John Leonard Smith Prather

1801 - 1899  (97 years)

• Name	John Leonard Smith Prather
  Born	24 Apr 1801	of, Caswell, Nc
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Mar 1899	of Chambers Co., Ala.
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Occupation	Printer
  Person ID	I60294	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Leonard Deakins Prather,   b. 15 Feb 1776, of, Caswell, Nc ,   d. 10 Oct 1832, Williamson Plantation, Nealy's Tn.  (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Frances Elizabeth Williamson,   b. Abt 1777, of, Caswell, Nc
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	11 Feb 1799	Casewell Co., n.C.
  Family ID	F19477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Lawrence Williams, Nancy,   b. Abt 1810, of Chambers Co., Ala. ,   d. Prob. Ala.
  Married	18 May 1832	of Chambers Co., Ala.
  Children	1. Sarah Isabel Prather,   b. of Chambers Co., Ala.  [Natural]   2. Christopher Prather,   b. Lagrange Co., Ga.  [Natural]   3. Lucy Ann Whitaker Prather,   b. of Chambers Co., Ala.  [Natural]   4. Frances Prather,   b. of Chambers Co., Ala.  [Natural]   5. Hetta A Prather,   b. Abt 1835, of Lagrange, Ga  [Natural]   6. Mary Jane Prather,   b. Jul 1837, of Chambers Co., Ala.  [Natural]   7. James Lawrence Prather,   b. 09 Jun 1842, of Chambers Co., Ala.  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F19801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From: Molly Graham Welch Rt. 1, Box 113AA Hartman, Ark. 72840 She sent me the info. on John L. Prather and family from the Chambers Co., Ala. census (19 Sept., 1850 page 269) James L (lawrence?) Williams was also living in the household age 31 from GA. James L. Williams married Georgia Brantley daughter of Green Duke Brantley and Elizabeth Holifield of N.C. June 1, 1854 in Lafayette, Chambers Co., Ala at the home of Georgia's brother-in-law, Johnson Jones Hooper. Reference is made to a Williams and J.L.Prather in the book "Alias Simon Suggs by W. Stanley Hoole, on the life of Johnson Jones Hooper, brother-in-law of Georgia Brantley Williams. Page 68: "On Sunday August 19, 1849, as usual he sent to LaFayette the twenty-second weekly number of his "Chambgers Gossip" to Bates, a long pot pourri about Chambers Co. conditions which contained the significant information that his old friend Joseph A. Holifield (brother of Georgia Williams mother, Elizabeth Holifield Brantley) and Williams, "a practical printer", had purchased the LaFayette Sun, a local weekly, changed the name to Chambers County Tribune and employed him as editor. Page 215: (Endnote of Chaper 4;84) Chambers Co. Record of Commissioners Court August 20, 1849 - Dec., 1868, IV, n.p. under date of Aug. 15, 1853, has notation that Holifield & Hooper were paid $12 for advertising by the county, W.B.Wood, Jr. of Lafayette, Ala. has a receipt dated 9 Nov., 1852, signed by "Chambers Tribune, Holifield & Hooper." The invoice is to J.L. Williams and marked "Paid". Jmes L. & Georgea Williams Dau., Mary "Mollie" Hooper Williams, was born in Chambers Co., Ala. in 1856 and they moved to Winn Parish, LA. in about 1859. They had 3 other children, all born in LA. Kate, James Lawrence and Charlie. In 1870, the family moved to Hunt Co. , TX. and James L. died in 1875. Marriage Record: Ann Prather and Samuel Williams -- Richmond Co., GA. - Jan., 15, 1824........ maybe some connection to James L. Williams and this Prather family. ?? 1850 census, p. 269 #76 Chambers Co., Ala. John L. Prther - 50 Male, farmer, 1,600 born N.C. Nancy Prather - 42 Female, born GA. John L. Prather Jr. - 17 Male born GA. Mary J. Prather - 13 Female born ALA. Sarah Prather - 11 Female born ALA. James Prather - 8 Male born ALA. Ann Prather - 3 Female born ALA. James L. Williams - 31 Male born GA. John L. Prather & James L. Williams were both listed as Printers.