Martha Spriggs

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• Reference Number: 257
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!Dudley Tatman's book gives her d.1742,She had 4 sons ,2 dau.All b.at Orphan's
Gift,Prince George Co.MD

She married Mr. Yoakley after the death of Thomas M. Prather.

Martha (Sprigg) Prather Yoakley Last Will & Testament:
Charles Co., MD. 13 Nov., 1742

Father: Lt. Thomas Sprigg, Lord of Northhampton Mannor.
Her parents were Thomas Sprigg and Eleanor Nuthall
Her second husband was Capt. Steven Yoakley of Charles Co., Md.
She was also related to Sir George Sprigg.
The Sprigg family were close friends of Thomas Prater (Prather) who was the
first Prater to come to America in 1622.

!Dudley Tatman's book gives her d.1742,She had 4 sons ,2 dau.All b.at Orphan's Gift,Prince George Co.MD

Martha married Thomas Prater 1698, Prince George Co., Maryland. Thomas (son of Jonathan Prather ( Prater, I and Lyle Jane MacKay) was born 1673, ,Calvert, Md; died 1712, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md; was buried 1712, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

Martha married Steven Yoakly Aft 1711, of Charles Co., Md. Steven was born , of Charles Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth married Robert Wade of Prince George Co., Md. Robert was born , of Prince George Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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Anne married Philip Gittings, Jr of Prince George Co., Md. Philip (son of Phillip Gittings and Ann Sprigg) was born Abt 1701, of, Calvert, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Mary married Thomas Stockett, II of Prince George Co., Md. Thomas was born , of Prince George Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 3.026.01
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Eleanor married Thomas Williams, Sr Charles Co., Md.. Thomas (son of Baruch Williams and Eleanor Hilleary) was born 1693, of, Prince George, Md; died 1749, ,Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 3.030.05
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!She had 2 kids by Pottinger,9 kids by Semens

Rachel married William Pottinger 1724, ,Prince George, Md. William (son of John Pottinger and Mary) was born 03 May 1704, of, Prince George, Md; died Bef 25 Jun 1728, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

Rachel married Joseph Milburn Semmes Abt 1731, of, Prince George, Md. Joseph (son of James Semmes and Mary Goodrick) was born 1694, ,of Charles, Md; died Bef 20 Oct 1764, ,Charles, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: 1WRT-H1H
• Occupation: Plantation
• Reference Number: 3.027.02
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!He and Elizabeth had 13 kids.He is listed as Thomas Sprigg
Prather,AFN-25M1-P4.

Col. Thomas Prather, Sr. gave his son Thomas Prather, who married Elizabeth
Claggett, 166 acres of land being part of a tract of land called "Spriggs
Request", his Will was written 13 Dec., 1711.
*Liber 13, pp. 379-381, Prerogative Court (Wills) Maryland State archives,
Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.

Martha Prather, mother of Thomas Prather that married Elizabeth Claggett,
on 29 Apr., 1719 conveyed to her son, Thomas, when he is eighteen years old,
ten pounds sterling money.
*Liber E, p. 791 Maryland Land Office Records, Mary land State Archives, Hall
of Records, Annapolis, Md.

Martha Prather (now Yoakley) named her son Thomas Prather one of the executors
of her Will written 19 Jun, 1742.
*Liber 22, pp. 524-526, Prerogative Court (Wills), Martha Yoakley, Charles
County, Md. Will written 19 June 1742 and proved 13 Nov., 1742. Maryland State
Archives, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.

Thomas Prather had a number of land transactions between 1741 and 1769. Thomas
sold to Martha Clagett and John Mullikin, a tract of land called "Beall's
Gift", 300 acres, in Prince George's County, Md. 28 Nov., 1741
*Liber Y, p.414 Maryland State Archives, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.

Thomas Prather sold to Richard Ducket, part of a tract of land called "Spriggs
Request", 111 1/4 acres, in Prince George's Co., Md. 26 Oct., 1747.
*Liber EE, p. 337-338, Maryland Land Office Records, Maryland State Archives,
Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.

Thomas Prather, 1783 Maryland Assessments; Ringolds Mannor, pt. 214 Acres
WA Marsh p. 5 MSA S1161-11-3

Thomas Prather sold to Stephen Blunt, a tract of land called "Great hall", in
Frederick Co., Md., 17 June, 1760.
*Liber F, p.1022 Md. Land Office Records, Md. State Archives, Annapolis, Md.

Thomas Prather made a deed to Charles Prather, his son, for part of a tract of
land called "Resurvey on Choice", in Frederick Co., Md. 20 July, 1767.
*Liber K, p.1385 Md. State Archives, Annapolis, Md.

Bennet Allen conveyed to Thomas Prather & trustees of All Saints Parish,
Frederick Co., Md., 17 Jan., 1769.
* Liber M, p. 39 Md. State Archives, Annapolis, Md.

Edward Gaither sold to Thomas Prather a tract of land called "Baker's Choice,
in Frederick Co., Md. 12 Oct., 1769.
*Liber M, p.346 Md. State Archives, Annapolis, Md.

Thomas Prather's Will was proved 20 Sept., 1785.
*Liber A, p. 118, Prerogative Court (Wills) Will written 24 June, 1783
and proved 20 Sept., 1785. Maryland State Archives, Hall of Records,
Annapolis, Md.

Several letter addressed to Thomas Prather from George Washington are
in the Library of Congress; Genealogy Dept.; Sons of the American Revolution.

Thomas Prather was a 2nd. Lt. in Capt. A. Beals Co., 9 Oct., 1757/58.
1st. Lt. in Capt. Ware's Co., 16 June to Oct. 11, 1759.

Thomas Prather II. was in Command of the Militia in Frederick Co., Maryland
between the Potomac River nad the Pennsylvania line during the French and
Indian War.
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25 June, 1700
This indenture made... Between Ninian Beale of Prince George Co., in the
Province of Maryland Gent. of the one part & Thomas Prater of ye fforesaid
Province and County of the other part WITNESSETH where as the said Ninian
Beale for & in considersation of ye Sume of two Thousand pounds of Tobacco in
hand paid... by the Said Thomas Prater ... Ye Said Niniah Beale doth ...
bargaine Sell Enfeeoff & Confirme unto ye Said Thomas Prater ... a parcell of
Land Called St. Andrews scituate lying and being on the North Side of the
Western Branch of Patuxant river and in the ffreshes of ye Said River
BEGINNING att a marked Hickory in the Land Called St. andrews and running
South and by West... Then West North West to ye line of William Powell ...
Conteineing & now layd out for Six and fifty acres of Land More or Less ...
Ruth Beale, wife of Ninian, waived dower. Wit: Thom. Hollyday, R.Bradley.
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From "Pioneers of Old Monacacy" The Early Settlement of Frederick Co., MD.
1721-1743, by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dem. Baltimore Gene. Pub. Co., Inc.
"The June Court of 1735 appointed THOMAS PRATHER as tobacco burner, replacing
John Nelson who was excused because of illness in his family."

NOTE: A "tobacco burner" was a person who was in charge of the curing of
tobacco in the large tobacco houses. Tobacco was cured by fire drying it.

Will of Thomas Sprigg Prather:
In the name of God, Amen I Thomas Prater of Washington Co., & State of
Maryland being of weak in body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory,
(thanks be to God)
Concerning the uncertainty of this mortal life, and that it is appointed for
all men once to die, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in
manner & form following, (that is to say)
First and principally I recommend my soul to the Almighty God that gave it,
and my body to the dust to be deasonly buried at the discretion of my
Executors hereafter named nothing doubting but that I shall receive the Soul
again at the general Resurrection of all flesh, by the mighty power of God,
and as touching my Wordly Estate, wherewith it has pleased God to bless me.
I give and bequeath in manner and form following-imprimis.

First and principally I will that all my just debts and funeral charges be
paid.
Item... I give and bequeath to my sons Richard, Charles, and James Prather
ten shillings common current money each, and no more.
Item... I give and bequeath to my daughters Mary, Elinor, Sarah, & Ann
five Shillings current money and no more.
Item... I give and bequeath to my son Basil one negro boy called Harry, him
and his heirs and assigns forever.
Item... I give and bequeath to my youngest son Thomas one negro boy named
Jack, to him his assigns forever.
Item... I give and bequeath all the remaining part of my Estate, my whife's
third Excepted, to my sone's Basil and Thomas and daughter Elizabeth to be
equally divided amongst them.
Item... I do hereby appoint my beloved wife Jennet and my son Basil joint
Executors of this my last Will and Testament by me made, ratifying &
confirming this only to be my last Will and Testament.
In witnes whereof I have set my hand & seal this 24th day of June 1783

Served French and Indian War - he was sheriff and held many important posts -
one of which was the first Justice of the newly formed Frederick Co., in
1749 (Maryland).In the Rev.War he was Commander of the forces in that Co.
He lived at Conegocheague Manor Plantation. His wife was from the Weston
Manor Plantation where the Clagett's lived for generations and still live
there today. / He was also an Episcopal Clergyman in Williamsport, Md.

!He and Elizabeth had 13 kids.He is listed as Thomas Sprigg Prather,AFN-25M1-P4.

Thomas married Elizabeth Clagett 10 Jun 1725, "Weston", Prince Georges C, Md. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Clagett, Capt II and Mary Keene) was born 1707, Weston, Prince George, Md; died Bef 1754, Conecocheague M, Frederick, Md. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Jeannette Smiley Maryland. Jeannette was born Abt 1748, of, Md. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Sarah Beall Bef 31 Oct 1754, Pr.Geo's Co., Maryland. Sarah (daughter of James Beall, Sr. and Sarah Pearce) was born 1697, of, Anne Arundel, Md; died Abt 1769, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: 25M1-Q9
• Occupation: Spriggs Plantation
• Reference Number: 3.028.03
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!P-A,gives place of death as Bladensburg,Prince George,Co.

