Martin Dillard Prater

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• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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Martin left Morrison, Tn and traveled to Anna, ILL. and then to Ark.

Martin married Mary Adeline Bates of Walnut Ridge, Ar. Mary was born 08 Jun 1863, Alton, Mo.; was christened , M.Spr., Ark.; died 01 May 1947. [Group Sheet]

1. Zady Prater was born , of Walnut Ridge, Ar.
2. Henry Prater was born , of Walnut Ridge, Ar; died , of Bend, Ore..
3. Cecil Prater was born , of Walnut Ridge, Ar.
4. Hester Prater was born , of Walnut Ridge, Ar; was christened , 1992.
5. Moses Prater was born 09 Jul 1893, Walnut Ridge, Ark.; died 20 Jun 1970, On the Current River, Shannon Co., Mo..

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• Ancestral File Number: 49RD-WF
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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Land for the Prater Family Cem. was donated by Moses Prater, but some old
timers say that the land was once owned by Moses Prater's grandfather,
Archelus Archibald Prater.
The cemetery can be found:
From Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN. go South 4 miles on Hwy 53; turn East on
Icomium Rd. (Hwy 281) and go 1.2 miles. The Prater Cem. is located on the
North side of the road.
Among some locals the old cemetery is known as Mears Cem.
Moses and his wife, Lucinda, are buried in the cem. but there are no markers
for their graves.

Moses married Louisa Jane Elkins, Eliza 01 Dec 1856, Woodbury, Cannon Co., Tn.. Louisa was born Abt 1842, of, Cannon, Tn; died Aft 1874, of Tn. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: CMO8-M2
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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Her parents were: Edmund S. and Paralee Elkins

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• Reference Number: 49RD-7O
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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!this child came from a different AF.sheet.

Listed in 1870 TN. Census age 62.

1830 Census, Warren Co., TN.
2 Males under 5 years of age
1 Male age 20-30 (Martin)
1 Female age 15-20 (Wife)

1840 Census, Cannon Co., TN.
2 Males age 0-5
1 Male 5-10
2 Males 10-15
1 Male 30-40
1 Female 10-15
1 Female 30-40

Martin married Lucinda Harpool Abt 1831, of, Cannon, Tn. Lucinda was born Abt 1808, of Cannon Co., Tn.. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: 49RD-85
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Occupation: Farmer; Minister
• Reference Number: 6.145.01
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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!Found him in AF ZLP3-KQ

1790 census - Archelus Prater is listed in Pendleton Co., S.C.
1800 census - Archelus Archibald Prater was listed living Buncombe Co., N.C.
1820 census - Archelus A. Prater was listed Warren Co., TN.
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Wife, Molly Prater died ca. 1849 Warren Co., TN.
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Ref: Lentz Heritage by John Paul Lentz, 1966 p. 17-18
"The famiily of Archibald "Arche" Prater with wife Rosana Lentz shows in
Pendleton Co., S.C. .... "Sold 100 acres of land by peter Lentz (Lance), Sr.
in Buncombe Co., on 20 Apr., 1802.
Peter Lentz was the father of Rosana Lentz.
Land sale in Buncombe, Bk. 7 p.120.
On 18 Feb., 1807, Buncombe, Book B, p.30, Archeluaus Prater sells this 100
acres to Jonathan Paris. It is believed that the Praters then moved with
Lance (Lentz) relatives and others to Warren Co., TN."
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RE: Old Buncombe History .... an article written by Joyce Justus Parris at
request of Meta Lance Baker, entitled "Peter Lance (Lentz) Family"
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RE: Goodspeeds Histories of Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren, White Counties of
Tennessee. "Archibald Prater among the first settlers of the 11th Dist. of
Warren Co., TN." "He arrived before 1810."
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1820 Census, Warren Co., TN. p.312
Males: 2 under 10 (could be Thomas M. and Benj. P.)
2 age 10-16 (these could be Joseph and Martin)
1 age 16-26 (could be Josiah)
1 age 45 and over (Archelus)
Females: 1 age 10-16 (could be Suzannah)
1 age 45 and over (Rosanna / Molly M. Prater)
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1830 Census, Warren Co., TN. p.325
Archelus as Head of Household:
Males: 2 age 10-15 (Thomas & Benjamin)
1 age 15-20
1 age 60-70
Females: 1 age 5-10 (Mary)
2 age 15-2 (Suzannah & Kessiah)
1 age 50-60
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Cannon County Minutes Book:
6 June, 1836 Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN.

"On motion, Archalous Prater, about 70 years of age, personally appeared in
open court and made oath that he was acquainted with Joel Mears and in his
lifetime and that Margaret, (formerly Margaret Estes) and deponet further
states that on about the 30th Sept., 1827 he being an authrozed minister of
the Gospel, married the said Margaret to the said Joel, dec'd, and states that
sometime in the latter part of the year 1835 the said Joel Mears deceased in
Warren Co., TN."

(other witness, Isham saw Prater....signed, ect.)
Joel Mears died 21 Dec., 1835.
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Arch is listed age 84 in 1850 Census Warren Co., TN.
Looking at census and other records his listed age puts his birth year
at between 1766 and 1769. His parents were married in/or about 1768,
thus it is most likely his birth date is after 1768.
Note: The only record of his parents marriage is a Will record which
may or may not show the correct date of their marriage.

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Archelus Prator, Plat for 483 acres on water of 23 mile & 26 mile creeks,
Pendleton Co., S.C. 96th Dist., surveyed by Samuel H. Dickson. Dated: 1793
Also listed as having deeds to land in Anderson Co., S.C.(1790 - 99)
But he was in Warren Co., Tn in the 1820 census.

Archulas married Polly Lentz of S.C. or Buncombe Co., n.C.. Polly (daughter of Peter Lance, Lentz and Mrs Flora Lentz) was born 1766, of, Laurens Dist, Sc; died Aug 1849, Warren Co., Tn.. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: 115Q-5L7
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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In Buncombe Co., N.C. there is the following record:

20 Apr., 1802 Arche Prater (Grantee) to Porter Lance (Grantor)