PRYOR FAMILY IN BEDFORD CO., VA
Several Pryor marriages are recorded in Bedford County, Virginia. To
discover who these Pryors were and how they were related a search of the
1850 Census was conducted. These records may be of interest to
researchers of the Pryors in Sumner Co., TN. While no connection has
been documented, it should be noted that two marriages occured between
Pryors and Mays. In 1860 Jonathan Pryor's children were living with
Major Mays and his wife Virginia in Sumner Co., TN. Jonathan Pryor was
the son of William and Spicy Pryor of Campbell Co., VA. His children
were staying with the Mays family while he served out a prison sentence in
Nashville.
Pryor Marriages in
Bedford County, Virginia
- Mar. 15, 1794; Edmund Franklin &
Betsey Pryor, dt Harris; William Pryor, Surety.
(Harris Pryor was on the 1790 Census in Prince Edward
Co., VA, 1830 Census in Roane Co., TN, and in 1840 in Knox Co., TN)
- Jan. 6, 1801; Elijah Mays & Patsey
Pryor, dt Harris; Richard Mays, Surety.
- May 1, 1805; John Pryor &
Sally Nance, dt Thomas; Peter Nance, Surety; Married by James Moorman,
May 1, 1805.
- Jul. 26, 1806; Richard Mays & Juggy
Pryor, dt Polley; William Pryor, Surety.
- May 8, 1812; William Holladay &
Polly Pryor; Richard Mays, Surety.
- Jul. 12, 1819; Rawley Rather &
Nancy Pryor; William Holliday, Surety; Married by William Harris,
July 15, 1819.
- Apr. 3, 1846; Benjamin P. Pryor
& Fanny B. Clark; Robert N. Kelso, Surety.
1850 Census Breckinridge Co., KY-Dist. 2
#491/491 Elijah Mays 77 VA (b.1773), Mary 51 KY, Arthur 20, Sally 17
(Unknown if this the same Elijah Mays noted in
the Bedford Co., VA records. Per Ancestry.com Tree, Elijah married Mary Polly
Wheatley in about 1825. Arthur and Sally are the only known children).
#492/492 John Tucker 91 VA, Martha 80 VA
#493/493 Robert Tucker 32 KY and family
1850 Census Bedford Co., VA
Page 285B, Image 150, #1119/1119
Joseph W. Mays 40 VA, Malinda 38 VA, Frances Dickenson 16 VA
#1120/1120 William Holladay 76 VA, Sarah
49 VA. (William Holliday md. Polly Pryor in 1812.
William Holliday, he would have been 38 at the time of his marriage to Polly.
Perhaps this was a second marriage for Polly Pryor and she was an older bride.
There is a marriage noted above for Juggy Pryor, a daughter of Polly Pryor.
Another marriage, Nancy Pryor in 1819, had William Holliday acting as
surety... perhaps Nancy was another daughter of Polly Pryor. Researchers on
Ancestry.com state that William's second wife was Sarah Johnson.)
1850 Census Henrico Co., VA - Western Dist.
Page 530B, Image 48, #388/409 Benjamin
PRYOR 31 Tenn., Frances B. 30 VA, Mary E. 3 VA, Susan B. 24 VA, James D.
Christian 34 VA, Martha E. 27 VA, Susan I 8 VA, Ann P. 6 VA, Ellen 4 VA,
William 2 VA. (see marriage above, Benjamin Pryor
marred Fanny Clark in Bedford Co., VA) |
