M-S TN counties: 1850 CENSUS PRYOR FAMILIES

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1850 Census Marion Co., TN
Page 397B, house 285 Anderson M. PRYOR 22 farmer TN, Nancy 22 TN. (Matthew J. Pryor & Mary Neely>Greenhill Pryor & Obedience Holloway>Anderson M. Pryor & Nancy K. Prigmore)
Page 401A, house 328 William H. PRYOR 22 TN, Mary 21 TN, Kesiah (male) 20 TN.(slaves: males 1/females 1) (Matthew J. Pryor & Mary Neely>Matthew Pryor Jr. & Henrietta Williams>William Henry Pryor & Mary Cowan)
Page 401A, house 340 John PRYOR 27 farmer TN, Margaret 21 TN (slaves: males 2/females 1)
Page 401B, house 345 Matthew PRYOR 64 farmer NC, Mary 43 TN, Eliza 13 TN, Richard 10 TN, Nancy 8 TN, Mary 7 TN, John 5 TN, Madison 3 TN. (Matthew Pryor md. Henrietta Williams on 22 Sept. 1808 in Roane Co., TN and later her sister Mary Williams.)
Page 402B, house 364 Pleasant M. PRYOR 28 TN, Melinda 20 TN, July (female) 17 TN.(Matthew J. Pryor & Mary Neely>Matthew Pryor Jr. & Henrietta Williams>Pleasant Marion Pryor & Malinda Prigmore)
Page 403A, house 368 William PRYOR 30 TN, Amanda 27 TN, Mary A. 5 TN, Ephraim G. 1 TN. (slaves: males 1/females 0) (Matthew J. Pryor & Mary Neely>Greenhill Pryor & Obedience Holloway>William Alexander Pryor & Amanda Prigmore)
Page 409B & 408A, house 449 Green H. PRYOR 61 farmer NC, Obedience 52 TN, Jeremiah 17 TN, Franklin 15 TN, Eliza J. 13 TN, Caroline 11 TN. (slaves: males 9/females 7) (Matthew J. Pryor & Mary Neely>Greenhill Pryor & Obedience Holloway)
Page 410A, house 470 Jackson PRYOR 35 merchant TN, Bersheba 28 TN, John 1 TN, A. M. Griffith 24 clerk TN. (Matthew J. Pryor & Mary Neely>Greenhill Pryor & Obedience Holloway>Jackson Pryor & Bersheeba Perkins)
Page 436A, house 807 Joseph Prigmore 36 farmer TN, Mary (PRYOR) 32 TN, Margaret 8 TN, Melinda 6 TN, Louisa 3 TN, Ephraim 9/12 TN. (John H. Pryor & Harriet Williams>Mary Ann Pryor Prigmore)
Page 436A, house 808 Washington PRYOR 25 farmer TN, Rully 22 TN, Ephraim Kelly 20 clerk TN. (Matthew J. Pryor & Mary Neely>Greenhill Pryor & Obedience Holloway>Washington Pryor & Ruth Kelly)

1850 Census Maury Co., TN
Dist. 10, page 178a, house 347 McCoy Standfield 25 NC, Mary 24 TN, Aduella 5 TN, Elenora 6/12 TN. (Mary King Stanfield is named in the 1848 will of Luke Pryor of Williamson Co., TN. Mary is the daughter of Sarah Jane "Jincy" King)

