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The Pryor surname

The Pryor name in Orange County Indexed: 62 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1753 to 1833 most named in the 1760s
  • Court minutes 1753–1766
  • Records of enslaved people 1755
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Deeds 1755–1833
  • Wills 1772
  • Marriages 1799
In the chronology
1769 to 1771 1 person in 4 entries, most in the 1760s
Places in its deeds and wills
Castle Creek (1), Hico Creek (1), Mebane (1), Hillsborough (1), Alamance Creek (1), Great Alamance Creek (1), Little Alamance Creek (1), Flat River (1)
Married into
Rogers 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Parker 5, Granville 4, Nash 4, Tapley 3, King 3, Churton 3, McGee 3, Rogers 2, Holmes 2, Thompson 2, Dickey 2, Williams 2
People with a page here
John Pryor
Spellings to try
Prior, Pruor
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 1 person

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In the historical records 62 records

19 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 1 marriages, 38 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 2 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Pryor marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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