NOTES:

Recorded 23 Oct., 1755 Archives op. cit., vol. 31, pp 79/80
"Negro Thomas, slave of John Prather, conspirred to Poison a certain Richard
Duckett the younger....." (Negro was pardoned.)

This was Richard Duckett Jr., who had several land dealings with John Prather.

Richard Duckett was also one of the Justices for Pr. George Co., Md.
16 Dec., 1768 (Arrchives, op. cit. vol. 32 pp 268 / 313)

John Smith Prather served in the Maryland government (Lower House of Assembly,
out of Frederick Co., Maryland)
He lived in Maryland on "Spriggs Request Plantation" and later
"Deer Park Plantation" and "Bear Garden, Inlarged Plantation".

He was appointed Constable of Prince George Co., Maryland 24 Nov., 1730 and
served until 1733.

John Smith Prather and his wife Elizabeth Nuthall were first cousins.
Their mothers, Martha Sprigg (Prather) and Eleanor Hillary Sprigg (Nuthall)
were sisters.

When his mother died in 1742 he took possession of the 166 acres portion of
"Spriggs Request Plantation" that had been left to him by his father.

In 1743 John inherited the entire estate of John Singleton Goldsmith of
Charles County. We do not know how John Singleton Goldsmith was related
to him, but we do know that George Goldsmith was the guardian of his
grandmother, Lyle Jane MacKay, before she married Jonathan Prather. Also the
Singleton family was intermarried with the Prather family so we can assume
that the Goldsmith family was also connected in some way.
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My research continues. Gary Benton Prather

John married Elizabeth Elinor Hilary Nuthall 17 Feb 1726, Prince Edward Co., Md.. Elizabeth (daughter of John Nuthall, III and Eleanor Olive Sprigg) was born 1712, ,St Mary's, Md; died Aft 1776, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Plantationer
• Reference Number: 3.029.04
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!Lillard says he moved with his family to NC in 1756.P-A,adds a Frederick N.
and does not have Basil.

His father gave him 166 acres of land being part of a tract of land called
"Spriggs Request", in his Will which was written 13 Dec., 1711.
*Liber 13, pp.379381, Prerogative Court (Wills), Thomas Prather, of
Prince George Co., Md. Will proved 15 Mar., 1711 (sic), Maryland State
Archives, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.

Martha Prather on 29 Apr., 1719 conveyed to her son Phillip, when he is
eighteen years old, ten pounds sterling money.
*Liber E, p. 791, Land Office Records, Maryland State Archives, Hall of
Records, Annapolis, Md.

In a letter, to Honorable Alexander Contee Hanson Esq., Chancellor of
Maryland, reviews the many legal transfers of a tract of land, being part of
his Lordships Manor of Concoheague in Prince George Co., Md.
Van Swearingen of Prince George Co., Md. leased, 9 Oct., 1737, of Benjamin
Tasker a tract of land, being part of his Lordships Manor of Concoheague, 99
acres, for his life and the lives of his wife Elizabeth and his dau.
Priscilla. This land remained in the possession of Van Swearingen until 8
Dec., 1739 when he assigned his rights to Phillip Prather, who wishing to
change to lease to obtain one for the land for his life and the lives of his
wife and one of his children. Phillip made application to Benjamin Tasker who
granted a new lease which include to names of Phillip Prather, Margery Prather
his wife and Elizabeth Prather his daughter. Phillip retained possession until
Sept., 1756 when he assigned his rights to Joseph Bench and with his family
moved to North Carolina.
*Folder #2617, Chancery Court Record, Maryland State Archives.

Martha Prather (now Yoakley) gives Phillip Prather, her son, all that part of
a tract of land called "Spriggs Request" & in my Lords Manor upon Collington,
belonging to me, which is now in his possession by a division made between him
and his brothers Thomas and John by virtue of their father's Will and in order
to prevent my son Thomas from claiming the same of disturbing either of them
in their peaceable possession of their parts; in her Will written 19 Jun, 1742
*Liber 22 pp.524-526 Poerogative Court (Wills), Maryland State Archives.

Phillip Prater sold to Richard Duckett part of a tract of land in Prince
George Co., Md. called "Sprigg's Request" 25 Mar., 1740 upon completion of
sale Phillip Prater moved to Concoheague Manor, Frederick Co., Md.
*Liber Y, pp. 141-142 Maryland Land Office Records, Maryland State Archives.

Phillip Prater moved to North Carolina after 2 Sept., 1756 and the first
record for him there was in the oldest court records of Orange Co., N.C.
in 1761 and he remained in Orange Co., N.C. as late as 1765 when he served on
a jury with Jesse Brashear.

Philomen "Phillip" Gittens Prater (Prather) died before 23 Sept. 1767 in what
is now Laurens Co., S.C.
Citation granted to Henerete Prather and Middleton Brashear to admin. on the
estate & effects of Phillip Prather, late of Enoree Planter Dec'd, his widow
and brother-in-law to be read in said parish church & returned certified Sept.
23, 1767.
* Journal of the Ordinary 1764-1771, back of page 58, Dist. 96, S.C.
South Carolina Archives Vol. #3.

An inventory of Phillip's estate was made, it was appraised by Charles D.
Bradford and William Barry on 14 Dec., 1767.
*Charleston Inventories, Box X pp. 259-260, Dist. 96, S.C./ S.C. Archives

Some History of Larens Co., S.C. :
"Native Americans, or American Indias, were the first known inhabitants of the
area now known as Laurens Co.
The Cherokee Indians, members of the Iroquois Nation, lived and hunted in the
western and central piedmont of South Carolina.
Many Indian artifacts have been unearthed in the areas along the Enoree river,
Bush River, and Rabon Creek.
Early settlers to the Western piedmont area of the Carolinas came down through
the backcountry of Pennsylvania, Marland and Virginia and were Scotch-Irish.
The first known white settler to arrive in what is now Laurens County was
JOHN DUNCAN in 1753.
JOHN DUNCAN... from Aberdeen, Scotland, spent a few years in Pennsylvania
before moving south. He liked the lush vegetation and abundant wildlife he
found in the area and settled around a creek in the northestern section of the
county not far from the present city of Clinton.
John Duncan built a rustic house, a few outbuildings, a distillery, and
organized a church. he brought the first African Slave and the first
horse-drawn wagon into the area. Of course, the creek near which he settled
is known today as Duncan's Creek, and the church, still in existence, is the
Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church, the oldest church in Laurens County and
one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in the backcountry....."

Note:
Present day town of Haw River was called "Trollinger's Ford" or "Trollinger's
Crossing" back in the 1750's.
Haw River is a river that is about 131 miles long, begins in Forsythe Co.,
travels thru Guilford, Rockingham, back in to Guilford, and then runs thru
Alamance Co. down into Chatham Co. where it meets the Deep River, and they
merge into the Cape Fear River.
You must remember that the boundries of these counties were established from
other counties and the boundries of present day Orange Co. if different
from those boundries that existed in the 1700's.
The old church at Trollinger's Ford (Haw River) is still standing. (1999)

Note:
Philomen's last name is spelled Preator in court records in the 1750's in
Orange co. and spelled Prator, Praitor, Prayther, Prater in other records.
RE: Phillip Preather served in a Grand Jury in Feb., 1761 in Orange Co., N.C.

Different accounts of the family show that the Approximately (8)
Eight children listed within different family groups with Catherine or Margery
as the mother. His third wife admist. his Will for Enoree River, N.C. estate.
Phillip lived on his plantation in Canton Co., Maryland for many years then
he sold it and moved to Va. and then settled at Enoree River, N.C.
and later went to what is now Laurens Co., S.C. where died.

!Lillard says he moved with his family to NC in 1756.P-A,adds a Frederick N. and does not have Basil.

Philip married Margery Hunt 03 Dec 1737, Calvert Co., Maryland. Margery (daughter of John Hunt and Mrs Elizabeth Hunt) was born Abt 1711, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

Philip married Henereta Mayfield Abt 1761, N.C.. Henereta was born Abt 1720, of, Sc. [Group Sheet]

Philip married Catherine Hunt 17 Feb 1725, Prince George, Md.. Catherine (daughter of John Hunt and Elizabeth, daughter of John Hunt and Mrs Elizabeth Hunt) was born Abt 1707, ,,Md; died , ,Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 3.031.06
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!b.& d.dates Dudley Tatman's Book.d.1797,Lillard puts D.1777

Aron's marriage licence was issued by Governor Ogle, to All Hallows Parish
(Episcapalian), Ann Arundel Co., Md., Rev. William Brogden performed the
Ceremony. Arons wife, the daughter of Jonathan Prather, was his cousin.
In the Marriage documents it list him as Allen Prather.

Aaron married Mary Jane Prater 10 Oct 1738, South River Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Md. Mary (daughter of Jonathan Prather ( Prater, II and Elizabeth Bigger) was born 29 Aug 1710, ,Calvert, Md; died Bef 1777, ,Montgomery, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.075.06
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• Reference Number: 4.076.07
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• Reference Number: 4.077.08
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Baruch married Margaret Lucy Sprigg Abt 1755, of, Prince George, Md. Margaret (daughter of Osborn Sprigg, Sr and Rachel Belt) was born Abt 1734, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.078.09
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• Reference Number: 4.079.10
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• Occupation: Plantationer
• Reference Number: 4.070.01
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Thomas married Cave King Abt 1738, ,,Md. Cave (daughter of Francis King and Margaret Sprigg) was born Abt 1720, of, Anne Arundel, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: XZDD-DW
• Reference Number: 4.071.02
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Elizabeth married Richard Duckett, Jr 02 Jan 1735, ,Prince George, Md. Richard (son of Richard Duckett, Sr. and Charity Jacobs) was born 21 Feb 1704, All Hallows P, Anne Arundel, Md; was christened 08 Jul 1705, ,All Hallows Par.; died Bef 29 Sep 1788, ,,Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.072.03
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!No children,either m.

