1820 Census Extractions from Tennessee

Census extractions are entered by county, in alphabetical order. Comments about a family or individual are posted in green.

Nicholas B. PRYOR 30131-001
Zachariah PRYOR 0002-00001
(Sons of David Pryor & Susan Ballow of Buckingham Co., VA)

John C. PRYOR 00001-001
(This is may be the John C. Pryor of the 1840 Census in DeSoto Co., MS)
(John C. Pryor married Ann E. Bullard on 7 Mar. 1818 per Nashville Whig newspaper. Researchers report that hs is a son of David Pryor and Susan Ballow of Buckingham Co., VA)

Page 175, Hugh McCabe over 45, one female over 45. 2 white persons in family. (Possibly the Hugh McCabe who married Sarah Pryor of Williamson Co., TN. Sarah was born 1784 and had no known children.

These Priors appear on the samepage, the census was recorded
in alphabetical order.
Joseph PRIOR
Males: 1- under 10, 1-10 to 15, 1- 16 to 18, 1- 16 to 25, 1- 45 or older
Females 2 under 10, 1- 16 to 25
(Possibly the Joseph Pryor who appears in White Co., TN records)
Jane PRIOR
Males: 1- under 10, 1-10 to 15
Females: 2 under 10, 2-16 to 18, 1- 16 to 25
Jeremiah PRIOR
Males 5 under 10, 1- 26 to 44
Females 1 under 10, 1- 10 to 15, 1- 16 to 25
(It is unknown if these Priors are related to the Pryors in Overtonand Sumner Counties. I have only one Jeremiah Pryor in my notes.He was born in 1782. Researchers place him as son of RichardPryor and Mourning Thompson)

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Thompson PRYOR 300001-101 (Thompson Pryor son of Richard Pryor & Mourning Thompson)

John PRIOR 100301-01101
1824: Announced in the "Village Messanger" of Fayetteville letters un-
claimed at the post office as of March 1824: Green PRIOR and Wm. PRYOR.

Williamsport, page 74, Green PRIER 00011-011
Unk. Town, page 68, Peter PRIER 00001-001
(Peter and Green Pryor were children of Elizabeth Perkins and John Pryor, son of Green Pryor and Susannah Perkins from VA)

William PRYOR300001-2101
1 male over 45 yo (born 1775 or before)
3 males under 10 yo (all born abt 1810 or afterwards)
2 females under 10 yo
1 female 10 yo to 16 yo.
1 female 26 yo to 45 yo (born 1775-1794) (wife, Spicy was born 1790)
(William Pryor married Spicy Taylor in Campbell Co., VA. Spicy was a sister of Massie Pryor who married John Pryor and settled in Sumner Co., TN)

Allen PRIOR 210110 - 10010
(On the same page with Allen Pryor is a James S. Hannah. Also in Rutherford Co. was a Howell Tatum. Are these men are connected to the John Pryor, William Pryor, Jenny Pryor and Mary Pryor -who married John Hannah- in Sumner County in the 1790's. In 1800 there was Allen Pryor in Kanawha Co., VA.)

Page 76 William Newby 021301 -3111-4 slaves (eldest male 45 and Up)
Page 76 Henry Newby 00001 -00001-1 slave(eldest male 26-45)
Henry Newby married Susannah dau of Richard and Mourning PRYOR. Henry and Susannah were in Clinton Co., MO by 1840. William Newby married Nancy, allegedly another daughter of Richard and Mourning PRYOR.

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James PRIER 12121-5001 (oldest male 26-44 yrs., born 1776-1794)
Mary PRYER 1201-001

Elijah PRYOR
(believed to be Elijah Puryear and not related to Pryors)
Males: 3- under 10, 2- 10 to 15, 1- 45 or older
Females: 2- under 10, 2- 10 to 15, 1- 18 to 25

There are only 2 Pryors on the 1820 Census of White Co.
page 410 William PRYER: 211201 - 01001
Males: 2 under 10, 1-10 to 15, 1-16 to 17, 2- 18 to 25, 1- 45 or older
Females: 1- 10 to 15, 1- 45 or older
Neighbors on same page: John Bohannon, Aaron England, Jane England, Thomas Robinson,
(This is not the father of the John and William Pryor who married Massy
and Spicey Taylor. However, he appears to be the father of Joseph,
William and Jonathan Pryor who were in Bates Co., MO for the 1850
Census and Jackson (and James Pryor) who was in Scott Co., MS in 1850. It is also likely that William is the son of Richard and Mourning Pryor.)
page 327 John PRYER: 100201 - 02101
Males 1- under 10, 2- 16 to 25, 1- 45 or older
Females: 2- 10 to 15, 1- 16 to 25, 1- 45 or older
Neighbors: Elijah Bartlett, Ezekiel Hitchcock, Leonard Sailors,
Wade Goolsby, John Crook.
Enoch Odle 110110-32110 (Enoch Odle md. Catherine Pryor on 22 Aug 1799 in Greene Co., TN)
(Allen L. Pryor stated in the Goodspeed History that he was born in White
Co., TN in 1816 and that his family did not move to Sumner Co. until the
late 1820's. This family is believed to be John Pryor and his wife Massa
Taylor, the parents of Allen L. Pryor. However researcher Katherine Rus-
sell reports this to be the John Pryor and family who later moved to Sanga-
mon Co., IL as his children married in to the Hitchcock, Sailors and other
surnames of neighboring families.)

Franklin, page 25 John P. PRIOR 101110 - 22201 ( Ancestry.com has this family indexed as PRIAN)
Franklin, page 107, Samuel Winstead 000010 - 1001 (2 engaged in agriculture) (Samuel husband of Susannah Pryor.)
Franklin, page 128, Luke PRYOR 00001-00001 (1 engaged in agriculture)
(both individuals were between 26-45 y.o.)
Franklin, page 145, William S. PRYOR 000011- no females (oldest male over 45 yrs, born 1775 or earlier).

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