryor of Madison County without some more pondering of his possible connections.
Richard was born in 1798, but I’ve seen the surnames involved in the Richmond “ruckus” that took place in the 1830’s connected to a Pryor line. In 1774 a notice was published in Rind’s Virginia Gazette; it mentioned business conducted by Matthew Anderson of King and Queen County and Christopher Pryor of Gloucester Courthouse. There’s the Anderson surname again.
Hmmm… Christopher Pryor? His Son married Betty Armistead Tyler and his daughter was named Elizabeth Whiting Pryor. Both Armistead and Whiting are names that come up with Richard Pryor of Madison County.
I’m putting Richard and his line again on the the back burner, but considering he may be connected to the Pryors in Gloucester County.