James P. (Pryor?) Childers (Childress)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Could read and write
• EYES: Hazel
• HAIR: Gray
• HEIG: 5’ 10”
• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer, until disability set in
• USR1: Chronic rheumatism and heart disease incurred in the line of duty.
• Census: 1830, Boeff Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1840, Boeff Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Undefined: 7 Jun 1842, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1890, Beaufort, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Shortly before the 1830 census, JP arrived in MO from Grant Co., KY.
James and wife Susannah were first cousins.

1861 - Served in Capt. John McFall’s Co. I, of the 26th Infantry Regiment of MO Volunteers, as musician (drummer) in Civil War at the age of 57. He was enlisted by Lieut. Wiley C. Wiseman at Union on the 21st day of Sept. 1861, to serve 3 years. James was mustered into service on 26 Dec 1861, at Pacific, MO, and was present for the months of Jan and Feb, 1862. Mar and Apr was absent for sick furlough (lame right hand and rheumatism of leg). Discharged for disability by order of Gen. Halleck (sciatica and contracted tendon of middle finger of right hand, declared the Surgeon of the 26th MO. Vol.) April 17th, 1862 on board steamer City of Alton, a Private.

1873, 21 Dec. - Applied in person for military pension (Pension File No. 186,199) while living in Luther, MO. He claimed to be totally disabled because of exposure at Birds Point, MO about Feb 1862 when he was exposed to a heavy rain all day while doing service. About a week later he was sent to a hospital in Charleston, MO. for about 14 days, then sent to Cairo, IL, where he was examined and discharged. James’ signature is on the Declaration.

1874, 8 Aug - George E. Armistead testified he lived 4 miles from JP and knew him 8-10 years.

1876 June and 1873 Aug - P.N.Butler testified he was a physician in Franklin Co. for 27 years and knew JP and family for 30 years.

No date - Joseph Walton and Eli Park of Spring Bluff were witnesses to a document. Their marks were attested by F.M. and H.T. Weirich.

1880 census lists James in Boone Twp. with daughter
James P. Childers - father
Cleresa Jane Childers Blackwell - head of household
JWHT (Tom) Blackwell, age 18, single

1886, 6 Aug - Elizabeth applied for James’ pension while living in Beaufort, MO.

1886, 27 Nov - William (39) and Joseph (35) Conway of Spring Bluff attest they knew JP for 24 years. Living in immediate neighborhood. They were sent for at the time of his death, and prepared his body for burial.

Birth:
No birth record has been found.

Census:
Page 141

Census:
Page 213

Undefined:
Appraised estate of Parker West

Census:
#786 Named with wife and children, except for Cleresa who was married. Page 069

Census:
Listed with daughter Cleresa and grandson Thomas, age 18

Census:
S.D. (3); E.D. (88); house 82, family 84. Comment: “papers still in hands of pension dept.” NA Microfilm M-123, Roll 29.

Buried:
Conway Cemetery

James married Susanna Huffman on 14 Apr 1825 in Grant Co., KY. Susanna (daughter of William Huffman and Sarah Childers) was born on 28 Feb 1800 in Garrard Co., KY; died on 10 Dec 1872 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
James and Susanna were first cousins.

1. Cleresa Jane Childers was born about 1830 in KY; died after 1880 in MO.
2. Sarah Childers was born in 1830 in KY.
3. James Childers was born in 1837 in KY.
4. Henry Childers was born in 1843 in MO.
5. Thomas Childers was born in 1846 in MO.
6. Mahala Childers was born in 1826 in Grant Co., KY; died in 1849.

James married Elizabeth Jamieson on 12 May 1881 in Spring Bluff, Franklin Co., MO. Elizabeth was born in 1833 in Franklin Co., MO; died on 26 Jul 1903 in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
by A.C. Smith, JP

Robert married Nancy Pryor on 27 Mar 1783 in Amherst Co., VA. Nancy (daughter of F. Nicholas Pryor and Mary Eliza Molly McGuown) was born in 1765 in Amherst Co., VA; died in Sep 1821 in Grant Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes:

Married:
Married in Amherst County by the Baptist minister, Reverend Benjamin Coleman, 27 March 1783/Amhert County, Virginia
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-199104031-2-6498/nancy-childers-born-pryor-in-myheritage-family-trees

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y

Notes:

It All Started In Virginia
Henry Childers of Virginia and Kentucky

If it has been impossible to prove who is Henry Childers who married Susannah Goolsby, it has been possible to prove who he is not. A Henry born after 1740 is probably too young to be the parent of Goolsbury, the Revolutionary War veteran. A Henry born before 1700 is unlikely to be the parent of sons born 1732 and 1785. So let us look at the known Henry Childers born in Virginia between 1700 and 1740.

