Tag: White Co. Tennessee

Joseph Pryor of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: Pre-Alabama Records Gap and Importance of Church Minutes

December 30, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “For wine … Sister Pryer” In a previous posting, I shared here an article I published in August 2025 in the journal of the Tuscaloosa County Alabama Genealogical Society, Roots & Branches. That article focused on the question of the pre-Alabama roots of an early settler of Tuscaloosa County, Joseph Pryor (1767-1851). I’ve … More Joseph Pryor of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: Pre-Alabama Records Gap and Importance of Church Minutes

Joseph Pryor of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (1767-1851): Notes to Clarify His Pre-Alabama Roots

August 21, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER” At the start of this month, I posted an article here that had been published by Roots and Branches, a publication of the Tuscaloosa County Alabama Genealogical Society. As I did so, I noted that the Tuscaloosa Genealogical Society had kindly given … More Joseph Pryor of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (1767-1851): Notes to Clarify His Pre-Alabama Roots

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (2)

January 16, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “Defts who first being duly sworn on the Holy Evangalists depose as follows“ Warren County, Tennessee, Years, 1807-1819 As the previous posting indicates, John Hammons Jr. disappears from the Wayne County tax list after 1807, when he moved with his father and brothers Leroy and Woodson to Warren County, Tennessee. On 7 August … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (2)