Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Pryor, John September 20, 1840 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 6:50 pm Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court Written: September 20, 1840 Recorded: December 4, 1848 Georgia Pike County September the 20th 1840 In the name of God Amen I John Pryor Sr. being at this time in perfect mind and memory but far advanced in age and knowing that I must die do make and Constitute this my last will and Testament. First I resign my body to the grave and my Spirit to God 2nd It is my will that there shall be a sale of all my perishable property such as stock house hold and kitchen furniture which sale I wish attended by my Executor herein after named and sold as he may think best and after all my just debts are paid out of the proceeds of said sale it is my will that the residue of money derived therefrom shall be equally divided as follows there being two children & the heirs of my daughter Elizabeth Miles, it is my will that that they shall have one sixth of the proceeds of the above named sale. It is further my will that the children of my daughter Nancy Wildon [?] shall have one sixth of the proceeds of the sale above named to be equally divided among them. It is further my will that my son William shall have one sixth part of the proceeds arising from the sale above named. It is my will that my son in Law John Coats shall have one sixth of the proceeds arising from my sale as above named, it is further my will that my Son in Law Matthew Coggin shall have one sixth part of the proceeds arising from the sale above named It is further my will that my Son John shall have one sixth of the proceeds arising from the sale above named. It is further my will that as my son in Law Wilson Coats and his wife who is my daughter Susan Coats have taken upon themselves to stay with and take care of myself and my wife in our declining years that he my son in Law Wilson Coats shall have my largest chest and largest pot and largest oven the residue of my house hold and kitchen furniture sold and disposed of as above named. It is also my will that my Son in Law Wilson Coats as aforesaid shall have all my lands together with the appurtenance thereunto belonging to use and dispose of ass he may think best after my death and the death of my wife. It is further my will that Thom. C. Trice should be Executor to this my last will and Testament In witness to all of the aforesaid will and Testament I John Pryor hereunto set my hand and affix my seal in [ _ ] the day and year above written John Pryor his mark H. T. Embry Enoch Embry R. W. Embry Georgia Pike County I Enoch Embry do solemnly swear that I saw John Pryor [ _ ] (by making his mark) sign seal publish and declare this writing to be and contain his will and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that he did it freely and without compulsion to the best of my knowledge and that I saw H. T. Embry and R. W. Embry sign the same as witness. Enoch Embry Attest in open court this 4th day of December 1848 Wiley E. Mangham CCO Georgia Pike County I Thomas C. Trice do solemnly [ swear ] that this writing contains the last true will and Testament of John Pryor Sr. deceased so far as I know or believe and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts & then the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods and chattels with thereunto extend and the Law charges me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God Thomas C. Trice Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 4th December 1848 Wiley C. Mangham CCO File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/pike/wills/pryor643wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb

John Pryor, Sr was born abt 1760 in Wilkes County, Georgia. I have some sketchy information about him. Descendants of John Pryor, Sr. 1 John Pryor, Sr. b: Abt. 1760 in Wilkes County, Georgia d: Abt. 1848 in Pike County, Georgia .. +Lydia B. ? d: 02 September 1847 in Pike County, Georgia ... 2 Elizabeth Pryor b: in Georgia d: Bef. 1828 ....... +Josiah Miles m: 27 March 1816 ... 2 Nancy Pryor b: in Georgia d: Bef. 1830 ....... +Isaac Weldon m: 28 February 1815 ... 2 Lydia Pryor b: in Georgia d: Bef. 1840 ....... +John Coats m: 11 August 1825 ... 2 William Pryor b: 10 March 1798 in Georgia d: 10 May 1871 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Lucy Cross b: Abt. 1805 in Georgia d: Bef. 07 December 1885 in Pike County, Georgia m: 21 May 1822 in Jasper County, Georgia ......... 3 John C. Pryor b: Abt. 1824 in Georgia d: Abt. 1846 in Mexico ......... 3 [1] Elizabeth Pryor b: Abt. 1828 d: Aft. 1920 ............. +Edmund Crawford b: Abt. 1818 d: Abt. 1850 m: 21 December 1843 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 John Clarke Crawford b: Abt. 1848 in Pike County, Georgia d: Abt. 1927 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Sarah Ann Dunn b: Abt. 1850 in Georgia d: Aft. 1885 in Pike County, Georgia m: 04 October 1866 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Edmund Cobb Crawford b: Abt. 1849 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Sallie E. Scott m: 1869 in Pike County, Georgia ......... *2nd Husband of [1] Elizabeth Pryor: ............. +James G. Holmes m: 22 February 1852 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Andrew Jackson Pryor b: 04 February 1830 in Pike County, Georgia d: 06 December 1910 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Mary Ann Baker b: 30 April 1830 in Pike County, Georgia d: 17 June 1917 in Pike County, Georgia m: 05 March 1848 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Jonathan Pryor b: Abt. 1851 ............... 4 George Washington Pryor b: 03 March 1854 in Pike County, Georgia d: 05 January 1930 ................... +Mary Pierson ............... 