1850 Census McNairy Co., TN
Dist. 2, page 56b, house 772 William Hargrove 47 grocer NC, Mary (PRYOR) 42 VA, Sarah 19 TN, John 17 TN, Monroe 15 TN, Amanda 12 TN, Mary 10 TN, Thomas 8 TN, Robert 6 TN (William Hargroves md. Mary Janett Pryor on 20 Dec. 1826 in McNairy Co., TN)
Dist. 7. page 5B, House 67 Andy Smallwood 42 wagon maker NC, Nancy 24 AL, Almida 6 TN, William 5 TN, Charles 2 TN, Richard PRYOR 12 TN, Emeline Prichett 10 MS. (Richard James Pryor is on the 1870 Census in Blair Co., PA)
Dist. 7, page 5B, House 69 John Shull 73 farmer VA, Rebecca 72 VA, Nathaniel 31 TN, Leann Gillespie 34 TN, William PRYOR 17 TN.
Dist. 7, page 6B, House 76 Nancy Sweat 78 VA, Mary 35 NC, Alfred PRYOR 40 laborer TN, Mary Pryor 16 TN. (Alfred and Mary may be the Alfred and Sarah on the 1860 Census in Dist. 12)
Dist. 7. page 9A, House 114 Thomas Bell 53 surveyor & farmer TN, Henrietta 49 SC, Elizabeth 21 TN, Jane 17 TN, Martha 15 TN, Amanda 13 TN, William 11 TN, Albertine 9 TN, Asa 7 TN, Louisa 4 TN, Sydney Reece 20 school teacher TN, Daniel A. Reece 18 laborer TN, Martha A. Reece 16 TN, Peter A. Reece 13 TN, Mary PRYOR 17 TN.
Page 9B, Two families are recorded as PRYOM, William R. PRYOM 36 TN and Joshua PRYOM 80 NC. Ancestry.com family tree has listed a marriage of Joshua Pryon and Susannah Kerns of Orange Co., NC
Dist. 2, page 52a, house 705, F. P. Duke (male) 34 merchant VA, Kitty 26 VA, Jane 9 TN, Findley 6 TN, Octava 4 TN, F. T. Degraffineau? physician 24 VA, John Taylor 24 saddler TN, T. C. Ashcroft 19 saddler TN, B. B. Duke farmer 22 VA, Judith A. (PRYOR) Duke 56 VA (Fountaine Duke married Judith Pryor on June 6, 1808 in Goochland Co., VA. Ancestry.com Family Trees state Judith was the daughter of William Pryor and Elizabeth Hughes. Robert Meriwether was surety for her marriage)
Dist. 12, page 97A, house 1340 Jacob PRYOR 33 farmer TN, Elizabeth 27 TN, Sarah 5 TN, Jackson 3 TN, William 7/12 TN. (This family is on the 1860 Census in McNairy Co., TN.)
Dist. 12, page 97A, House 1341 Philip PRYOR 59 NC, Philip 17 TN, Mary 15 TN, Benjamin 12 TN, Washington 10 TN, Nancy McLaughlin 21 TN. (slaves: males 0/females 3. Philip Pryor b. 1791 is on the 1830 Census in Marion Co., TN and in 1840 in McNairy Co., TN )
Dist. 12, page 97b, house 1343 Samuel Moss 25? VA, Elizabeth (PRYOR) 20 TN, Rebecca 1/12 TN (Elizabeth and husband D. S. Moss are mentioned in the will of Philip Pryor. In 1860 Nancy who was living with Philip Pryor was living with Samuel & Elizabeth Moss in McNairy Co.)
Page 97B, House 1343 Samuel PRYOR 28 TN, Sarah 27 TN.

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1850 Census Obion Co., TN
Dist. 6, Page 384B, house 946/946 Henry PRIOR 40 farmer $800 GA, John 18 farmer TN, Louisa 16 TN, Mary 14 TN, Henry? 12 TN, Ann 10 TN, Levina 5 TN, Martha 2 TN. (Henry Pryor md. Elizabeth Pate on 22 Oct 1829 in Obion Co., TN. Henry Pryor was a head of household on the 1830 & 1840 Obion Co. census.)