Rachel married Philip Turner Aft 1741, of, Prince George, Md. Philip was born 10 Jun 1728, of, Prince George, Md; died Abt 1796. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.073.04
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William married Barbara Owen Abt 1758, of, Prince George, Md. Barbara was born Abt 1737, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.074.05
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Notes:

!No issue.

Walter married Verlinda Magruder Abt 1751, of, Prince George, Md. Verlinda (daughter of Ninian Magruder, Sr and Elizabeth Brewer) was born Abt 1730, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.080.11
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Eleanor married Benjamin Berry, Jr 27 Dec 1758, of, Prince George, Md. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Berry, Sr and Mary Hilleary) was born Abt 1733, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.110.01
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• Reference Number: 4.111.02
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• Reference Number: 4.112.03
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Eleanor married Ignatius Adams Abt 1754, of, Prince George, Md. Ignatius was born Abt 1729, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.113.04
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• Reference Number: 4.114.05
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• Reference Number: 4.115.06
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• Reference Number: 4.116.07
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• Reference Number: 4.117.08
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• Reference Number: 4.118.09
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• Reference Number: 4.119.10
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• Reference Number: 4.120.11
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Notes:

Jonathan lived in Frederick Co., Va. and Bedford Co., Va.
He was a farmer/plantationer.
His Will was recorded in Bedford Co., VA. in 1772.

Jonathan married Elizabeth Cresap Fredericks Co., Md. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Cresap, Col and Hannah Johnson) was born , Fredericks Co., Md.. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 1MPS-73M
• Reference Number: 4.081.01
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

He was serving with his brother Henry in the battle of Loyalhanna (PA.)
when he was killed.
His father & brother brought his body back to Maryland and he was the first
interment in the old Prather Cem (now on the Frank Showalter farm, west of
Clear Spring, Washington Co., Md.)

Thomas Claggett Prather was in Colonial Wars and was killed in the Battle
of Loyathanna in the French and Indian War. (During an Indian ambush)
After Thomas was killed his Wife, Margaret married Thomas Freeman, Esq.of Md.
When Capt. Thomas, son of Margaret & Thomas C. Prather returned to Kentucky
his mother Margaret and his Stepfather came with him.

Thomas married Margaret Prather 09 May 1750, Maryland. Margaret (daughter of Philip Philemin Gittings Prater, I and Catherine Hunt) was born 14 Sep 1730, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; died 30 Jul 1820, At Home of Her Daughter in Mercer Co., Ky; was buried , Old Lillard Cem, Lawrenceburg, Anderson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Plantationer
• Reference Number: 4.082.02
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

1800 Census, Maryland, Washington Co., Conococheague Hundred:

Widow.. Prather 1 Free White Males 2 Free White Females
Henry Prather 1 " " 1 " "
Samuel Prather 4 " under 10 1 " under 10
James Prather 2 " 1 "

Jacob Hains Sr.
Jacob Hains Jr.

Nathan, John, Jacob Nesbitt

Mathias Stone:
2 - Free White Males under 10
1 - " " 26-45
2 - " " Females under 10
1 - " " " 16-26

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He served in the French and Indian War.
Maryland Assessments 1783; Richard Prather, sundry tracts , 580 acres
WA Salisbury and Conocheague p. 47. MSA S1161-11-3
He lived at "Ricard's Choice" near Clear Spring, Washington Co., MD.

Richard married Lucy Elizabeth Jacques 25 Jun 1766, Washington Co., Md.. Lucy (daughter of Denton Jacques, Sr and Mrs Denton Jacques) was born Feb 1725, of, Prince George, Md; died 03 May 1775, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

Richard married Lydia Predmore, Covenhover 03 Aug 1782, Berkley Co., W.Va.. Lydia was born Abt 1721, of, Berkley, W.Va; was christened , Listed 1790 Census, Wash. Co., Md.. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.083.03
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Reference Number: 4.084.04
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Notes:

!Ancestor of Pres.Jefferson Davis,CSA.

They moved from Frederick Co., Md. to Mononogahalia Co., Va. (now Fayette Co.,
Pa.) ca. 1769.

Thomas Lucas, father of Elizabeth Lucas who was mother of Aaron Moore, wrote
his Will, 18 Oct., 1721. In his Will is found "I do give and bequeath unto my
daughter Elizabeth Moore the wife of George Moore"
*Will of Thomas Lucas was proven 26 Feb., 1724, Maryland State Archives, Hall
of Records, Annapolis, Md.

Mary's father-in-law was George Moore.
Mary's father Thomas stated in his Will of 1785 "My daughter Mary Moore".

Mary married John Clarke Bef 1750, Queen Anne Parish, Md. John was born , Queen Anne Parish, Md. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Aaron Moore, Sr 1750, Maryland. Aaron (son of George Moore and Elizabeth Lucas) was born Abt 1729, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; died Bef Oct 1785, Springhill Twp, Fayette, Pa; was buried , Springhill Township, Fayette Co., Pa.. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.085.05
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

Basil's father was a Capt. in the Maryland Militia and a surveyor.
During the French and Indian War his father was one of the most conspicuous
commanders of the Maryland forces, becoming a Colonel in 1756, and Commander
in Chief of the Frederick Militia in 1763. After the formation of the new
Republic he served on the Committe of Observation. Basil, along with his
brothers, served in the colonial forces during this war.
Following the French and Indian War, Basil Prather was one of the very early
explorers into what was to become Kentucky. In 1775, in the company of his
nephew Thomas Prather and others, they explored the area near present
Springfield and Harrodsburg, Ky. where they staked out a claim of 3,000 acres.
Basil continued his explorations and land speculations until the outbreak of
the Revolution when he returned to Maryland in early 1776 and was commissioned
as Capt. in the Militia. [ "By the order of the Frederick County Committee of
Observation, Feb. 5, 1776 , BASIL PRATHER reccommended as Captain." ]
In the summer BASIL PRATHER and a friend and fellow explorer, Van Swearingen,
were commissioned in the Continental Army when the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment
was formed by Congress, 15 July, 1776. Van Swearengen was made Capt. and BASIL
PRATHER was made First Lieutenant. Their assignment was to protect the
frontier from British/Indian armies. On 23 Nov.,1776 the 8th PA. was ordered
"-to march, with all possible expedition, by the nearest route, to Brunswick
New Jersey, or to join Gen. Washington where ever he may be."
This was a grueling and ill-fated march in the deep of winter and the regiment
was greatly reduced, for at the end of it, the muster rolls reveals that out
of the original number of 684 men, "36 were prisoners of war; 14 missing;
51 dead; 126 deserted." There were also many wounded and all were suffering
the effects of combat and the terrible winter march. "Quibbletown, 28 Feb.,
1777 -"I desired the doctor by all means to visit them. They were raised about
the Ohio, and had traveled near 500 miles -- for 150 miles over the mountains,
never entering a house, but building fires and incamping in the snow."
"Considerable numbers have died. A Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel among the
dead----." The munster rolls list 10 Companies and Capt. Lt. BASIL PRATHER
was in command of one of them.
In the late summer of the 1777 Washington was preparing to defend against the
impending approach of Burgoyne's army when he formed the famed "Rangers" under
the command of his close friend Col. Daniel Morgan. This small unit was
originally conceived to be a force of picked riflemen to be used to combat the
Indian units under Burgoyne's command. Three companies were formed from all
the 8th Pennsylvania and detached from the reg. to Col. Morgan's command.
These three companies were commanded by BASIL PRATHER, Van Swearengin, and
John Hardin. It was this force that so decimated the British ranks in the
desperate fights at Freemans Farm, in the latter days of Sept. and early Oct.,
that the Continental Army had its first victory when Gen. Burgoyne surrendered
on Oct. 17th." These same companies were also with Morgan, and greatly
distingueshed themselves in the series of actions that resulted in the
surrender of Gen. Burgoyne at Saratoga."
BASIL PRATHER was also with these same companies when the 8th Penn.
was engaged in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and spent the
winter of 1777/78 encamped with Gen. George Washington at Valley Forge.
On 5 Mar.,1778 the 8th was ordered to Pittsburgh and to once again engage in
the protection of the Western frontiers. During their march to Pittsburgh they
were engaged in actions against hostile indians and continued engagements with
hostiles around Pittsburgh.
BASIL PRATHER resigned form the 8th Pennsylvania and joined the forces of
Virginia which were engaged along the Ohio against the British and Indians.
He was placed under the command of Gen. George R. Clark.
BASIL PRATHER was made a Capt. of Virginia and in 1781 he was Adjutant Gen.
at Fort Nelson, the present site of Louisville, Ky.
Basil recieved many grants of land in Ky and Ind., some of which were as far
south as Hickman on the Mississippi. At the time his southern lands were in
Chickasaw country and his descendants could not take possession of these lands
until after 1830. The lands in Indiana were recorded: "To Basil Prather for
consideration of his Military Service from the Commissioners of the Illinois
Grant."
After the Revolution, Capt. Basil was engaged in the acquisition of land and
traveled between his fathers home in Maryland and his new home at the falls
of the Ohio (near Louisville). He also maintained a residence in Pennsylvania
on the Monongahela.
In 1789 Captain Prather met Frances Meriwether of Virginia at a ball given in
the fort at Jeffersonville, across the river from Louisville on the Ind. side.
She was much younger than he but they were married 26 Feb.,1789 in Louisville.
He then purchased the 300 acre tract on Beargrass Creek where he built a
large Mansion which was a louisville landmark for over 150 yrs.
Basil Prather was known for his hospitality and courteous demeanor.
On May of 1790 he was elected one of the Trustees of the Town of Louisville.
He died in 1803. He was a man of connanding character and ability.
Records state:"He was an exceedingly handsome man of 6 ft. 3 in. tall, finely
proportioned, almost the ideal soldier."
Basil served as a patriot throughout the war, declining any pay for his
services.
His estate was administered by Basil's half brother Capt. Thomas Prather.
Thomas became one of the most prominent business and social leaders of Ky.
He founded the old Bank of Ky. and was the first president of it.
It is said that he was Kentuckey's first millionaire and his home stood on old
"Prather Square" in down town Louisville.
Basils son was also named Thomas and he served as a soldier in the war of
1812 and fought under General Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans.
He lived out his life at Louisville in his fathers home.
The home had 3 floors with 18 rooms on the first two floors and the third
floor was a Ballroom. No room had less than 22 sq. feet. The ceilings were
14 feet high. It also had very spacious cellars. It burned in 1944.
Basils home was called "Fox Hill" and it required 14 servants when Basil lived
there. The old home has been rebuilt and is a historial landmark.
It is now part of Creation Park and known as the Ben Collings Mansion.
(Ben Collings owned and rebuilt the "Fox Hill Mansion" after it burned-1944)
(RESEARCHED BY THE HISTORICAL SOC. OF LOUISVILLE, KY.)
(taken from their files by: Gary Benton Prather)

