Prater/Prather Genealogy* 120,000+ Family Members
Sumter Daniel Prater
1911 - Bef 2000 (< 88 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Sumter Daniel Prater was born 19 Jun 1911, Batesburg, S.C. (son of Sumpter Daniel Prater and Rosa V. Whittle); died Bef 2000, Belvedere, S.C.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
2. Sumpter Daniel Prater was born 14 Jan 1857, ,Lexington, Sc (son of Hezekiah Prater, Jr and Rachel Laberge); died 11 Feb 1939, Batesburg, S.C.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Sumpter married Rosa V. Whittle Batesburg, S.C.. Rosa was born , Batesburg, S.C.; died , Saluda, S.C.. [Group Sheet]
3. Rosa V. Whittle was born , Batesburg, S.C.; died , Saluda, S.C.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 1. Sumter Daniel Prater was born 19 Jun 1911, Batesburg, S.C.; died Bef 2000, Belvedere, S.C..
Generation: 3
4. Hezekiah Prater, Jr was born 20 Mar 1827, ,Lexington, Sc; was christened , Lived in Andalusia, Covington Co., Ala. (son of Hezekiah R. Prater, Prather and Ellen Nellie Hartley); died 19 Jul 1873, Madison, Fla.. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6.994.07
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
He served with Co., E of the 11th Florida Infantry. He died in Madison,
Florida in 1863 while home on sick leave.
After Hzekiah's death, his family lived with his father-in-law, Ambrose
Whittle on Cloud's Creek... west of Batesburg S.C.
His first wife must have died before 1860, because he is listed in the
1860 Covington Co., Ala. census as "single, clerking in a store".
He is recorded living in Andalusia, Covington Co., Ala. in the 1860 censusHezekiah married Rachel Laberge 09 Oct 1856, St.Landry Co., La.. Rachel was born , of Lexington Co., Sc. [Group Sheet]
5. Rachel Laberge was born , of Lexington Co., Sc. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 2. Sumpter Daniel Prater was born 14 Jan 1857, ,Lexington, Sc; died 11 Feb 1939, Batesburg, S.C..
- James Hezekiah Prater was born 13 Oct 1860, ,Lexington, Sc; died 12 Sep 1950, Bisbee, Az..
Generation: 4
8. Hezekiah R. Prater, Prather was born Abt 1784, ,Montgomery, Md (son of Zachariah Zaccai Prater and Ruth Ann Allison); died May 1850, Batesburg, Lexington Co., S.C.. Other Events:
- Occupation: Planter; Farmer
- Reference Number: 5.357.03
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
By 1840's Hezekiah owned 830 acres at the south edge of Batesburg on Dunkin
(duncan) Branch of Chinquepin Creek.
He deeded 124 acres each to his sons, Milton, Wesley, and Mackey.
At his death, the remainder was divided into 3 tracts known as the "Homestead
Tract" which consisted of 248 acres; Holston Tract, which consisted of 105
acres, and the Lee Tract, which consisted of 110 acres.
The Holston Tract was sold to Lewis Gunter of $305.
The Lee Tract was sold to Lodowick Hartley, nephew of Widow Ellen, for $875.
6 sons and at least two sons-in-law of Hezekiah Sr. served in the Confederate
Army. The war devastated the Prater family.
Several of his sons names are engraved on the Confederate War Memorial at the
Lexington Co. Courthouse. Those not listed did not serve from Lexington
County, thus their names are not listed on this Memorial.
Ellen Prater resided with the family of her daughter Elizabeth Jones who owned
and operated a hotel in Batesburg.
Hezekiah died at age 66. He died as result of 10 days illness of inflamatory
bowels.Hezekiah married Ellen Nellie Hartley Bef 1814, Lexington, South Carolina. Ellen (daughter of Lewis L Hartley and Ann Holson) was born Abt 1792, of, Lexington, Sc; died Aft 1870, ,,Sc. [Group Sheet]
9. Ellen Nellie Hartley was born Abt 1792, of, Lexington, Sc (daughter of Lewis L Hartley and Ann Holson); died Aft 1870, ,,Sc. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Mary F. Prater was born , Batesburg, Lexington Co., S.C.; was christened , Living Covington Co., Ala. in 1860.
- Sophia Prater was born , of Lexington Co., Sc; died , Madison, Fla..
- Elouisa C. Prater, Larcey was born Abt 1814, ,Lexington, Sc; died , Gadsden, Fla..
- Mahala Emaline Prater was born Abt 1816, ,Lexington, Sc; died , Madison, Fla..
- Wesley Griffin Prater was born Abt 1818, Batesburg, Lexington, Sc; died , Andalusia, Covington Co., Ala..
- Mark Larkin Prater, MacKey was born Abt 1820, ,Lexington, Sc; died 01 Jul 1865, Prob. Ohio.
- Milton A Prater was born Mar 1822, ,Lexington, Sc; was christened , Confed. Soldier, Ala. Cavalry; died 05 Jun 1909, Batesburg, Lexington Co., S.C.; was buried , 2 Miles From Batesburg in Saluda Co..
- Hepsabah Prater, Epsey was born 24 Mar 1824, Cloud Creek, Edgefield, Sc; died 11 Aug 1892, Batesburg, Edgefield, S.C..
- 4. Hezekiah Prater, Jr was born 20 Mar 1827, ,Lexington, Sc; was christened , Lived in Andalusia, Covington Co., Ala.; died 19 Jul 1873, Madison, Fla..
- Elizabeth Eleanor Prater was born 08 Jan 1830, ,Lexington, Sc; died 23 Feb 1900, Edgefield, S.C..
- Larkin Chriswell Prater, Chris was born 08 Feb 1832, ,Lexington, Sc; died 02 Jul 1864, Atlanta, Ga; was buried , Killed in Action, Atlanta, Ga.
- Drury A Prater was born Abt 1835, ,Lexington, Sc; died 02 Aug 1862, Lauderdale, Ms..