1850 Census Overton Co., TN
Dist 1
Page 34b, house 462 Austin England 29 TN, Jane 33 GA, Jeremiah 11 TN, Elizabeth 18 TN, James 8 TN, Robert 5 TN, George 5 TN.
(John Austin England was the son of Jeremiah England Sr. and his first wife Polly. Austin married Margaret Nelson and they divorced in Overton Co. Margaret and their son Mayhew England are living with the Nelsons in Jackson Co., TN in 1850. Jeremiah England Sr. married Sally Pryor and Mayhew went to Iron Co., Mo with Pryors from Jackson Co.)
Dist 2
House 723 Robert Nelson 21 TN, Jane 21 VA, Joseph 3, Frances 1
(From "Ozark Heritage", Volume III, 1994. Dent County Historical Society...William Marion Nelson was born 10 May 1848 in Highland, Jackson Co., TN. He was the son of Robert Nelson and Nancy Jane Pryor. His older brother was Joseph born 24 Dec. 1844, also known as "Barney" Joe Nelson from his residence on Barney Creek in Dent County. Jane Pryor Nelson and sons Solomon and John are on the 1870 Census in Webster Co., KY)
House 757 Spicy PRYOR 60 VA, Chesley 23 TN, Phereba 21, James 4
(Edmund & Elizabeth Taylor> Spicy & William Pryor md. Aug 18 1809 in Campbell Co., VA)
Dist. 6
House 668 Nancy PRYOR 40 TN, Juda 24, John 18, William Pryor 15, Logan 13, Ellinder 10, James 8, Pleasant 5, Melvina Wilson 27, Martha 1 (Nancy's husband is believed to have been a James Pryor. There is a James Pryor on the 1840 Census of Overton Co. He is reported deceased in Overton Co. County Court Minutes in early 1844)
Dist 7
House 159 John TAYLOR 32 TN, Mary 23, Thomas 6, James 4, Paulina 3, Julian 1
House 161 Moses TAYLOR 62 a wheelwright NY, Mary 56, James 17, Wesley 13,
House 163 Jeremiah TAYLOR 44 a miller TN, Charlotte 39 KY, Benjamin 18, Joseph 16, Tennessee 16, Lewis 10, Jeremiah Jr. 8, Susan 4, John 1
House 164 Gray Patrick 26 TN, Elizabeth 22 IL, Benjamin 4, John 1, Pheba TAYLOR 67 NY
House 165 Reuben TAYLOR 60 NY, Nancy 50, Jane 29, Hester 28, Harriet 24, Joshua 22, Catharine 20, John 18, Nancy 16, George 14, Francis 14, William 11, Mary 8
House 166 Elijah TAYLOR 32 TN, Susan 27, JAmes 8, Anna 6, William 4, Sarah 2, Joshua 4/12
House 176 Joseph TAYLOR 45 TN, Armatage 42, Catherine 26, Lorenzo 22, Washington 16, Martin 14, Mary 11, Armitage 8, James 6, Phereba 2
House 182 Simeon TAYLOR 55 blacksmith TN, Jane 45, Mary 23, Minerva 16, Elizabeth 14, Joseph 13, Sarah 11, Moses 9, Simeon 6, John 1
Dist 10
House 274 Judy Hummel 52 VA, John 18, William 15, David 12, Anna PRYOR 74 VA
(Judah Hummel died in 1896 and is buried in Dennis Cemetery)
House 296 Jane Dial 46 NC, Ruth 17 TN , William 15 TN Ruth Dial married a William H. Pryor
House 318 Joseph Garrett Sr. 67 VA, Juda 62 VA, Josiah 20 TN, John 13 TN, Jasper 7 TN, Juda 6 TN
Joseph Garrett Sr. is named in an 1849 Gift Deed between Jonathan Pryor to his son William E. Pryor
Dist 11
House 147 Hezekiah TAYLOR 57 VA, Elizabeth 50 VA, Maggy 26, Lucinda 25, Polly 19, John 22, Hezekiah 14, Lavina 10, James 4 (Edmund & Elizabeth Taylor>Hezekiah)
House 165 Loderick Garrett 40 VA, Mary <PRYOR> 40 VA, Polly 20, Calvin 18, William 16, Marion 14, Sarah 12, Jackson 10, Laura 8, Juda 6, Creed 4. (Edmund & Elizabeth Taylor> Spicy Taylor and William Pryor>Mary Pryor & Loderick Garrett)
House 167 Overton PRYOR 35 VA, Patsy 35 TN, Anthony 13, Jackson 10, Catherine 8, Samuel 6, Lucy 4, Sarah 2, Judy 2/12.
(Edmund & Elizabeth Taylor> Spicy Taylor and William Pryor>Overton Pryor & Patsy/Martha Flowers)
House 188 Levi Robins 44 TN, Ann 44 TN, James 22, Sarah 20, Helina 17, Betty 10, Wilburn 7. (Researcher John German has posted notes on the Internet that he believes Ann to be Ann PRYOR)
House 192 George Smith 22 TN, Nancy 21 TN, Milton 1 TN.
House 193 John W. Smith 27 TN, Sarah (PRYOR) 32 TN, Anyis 6 TN, Emalisa 5 TN, Logan 4 TN, Monah 2 TN
House 208 Samuel TAYLOR 25 TN, Manervy 17, Martha 8/12 (Samuel relationship to other Taylor familes is unknown)
Dist. 12
House 3 John Garrett 32 TN, Martha <TAYLOR> 30 VA, Elizabeth 8, Mary 6, Isaac 4, John 2, Hezekiah 9/12 (Edmund & Elizabeth Taylor>Hezekiah>Martha)
House 4 Thomas Garrett 30 TN, Melvina 25, Lucinda 7, Catherine 5, Elizabeth 3, Harriet 4/12. (Thomas' 2nd wife was Ellen PRYOR, first wife Melvina Angel)