William married Mrs Clorinda Cloe Prather Md.. Mrs was born Abt 1735, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; died Abt 1765, Indian Raid, Conecocheague, Frederick, Md. [Group Sheet]

William married Frances Meriweather, Fanny 26 Feb 1789, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky.. Frances (daughter of George Merriwether and Martha Merriwether) was born 15 Aug 1770, ,,Va; died 24 Feb 1850, Fox Hill, Jefferson, Ky; was buried , Prather Cem, Jefferson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.086.06
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

Abram was presented with a tortoise shell snuff box lined with gold by Robert
Johnson of Gen. George Washington's staff./ Fought in battle of Loyalhanna.
He served in the Continental Army. During the French & Indian War he was a
Lt. in Capt.J.Beall's Co. from 9 Oct., 1757 to 8 Nov.,1758.
He was also a Justice of the Peace for Antrim Twp. in 1770/71.
The tortoise Shell snuff box has been handed down from first son to first son
and is now with Paul Prather of Minnapolis, Minn. (1994)

Henry married Elizabeth Mary Hicks 09 May 1754, Pa. (Prob. Franklin Co.). Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas Hicks and Mrs Elizabeth Hicks) was born 11 Feb 1736, Cumberland Valley, Lancaster, Pa.; died 17 Sep 1805, ,Franklin, Pa. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.087.07
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!No issue

Eleanor married Jacob Friend Abt 1754, of, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md. Jacob was born Abt 1729, of, Washington, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.088.08
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Reference Number: 4.090.9
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

He was known as "Capt. James Prather" - French and Indian War.
He bought land in Ross Co., Ohio and in ILL.

WILL OF JAMES PRATHER:

In the name of God. I James Prather of Allegany Co., and State of Maryland
being weak and infirm in body, but of sound and disposing mind Considering the
certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and being desirous
to settle my worldly affairs and therebyt be the better prepaired to leave
this world when it shall please God to call me hence do therefore make and
publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is
to say. First and principally ;I commit my Soul unto the hands of Almighty God
and my body to the Earth to be decently burried at the discretion of my
Excutors hereinafter named and after my debtrs are paid and my wife's thirds
are taken out of my property I devcise and bequeath as follows:
I give and bequeath my son charles Prather, all that tract of land I purchased
of Conrad Pusing lying and being in Hamphire Co. and Commonwealth of Virginia
forever. I give and bequeath to my son charles All that tract of land I
purchased of Nacy Jackson lying in Hampshire co. and Commonwealth of Virginia
aforsaid forever. I also give and bequeath to my son Charles four hundred
dollars. Now it is my will and desire that if my said son Charles doesnot
within two years next after my decease appear before my Executors and claim in
person the above mentioned two tracts of land and the four hundred dollars
then in that in that case he failing so to do the above mentioned wwo tracts
of land and the fourhundred dollars shall be disposed of by my Executors as my
personal property. I give and bequeath to my son James Prather the Residue of
the lands I own in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Virginia and
all the lands I own in Allegany County and State of Maryland to be by him held
in fee simple. I also give and bequeath to my son James four hundred dollars
and my Negro man named Harry. I give and bequeath to my son Basil Prather and
to my daughters Elizabeth, Mary Martha, Caty, and Ruth the sum of four hundred
dollars each. I will and desire that the residue of my real and personal
property be sold and the money arising from the sale be eqally divided among
all my children. And lastly I do constitute my son james Prather and Daliel
colli9ns my Exccutors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and
annulling all former wills by me made ratifying and confirming this and none
other to be my last Will and Testament.

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Maryland Assessments of 1783; James Prather 162 acres. WA Upper Old Town
p.15 MSA S1161-10-8. 1/4/5/54

Maryland Assessments of 1783; James Prather, Indian Bottom Plantation
pt. 100 acres. WA Salisbury and Conocheague Mannors p. 47
MSA S1161-11-3. 1/4/5/54 Notes: James & Thomas Prather.

He moved with his parents and family to Frederick Co., Md. then to Wash.Co.,
Md., then to Allegany Co. Md.
*He was appointed one of the first Justices of "Orphans Court", commissioned
Jan. 17, 1791, signed A.C.Hanson Chancellor of Maryland.
*During the French and Indian War, he was captured by the Indians and held for
4 years. (Some INCORRECT LDS files suggest he was born in Wales.)

James married Ruth Crownover Maryland. Ruth was born Abt 1744, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

James married Sarah Beattie Beatty 03 Jun 1769, Allegany Co., Maryland. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Beatty, Judge and Mrs Mary Beatty) was born 15 Apr 1753, of, Prince George, Md; died Aug 1824, ,Allegany, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Planter; River Ferries(2)
• Reference Number: 4.089.09
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!He was the founder of Charlestown,Brook Co.WV.The name was changed to
Wellsburg.

Charles Prather was in Capt. James Shelby's Company during the Chickamauge
Expedition. April 1779.

Head of Household Brooke Co., VA. 1810
Charles Prather
Henry Prather

Maryland Assessment of 1783; Charles Prather, Friendship Manor,
128 acres. WA Cumberland p.10 MSA S1161-10-8. 1/4/5/53

Founded Wellsburg, W.VA. then called Charlestown after him.(Recorded in 1789).
Charles laid out the Town that was first called Charlestown and later changed
to Wellsburg. He was one of the first to settle there and owned the land.
Shortly after it was settled a lady was killed and scalped near the river
which the settlement was located on. The Mingo Indians had an encampment on
the other side of the river and nearby. Nothing else recorded of this event.

!He was the founder of Charlestown,Brook Co.WV.The name was changed to Wellsburg.

Charles married Ruth Tannehill-Radford 1760, Prob. W. Va.. Ruth (daughter of William Tennihill, IV and Mrs Mary Tennihill) was born Abt 1732, ,Frederick, Md; died 07 Oct 1807, Wellsburg, Brooke, W.Va; was buried , Prather Cem, Steubenville Rd, Wellsburg, W.Va. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.091.11
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!No issue.

Sarah married Archibald Sharer, Col Abt 1760, of, Frederick, Md. Archibald was born Abt 1735, of, Frederick, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.092.12
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!P-A,gives name as Joanna Ann & d.1818 in Fayette Co,PA.also is off abt.11 years
younger on all children.Geneal Prather gives d.1818 in Fayette Co.KY,and her
husband as a cousin.

!P-A,gives name as Joanna Ann & d.1818 in Fayette Co,PA.also is off abt.11 years younger on all children.Geneal Prather gives d.1818 in Fayette Co.KY,and her husband as a cousin.

Ann married Theophilus Phillips, Lt Col Pa.. Theophilus was born Abt 1735, ,Chester, Pa; died Bef 07 Aug 1789, New Geneva, Fayatte Co., Pa.. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.093.13
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!Probably d.unmarried

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• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

William married Martha Meriwether Louisville, Ky. Martha was born , of Washington Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.094.14
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

His Obit is was in the Kentucky Reporter 10 Feb., 1823.

Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co., KY.
John Jacob, deceased, was born in Baltimore, MD. in 1778, and died in
Louisville, in 1852. He came to this city about 1807, and engaged in the
mercantile business, forming a partnership with Thomas Prather, one of the
most prominent of Louisville's early business men.
The old house of Prather & Jacob was for many years one of the reliable
business houses of the young city, and was the synonym for all that was
upright and honorable.
After the dissolution of their partnership Mr. Jacob became president of the
Branch Bank of the United States, and after it was closed was made president
of the Bank of Kentucky, which position he resigned in 1836. He was for a
number of years a member of the city council, and in 1848 he became president
of the Louisville & Frankfort Railroad, which was fully completed during his
administration; but the infirmities of age compelled him to resign the
position and retire from active business. He aided in the establishment of the
asylum for the blind, and contributed greatly, in various ways, not only to
the growth and prosperity of Louisville, but also to the amelioration of the
condition of the poor and needy, displaying a liberal hand in the great
charities of the city, which rapidly increased in value, and, by well
conducted, ligitimate business, he accumulated a large fortune. Mr. Jacob was
twice married: 1st. to Miss Ann O. Fontaine.
Children: Matilda Prather Jacob (m.Curran Pope), Mrs. John W. Tyler, and John
I. Jacob Jr.
His 2nd. wife: Lucy Donald Robertson.
Children: Mrs. James B. Clay, of Fayette Co.; Col. Richard T. Jacob,
ex-lieutenant governor of Ky.; Thomas P. Jacob, president of the Kentucky &
Louisville, Mutual Insurance Co.; and Hon Charles D. Jacob, mayor of
Louisville.
__________________________________________

Curran Pope:
He graduated at West Point in 1836, and after a short service in the army he
resigned to take one of the clerkships made vacant by his father. He held the
office for seventeen years, the last forur of which were by election by the
people. He was a citizen of much of public spririt; on of the original
projectors and directors of the Louisvelle & Nashville, Railroad; on of the
main promoters of Louisville Water Works; devoted much of his time as Trustee
of Danville, College, and as trustee of various educational institutions of
Louisville especially to a seminary organized and established by himself and
others in the old homestead of his father; served for eleven years in the
General Council of Louisville; and on the breaking out of the late war he
espoused the cause of the Union. He raised the 15th Kentucky Reg., which,
after a varied service, was decimated in the battle of Perryville, which, for
the number of the length of time engaged, is said to have been the bloodiest
battle of the war. Early in the action Colonel Pore's horse was killed under
him, and toward the close of the engagement he was shot through the shoulder.
E.P.Humphrey, D.D., LL.D., the scholarly author of "Sacred History from the
Creation to the Giving of the Law: who was the co-laborer in many fields of
usefulness with Colonel Pope, and who was his life-long friend, thus writes of
him a short time after Colonel Pope's death:...
"through his father, the late Warden Pope, Esq. - in his day one of the
formost citizens of the commonwealth - and through his excellent mother and
amiable wife as well, he was allied to some of the most influential families
in the country.... His ample private fortune released him, in a large measure,
from professional labor; so that he was able to devote the last 12 years of
his life to the general interests of society."

General Sherman learning of the death of Colonel Pope wrote Colonel Pope's
widow the following letter:
Headquarters, Memphis, Tenn.
November 10, 1862.
Dear Madam: -
.... I know you will pardon me, afar off, if, at this your dread hour, I come
to bear my feeble show of honor to him whose name you bear and whose child
will in after years look back upon as one of those heroes who labored and gave
his life to his country. Will do I recall the soft and gentle voice of Curran
Pospe, the peculiar delicacy of his approach, and almost unequal courtesy of
hi manner and the first faint doubt that one so gentle, so mild, so beautiful
in character, should be a warrior; but another look, and his eye, the plain
direst assertion of a high and holy purpose, with the pressure of his lips,
told that he was a man; one to lead; one to go where duty called him though
the path led through the hail storm of battle. Among all the men I have ever
met in the progress of this un-natural war, I cannot recall one in whose every
act and expression was so manifest the good and true man; one who so well
filled the type of the Kenturcky gentleman.
He died not upon the battle-field but of wounds inflicted by parricidal hands
on Kentuckys' soil and his blood is the cement that will ever more bind
togethere the disjointed parts of a mighty nation. Though for a time smitten
down by the terrible calamity, may you and you child soon learn to look upon
his name and fame as encircled by a halo of glory more beautiful than ever
decked the victor's brow. Curran Pope is dead, but millions will battle on,
till from his heaven-home he will see his own beloved Kentky the center of his
great country, regenerated and disenthralled from the toils of wicked men.
I fear that in trying to carry comfort to a afflicted heart, I do it rudely,
but I know you will permit me in my blunt way to bear my feeble testimony to
the goodness, braveness, and gallantry of the man who more nearly filled the
picture of the preux chevalier of his age, than any man I have yet met. I know
you are in the midst of a host of friends, but should in the progress of years
any opportunity come by which I can be of service to any of the family of
curran Pope, command me.
With grat respect,
Your obedient servant,
W.T. Sherman,
Maj. Gen. Vols."

Curran Pope was married to Matilda Prather Jacob a daughter of John I. Jacob,
by whom he was belessed with one daughter, Mary Tyler Pope, who is possessed
of many accomplishments, great force of character and intellect, and of much
beauty, and who still lived in the home of her heroic father, the happy wife
of Judge Alfred Thruston Pope, and the devoted mother of an interesting
family.

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Thomas Prather:

Broadway Street in Louisville was named previously, Prather Street after
he and his cousin John Jeremiah Jacob Prather. They were both leading
financial and social families of Louisville. They gave the land and endowed
the Hospital there. They were both married to Fountain girls.
He was known a the richest man in Ky./ He started and was president of the
"First Bank of Kentucky", often referred to as the "Old Bank of Ky."

Thomas married Matilda Martha Fontaine 12 Feb 1800, Jefferson Co., Ky.. Matilda (daughter of Aaron Fontaine, Col and Barbara Overton Terrell) was born 18 Sep 1782, of Louisa Co., Va; died 28 Nov 1840, Louisville, Jefferson, Ky; was buried , Cave Hill Cem, Jefferson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: 1ON1-XJC
• Reference Number: 4.095.01
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Josiah married Esther Waring Maryland. Esther was born , of Md. [Group Sheet]

Josiah married Jane Deakins Frederick Co.Maryland. Jane (daughter of Leonard G Deakins and Mrs Deakins) was born Abt 1730, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.096.02
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!No issue by 2nd m.

Martha married Robert Lazenby Bef 15 May 1779, of, Frederick, Md. Robert was born Abt 1726, of, Frederick, Md; died Bef 05 Jun 1785. [Group Sheet]

Martha married James Odell 15 May 1779, Montg. Co., Md.. James (son of Thomas O'Dell, II. and Margaret Beall) was born 06 May 1720, ,Prince George, Md; died Bef 12 Aug 1763, ,Montgomery, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.097.03
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!JWP-His sources disagree on his wifes name and that all 4 kids
belong.P-A,gives two b.dates,21 Jul 1732&21 Jul 1731.

Jeremiahs Will recorded in Fayette Co., Ky. reads as follows:

"in the name of God Amen, I Jeremiah Prather of the county of Fayette and
state of Kentucky, being weak of body but of perfect mind & memory, Thanks be
given unto God, Calling unto mind the mortality of my bidy & knowing that it
is appointed for all men once to die, do make & ordain this my last will and
testament. That is to say, principally & first of all, I give & recommend my
soul into the hand of the almight God that gave it, & my body I recommend to
the Earth to be buried in decent Christiam burial at the discretion of my
wife. Nothing doubting but at the General resurrection I shall receive the
same again, by the mighty power of God & His teaching. Such worldly Estate
wherwith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise & dispose
of the same in the following manner & form.
First of all it is my desire that my just debts should be paid; I give &
bequeath to Anna Prather, my dearly beloved wife, the whole of my estate, both
real & personal, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & disannul all &
every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies (ic), Bequests & Executors by
me in any wise before named willed & bequeathed. Ratifying & confirming this &
no other to be my last will & testament. In witmess whereof I have herunto set
my hand & seal this ninth day of Sept. in the year of our Lord, 1806.

Signed: Jeremiah Prather (his mark)

In presence of Robert Irvin, James Benning Jr. & Phillip Brink

!JWP-His sources disagree on his wifes name and that all 4 kids belong.P-A,gives two b.dates,21 Jul 1732&21 Jul 1731.

Jeremiah married Anne Odell Maryland. Anne (daughter of Reginald Odell and Sarah Beall) was born Abt 1732, ,Prince George, Md; died , ,Fayette, Ky. [Group Sheet]

Jeremiah married Anna Edmonstone Aft 1751, of Fayette, Ky. Anna was born , of Fayette, Ky. [Group Sheet]

Jeremiah married Catherine Cooper Aft 1752, of Fayette, Ky. Catherine was born , of Fayette, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.098.04
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Ancestral File Number: 1D98-MJG
• Reference Number: 4.099.05
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Eleanor married Joseph Beall, Bell Abt 1750, ,Prince Georges, Maryland. Joseph (son of James Beall, Sr. and Sarah Cooms) was born 1719, ,Prince George, Md; died 1801, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

Eleanor married Josiah Beall Abt 1756, of, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md. Josiah was born Abt 1730, , Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.100.06
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!P-A,says b. 5 May 1749

Zachariah married Rosamond Callahan 02 Mar 1778, Prince George Co., Md.. Rosamond was born Abt 1757, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.101.07
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!

!P-A,says b. 6 Jan 1750\51

Rachel married Jacob Howard 08 Oct 1799, Montgomery Co., Md.. Jacob was born Abt 1734, of, Frederick, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.102.08
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Reference Number: 4.102.08
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

William is listed as a Rev. War Soldier by the DAR.

Revolution Books R-T Ed A.S. Salley, Jr. pg 134 listed Wm Prather as receiving
58 pounds 8 shillings and 6 pence, 3 farthings sterling for duty done in the
militia as private.

