Dear Listers, I was foraging through the search engine, Google, when I came across your address and signed up. I am a descendant of Samuel Pryor, twice Sheriff of Trimble Co. He is buried in Trimble ca 1833 and his grave still can be found, I am told. Samuel left five children, the oldest of which was William Samuel Pryor, who became chief justice KY's Supremes for many years, and who was the longest serving member of that court. Samuel's widow, Ann Marshall Samuell, was one of the VA Clarks and a cousin to U.S. Justice John Marshall. She remarried Joseph Barbour, another lawyer who became a judge. Clearly, this family did not know how to plow. When Samuel Pryor died in Trimble at the a very young age, he had time to write a lengthy will, naming his brother, Jack Pryor, as executor. I have often wondered if Samuel's death was helped along by a shooter. In other words, whether Samuel was shot in pursuit of his duties as sheriff. In order to find the cause of Samuel's death, I would have to find historical data, such as an old newspaper clipping, or a footnote in a history book from the 1833 era. If anyone could direct me in that task, I would certainly appreciate the help. Tom (whose mother was a Pryor from Henry Co.) Thomas S. Fiske Arcadia, CA Author of Four on the Floor, The Courage Place, A Time to Heal & A Time to Judge