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Log House Belonging to Richard Pryor of Greene County, TN?

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Francis Hughes Home and Stagecoach Stop

Is this really a building owned by Richard Pryor (as in Richard and Mourning Thompson Pryor)? I found online a discussion of the property owned by Francis Hughes in Greene Co., TN. Hughes bought this log structure where the Jonesborough Road crosses Camp Creek probably before 1792 because in that year Hughes sold the property to Thomas Hardwick, who in turn sold to Richard Pryor in 1793. Richard Pryor didn’t hold onto it for long, selling in 1795 to James Penny.

Richard Pryor was in Greene County as early as 1783 when he appeared on a tax list in that county. Was this a move into a larger house from perhaps a smaller home he built when first settling in Tennessee? Or was this an addional property… perhaps commercial investment property of its day?

Sources:
https://sites.google.com/site/familytiesprojectsite/hughes
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PRYOR/2007-02/1171635365
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/g/David-M-Hughes/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1275.html

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More information on Alfred Pryor (b. 1835) from Jackson Co., TN

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I had a friend many years ago who always described any slow process as “maple syrup running up-hill in January.” Finding Pryors sometimes feels just that slow. I’m happy to say we’ve got clarity on another Pryor for the family tree!

Alfred Pryor (b. 1835) is the son of Alfred Pryor and Serena Dill, counted in his father’s household in District 1 of Jackson Co., TN in 1850. This younger Alfred Pryor was living in District 11 with Matilda who we can only speculate was his wife, since the 1860 census didn’t record relationships. In 1870 neither Alfred nor Matilda were in Jackson County and I haven’t found them elsewhere. (See Jackson County census extractions)

There is a Matilda Pryor on the 1870 Census in Union County, KY. She’s the right age and the only other member of her household was a 5 year old boy named James W. Pryor.

Matilda is identified on a Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application as Matilda Dill Pryor.  Sure enough, there’s a Matilda Dill on the 1850 Census in Jackson Co., TN. I wonder if Matilda’s father, Archibald Dill was a brother of Serena Dill Pryor.

1850 Census Jackson Co., TN
Archibald Dill 50 farmer TN, Rachel 40, Archibald Dill 21, Lewis H. 16, Nancy A. 13, Elizabeth H. 10, Matilda 9, Melvina 7, James K. 5, Henry C. 2, Polly S. 1

The same application states Matilda remarried in 1874. I haven’t been able to find Matilda Dill Pryor nor her second husband Levi Dempsey on the 1880 Census.

So, it looks like Alfred Pryor ( 1835) in TN was on the 1850 and 1860 Census in Jackson County, TN. He married Matilda Dill, who was possibly a cousin, and they were the parents of Serena Pryor (1858) and James W. Pryor (1865). Alfred died sometime before 1870 when Matilda was in Union Co., KY.  Matilda remarried in 1874.

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Pryor Names from the Tennessee Death and Burial Records

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John Pryor, born Oct 4 1831 in Jackson Co., TN
Died Jan 7, 1920 in the same county.
Lists his mother as Jane Pryor and her birthplace as the same county. Was his mother Nancy Pryor, if so, was her full name Nancy Jane?

Joseph P Pryor, born 2 Mar 1833 in KY (probably Trigg Co.)
Died Mar 15 1917 in Stewart Co., TN
Lists his parents as William Pryor and Olive Elliot.
Joseph was a retired postmaster.

William A Pryor, born 16 Sept 1837 in TN
Died Apr 7 1914 in Hamilton Co., TN.  He was buried in Jasper, TN (Marion Co.)
Lists his parents as John Pryor and Harriet Williams.

Monroe Pryor (black), born 1842 in Marion Co., TN
Died Oct 11 1923 in Jasper, Marion Co., TN.
Lists his parents as Jim Pryor and Sylvia Townsel
Possible that Monroe was born into slavery, occupation retired rail roader.

James Madison Pryor, born Sep 23 1846 in  Sumner Co., TN
Died May 11 1931 in Sumner Co., TN
Lists his mother as Margaret Curry (former wife of William Pryor)

Fanny Pryor Smith, born Aug 4 1844 in Stewart Co., TN
Died Jun 22 1915 in Stewart Co., TN
Lists her parents as Wesley Pryor and Miss Elliot (census records list mother as Fannie).
Both parents born in Trigg Co., KY.

We can add another Pryor to our list of TN Pryors!
Susannah Pryor Fox born 1818 in TN
Her daughter Margaret Fox Bowington, born Jan 15 1847 in Jackson Co., TN
Died Aug 25 1931 in Jackson Co.
Lists her parents as Richard O Fox and Susie Pryor, both born in Jackson County.
I suspect this new Pryor will send researchers scurrying to their databases. I know I did! There’s only a short list of Pryors who were in Jackson County in 1820.

Another Pryor descendant who fills in some added details…
John McDonad Hummel born abt 1840 in Livingston, TN
Died Aug 13 1915 in Clay Co., TN.
Lists his parents as William Huston Hummel and Julie Pryor (census records show her as Juda). His father was born in VA and his mother in East TN. On census records she states her place of birth as VA,  however I found with another ancestor there was a lot of travel between eastern TN and western VA and the place of birth can become confused.

And what would new Pryor information be without a new Pryor mystery?
Death record of John Marsh born Apr 1848 in TN, died Sept 1918 in Lincoln Co., TN.
Lists his parents as Goodman Davis and a Miss Pryor both born in TN.  Was he the son of Goodman Davis and Harriet Lee Smith Pryor and if so, why was his surname Marsh? Who was John? He’s not recorded on the census.

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Austin L. Green and Emily Pryor of Roane Co., TN

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Ancestry.com has put up a database of Tennessee Marriages: “Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002”.  What I like about this database is that there are actual images of marriage licenses and registers. It gives a unique online opportunity to look at the handwriting and solve a few family history mysteries.

A new database wouldn’t be any fun unless it has a few Pryors in it… and it does!

In 1850 Emily Pryor married Austin L. Green in Roan Co., TN.  They are on the 1850 through 1900 Census in Roane County (extractions are now on the TN Pryor website). They were married in January, so probably Emily is not the mother of the 5 children in the household at the time of the 1850 Census.  In 1860 5 additional children were counted in the family. In 1880 and 1900 Emily reported her parents were born in VA and TN.

Was Emily a widow of a Pryor or was she born a Pryor?

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Added Tennessee County Map and Reorganized Census Extracts

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I admit that alot of the enhancements I make to the Tennessee Pryor website, I make for myself. I really hate looking at a census record on the site and then having to find a map to see where a county is located and what other counties surround it. We know have a new way of looking at the Pryors in Tennessee!

In the MAIN MENU under the section called CENSUS EXTRACTS we have a new link called TN COUNTIES. Click on the link to go to a map of Tennessee. It’s not just a map, it’s a means to navigating to Pryor census extracts for each county. (Go to Map) It’s a cool way to explore which Pryor families lived in a particular county and also to explore which Pryors were living in neighboring counties. Who knows, we may be able to figure out some more relationships and ID a few more Pryors!

For the researchers who like the “tried and true” you can still view the Tennessee census extracts organized by the census year by goint to the section called CENSUS EXTRACTS and clicking on TN CENSUS. 

Let me know if you find any bugs, and of course let me know who you find!

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