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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Byrd Stagner was born 1847, ,Howard, Mo (son of Richmond P or Richard Stagner and Mary Anna Catherine Williams).

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    • Record Change: 12 Apr 2009


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richmond P or Richard Stagner was born 03 Oct 1800, ,Madison, Ky (son of Barnet Stagner, Jr and Sarah Prater, Sally); died 26 Dec 1876, Dawn, Livingston, Mo.

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    • Reference Number: 6.633.08
    • Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

    Richmond married Mary Anna Catherine Williams 31 Dec 1844, Howard Co., Mo.. Mary was born 1817, ,,Va; died 1908, ,Rooks, Ks; was buried , Elliott Cem, Livingston, Mo. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Anna Catherine Williams was born 1817, ,,Va; died 1908, ,Rooks, Ks; was buried , Elliott Cem, Livingston, Mo.

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    • Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

    Children:
    1. Robert Stagner was born 1845, ,Howard, Mo.
    2. 1. Byrd Stagner was born 1847, ,Howard, Mo.
    3. Susan Stagner was born 1850, ,Howard, Mo.
    4. Richmond Stagner was born 1851, ,Howard, Mo.
    5. William T Stagner was born 1853, ,Howard, Mo.
    6. Albert C Stagner was born 1855, ,Howard, Mo.
    7. Almeda Francis Stagner was born 1859, ,Howard, Mo.
    8. Charles H Stagner was born 1864, ,Howard, Mo; died 1916.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Barnet Stagner, Jr was born Abt 1758, ,New Hanover, Nc (son of Anna Findler); died 21 Jan 1821, ,Madison, Ky.

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    • Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

    Notes:

    James wife, Sarah Prather was listed in her fathers Will (John Hunt Prather)
    written 20 Aug., 1804 in Madison Co., KY.
    She is mentioned in an inventory of her father's estate by the name Sarah
    Stagner.

    Barnet married Sarah Prater, Sally 27 Aug 1783, Bladen, Rowan Co., n.C.. Sarah (daughter of John Hunt Prater, James and Ellender Eleanor Turner) was born 1760, ,Rowan, Nc; died 1836, ,Howard, Mo. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Prater, Sally was born 1760, ,Rowan, Nc (daughter of John Hunt Prater, James and Ellender Eleanor Turner); died 1836, ,Howard, Mo.

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    • Reference Number: 5.271.05
    • Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

    Notes:

    Sarah and her husband moved from Ft.Boonesborough to Ft. Harrod.
    Her husband was killed and beheaded by the Indians while he was guarding
    Big Springs. Sarah's brother Thomas Prather had moved with them to Ft.Harrod.
    Capt. Henry Prather and his wife Elizabeth Wilson was also living at
    Ft. Harrod during this same time. (Capt. Henry Prather was brother to
    Basil Henry Prather, Adjut. General at Ft. Nelson (near Louisville, Ky.)
    cousins of John Hunt Prather.

    Children:
    1. Rebecca Stagner was born Abt 1785, Boonesborough, Madison, Ky.
    2. Jesse Barney Stagner was born Abt 1787, Boonesborough, Madison, Ky.
    3. Anna Polly Stagner was born Abt 1789, Boonesborough, Madison, Ky.
    4. John Stagner was born Abt 1791, Boonesborough, Madison, Ky.
    5. Neddie Stagner was born Abt 1793, Boonesborough, Madison, Ky; died Bef Mar 1820.
    6. Barney Thomas Stagner was born Abt 1795, Boonesborough, Madison, Ky.
    7. 2. Richmond P or Richard Stagner was born 03 Oct 1800, ,Madison, Ky; died 26 Dec 1876, Dawn, Livingston, Mo.
    8. Ellender Nelly Stagner was born Abt 1803, Boonesborough, Madison, Ky.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Anna Findler was born , of New Hanover, Nc.

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    • Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

    Children:
    1. 4. Barnet Stagner, Jr was born Abt 1758, ,New Hanover, Nc; died 21 Jan 1821, ,Madison, Ky.
    2. Sarah Stagner was born Abt 1767, of, Rowan, Nc.

