Nathaniel hale pryor biography of mahatma

Nathaniel Hale Pryor (1772–1831) was an American explorer, who served as Sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Early life and family

Nathaniel Pryor was born in Amherst County, Virginia and was a cousin of fellow expedition member Charles Floyd. A letter written by Sam Houston to President Andrew Jackson on Pryor's behalf noted that Pryor was a first cousin to John Floyd, governor of Virginia.^[1] Nathaniel was the son of John Pryor and his wife Nancy Floyd.

The Pryor and Floyd families moved to Kentucky when he was eleven. Both parents were deceased by 1791 when Nathaniel and his brother Robert were recorded as orphans in Jefferson County court records, and apprenticed to Obediah Newman.^[2] It is interesting to note that Nathaniel, Robert, and their other Floyd cousins, were great-grandchildren (x3) of Nicketti, identified as a daughter of Powhatan and sister of Pocahontas.^[3]

Nathaniel married Margaret Patton on Ma