4 Thomas J. Pryor b: Abt. 1855 ............... 4 Harris L. Pryor b: Abt. 1857 ............... 4 Ida Lucy Pryor b: 27 January 1859 in Georgia d: 10 October 1932 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Monroe M. Irvin b: 21 August 1851 in Georgia d: 08 May 1931 in Pike County, Georgia m: 21 December 1876 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Thomas Jefferson Pryor b: Abt. 1832 in Pike County, Georgia d: Abt. 1880 ............. +Sara Jane Cochran b: in Georgia m: 04 December 1868 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Matthew Madison Pryor b: 10 February 1840 in Pike County, Georgia d: 12 December 1925 ............. +Cynthia Elizabeth Driver b: Abt. 1845 in Pike County, Georgia m: 25 February 1864 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Mattie Lee Pryor b: 29 March 1865 in Pike County, Georgia d: 02 April 1940 in Spalding County, Georgia ................... +Annie Laurie Coggin b: 04 July 1871 in Pike County, Georgia d: 25 January 1963 in Spalding County, Georgia m: 15 May 1887 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 William Pryor b: Abt. 1867 ............... 4 Viola Pryor b: Abt. 1869 ............... 4 Lucy Pryor b: 14 February 1872 in Pike County, Georgia d: 15 August 1960 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +John Riley Turner b: 09 July 1869 in Pike County, Georgia d: 04 August 1955 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Charles Pryor b: Abt. 1875 ............... 4 Mary Pryor b: Abt. 1878 ......... 3 Richard Pleasant Cross Pryor b: 11 May 1842 in Pike County, Georgia d: 25 January 1862 in Civil War ... 2 Martha Pryor b: 02 October 1806 in Georgia d: 12 April 1863 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Mathew Coggin b: 21 February 1806 in Georgia m: 18 March 1832 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 Fetnie Anne H. Coggin b: 20 August 1834 in Pike County, Georgia d: 10 June 1898 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +George Croghan Gregg b: Abt. 1832 in Florence County, South Carolina d: 17 April 1865 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (Civil War) m: Bef. 1853 ............... 4 Joseph Matthew Gregg b: 23 October 1853 in Pike County, Georgia d: 22 July 1914 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Ella Harriett Gregg b: 20 July 1856 in Pike County, Georgia d: 08 September 1903 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +[4] John Calhoun Beauchamp b: 23 October 1851 in Troup County, Georgia d: 04 April 1927 m: November 1871 ............... 4 Martha Victoria Gregg b: Abt. 1859 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +W.R. Wright m: 29 December 1881 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 James E. Gregg b: Abt. 1861 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 George Virginia Gregg b: 04 August 1862 in Pike County, Georgia d: 19 December 1928 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +John J. Banks b: Abt. 1850 in Georgia d: Abt. 1886 in Pike County, Georgia m: 19 December 1878 in Pike County, Georgia ......... 3 William Jasper Coggin b: 02 April 1836 in Pike County, Georgia d: 09 June 1906 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +Palestine Lavania Carson b: 14 August 1845 in Georgia d: 02 September 1930 in Pike County, Georgia m: 31 December 1868 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Cleveland Coggin b: in Pike County, Georgia d: 1913 in Texas ............... 4 Clyde Martha Coggin b: 12 March 1870 in Pike County, Georgia d: 27 October 1943 in Upson County, Georgia ................... +William M. Digby b: 04 August 1864 in Pike County, Georgia d: 30 December 1940 in Pike County, Georgia m: 17 January 1894 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Mary Coggin b: 1871 in Pike County, Georgia d: 07 April 1954 in Henry County, Georgia ................... +Andrew David Williams b: 1867 in Georgia d: 27 December 1932 in Pike County, Georgia m: 30 October 1887 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Emmett Coggin b: Abt. 1873 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Addie McElhaney ............... 4 Ada Coggin b: 30 June 1874 in Pike County, Georgia d: 07 June 1960 in Butts County, Georgia ................... +Matthew Franklin Anderson b: 04 February 1863 in Pike County, Georgia d: 21 June 1932 in Pike County, Georgia m: 04 February 1891 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Charles Wilbur Coggin b: 25 December 1875 in Pike County, Georgia d: 13 July 1951 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Mary Bessie Digby b: 21 April 1878 in Pike County, Georgia d: 18 August 1912 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Nettie Coggin b: 21 January 1879 in Pike County, Georgia d: 28 January 1958 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Ambrose Clifford McGahee b: 27 December 1880 in Georgia d: 01 January 1967 in Monroe County, Georgia ............... 4 Collie Eldora Coggin b: 01 May 1880 in Pike County, Georgia d: 03 October 1892 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 [2] William Edgar Coggin b: 18 September 1882 in Pike County, Georgia d: 26 October 1957 ................... +Rossie Peugh b: 28 July 1889 in Georgia d: 17 April 1929 ............... *2nd Wife of [2] William Edgar Coggin: ................... +Odessa Thomas ......... 