George Washington Prather, Prater

1806 - 1874  (67 years)

• Name	George Washington Prather
  Suffix	Prater
  Born	23 Jul 1806	Lenoir City, Roane Co., Tn.
  Christened	At His Fathers Plantation Home
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Apr 1874	Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Occupation	Farmer
  	Rancher
  Person ID	I116749	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Prather, Prater,   b. 30 Apr 1772, Lynchburg, Campbell Co., Va. ,   d. 30 May 1851, Lenior City, Roane Co., Tn.  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Nancy Elizabeth Layne, Lane,   b. 1777, ,Jefferson, Tn ,   d. 03 Jun 1838, Lenoir City, Roane Co., Tn.  (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	06 Nov 1798	Jefferson Co., Tn.
  Family ID	F16348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Love,   b. N.C. ,   d. Henry Co., Tn.
  Married	12 Sep 1829	MacOn Co., n. Carolina
  Children	1. Balham Prather, Balaam,   b. Henry Co., Tn.  [Natural]   2. Eliza Prather,   b. 04 Oct 1834, Near Paris, Henry Co., Tn. ,   d. 04 Feb 1898, Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.  (Age 63 years)  [Natural]   3. Julius Prather,   b. Jun 1835, Gibson Co., Tn. ,   d. of Washington Co., Ark.  [Natural]   4. Mary Josephine Prather,   b. 28 May 1841, Near Paris, Henry Co., Tn. ,   d. 17 Mar 1926, Gallatin, Davies Co., Mo.  (Age 84 years)  [Natural]   5. Benjamin Thomas Prather,   b. 07 Mar 1845, Near Paris, Henry Co., Tn. ,   d. 19 Jul 1921, Womack, (Near Clifton), Bosque Co., Tx.  (Age 76 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F12087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lucretia Patience Quinn Lambdin,   b. Ohio ,   d. Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.
  Married	Paris, Henry Co., Tn.
  Children	1. George McDonald Prather,   b. Waco, McLennan Co., Tx. ,   d. 27 Jan 1880, Waco, Texas  [Natural]   2. Grace Prater,   b. of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx  [Natural]   3. Frances Prather, Fanny,   b. of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx  [Natural]   4. William Lambdin Prather,   b. 01 May 1848, Chestnut Grove, Near Paris, Henry Co., Tn. ,   d. 24 Jul 1905, Austin, Travis Co., Tx.  (Age 57 years)  [Natural]   5. James Carter Prather,   b. 17 Oct 1849, Near Paris, Henry Co., Tn. ,   d. 25 Feb 1883, Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.  (Age 33 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F12093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When a boy of 15 yrs., George enviced great tact for managing the affairs of he fathers farm (which consisted of serveral hundred acres) and this caused his father to place him in charge of managing his entire plantation and businesses. He continued managing his fathers estate until he was 24 yrs. At the age of 22 he was converted to religion at a Muddy Creek Camp Meeting and was liciensed to exhort. At 24 yrs. he married the daughter of Gen. Thomas Love (of North Carolina). After he married he move to the adjoining Co. of Blount where he farmed for severial years then he moved to Gipson Co. in West Tn. which at that time was a wild country. He cleared and put into cultivation a farm, but did not remain more than 2 or 3 yrs. when he removed to near Paris,Henry Co.,Tn. where he farmed for 9 yrs. when his wife died. In 1845 he was married to the daughter of Rev.William Lambdin,of the Memphis Conference. George was ordained Deacon by Bishop Soule, 28 Nov. 1847 in the Meth. Church at Jackson,Tn., and 5 Dec. 1852 he was ordained Elder by Bishop Andrew at Brownsville. In 1854 he decided to go to Texas to look at land and purchased land near Waco,Tx. on the South Bosque River, McLennan Co. In the fall of 1854 he moved his family to Texas where he farmed over seven hundred acres. When he was at an age that he could no longer farm he moved to a home on Austin St. in Waco,Tx. and let his children run the farm. On Saturday 18 Apr. 1874 he died in his garden. He was an honest, bold, candid sincere Christian gentleman who gave 1/3 of his yearly earnings to his church. It is believed that G.W.Prather came to Texas because his uncle, William Prater, had settled near the Brazos River and had land that spanned Brazoia and Ft. Bend Counties in TX. William Prater was one of the "Old Three Hundred Settlers", who was listed as a settler in Austins First Colony. George Washington Prather also settled on the Brazos River, but his land spanned Austin County, to the northwest of Williams property. Born at his father plantation northeast of Lenoir City, Tn. (Roane Co.) Some of his descendants live in Texas today. Example: Great Grandson Charles Prather of Grand Prairie, Tx.(Phone unlisted) George W. Prather was living in Tn. in 1850 census.