pryor married isabella virginia harris. they were the parents of 8 children, all born in alabama. luke pryor lived at the sugar creek plantation, in athens, alabama, for 40 years before his death. pryor house, built in 1836, stands as a historic building in limestone county, alabama. pryor studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. on the 1850 united states census his occupation was recorded as "lawyer."