Lew Hughes

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Generation: 1

1.
Lew Hughes was born , Family Farm, Cloverdale, Putnam, In (son of Harrison Hughes and Mary Ann Prather).
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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Generation: 2

2.	Harrison Hughes was born , of Bourbon, Ky; died Bef 1860. Other Events: Record Change: 12 Apr 2009 Harrison married Mary Ann Prather Bath Co., Ky.. Mary (daughter of Jeremiah Prather and Nancy Anna McGinnis) was born , of Bourbon, Ky. [Group Sheet]

Mary Ann Prather was born , of Bourbon, Ky (daughter of Jeremiah Prather and Nancy Anna McGinnis).

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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Children:

Sarah Hughes was born , Family Farm, Cloverdale, Putnam, In.
1. Lew Hughes was born , Family Farm, Cloverdale, Putnam, In.
Prudence Hughes was born , Family Farm, Cloverdale, Putnam, In.
Harrison Hughes was born , Family Farm, Cloverdale, Putnam, In.
William Henry Hughes was born 09 Jun 1835, of Bath Co., Ky; died 16 Feb 1923, Family Farm, Cloverdale, Putnam, In.

Generation: 3

Jeremiah Prather was born Abt 1781, Harrison, Va. W.Va.; was christened , Also Lived in Bourbon Co., Ky. (son of James Jeremiah Prater, Sr and Elinor Humble Tharp); died 1843, ,Hendricks, In.

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Reference Number: 6.586.01
Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

Jeremiah moved from Maryland south into Georgia with other family members
and then into Kentucky with still other family members, leaving some of the
family in Wilkes Co., Ga.
When the Indiana territories opened many of his family went there to settle.
Many settled in Bourbon Co., Ky. and Nicholas Co., Ky.

Jeremiah married Nancy Anna McGinnis 03 Aug 1807, Bourbon Co., Ky.. Nancy was born Abt 1790, of, Bourbon, Ky; died 01 Aug 1917, Williamsport, Ind.. [Group Sheet]

Nancy Anna McGinnis was born Abt 1790, of, Bourbon, Ky; died 01 Aug 1917, Williamsport, Ind..

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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Children:

Charles Prather was born , of Bourbon, Ky.
Christine Prather was born , of Bourbon, Ky.
Jonathan Prather was born , of Bourbon, Ky.
James Prather was born , of Bourbon, Ky.
3. Mary Ann Prather was born , of Bourbon, Ky.
Jeremiah Prather, Jr was born Abt 1808, of, Bourbon, Ky.
Mary Prather was born Abt 1809, of, Bourbon, Ky.
Elizabeth Prather was born 1811, of, Bourbon, Ky.
Eleanor Prather was born Abt 1812, of, Bourbon, Ky.
William Thomas Prather was born 06 Feb 1827, Bourbon Co., Ky..

Generation: 4

12.

James Jeremiah Prater, Sr was born Abt 1761, of, Frederick, Md (son of Jeremiah Prater and Anne Odell); died Abt 1819, ,Bourbon, Ky.

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Ancestral File Number: 1MPT-WMJ
Reference Number: 5.265.03
Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

He was born in Maryland and moved to Bourbon Co., Ky before 1805.

Ref. Bourbon Co., Ky. Circuit Court Suits #708 May, 1823 & Suit #496.
1810 census.

Suit #708

"To the Honorable Judge of the Bourbon Circuit Court in Chancery sitting,
sheweth unto your honor, your orator Joseph Prather. That sometime since, his
father, James Prather, departed this life intestate, leaving your orator,
Jeremiah Prather, Jonathan, John, Bazil, Henry, Isaac, James, Mary Ann,
Catharine and Nancy Prather, his children & heirs-at-law, and Eleanor his
widow, all of whom, except your orator, are prayed to be defendants of this
bill. He would futher show that his father at the time of his death was
possessed of a tract of land in Bourbon County, containing about 240 acres,
which descends equally to his children aforesaid & that no division thereof
has ever been made, Forasmuch as your orator, at common law & properly
receivable in equity, he prays that the defendants may answer the allegation
of this bill upon their corporal oaths as fully as if the same was here again
repeated by interrogatory & that your honor will decree that a division of
said land be made amongst the children of said James Prather, deceased, & that
dower be assigned said widow & grant such other further relief as to equity
belongs."

In 1806 James Prather bought a parcel of land on Hinkston Creek in Bourbon
Co. from Philemon Thomas, who lived in Mason Co., Ky.
According to the 1810 census, James was born before 1765. His wife, Elinor,
was born in 1766 in Pa.

James Prather was born in Maryland and moved his family to Harrison Co., Va.
(which is now Randolph Co., W.VA.) and later to the area that is the corner of
Bourbon, Bath and Nicholas Counties, KY. (Census Records)

James married Elinor Humble Tharp Prob. Maryland or Va.. Elinor was born 1766, ,,Pa; died Aft 1850, ,Vermillion, Il. [Group Sheet]

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Elinor Humble Tharp was born 1766, ,,Pa; died Aft 1850, ,Vermillion, Il.

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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

She was living with her daughter Mary Ann (Prather) Hewitt in the 1850 census.
We are not sure of her last name, other researchers have stated her name as
Unk. I have often wondered if this was short for the word "Unknown" and
was misunderstood by someone reading the old records. G.B.Prather
Other reseachers have reported that her last name could have been Tharpe &
she had Indian in her blood line. I have found no documents that indicate her
last name or blood line. G.B.Prather

Children:

6. Jeremiah Prather was born Abt 1781, Harrison, Va. W.Va.; was christened , Also Lived in Bourbon Co., Ky.; died 1843, ,Hendricks, In.
Jonathan Prather was born 22 Mar 1786, Harrison, Va. W.Va.; was christened , Lived in Va., Ky., Ill. Then Ind.; died 1869, ,Vermillion, Il.
John Prather was born Abt 1788, Kentucky Parish, Randolph, Va. W.Va.; was christened , Lived in Owen Co., In. Several Years; died Aft 1860, ,Clay, Il.
Jacob Prather was born 1790, Randolph, Va. W.Va.; died , ,Crawford, Il.
Basil Prather was born 11 Feb 1793, of, Nicholas, Ky; died 25 Dec 1853, ,Ripley, In.
Joseph Prather was born 1794, of, Bourbon, Ky; died , ,Knox, In.
Henry Prather Prater was born 1796, ,Bourbon, Ky; was christened , Lived in Lee Co., Iowa; died , Iowa.
Mary Ann Prather was born 12 Jan 1798, ,Bourbon, Ky; died 01 Oct 1874, ,Vermillion, Il.
Isaac Prather Prater was born 1800, Bourbon Co., Ky.; died , Henricks Co., Ind..
James Prather, Jr was born 1802, Bourbon Co., Ky.; died , Ind..
Catherine Prather was born 1804, Bourbon Co., Ky..
Nancy Prather was born 05 Jul 1807, Bourbon Co., Ky.; died 01 Oct 1840, ,Vermillion, Il.