Prater/Prather Genealogy* 120,000+ Family Members
Elias Prather
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Elias Prather was born , Lincoln Co., Ga. (son of Elias Jones Prather and Martha Beall). Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
2. Elias Jones Prather was born , Wilks Co., Ga. (son of Thomas Wallace Prather and Mary Jones, Polly). Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
Elias Prathers Will request that his family remove from Wilks Co. to
Harris Co where he says he had "Much Land". Ref. Will of Elias Prather
5 Oct. 1837 Wilks Co.,Ga. Will book# 2 page 16.Elias married Martha Beall of Wilkes Co., Ga. Martha was born , of Wilkes Co., Ga. [Group Sheet]
3. Martha Beall was born , of Wilkes Co., Ga. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Taliaferro Prather was born , Lincoln Co., Ga..
- 1. Elias Prather was born , Lincoln Co., Ga..
- Sarah Prather was born , Wilks Co., Ga.; was christened , Living With Her Mother.
Generation: 3
4. Thomas Wallace Prather was born Abt 1787, of, Prince George, Md (son of Joseph Jeremiah Prather and Elizabeth Welch); died Bef 1830, Lincoln Co., Ga.. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6.210.03
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
Thomas died before his father-in-law Moses Jones who owned a very large
plantation in Lincoln Co.,Ga./ When Moses died he named three of Thomas
Prathers children in his Will.
The children in Davidson's transcription of Wilkes Co. probate records.
Thomas signed his Will 7 Nov., 1828 (Davidson p.258 Wilkes Co., Will Book H-H.Thomas married Mary Jones, Polly Wilks Co., Ga.. Mary (daughter of Moses Jones and Mrs Moses Jones) was born , Lincoln Co., Ga.. [Group Sheet]
5. Mary Jones, Polly was born , Lincoln Co., Ga. (daughter of Moses Jones and Mrs Moses Jones). Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Anderson Turner Prather was born , Wilks Co., Ga.; was christened , Moved to Fla. Then Tx..
- Thomas Franklin Welch Prather was born , Wilks Co., Ga.; was christened , 1860 Jackson Co., Fla. Census.
- 2. Elias Jones Prather was born , Wilks Co., Ga..
- Toliver Wells Prather was born , of Wilkes Co., Ga.
- Delilah C. Prather was born Bef 1828, Wilks Co., Ga..
Generation: 4
8. Joseph Jeremiah Prather was born 04 Jun 1762, ,Prince George, Md; was christened , Later Became n.y. (son of James William Prather, Lt and Ann Turner); died Abt 1821, ,Wilkes, Ga. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 5.124.02
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
He settled in a large farm which was later named the site of Prather, GA.
by the Eastern & Elberton Railroad.
The railroad made it a produce stop (cotton & grain).
The railroad maps listed it as "Prather" and later other map makers picked it
up and indicated it on their maps as Prather, GA.
Today nothing is there to indicate that Prather, GA. was ever a community, not
even a sign on the highway which goes through it.
In 1987 there was on small store and about 6 scattered houses mostly inhabited
by black familys.
Prather, GA. is located about a mile or so north of the Washington, GA.
Airport (just a landing strip in 1987).
Jere. moved from Maryland to Wilkes Co., GA. about 1792.
Jeremiah's Will is recorded in Minutes Interior Court, Wilkes Co., GA.
Minutes Book 1811/1817, page 131.
Joseph Prather... Wilkes Co., GA. Tax Records 1785/1805
Page 62. Prather, Joseph dec'd James W. Prather Adm. returns for
1821. Paid Ann Prather $27, John Burdett $101, Gideon Cooper $346,
Richard Prather $104, Wyche Jackson $107, Augustin Cooper $126, Myself Jas.
W. Prather a legatee $275, William W. & Benjah Prather $109 each.
Crop Return of Estate 1816:
Eliz. Prather -- for self as guarden of William W. Prather & Benajah Prather
Recpts of Thomas Richard Prather.
Gary Benton Prather (1987)Joseph married Elizabeth Welch 01 Jun 1781, Upper, Marlborough, Prince George, Md. Elizabeth was born 22 Feb 1761, ,Prince George, Md; died Aft 03 Sep 1821, ,Wilkes, Ga. [Group Sheet]
9. Elizabeth Welch was born 22 Feb 1761, ,Prince George, Md; died Aft 03 Sep 1821, ,Wilkes, Ga. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- James Wallace Prather was born 28 Apr 1782, of, Prince George, Md; was christened , Lived Prather, Wilks Co., Ga.; died 15 Apr 1869, Tuglao, Habersham Co., Ga..
- Deborah Prather was born Abt 1783, Wilks Co., Ga..
- Richard Prather was born 17 Feb 1784, of, Prince George, Md; died Feb 1856, Green Hill, Stewart Co., Ga..
- 4. Thomas Wallace Prather was born Abt 1787, of, Prince George, Md; died Bef 1830, Lincoln Co., Ga..
- Ann Anne Prather was born Abt 1790, Wilkes Co., Ga..
- Benjamin James Prather, Benegah was born Abt 1791, Wilkes Co., Ga.; died Bef Nov 1868, Prob. Elbert or Wilkes Co., Ga..
- Mary Prather was born Abt 1795, of, Prince George, Md.
- William Welch Prather, Rev. was born Jun 1798, Wilks Co., Ga.; was christened , Moved to Meriweather Co. in 1850's; died , Meriweather Co., Ga..
- Elizabeth Prather was born Abt 1799, Wilks Co., Ga..
- Dorcas Prather was born Abt 1801, of, Prince George, Md.
10. Moses Jones was born , of Wilkes Co., Ga. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Moses married Mrs Moses Jones of Wilkes Co., Ga. Mrs was born , of Wilkes Co., Ga. [Group Sheet]
11. Mrs Moses Jones was born , of Wilkes Co., Ga. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 5. Mary Jones, Polly was born , Lincoln Co., Ga..