1850 Census Anderson Co., TN
Subdivision 16, page 19b, house 274 Drury L. Bradley 39 farmer VA, Nancy 39 TN, William 16 TN, John T. 13 TN, Margaret E. 9 TN, Samuel 7 TN, Andrew 6 TN, Drury 3 TN, Timothy R. 4/12 TN, Martha Thompson 74 VA, Sir PRIOR 42 mu farmer male TN. (This family counted near many of the families who were near Rebecca PRIOR on the 1840 Census in Anderson Co.)

1850 Census Bedford Co., TN
Dist. 25, page 276A, house 142/142 Robert PRIER? 62 farmer $1500 , Mary 46, Elizabeth 25, Sary 24, John 22 laborer, Robert 20, Samuel 18, Milly 16, George 13, Hezekiah 12, Lucy 10, Frances 8 TN, James 22 TN. (Ancestry.com indexed this family as PREER. The handwriting on this record is unclear and may not be Preer or Prier. Place of birth for all family members may be TN, although it is indicated by faint ditto marks. Frances and James are the only family members clearly identified as born in "Tenn.")

1850 Census Blount Co., TN
Dist. 14, page 112A, House 1437 Samuel PRIOR 45 TN, Aney 40 TN, Charlotty 18 TN, Alex 16 TN, Elijah J. 12 TN, Margaret 10 TN, Manerva 5 TN. (Samuel and Annie were in Blount Co. in 1860. In 1840 a James Pryor was counted in Blount Co.- amongst names who appeared on near Samuel Pryor on the 1850 Census: Michel, Archibald Hitch, Benjamin Duncan. Neoma Rose md. Samuel Pryor in Blount Co. on 13 Nov 1846.)

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1850 Census, Cocke Co., TN - Town of Newport
Page 344B, house 12 Thomas PRYOR 36 carpenter TN, Margaret J. 35 TN, John C. 8 TN, Thomas D. 7 TN, Virginia 5 TN, William 3 TN, Smith 2/12 TN, John W. Stubblefield 24 carpenter TN, William C. Dobbins 18 carpenter TN, Newton Hammons 19 carpenter TN, Margaret Davenport 13 IN. (This family was counted in Jefferson Co., TN in 1860. Thomas Pryor of Cocke Co., Henry Pryor in Sullivan Co. and Andrew John Pryor in Jefferson Co. are possibly kin and sons or grandsons of John Pryor born about 1757 in England and counted on the 1840 Census in Sullivan Co., TN and 1850 in Jefferson Co., TN.)

1850 Census Davidson Co., TN
Nashville, House 755 James W. McCullough 25 carpenter TN, Mildred 22 TN, Elizabeth PRYOR 13 TN. (Is this McCullough family related to the Cullom/Culley/McCullough family living next door to Massa Taylor Pryor in Sumner Co.?)
House 879 "Nashville Female Academy": Olivia M PRYOR 16 MS.
Dist 25, House 61 Mary TAYLOR 50 farmer TN, Susan Taylor 50 teamster TN
Dist. 25, House 62 Mary TAYLOR 50 farmer NC Susan 15 TN, Mary A. 18, Edward 11, C. W. (male) 9 TN. (Widow of Chesley Taylor, son of Edmund & Elizabeth Taylor, brother of Spicy Taylor Pryor and Massa Taylor Pryor)
Nashville Pennitentiary, page 398A, John PRYOR, (incarcerated) 1847, 28, laborer, TN, (conviction) murder.

1850 Census Dickson Co., TN - The Middle District
Page 141a, House 733 D. C. Hartigan 41 overseer VA, Nancy 36 VA, Elizabeth 15 VA, D. C. (male) 13 VA, Martha J. 11 VA, James J. 8 VA, Catharine 6 VA, Nancy 4 VA, Martha E. PRYOR 30 VA. (Thomas M. Pryor md. Patsey E. Hartigan Aug. 16, 1832 in Augusta Co., VA Martha "Patsey" Pryor is probably Thomas' widow.)
Page 142, House 750 George Winnick 62 VA, Elizabeth 51 NC, George M. 21 NC, Sarah M. 20 NC, Mary E. 16 NC, Lavinda M. 13 NC, Elisa J. 10 NC, Elisa PRYOR 41 NC. (Eliza Pryor is on the 1860 Census in Dickson Co., TN, 1880 in Houston Co., TN)
Page 119A, House 429 Minor Bibb 32 farmer VA, Lydia (PRYOR) 27 LA, Lucetta A. 6 TN, William M. 4 TN, Alexander C. H. 2 TN, Laura E. 2/12 TN. (Minor Bibb md. Lydia Pryor on 25 Jun 1840 in Dickson Co., TN)
Page 126a, house 530 James C. Pullen 43 farmer VA, Elizabeth S. 32 TN, James Egbert 16 TN, Laura 14, Bernard 12 TN, William 10 TN, Benjamin 9 TN, Mary 4 TN, Mumford 6/12 TN, Wm. Thedford 26 school teacher TN, Sophronia Thedford 23 TN (Elizabeth Susan Bernard Pullen was the daughter of John Bernard and Laura L. Pryor who were living in Tipton Co., TN in 1850).

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