  2. 10.  John Hunt Prater, James was born 1735, Sprigg's Request, Prince George, Md; was christened , Also Lived, Pulaski & Garrard Co., Ky. (son of Philip Philemin Gittings Prater, I and Catherine Hunt); died Bef 03 Jan 1814, ,Madison, Ky.

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    • Occupation: Planter; Court Justice
    • Reference Number: 4.105.03
    • Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

    Notes:

    !Lillard says he moved to Madison Co.KY.He is in AF as James Hunt
    Prather,AFN-JFFJ-D2

    In his Will he named the children from his only marriage.

    It is generally thought that he came west to visit his sister who had
    married an officer who was later stationed at Fort Harrard and his cousin
    Capt. Basil Prather (who settled at Louisville,Ky.) was involved in land
    speculation in this area and John also came to establish claims for land.

    John was recorded as a Court Justice in Madison Co., Ky. 1810 & 1811.
    He was also involved in laying out the city boundry for other townships
    near Richmond, Ky.

    It is possible that his wife was a Quaker and John may have followed some of
    the Quaker beliefs but it is not known if he became a Quaker himself.

    His Will is found in Will Book # B, pp 13-14 and was Proved 3 Jan., 1814 by
    William Berry and Samuel Turner. (Madison Co., Ky.)

    He is referred to: John Prather, Esquire in the Circuit Court Minutes
    Book, 24 Apr.1811, Present "Honorable John Prather,Esq."
    He was also named as one of the members of the first Grand Jury held in the
    county, and he was named one of the Commissioners to lay out the plan for
    the Town of somerset (the county seat) 25 Feb.1801./ Notes by Judge forest of
    Garrard Co.,Ky./Deed book# D;115 Mad.Co.Ky/Deed bk#5;261 Rowan Co.,N.C.

    !Lillard says he moved to Madison Co.KY.He is in AF as James Hunt Prather,AFN-JFFJ-D2

    John married Ellender Eleanor Turner 13 Jul 1753, Rowan Co., n.C.. Ellender (daughter of Edward Turner and Mrs Edward Turner) was born 1740, of, Prince George, Md; died Aft 1813. [Group Sheet]


  3. 11.  Ellender Eleanor Turner was born 1740, of, Prince George, Md (daughter of Edward Turner and Mrs Edward Turner); died Aft 1813.

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    • Ancestral File Number: JFFJ-F7
    • Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

    Notes:

    Her husband John Hunt Prather went to Ft.Harrod, Ky. from Rowan Co., N.C.
    to visit his sister Margaret Prather Freeman. He liked it so much in Ky. that
    he took up land in Madison Co., near the present town of Richmond.

    Children:
    1. Jeremiah Prather was born , Prince George Co., Md; died , Prob. Pickens Co., Ga..
    2. 5. Sarah Prater, Sally was born 1760, ,Rowan, Nc; died 1836, ,Howard, Mo.
    3. Catherine Prater, Caty was born Abt 1761, ,Rowan, Nc.
    4. John Hunt Prather, PraterII was born 01 Dec 1762, ,Rowan, Nc; was christened , Moved to Madison Co., Ky.; died 11 Jul 1846, ,Pulaski, Ky.
    5. Phillip John Prather was born Abt 1764, ,Rowan, Nc; was christened , In 1840 Howard Co., Mo. Census; died , ,Howard, Mo.
    6. Edward James Prater was born Abt 1769, ,Rowan, Nc; died Aft 1823, ,Pulaski, Ky.
    7. Thomas Prater was born Abt 1771, ,Rowan, Nc; was christened , Lived in Adair Co., Ky.; died Bef Jul 1839, ,Hopkins, Ky; was buried , Ashby Cem, Hopkins, Ky.
    8. James Prater, Rev was born 1772, ,Rowan, Nc; died Bef 09 Oct 1848, ,Garrard, Ky; was buried , Prather Cem, Garrard, Ky.