The Virginia Genealogist, a magazine edited by Frederick Dorman, published an article entitled British Mercantile Claims after the Revolution, and the list included a Henry Childers who died without an estate during the war. I have been unable to identify this Henry, except to know that he obviously did not go to Kentucky in 1790 and remain to 1809.

Henry Childers, son of Henry and Lucretia (Jonas) Childers was born circa 1714 and died 1760 Lunenburg County, Virginia. His wife was Mary Earner who survived him. They had a son Henry named in his father's will. The son Henry resided in that part of Lunenburg County that became Charlotte County in 1762. He remained there until 7 April 1777 when a land deed states he is a resident of Bedford County., VA. Henry Childers signed his name to this deed. From 1782 until 1790 or later Henry Childers is on the tax list of Bedford County.

According to the 1737 Virginia tax lists published by Nellie Schreiner-Yantis, there were two Henry Childers in Virginia that year, one in Bedford County and one in Greenbrier County. Since Henry who married Susannah Goolsby was in Greenbrier County, it is very unlikely that he was the same man who paid -taxes in Bedford County.

The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers edited by Torrence, tells of Abraham Childers who owned land on Roundabout Swamp, which was mortgaged, to Pleasants And Son Merchants when Abraham died in 1757 in Henrico County, Virginia. Abraham's sons Abraham, Henry and Frederick in 1763 sold the land inherited from their father to pay the father's debt. The father has been identified as the son of Abraham and Hester (Pledge) Cannon Childers. His wife was Mary, whom he had married by 1729. Mary's surname is unknown. Abraham and Mary's son Abraham died in Henrico County 1773 and the son Frederick died there in 1785. Nothing has been found to tell what happened to the son Henry.

Could he be the Henry Childers that married Susannah Goolsby?

Henry and Abraham, both, when selling their land to Pleasants And Son, Merchants in 1763 made a mark, not signed, their deeds. Henry and Susannah when selling their land in Amherst County in 1765 both made a mark, not signed, their deed. Is it significant that Abraham, the father died in 1757 and in 1760 Henry bought land in Amherst County? For Henry and Susannah to have moved to Amherst County is not illogical; her father and brother lived there and were landowners. The probable marriage date of Abraham and Mary Childers and the probable birth date of Henry Childers are two or three years apart. Circa 1755 Henry married and struck out on his own, going into Albermarle County (where the Goolsbys were) and then to Amherst County when it was formed in 1761. While he was not at Roundabout Swamp, he was not so far away that he could not travel there to help his brothers when the father died in debt.

Are these Henrys, indeed, the same man?

References used for this section:
Amherst and Greenbrier County, Virginia deeds, vital records, census and tax records
Research of Arthur A. Childers, T. H. Hutzelman, Virginia Zeboski and B. F. McKinzie
Albermarle, Henrico, Lunenburg, Charlotte and Bedford Counties,
Virginia deeds, wills and tax records
The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, edited by Torrence
"Progenitors and Kinfolk Of Abraham Childers III" by Marjorie
Alberta Dunnstedt, published in The Virginia Genealogist
(http://www.childers-childress.com/spanningpart5.html)
Selections iron The Virginia Genealogist, edited by Frederick Dornan

Henry married Susannah Goolsby about 1756 in VA. Susannah (daughter of Thomas James Goolsby, Iii and Lucy Bryant) was born about 1742 in Amherst Co., VA; died about 1810 in Garrard Co., KY; was buried in KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
(abt 1734 - https://www.myheritage.com/names/susannah_goolsby)

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y

Notes:

Pryors began to appear in Amherst County soon after it was established in 1761. LDS records show an F. Nicholas Pryor born in Amherst in 1740, with children Nancy, Sally, Jesse, David, William, John and Mary born there between 1766 and 1778. A William Pryor was granted land on the Pedlar River in 1762, and a survey was done for a Nicholas Pryor in 1763. Additional grants or surveys appear for William or Nicholas Pryor until at least 1804.
Grose, S. Amherst County Virginia Heritage Book Family Section 2000 pg. 209.

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https://tennesseepryors.com/have-i-solved-my-pryor-genealogy-brick-wall/

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Source
Descendants of Phillip Pryor
                                                 