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1850 Census Roane Co., TN
20th Sub. Div., page 434B, house 1601/1653 John PRYOR 53 cooper VA, Emily 45 VA, Andrew J. 10 TN, Feraby [Phereby?/Phereba?] 9 TN, Alexander 5 TN, William B. 3 TN. (In 1860 William B. Pryor age 14 is on the Hamilton Co., TN census)
20th SubDiv, page 448b, house 1804 Austin L. Greene 38 clerk VA, Emily R. (Mrs.PRYOR) 29 TN, Catharine 12 TN, Henry 10 TN, William 8 TN, Leander 4 TN, Rebecca 1 TN (Austin L. Green md. Emily R. Pryor- nee Liggett?- on Jan. 13, 1850 in Roane Co., TN)

1850 Census Rutherford Co., TN
Flemmings Dist., page 287A, house 544 John Jones, 53, carpenter, VA Betsy Jones 52, VA Robert Jones 21, carpenter, TN Martha 19 TN Mary 17 TN William 15, TN Jno. A. Clapton 19. carpenter, TN. James PRYOR 20, carpenter, TN. (Ancestry.com. Family Trees has Sophia Weston Pryor who married Ezra Keyser in Rutherford Co. as a daughter of John Hughes Pryor of Goochland Co., VA. Is James Pryor also from this line? By 1850 Sophia and family were in Fulton Co., KY and in 1870 and 1880 in Gonzales Co., TX.)

1850 Census Shelby Co., TN
Dist. 6, page 113a, house 520 B. W. PRYOR 21 MS, Elizabeth 18 NC, Eudora 6/12 TN (Apr?). (slaves: males 2/females 2) (Belfield W. Pryor md. Elizabeth Ethridge 21 Dec. 1848 in Shelby Co., TN)

1850 Census Smith Co., TN
Page. 241B Cyntha PRYOR 33 NC, Hiram 12 TN, William 8 TN, Martha J. 10 TN, Clarissa 2 TN
Page 242 A, House 425 Martin Whitten 39 farmer TN, Mary 35 TN, Robert 6 TN, William 5 TN, John 3 TN, Mary A. Sexton 26 TN, James 9 TN, Robert 7 IL, Levi Whitten 34 TN (idiotic), Mary A. Hawkins 11 TN. (Levi Whitten was living with Cyntha's son Hiram on the 1860 Census in Smith Co.)
Page 242B, House 429 Elizabeth Whitten 62 NC, Sarah Whitten 19 TN.
Page 304a, House 1296 John G. Martin 51 VA (Living near Martha PRYOR on 1840 Census)
Page 304a, House 1300 Irvin Beasley 25 TN, Eliza 20 TN, Permelia 4 TN, Mary 1 TN (Mrs. Eliza Beasley married Jonathan PRYOR. Jonathan was in Nashville Prision in 1860. They divorced in Sumner Co.)
Page 304b, House 1307 Lewis McFarland 71 NC (Living near Martha PRYOR on 1840 Census)
South Div., page 350a, house 597 William Lancaster 45 VA, Elizabeth (PRYOR) 37 NC, Frances 11 TN, Manda 6 TN, Malissa 2 TN.(Pryor connection established from message 3301 on the Genealogy.com Lancaster board. See 1850 Census of Izard Co., AR for more Smith Co. Pryor and Lancaster connections.)

1850 Census Sullivan Co., TN
Page 15A, house 55/53 Henry PRIOR 45 boatsman TN, Elizabeth 30 NC, John 7 TN, Mary 5 TN, Caroline 4 TN, Nicholas 8/12 TN (Henry Pryor and family are on the 1860 census in Sullivan Co. 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.)

