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Rachel Ross
Abt 1751 - Bef 1816 (~ 65 years)-
Name Rachel Ross Born Abt 1751 of, Frederick, Md 
Gender Female Died Bef Feb 1816 Near Maysville, Mason Co., Ky. Record Change 12 Apr 2009 Person ID I40938 120k Last Modified 28 Jul 2015
Family Reginald Prater, b. Abt 1751, ,Frederick, Md , d. Near Maysville, Mason Co., Ky. Married Bef 1773 Maryland Children 1. Raymond Prather, b. of Mason Co., Ky [Natural]2. Ross M. Prather, b. 1773, ,Frederick, Md , d. 1846, ,Mason, Ky (Age 73 years) [Natural]3. Thomas Prather, b. Abt 1778, ,Washington, Md , d. 1831, ,Mason, Ky (Age ~ 53 years) [Natural]4. Mary Ellen Prather, Polly, b. Abt 1780, ,Washington, Md [Natural]5. Parthenia Prather, b. Abt 1782, Maysville, Mason, Ky [Natural]6. John Smith Prather, b. 1783, ,Washington, Md [Natural]7. Eleanor Nellie Prather, b. Abt 1784, ,Washington, Md , d. Owen Co., Ind. [Natural]8. Prudence Prather, b. Abt 1786, of, Washington, Md [Natural]9. Mildred Milly Prather, b. Abt 1788, of, Washington, Md [Natural]10. Rachel Prather, b. Abt 1790, of Washington, Md [Natural]11. Sophia Prather, b. Abt 1800, of, Washington, Md [Natural]Last Modified 28 Jul 2015 Family ID F11405 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - A lease recorded in Mason Co., Ky. Deed Book # H, p.435 dated 7 Sept., 1805
"Thomas Marshall of Mason Co., state of Ky., to Rachel Prather, of same
place... for & dur;ing the natural life of her, the said Rachel Prather,
aged 54 years, & during the life of her son, John Prather, aged 22 years....
100 acres located in Mason Co., Ky."
Rachel Ross Prather died in early 1816; her Will, filed in Mason Co., Ky Will
Book #D ;27, includes:
" To daughter, Sophia, $50 & choice of a cow: to dau, Rachel, $50 cash, mare,
bridle & saddle, 1 cow, & Rachel's bed & bedding that belongs to the bed I now
lay on', dau. Nelly Baker, $20; dau. Partheia Smith, $20; dau. Prudence
Samples, $20; Sally Prather, daughter of my son Thomas Prather, one cow;
Listed in Will, Ross, Thomas, John, Milly Reeder, Polly Stephenson, Sohpia
Prather, Nelly Baker, Parthenia Smith, Prudence Samples, & Rachel Prather.
" In case there should be a deed obtained for the land I now live on from
Thomas Marshall , my executor is to sell the same."
Executor was son-in-law John Stephenson and witnessed by Wm. Reed, Henry
Howard & George Williamson.
Research by: Elizabeth Prather Ellisberry and Stout Lillard
- A lease recorded in Mason Co., Ky. Deed Book # H, p.435 dated 7 Sept., 1805