Will of Wm. Prather:

In the name of God amen; I William Prather of Laurens Co. & State of South
Carolina being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory -
thanks to almighty God; Therefore Callin to mind the Mortality of my body &
that it is appointed unto all men once to die; do make & ordain This my last
Will and Testament in mannr and from following that is to say principally &
first of all, I recommend my soul into the hand of almighty God who gave it
and m body to th eart to be duently intired at the discretion of my wife Mary
my Executrix nothing Doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive
the dame by the mighty power of God to blefe me I order & dispose of in a
manner & for following after payment of y funeral charges & all other just
debts imprimies I give & my loving wife Mary all my estate consisting only of
good and chattles only with this reserve a certain cow and calf with her
increase marked with two smooth crops likewise a Certain mare colt with a star
in her forehead her color black her increase belonging to my estate which I
give and bequeath unto my daughter Dorcas thereto to be kept in the hand and
care of my loving wife until she becomes of age & if she should died Minor to
be my wifes together with the rest of my estate & at her own disposal I order
& appoint my loving wife Mary Prather Executrix of this my last Will and
Testament utterly revking all former Wills by me made; In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and afixed my seal this third day of Novenber in the
year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Ninenty Eight.

Records were found which shows his name spelled Prather / Praither / Prater /
Praytor / Prator.
Marriage performed by Chas. Sullivan, Just. of the Peace 96th Dist., S.C.

William married Mary Middleton 05 Dec 1760, Greenville, Laurens Co., S. Carolina. Mary (daughter of John Middleton and Mrs Middleton) was born Abt 1741, of, Dist Ninety Six, Sc. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.106.04
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

Elizabeth married Jesse Brashear. Some researchers believe she married in
Maryland, but we are not sure. Records lead us to believe that she was married
in Maryland or in N.C. ca. 1760.

We do know that her father, Phillip, was wealthy and traveled from Maryland to
as far South as North Carolina and his son Phillip II, traveled as far south
as South Carolina (and settled in Pickens Dist.,S.C.).
From records that have found, we assume that Elizabeth and Jesse may
also have traveled between Maryland , N.Carolina, S.Carolina and Fla.

The Praters (Prathers) and Jesse Brashear were of the Colonial Gentry and very
well placed individuals of the period, free to travel without the restriction
of funds or authority. The Praters were plantation owners and conducted
business up and down the coast.

Jesse Brashear may have had members of his family in Fla. ? ?
Some of the Brashear family researchers have told me that the records
indicate that he and Elizabeth had children in Maryland.
It is certain that they were married and Elizabeth died in Fla.

To help you understand a little about the history of this part of Fla.
I have included the following information: The Spainish had a Colony there
shortly after 1539 and then the French established a colony in 1564. The
French and Spanish fought over it for years when in 1607 the English extended
there domain into Flordia. The English extended there hold on parts of Fla. in
1670 with their indian allies and by 1763 Fla. was formally a British Colony.
This includes what is now part of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
One reason the research on the Brashear family becomes so difficult and
information is almost impossible to find may be the fact that they were
living in this part of the country when many records changed hands so often
or were distroyed.

Jesse Brashear died cira 1788 and Elizabeth (Prater) Brashers remarried
George Freeland Sr.
She died cira 1804 in W.Fla.

Gary Benton Prather

Elizabeth married George Freeland, Capt Abt 1788, West Florida, Fl. George was born Abt 1734, of, West Florida, Fl. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth married Jesse Brashears 08 Dec 1760, Prob. Maryland ?. Jesse (son of Robert C. Brashears and Charity Dowell) was born Abt 1734, of, Prince George, Md; died 1787, West Florida, Fl. [Group Sheet]

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• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Occupation: Farmer; Plantationer
• Reference Number: 4.107.05
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

Pension Application of John Prater, to the Assembly of South Carolina:

" The petition of John Prater to the Honorable Speaker and other Members of
the House of Representatives, Dec. 7, 1809. The petitioner humbly sheweth
that he did early in the war with Great Brittan inlist as a soldier in the
third regiment of the state under the command of Comdr. Thompson for the term
of 3 years and farmed two years and six months and then enlisted a man in his
place to serve during the war at which time he for his discharge and returned
home, and did duty in the Militia commanded by the then Capt. Andrew Pickens
and under his command on, or about the 14th day of February in the year of our
Lord 1779 your petitioner received a wound through his shoulder which broke
the bone while in an engagement with a party of royalists under the command
of Col. Boyd. As soon as your petitioner was able he turned out again almost
continually until the end of the war and fought against English, Tories and
Indians, but as your petitioner is now advanced in years his wounds is become
painful and broke out and hath rendered petitioner unable to work for a living
for himself and family."

Note: The petition was granted, as he was placed on the pension list and was
paid for six years pension being for arrears due him amounting to $128.58

After the death of John Prater, Eleanor his widow applied for his pension.

The State of Alabama, Pickens County:
This day came personally before me James B. Burdine, acting Justice of the
Peace, in the for said county, Andrew Prater and after being dewly sworn
deposeth that John Prater was a resident of Pendleton Dist., S.C. and lived
there for many years and that he married Elinor Pickens and that the said
John Prater died at my house in Pickens Co., in the State of Alabama in
December. Last sworn to and subscriber this the 12th day of November A.D. 1830

Signed Andrew Prater

Jonathon married Eleanor Susannah Pickens Rowan Co., n.C.. Eleanor (daughter of Robert Pike Pickens and Miriam Davis) was born Abt 1748, ,Frederick, Md; died 15 Nov 1837, ,Pickens, Sc. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

He was living in northern GA. at one time.

Isaac married Anna of Prince George Co., Md. Anna was born , of Prince George Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: PLANTATION
• Reference Number: 4.108.06
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!He served in the Rev. Army,is listed in "S.C.Revolutionary index at the
Historical Commission"-Phillip Prator,AA6100.

Phillip Prator, son of Phillip Prator and Margery Hunt, received a Warrant, 23
Aug., 1790, for 238 acres on the head branches of Twenty Three Mile Creek and
Twenty six Mile Creek, surveyed 24 Aug., 1790 and State Grant issued 5 Dec.,
1791. He received a Warrant, 12 Dec., 1790, for 300 acres on branches of 18
Mile Creek, Waters of Keowee River, surveyed 4 Mar., 1791 and State Grant
issued 5 Dec., 1791. Phillip received a warrant 6 Aug., 1791, for 662 acres on
the confluience of Price Creek and Six Mile River, surveyed 8 Aug., 1791 and
State Grant issued 5 Dec., 1791. He also received a Warrant , no date, for 221
acres on branches of 18 Mile Creek, Waters of Keowee River, surveyed 1 Nov.,
1791 and State Grant issued 5 Dec., 1791. These properties were for his role
in the Rev. War, as Soldier in the Army of South Carolina.

Phillip Prater sold to Alenxander Boyse, 6 Mar., 1792, 238 acres on the head
branches of Twenty three Mile Creek and Twenty six Mile Creek, water of
Savannah River, granted to Phillip 5 Dec., 1791. Adjacent property owners were
John Prator and Robert McCann. Whitnesses Robert McCann and Hartwell
Hunnicutt. Proved by Robert McCann, 10 Apr. 1792, Recorded 25 June, 1792.

Robert McCann sold to Phillip Prator, 20 Aug., 1792 701 acres on branches of
18 Mile Creek, waters of Keowee River, granted to Robert McCann 6 June, 1791.

Phillip Prater died in Pendleton Dist. S.C. before 17 Sept. 1798, the date of
his Will was proved.
After his death his widow Susannah Prater (now Hammond) made a declaration,
3 Nov., 1846, excerpts from this declaration are:
She was married to the late Phillip Prater who was a private in the militia of
South Carolina during the war of the Revolution, that he served under Capt.
Maxwell and Col's. Pickens and Anderson. She being very old and infirm, and
unable to recollect what length of time it was, she thinks one or two
years, as she suffered much during the time with her little children,
hiding out and dodging the Tourey and British, that they lived in Laurens
Dist. and afterwards moved to this Dist. near where she now lives and has
resided ever since. She further declares that she was married to the said
Phillip Prater on Haw River in Guildord Co., N.C. by a preacher whose name she
has forgotten, as near as she can calculate about the year 1775/6 on the 16
day of July, and then they moved to S.C. where the said Phillip Prater died
in the year 1797. That she was afterwards married to William Hammond who lived
with her about 2 years and left her, and is as she understands long since
dead, tho' she does not know the date of his death, that she was a widow on
the 4 Jyly 1836 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by
reference to the proof herewith sent. Susannah Hammond (signed by her mark)

To Susannah Prater (now Hammond), Increase in Phillip's pension, excerpts from
this document are ...... Susannah Hammond formerly widow of Phillip Prater who
dies in the year 1797.... who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt.
Maxwell of the Regiment Commanded by Col. Pickney in the S.C. Military line
for 8 months and 12 days..... inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate
of 61 dollars and 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
and end 9 Mar., 1848 when she died.

Col. J.O.Young of Arkadelphia, Clark Co., Ark. wrote a letter to Clerk of
Anderson Dist. S.C. and enclosed a Power of Attorney on the Estate of Susan
Prator, deceased, widow of Phillip Prator, deceased, Jan., 1857, excerpts from
this letter and Power of attorney are:
I have learned from the heirs of Phillip Prator who was a son of the old Lady
Susan Prator and brother of William Prator who the power of Attorney will show
he was the father of my wife, Elizabeth Prater (now Young) and Rebecca
(Middleton) Prater, wife of William Prator, who yet survives and in my house.
We also learned the amount is small and it is or was reported in the
hands of Clerk of Anderson Dist. where the old lady lived, now if this be the
fact I am sure you can comply with the requirements of the enclosed powere
forth with. If it should be otherwise you will confer a vayvor on a distant
by seeing the holder and having the little matter arranged.
You will address Co.. J.O. Young, Buck Creek, Arkansas

State of Arkansas, County of Clark ... I Aaron Prator of the County and State
aforesaind being duly sworn do depose and say that I was acquanted with Susan
Prator who was the wife and afterwards the widow of Philip Prater, deceased
that William Prater was their son and was married to Rebecca Middleton and
died leaving the said Rebecca a widow who still survives and lives in this
county - that the said William left three children only two of whom are dead
without heirs and the third is named Elizabeth and has intermarried with
John O. Young and that the said John and Elizabeth are both living in this
County. I am grandson of Susan Prater and cousin of said Elizabeth.
signed........ Aaron Prater

To all whom these presents shall come greeting ... Whereas the undersigned
Rebecca Prator, John O. Young and Elizabeth his wife are informed that they or
some of them the first as widow of William Prator and last as sole surviving
heir of said William are entitled certain funds which come from the said
Phillip Prator on his widow Susan Prator and which are said to be deposeted
for the benefit of person entiled. Now we specially authorize the person in
whose hands the same may be deposited to deposit the same in any safe bank of
the state of South Carolina and take a certificate of said deposit to credit
of person entitled therto and credit the same by mail to us or certain of us
at ARKADELPHIA, CLARK CO., ARKANSAS and this power of attorney together with
the Postmaster of the registering of said letter and its contents shall be
used as sufficient endorse of its payment.