       1       Phillip Pryor       1699 - 1769       b: Bet. 1699 - 1710 in Gloucester Co. VA       d: 1769 in Granville Co., North Carolina              
..              +Ann Haden       1702 -       b: Abt. 1702              m: Abt. 1723 in Amelia County Virginia       
       2       Samuel Pryor       1725 -       b: Abt. 1725                     
       2       Frances Pryor       1727 -       b: Abt. 1727                     
..              +Micajah Bullock                            m: June 21, 1769       
       2       William Pryor, Senior       1729 - 1784       b: 1729       d: 1784 in Amherst Co. VA              
..              +Margaret       1730 -       b: Abt. 1730 in possibly Virginia                     
       3       [1] John A Pryor, Jr.       1748 - 1800       b: Abt. 1748 in Amherst Co. VA       d: Aft. 1800              
...              +Nancy Floyd       1752 -       b: Bef. 1752              m: Bef. 1771 in possibly Amherst Co. VA       
              *2nd Wife of [1] John A Pryor, Jr.:                                   
...              +Sally Alford                            m: October 11, 1796 in possibly Augusta Co. VA       
       3       [2] Nicholas Pryor       1750 - 1830       b: Abt. 1750 in probably Amherst Co. VA       d: Bef. 1830 in Kanawha County, VA (West Virginia)              
...              +Mary (possibly)                                   
              *2nd Wife of [2] Nicholas Pryor:                                   
...              +Sally Sarah Paxton       1764 - 1789       b: 1764 in Rockbridge CO. VA       d: Bet. 1789 - 1790       m: December 06, 1782 in Amherst Co. VA       
       3       [3] William Pryor,Jr       1754 - 1832       b: 1754 in Pedlar River, Albemarle/Amherst Co. VA       d: Aft. 1832 in Amherst Co. VA              
...              +Elizabeth Wright       1767 -       b: Aft. 1767              m: October 13, 1788 in Amherst Co. VA       
              *2nd Wife of [3] William Pryor,Jr:                                   
...              +Nancy Adkins                            m: March 15, 1807       
       3       [4] Susannah Pryor       1760 - 1820       b: 1760       d: Bet. 1820 - 1830 in Kanawha County, West Virginia (VA)              
...              +Shadrach Harriman       1748 - 1791       b: Bef. 1748 in Probably Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut       d: March 07, 1791 in on what is now known as Donnally farm, near Charleston, WV       m: August 25, 1789 in Kanawha Co. West Virginia       
              *2nd Husband of [4] Susannah Pryor:                                   
...              +David Milburn       1753 - 1830       b: 1753 in Frederick County, Virginia       d: Aft. 1830       m: March 16, 1794 in Kanawha County,West Virginia       
       2       John Pryor       1731 -       b: Abt. 1731                     
       2       Susanna Pryor       1734 -       b: Abt. 1734                     
       2       F. Nicholas Pryor       1740 -       b: Abt. 1740 in Amherst Co. VA                     
..              +Mary       1744 -       b: 1744 in Amherst Co. VA              m: Bef. 1766 in Virginia       
       3       Elizabeth Betsy Pryor       1766 - 1839       b: Abt. 1766       d: Bef. 1839              
       3       Nancy Pryor       1766 - 1821       b: 1766 in Amherst Co. VA       d: 1821 in Grant County, Kentucky              
       3       Sally Pryor       1768 - 1797       b: Abt. 1768 in Amherst Co. VA       d: Bef. 1797 in Amherst Co. VA              
       3       Jesse Pryor       1770 -       b: Abt. 1770 in Amherst Co. VA                     
       3       David Pryor       1772 -       b: 1772 in Amherst Co. VA                     
       3       William Pryor       1774 -       b: Abt. 1774 in Amherst Co. VA                     
       3       John Pryor       1776 -       b: 1776 in Amherst Co. VA                     
       3       Mary Pryor       1778 -       b: 1778 in Amherst Co. VA                     
       2       Haden Pryor       1745 -       b: 1745                     
       2       Samuel Pryor       1747 -       b: Abt. 1747                     

F. married Mary Eliza Molly McGuown before 1766 in VA. Mary was born in 1744 in Amherst Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas + Elizabeth Cannon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will lists following heirs:
William Goolsby, Susan Childers, Ann Nowlin, Lucy Saunders, Elizabeth Goolsby and Thomas Goolsby.

Died:
either Oct 23 or 24

Buried:
Unknown

Thomas married Lucy Bryant in 1772. Lucy (daughter of William L Bryant and Alice McLand) was born in 1712 in Amherst Co., VA; died in 1803 in James City County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Or 1802

Notes:

From source :
“Pryors began to appear in Amherst County soon after it was established in 1761. LDS records show an F. Nicholas Pryor born in Amherst in 1740, with children Nancy, Sally, Jesse, David, William, John and Mary born there between 1766 and 1778. 

A William Pryor was granted land on the Pedlar River in 1762, and a survey was done for a Nicholas Pryor in 1763. Additional grants or surveys appear for William or Nicholas Pryor until at least 1804.

Land Acquisitions: William Pryor, September 5, 1762, for 350 acres in Amherst County, on Pedlar River.
Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 7, pg. 76.

Estate Records: June Court 1784 Amherst Co. VA
Samuel Pryor, Admin. of William Pryor, deceased versus Peter Stoner or Peter Staher;”

Also see website: https://tennesseepryors.com/pryor-website/state-records/virginia/virginia-a-counties/

Birth:
abt 1725-1729

William married Margaret before 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
abt 1830 (?)