1856 affidavit of Susan Lowry of Hampton, VA (Elizabeth City) age 86. She stated she was the daughter of Thomas Whiting of Gloucester Co., VA. She recalled becoming acquainted with John Pryor in 1780. Pryor acted as an aid to General Lord Sterling and she remembered he received a considerable amount of land from VA for his service. Lowery’s connection to Pryor was that he was married to her sister. She recounted that after her sister’s death Pryor married Elizabeth Q. Graves in Richmond.
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