John, Josiah, Joseph, Aaron and Jeremiah Prator, sons of Phillip Prator,
deceased, sold to Henry Hendricks, 21 Dec., 1820, 83 acres on waters of 18
Mile Creek, part of 701 acres granted to Robert McCann and conveyed to
Phillip Prator by deed.

U.S. Pension W. 9052 Revolutionary War, dated Nov. 3, 1846.

WILL BOOK C, p. 140 Pendleton Co., 96th Dist. S.C.
"THE WILL OF PHILLIP PRATER"
"In the name of God Amen. I Philip Prater of South Carolina of County of
Pendleton do this fifth Day of February in the Year of our Lord 1796 being
Weak in Body but sound in Judgement call to Remmembrance the Mortality of my
Body thus publish My Last Will & Testament hereby revoking all former Wills
Testaments & C. First I bequeath My Soul to God and My Body to Dust.
Second I bequeath My John a piece or Parcel of Land estimated at the Acres on
the Branch a Joining Johnsons Land Item and my Rifle gun. Second I bequeath
to My son Thomas a Mare and Sadle. Third I bequeath to My son Philip a Colt
and Sadle. Fourth I bequeath to My Daughter Sally one Dollar.
Fifth I Bequeath to My daughter Polly a Horse and Sadle & two cows and calves.
Sixth I bequeath to My Son William a Colt & Sadle. Seventh I Bequeath My Wife
Suannah One Hundred Acres of Land where I now live During Her Life, and the
Remainder of the Land the Children is to have equally Divided When my Youngest
Child is a Maturity & if they cannot Divide it peacably it is to be sold & the
price equaly Divided.
Item I leave all the Goods and Chattles to my Wife & little children after she
has paid all just Debts or Demands. And I do apoint my Wife Susannah & my son
John & William Hubbard My Exccutors given under my Hand & seal the Day & Date
Above writin.

Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of
Robert McCann Jasa. C. Griffin Recorded & proved 17 Sept. 1798

* Phillip and Susannah were married by Rev. Muckeljohn.
* Phillip Praters Revolutionary War record is found under file #W.9052
Additional information on this family from LDS microfilm No. 1260518,
Revolutionary Army Soldier (Historical Commission) "Philip Prater"#AA6100
* A church and community located in the area where his plantation was located
continues to carry his Prater name (Near Pickins, S.C.) 1989 Gary B. Prather

!He served in the Rev. Army,is listed in "S.C.Revolutionary index at the Historical Commission"-Phillip Prator,AA6100.

Philip married Susannah Hubbard 16 Jul 1775, Haw River, Guilford Co., n.C.. Susannah (daughter of Isreal Hubbard, Hobart and Anna Lawrence) was born 12 Jul 1755, ,Guilford, Nc; died 09 Aug 1848, Anderson, Sc; was buried 09 Aug 1848, Pickens Dist., Sc. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: 1WVZ-H56
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Reference Number: 4.103.01
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

Margaret was Cousin to her husband. Her Parents Phillip & Catherine(Hunt)
Prather.

Margaret married Thomas Clagett Prather, Lt 09 May 1750, Maryland. Thomas (son of Thomas Sprigg Prather Prater, Col and Elizabeth Clagett) was born 09 May 1726, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; died 11 Oct 1758, Ft Duquesne, Loyal Hannan, Pa; was buried , Prather Cem, Clear Springs, Md. [Group Sheet]

Margaret married Thomas Freeman, Esq Aft 1758, ,,Md. Thomas was born Abt 1726, of, Md; died , ,,Ky. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.104.02
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!There is confusion on her b.20 Sep 1729 or 17 Jan 1733.also on her first or
second name being Catherine.

She must have died shortly after the birth of son James Hallum in 1775 because
her husband William Hallum remarried and had a son Josiah Hallum in 1777.

!There is confusion on her b.20 Sep 1729 or 17 Jan 1733.also on her first or second name being Catherine.

Catherine married William Hallum Bef 1750, Prince George Co., Md. William was born , Prince George Co., Md; died , S.C.. [Group Sheet]

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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]

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• Reference Number: 4.131.11
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

She moved to N.C. after 1790 (prob. around 1791).
The above supplied by Charles Dial of 202 Crestview Dr. Lenior City, Tn.37772
pkg. 3/96

Verlinda married Joshua Saffel 24 Jul 1777, Montgomery Co., Maryland. Joshua (son of Samuel Saffel and Mrs Mary Saffel) was born Abt 1752, of, Md; died Bef 1800, of, Iredell, Nc. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.121.01
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!He was a Revolutionary Soldier[No.94,Joseph Wilson's Returns,Jan.19,1778] who
Moved to KY and m.the widow Mary,of Rev Ambrose Brown.There were stepchildren
but no issue.

Aaron served in the Rev. War (he is No.94 in Joseph Wilsons Returns in Montg.
Co., Md., 19 Jan., 1778).

!He was a Revolutionary Soldier[No.94,Joseph Wilson's Returns,Jan.19,1778] who Moved to KY and m.the widow Mary,of Rev Ambrose Brown.There were stepchildren but no issue.

Died:
Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=127197347

Aaron married Mary Swearingen Prob. Montg. Co., Maryland. Mary (daughter of John Swearingen and Mary Ray) was born Abt 1735, ,Frederick, Md; died 1805, ,Montgomery, Md; was buried , Prather Cem, Montgomery, Md. [Group Sheet]

Aaron married Mary Johnson, Bourne Aft 1777, of Prince George Co., Md. Mary (daughter of Samuel Johnson and Agnes Wilson) was born , of Prince George Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Plantationer
• Reference Number: 4.122.02
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!Most of his decendants moved to OH.

*Samuel was born Prince George Co., Md. ca.1740
He was a Rev. War Soldier and served on "The Committee of Observation"
in Frederick Co., Md. ca.1775 and Militia in 1776 (Elizabethtown Dist.)
Washington Co., Md. Most of his descendants moved to Ohio.

Samuel married Elizabeth Garrett Mar 1762, of, Frederick, Md. Elizabeth (daughter of John Garrett and Mrs Garrett) was born Abt 1745, of, Md; died Bef 1785, ,Frederick, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Surveyer; Farmer/Pioneer
• Reference Number: 4.123.03
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

!He is ancestor of all early Prathers in IN.He was a Rev.soldier.in NC

He was born in Rock Creek, Prince George Parish, Fredrick Co., Maryland.

Basil was a Rev. War soldier and was wounded during that war.
He served in the N.C. Militia (#6907) served in the army at the
Battle of Camden, S.C., where he was wounded in the left knee
on 16 Aug., 1780. He was serving under General Gates with the rank of
Private.

During and after the War he moved west, settling in several states including
Va., N.C., and Ky. until he settled in Utica Township, Clark Co., Ind.
where he came with others to Clarke Grant, which was in what is now known
as Clark Co., Ind.
A community was formed there by the Prather families, the Prather Community
of Utica Township. The old Prather School still stands but is no longer used.
Utica is located near what is now Watson, Clark Co., Ind.
The Prather family built the first Methodist church in Ind.
(it was the first built but another church was being built nearby and
was registered first, thus the Prather church was built first but was
the second one registered in the state of Ind.)
Ref. "History of the Ohio Falls Cities, and their Counties" Vol. III says,
(p.402) "About 1804 a round-log house was erected on an acre of land in tract
Prather." (Walter was son of Basil Prather and son-in-law to Jeremiah Jacobs.
Secretary of the Trustees' Board at the time was Basil Prather).
The church which was built by the Prather and Jacob family was called New
Castle Meth. Church and many members of the Prather family are buried there.
Today it is known as the New Chapel Meth. Church. The present church is
one that has been moderized over time, but the age of the church can be seen
and understood by visiting the old grave yard.
While living in N.C. Basil donated land to build a church near Harmony N.C.
The church was called Prather Chapel.
Basil once owned 400 acres on " Little Dutchman's Creek", Salisbury Dist.,
Rowan Co., N.C. but he had purchased a total of 3000 acres from the
commmissioners in 1789.

A legend states that he leased land along the coast of N.C. and while
riding near the beach on his property, he witnessed a sea battle.
One of the ships exploded and while the battle continued, sections of this
ship washed ashore. Basil was said to have found much "loot" from these
sections and among the "loot" was some gold.
Shortly afterwards he sold his property and moved west because questions
were being asked by officials regarding the gold that was carried by the
ship that had washed ashore. (none of this has been proven and is only
a "family tail").
We do know that he moved to Ky. and that a document was found showing that
he had buried gold under an old log house which was located accross the
river form his home. He paid Bill Hatfield $10. to dig up the gold hidden
under this log cabin. The amount of gold is unknown, but $10. in this day
and time was alot of money to pay for a common laborer to dig up anything
small or simple. The log cabin was located near Magnet, Ind.
After moving to Ky. he was involved with surveying. One of the areas that
he surveyed was in Fayette Co., KY. where his twin brother, Baruch William
"Peter" Prather later built his plantation home about 6 miles southeast
of present day Lexington, KY.