3 Candis S.J. Coggin b: 05 November 1838 in Pike County, Georgia d: 23 May 1911 in Pike County, Georgia ............. +John Davis Gregg b: 12 July 1836 in Georgia d: 10 February 1898 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Adrinne Amanda Gregg b: 05 December 1860 in Pike County, Georgia d: 04 October 1932 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Jesse Criton Williams b: 02 February 1854 in Pike County, Georgia d: 16 January 1929 in Pike County, Georgia m: 19 November 1880 in Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 [3] Virginia Jackie Gregg b: 01 November 1862 in Pike County, Georgia d: 27 December 1950 ................... +Claude Graves Kenney b: 15 May 1862 in Kentucky d: 15 September 1890 in Fulton County, Georgia m: 05 December 1888 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... *2nd Husband of [3] Virginia Jackie Gregg: ................... +[4] John Calhoun Beauchamp b: 23 October 1851 in Troup County, Georgia d: 04 April 1927 m: 28 November 1905 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Anna Gregg b: Abt. 1866 ................... +J.W. Middlebrooks m: 12 April 1894 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 William Joseph Gregg b: 11 July 1868 in Pike County, Georgia d: 03 February 1903 in Pike County, Georgia ................... +Lucy Mae Key m: 13 July 1899 in Pike County, Georgia src: Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia ............... 4 Charlie D.P. Gregg b: 07 August 1870 in Pike County, Georgia d: 25 August 1883 in Pike County, Georgia ... 2 John H. Pryor b: Abt. 1809 in Georgia ....... +Ellender Coggin b: Abt. 1810 in Georgia m: 15 April 1832 in Pike County, Georgia src: US Marriage Index 1691-1850 (Heritage Quest) ......... 3 Martha Pryor ......... 3 James Pryor ... 2 Susan Pryor b: Abt. 1810 in Georgia d: 25 January 1894 in Pike County, Georgia ....... +Wilson Coats d: 05 January 1895 in Pike County, Georgia m: 17 December 1830 in Pike County, Georgia ... 2 Mary Pryor b: Abt. 1811 in Georgia d: February 1864 ....... +Robert Scott m: 03 December 1829 in Pike County, Georgia ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [GAPIKE] Ga-Pike Co. Wills (Pryor) > > Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Pryor, John September 20, 1840 > ************************************************ > Copyright. All rights reserved. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm > ************************************************ > > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > William Russell [email protected] September 6, 2006, 6:50 pm > > Source: Will Book C Pike County Probate Court > Written: September 20, 1840 > Recorded: December 4, 1848 > > Georgia > Pike County > > September the 20th 1840 In the name of God Amen I John Pryor Sr. being at > this > time in perfect mind and memory but far advanced in age and knowing that I > must die do make and Constitute this my last will and Testament. > > First I resign my body to the grave and my Spirit to God > > 2nd It is my will that there shall be a sale of all my perishable > property such as stock house hold and kitchen furniture which sale I wish > attended by my Executor herein after named and sold as he may think best > and > after all my just debts are paid out of the proceeds of said sale it is my > will that the residue of money derived therefrom shall be equally divided > as > follows there being two children & the heirs of my daughter Elizabeth > Miles, > it is my will that that they shall have one sixth of the proceeds of the > above > named sale. It is further my will that the children of my daughter Nancy > Wildon [?] shall have one sixth of the proceeds of the sale above named to > be > equally divided among them. It is further my will that my son William > shall > have one sixth part of the proceeds arising from the sale above named. It > is > my will that my son in Law John Coats shall have one sixth of the proceeds > arising from my sale as above named, it is further my will that my Son in > Law > Matthew Coggin shall have one sixth part of the proceeds arising from the > sale > above named It is further my will that my Son John shall have one sixth of > the > proceeds arising from the sale above named. It is further my will that as > my > son in Law Wilson Coats and his wife who is my daughter Susan Coats have > taken > upon themselves to stay with and take care of myself and my wife in our > declining years that he my son in Law Wilson Coats shall have my largest > chest and largest pot and largest oven the residue of my house hold and > kitchen furniture sold and disposed of as above named. It is also my will > that > my Son in Law Wilson Coats as aforesaid shall have all my lands together > with > the appurtenance thereunto belonging to use and dispose of ass he may > think > best after my death and the death of my wife. > It is further my will that Thom. C. Trice should be Executor to this my > last > will and Testament > In witness to all of the aforesaid will and Testament I John Pryor > hereunto > set my hand and affix my seal in [ _ ] the day and year above written > John Pryor his mark > > H. T. Embry > Enoch Embry > R. W. Embry > > Georgia > Pike County > > I Enoch Embry do solemnly swear that I saw John Pryor [ _ ] (by making his > mark) sign seal publish and declare this writing to be and contain his > will > and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that > he > did it freely and without compulsion to the best of my knowledge and that > I > saw H. T. Embry and R. W. Embry sign the same as witness. > Enoch Embry > > Attest in open court this 4th day of December 1848 > Wiley E. Mangham CCO > > Georgia > Pike County > > I Thomas C. Trice do solemnly [ swear ] that this writing contains the > last > true will and Testament of John Pryor Sr. deceased so far as I know or > believe > and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts > & > then the legacies contained in said will as far as his goods and chattels > with > thereunto extend and the Law charges me and that I will make a true and > perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God > Thomas C. Trice > > Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 4th December 1848 > Wiley C. Mangham CCO