This is a list of payments made to Pryors in Virginia for service during the French Indian War. I suspect these men were born in 1742 or earlier.
Aug. 12 1757 John Pryor. Receipt to William Preston for 6s. for six
days work at Fort George.
Aug. 29 1757 Joseph Pryor. Receipt to William Preston for 2 Is. for forty-one days service. Witnessed by Charles Lewis.
1757 John Pryor. Receipt to William Preston for 5 16s. for 116 days service as a soldier in his company between June 8 and Nov. 29, 1757.
1757 Joseph Pryor. Receipt to William Preston for 5 14x. for 114 days service as a soldier in his company
1757 Richard Pryor. Receipt to William Preston for 5 9s. for 109 days service as a soldier in his company between June 8 and Nov. 29, 1757. Witnessed by David Long.
1758 Richard Pryor Jr., Receipt to William Preston for 6 12s. for 132 days service as a soldier in his company between June 8 and Xov. 29, 1758.
The 1758 payment was witnessed by William Skillern. A 1764 Augusta County deed mentions William Skillern, deceased (George and William Skillern to Walter Crow). A William Skillern gave deposition testamony on suit filed in 1800 against Joseph Pryor Sr . and Jr. of Augusta County and Botetout County. William Pryor of Amherst Co. mentions a Col. George Skillern in his 1832 Revolutionary War pension application– Col. Skillern commanded the Botetourt troops.