Nancy Pryor

From Descendants of John Floyd

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19. NANCY5 FLOYD (WILLIAM4, JOHN3, CHARLES2, JOHN1) [169]

• was born Abt. 1755 [170],[171], and
• died Bef. August 1791.
• She married JOHN ALEXANDER PRYOR [172],[173].
  • He was born Abt. 1750, and
  • died Bef. August 1791.

Notes for NANCY FLOYD:

Kathleen Jennings, "Louisville's First Families - A Series....", The Standard Printing Co., Louisville, 1920, page 171, says Nancy married George Rogers and had a daughter, Nancy, who married Judge Wesley Phelps, of Bullitt county. I do not think so.... we do know Nancy Floyd Rogers, b 1817, in these notes, married Thomas Phelps, however.

Notes for JOHN ALEXANDER PRYOR:

Larry Reno, op. cit., notes that "In a publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, titled Nine Young Men From Kentucky, by George H. Yater in 1992, the author offers the following excerpts: "...on July 6, 1791, the (Jefferson) County Court minutes record that Robert and Nathaniel Pryor, orphans of the late John Pryor, are to be bound out by the overseers of the poor. The two youngsters were bound out to one Obidiah Newman on August 7." (Emphasis supplied). This indicates that both John Pryor and Nancy Floyd Pryor died before August of 1791."

This also means that the Eliza shown as born in 1794 cannot be correct?

Larry Reno, <lrrden@earthlink.net>, who has researched the Pryors deeply, notes that there has been considerable incorrect renderings of the children of John and Nancy, who are Jane B., James, Nancy, Eliza, Robert L., and Nathaniel. (Some list several as the children of Sergeant Nathaniel Pryor, but this is not so...)

Larry adds, "...this should be proved by the Will of James Pryor, drawn in New Orleans on Christmas Day in 1814 (several days before the Battle). The Will was admitted to probate in Jefferson County, Kentucky on August 30, 1822. Listed as his heirs were: John B. Gilly, (nephew and son of James's sister Jane); brothers Robert L. Pryor and Nathaniel Pryor; sisters Jane B. Gilly and Eliza Oldham; and, Robert McClelland, the husband of sister Nancy Pryor, who evidently predeceased James...."

Children of NANCY FLOYD and JOHN PRYOR are:

• 1. i. ROBERT LEWIS6 PRYOR [174],[175],
  • b. 1770 [176];
  • m. POLLY SHEPHERD [176], 18 October 1805, Bullitt Co., KY;
    • b. Abt. 1776.
      • Notes for ROBERT LEWIS PRYOR: Accompanied his cousin Davis Floyd to Natchez during the Aaron Burr affair, according to Anna Cartlidge in her 1966 paper.
• 2. ii. NANCY PRYOR [177],
  • b. Abt. 1772 [178];
  • d. Bef. 1810;
  • m. ROBERT MCCLELLAND [179], 07 August 1792, Jefferson Co., KY [180];
    • b. Abt. 1770.
• 3. 43. iii. SERGEANT NATHANIEL HALE PRYOR,
  • b. 1775, probably Amherst Co., VA;
  • d. 10 June 1831, Pryor, Mayes Co., OK.
• 4. iv. JAMES PRYOR [181],[182],
  • b. Abt. 1776 [183];
  • d. Bef. 13 August 1822, Jefferson Co., KY.
    • Notes for JAMES PRYOR: JAMES PRYOR's will was made in New Orleans Dec 25 1814 and begins "The state of our Country rendering life more precarious than usual..." It was probated in Jefferson Co., Aug 13 1822. Named James GILLY, son of John B Gilly as executor; brothers ROBERT L PRYOR & NATHANIEL PRYOR and Robert MCCLELLAND; sisters Jane B GILLY, and Eliza OLDHAM. (Book 2 p 183). Nancy PRYOR had m Robert McClelland Aug 7 1792 Jefferson Co., and she died by 1810 (he was widower in 1810 census, and mentioned alone in will of James Pryor). Jane B PRYOR m. John GILLY May 17 1808 Jefferson Co., ELIZA W PRYOR m 1) _ MCCLELLAND 2) HENRY OLDHAM Aug 26 1808 Bullitt Co., 1840 Jefferson Co., census Lousville p 18. 1850 Jefferson CO., census Louisville p 293 56 years old b Ga widow's property valued at $3,000. She was mentioned in will of Samuel OLDHAM (1834) as wife of his son Henry. Children also mentioned but not named. (courtesy Alex Luken who found The Pryor Book on the web at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lpproots/Pryor/pryorbk.htm)
• 5. 44. v. JANE B. PRYOR,
  • b. Abt. 1787;
  • d. Aft. 13 August 1822.
• 6. 45. vi. ELIZA PRYOR,
  • b. 1790;
  • d. Aft. 1834.