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1850 Census Sumner Co., TN
Dist 1 These First Dist. Priors are ALL from the PURYEAR family.
House 12 Martha PRIOR 48 VA, Sarah 20, Locky 17, Elijah 14 <Martha is widow of Elijah Puryear>
House 13 James PRIOR 47 VA, Sarah 40, William 18, Elizabeth 20, Thomas 16, Elisha 14, David 12, Sarah 10, Lucy 8, Nancy 4, James 1. (James is a son of Elijah Puryear)
House 14 David PRIOR 45 VA, Nancy 36, James 16, Mary 14, Thomas 12, Elizabeth 8, Daivd 5, William B. 1 (David is a son of Elijah Puryear)
Dist 7
House 11 Allen PRYOR mechanic TN, Elizabeth <Talley> 24, Ann Eliza 4, William 2, Lycurgus 8/12 (slaves: males 1/females 0)
(Edmund & Elizabeth Taylor>Massy Taylor & John Pryor>Allen L. Pryor)
House 15 William Talley 50 VA, Mary 50.
(Father of Elizabeth who md Allen L. Pryor. William Talley married Polly Dowdy in Cumberland Co., VA)
Dist. 11
House 64 PleasantTAYLOR 38 VA, Margaret 50, Samuel 12, Malvina 8
(Edmund/Edward Taylor & Elizabeth>Pleasant & Margaret Curry)
House 68 Jane TAYLOR 48 VA, Elizabeth 35, James 12
(Edmund/Edward Taylor & Elizabeth>Jane & Elizabeth, sisters)
House 69 David Cullom 24 wagoneer, Eliza 22 (David Cullom aka Culley/McCullough. Eliza is speculated to be a Pryor, possibly a daughter of Massa Taylor Pryor)
House 71 James TAYLOR , Rebecca, Leonard Philips <father in law>
(son of Thomas Taylor and Mildred Markham)
House 96 Massa PRYOR 50 VA, Jonathan 25, Elizabeth 28, Samuel 15
(Edmund/Edward Taylor & Elizabeth>Massy Taylor & John Pryor)
House 97 George PRYOR 24 Mary 23, Permelia 12, Crockett 4, Clayton 5, Monroe 2
(Edmund/Edward Taylor & Elizabeth>Massy Taylor & John Pryor>George Pryor & Mary Odle)
George & Mary married on 25 Sept. 1847. Mary appears to have been married before as Crockett and Clayton appear on subsequent census records using the last name Odell and they were born before the marriage date.
Some researchers believe Permelia is Permelia Talley, a daughter of William A. Talley, who married a son of William Pryor and Margaret Curry.
House 102 Margaret (Curry) PRYOR 23, Thomas 6, James 4, Elizabeth 2
(Margaret Curry was married to William Pryor. They divorced in 1848. Later she married John Calvin Hunter. She is the daughter of Margaret Curry and the step-daughter of Pleasant Taylor)
Dist 12
House 154 John Fuqua 35 TN, Mary (TAYLOR) 40 , Sarah 10, William 9, James 7, Mary 6, John 4, Thomas 3 (Edmund/Edward Taylor & Elizabeth>Mary Taylor & John Fuqua)
Dist 17
House 83 David TAYLOR 48 VA, Frances (Russell) 51 VA, Elizabeth 17, Edmund 15, Mariah 11, Matilda 10 (Edmund/Edward Taylor & Elizabeth>David)
House 84 James TAYLOR 26 TN, Catherine (May) 22, Thomas 1, William 21
(Edmund/Edward Taylor & Elizabeth>David Taylor & Fanny Russell>James Taylor & Catherine May)
House 116 Jonathan PRYOR 30, Ellen (Lee) 30, William 4, Philip 6/12
(Jonathan has been speculated to be a son of Massa Taylor Pryor. This does not appear to be correct since there is a Jonathan counted with Massa on this census. This Pryor's relationship is unknown. Jonathan and Ellen were married June 27, 1847 in Sumner Co. It is speculated that they were the parents of William E. Pryor and Mary who were living with Major May and family in 1860 )
House 120 Major May 45, Jane 40, Elisha 15, Mary 8, James 10, Joseph 5 (no birthplaces stated)