His Will was proved 7 Oct., 1822.

The Will of Basil was lost during the 1937 flood in Clark Co., Ind. as was
his original tombstone.

Basil married Clorinda unknown, Chloe Maryland. Clorinda (daughter of Lloyd Robertson and Mrs Robertson, daughter of Loyde Robertson and Mrs Loyde Robertson) was born 14 Aug 1748, Lower, Frederick, Md; died 27 Jul 1812, Utica Twp., Clark Co., Ind.; was buried , New Castle Cem., Watson, Ind.. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: pioneer; Plantation owner
• Reference Number: 4.124.04
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

Baruch and his twin brother Basil were born at "Orphans Gift Plantation" in
Prince George Co., MD. and later moved with their parents to "Bradford's Rest
Plantation" in Lower Potomac Hundred, Frederick Co., MD. (not far from
Rockford, MD.)

Baruch served in the Rev. War as a Sargent, 5th Co., Lower
Battalion, Montgomey Co., Md. under Col. John Murdock, returned on July 15
1780.

He died testate. The court ordered three men to appraise his estate.
Ref. Will book B, 1809 Fayette Co., Ky. The estate consisted of:
526 Pounds, 11 Shillings, and 4 Pence.

When Baruch's wife died the court had her estate appraised:
1. Slaves consisting of "one negro woman Nelly, about 30 yrs. old".
2. Milley and boy child, Young.
3. Ester, 80 yrs. old, "worst than nothing"
4. "Boy" Aaron, 11/12 yrs. old, and George 6 yrs.

Baruch bought 166 Acres of Henry Bell's 3000 acre military warrent, in 1804.
Lexington , Fayette Co., Ky. (Spears, Jessamine Co., Ky.)
This became known as "The Home Place". It was later sold to Baruchs son,
Thomas and then in 1859 to his son, Thomas.
It is now owned by Fayette Co. and is used as a nature preserve/park
where nature walks are held by the local schools. (1991)
The old plantation home still stands but is in need of much repair.
Fayette Co. has future plans to restore the home. Today (1992) its
porch is missing, but the red brick walls remain. The kitchen was added
to the structure sometime after Baruch died.
The house is very much like another Prather / Prater plantation home which
was built about 10 yrs earlier in Lenior City, Tn. by Benjamin Franklin Prater
(Prather). This house is in complete restoration and is one of the most
beautiful that I have seen. It was built in 1797 and has its large white
collums, porch, and the same red brick. Its odd to see how the two home
resemble each other. (could they have been built by the same builder?)

Baruch moved from Maryland to Kentucky ca.1812
He settled a Jack's Creek Pike (abt. 6 miles from Lexington, Ky.)
Baruch's brother, Walter married Sharaha's sister Ann Higgins.
Descendants of this family continue today in Lexington, Ky.
I honored to attend their family reunion in 1991 and was given a tour of the
old estate and home. Gary Benton Prather

Baruch married Sarah Higgins 16 Dec 1775, Montgomery Co., Md.. Sarah (daughter of James Higgins and Luraner Becraft) was born 29 Aug 1761, ,Frederick, Md; died 01 Oct 1844, Spears, Fayette, Ky; was buried , Prather Cem, Fayette, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.125.05
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Barbara married Mr Williams Abt 1764, of Prince George Co., Md. Mr was born Abt 1739, of Prince George Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.126.06
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• Reference Number: 4.127.07
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• Reference Number: 4.128.08
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Notes:

!Had 14 kids.In 1806 entire family moved to Bourbon Co.KY

Walter served in the Rev.War. (he was No. 139 on Joseph Wilson's Returns,
Montg. Co., Md., 19 Jan., 1778)

Walter married Anne Nancy Higgins 09 Apr 1778, Washington Co., Md.or, Montg. Co., Md.. Anne (daughter of James Higgins and Luraner Becraft) was born 01 Jul 1763, ,Montgomery, Md; died 10 Jun 1816, Near Carlisle, Bourbon, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.129.09
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Elisha married Mrs Prather Abt 1788, of, Md. Mrs was born Abt 1767, of, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.130.10
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

He moved from Maryland to Newberry, S.C. sometime around the 1780's after his
service in the Rev. War.
He is listed 1790 census Newberry Co., South Carolina Roll #3 p.77

9 Ec., 1803 he bought from Marmaduke Mills, 107 acres on the Bush River.

He died in 1814 without a Will among the recorded propery sold were books,
a loom, bee hives, and 6 negro slaves.
By about 1825 Zachariah's wife had died and all of his children had moved away
from Newberry Co., except for Nancy who died in Newberry.
Nancy Prater Sheppard is buried in the Ramage-Sheppard Cem. near Newberry.

"Zacci" was his nik name, he was listed as Solder #140 in Rev. War records in
Maryland.
He died without leaving a Will. His estate was sold with his wife as the
principal buyer.

Zachariah married Ruth Ann Allison 25 Aug 1778, Montg. Co., Maryland. Ruth (daughter of John Allison and Elizabeth Swearingen) was born Abt 1755, ,Montgomery, Md; died Bef 17 Jan 1825, ,Newberry, Sc. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 4.132.12
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Elizabeth married Aaron Swasson Aft 1778, of, Anne Arundel, Md. Aaron was born Abt 1756, of, Frederick, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.167.04
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Col married Rachel Williams Duckett of, Prince George, Md. Rachel (daughter of Richard Duckett, Jr and Elizabeth Anne Williams) was born 02 May 1749, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.164.01
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• Reference Number: 5.165.02
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Elizabeth married Thomas Mullikin, Capt 27 Feb 1761, Queen Caroline P, Anne Arundel, Md. Thomas (son of James Mullikin, III. and Charity Belt) was born 24 May 1729, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; died 11 Aug 1805, ,Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.168.05
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• Reference Number: 5.169.06
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Lilburn married Mary Thompson Abt 1774, of, Queen Caroline P, Anne Arundel, Md. Mary was born Abt 1753, Queen Caroline P, Anne Arundel, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

!unmarried

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• Reference Number: 5.171.08
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Osborn married Elizabeth Magruder Abt 1777, of, Queen Caroline P, Anne Arundel, Md. Elizabeth was born Abt 1756, Queen Caroline P, Anne Arundel, Md. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

living - details excluded

Charity — Thomas Boyd. Thomas was born Abt 1736, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: XZDD-ZT
• Reference Number: 5.173.02
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Martha married Edward Hall 14 Jun 1746, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md. Edward (son of Henry Hall and Elizabeth Landsdale) was born Abt 1734, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

Martha married Reginald Odell 25 Aug 1754, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md. Reginald (son of Reginald Odell and Sarah Beall) was born Abt 1734, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

Martha married William Murdoch Hall 09 Apr 1782, ,All Hallows Par., Anar.Cty. Md.. William (son of Benjamin Hall and Elinor Murdoch) was born Abt 1742, of, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.172.01
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Notes:

!Probably d. young

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• Reference Number: 5.175.04
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• Reference Number: 5.176.05
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Notes:

!JWP has this family entered twice,with different children.He says it needs
more study.

!JWP has this family entered twice,with different children.He says it needs more study.

Thomas married Priscilla Bowie Abt 1768, ,Prince George, Md. Priscilla (daughter of Allen Bowie, Sr and Susanna Anne Fraser) was born 30 Jul 1750, Brookridge, Prince George, Md; died 03 Jun 1786, ,Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.177.06
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Baruch married Mary Bowie Beanes 11 Jan 1783, of, Prince George, Md. Mary (daughter of William Beanes, Jr and Mary Bowie) was born Abt 1757, Upper, Marlborough, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: XZDD-JL
• Reference Number: 5.178.07
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Ann married William Murdoch Hall 15 Mar 1764, ,All Hallows Par., Anar.Cty. Md.. William (son of Benjamin Hall and Elinor Murdoch) was born Abt 1742, of, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Rachel married Col Thomas Williams, III of, Prince George, Md. Col (son of Thomas Williams, Jr and Cave King) was born , Queen Caroline P, Anne Arundel, Md; died Abt 1785. [Group Sheet]

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Jacob married Mary Meek Clagett Abt 1802, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md. Mary was born 24 Feb 1771, of, Prince George, Md; died 09 Apr 1816, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Isaac married Margaret Bowie 22 Jan 1792, of, Prince George, Md. Margaret (daughter of Walter Bowie and Mary Brookes) was born 22 Mar 1772, ,Prince George, Md; died 03 Jun 1797, ,Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Eleanor married Thomas Lyles 10 Apr 1779, ,Prince George, Md. Thomas was born Abt 1754, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Richard married Sophia Buchanan 30 Mar 1795, ,Prince George, Md. Sophia was born Abt 1774, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Martha married Walter Clagett Abt 1780, ,Prince George, Md. Walter (son of John Clagett and Sarah Magruder) was born 12 Nov 1763, of, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]

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He is listed in documemts under the spelling of:
Nehemiah Prater / Nehemiah Prather

He fought with Benjamin Crowley against the Shawnee Indians.
He was also a Rev. War. Soldier.

Pittsylvania Co., VA. was created from Halifax Co., VA. and later Henry Co.,
VA. was formed from Pitsylvania Co., VA.
The Statutess of the Legislature fo VA. (Hening's Statues) contain a list of
payments to residents of Halifax Co., VA. in Sept., 1758, mostly for service
in the militia, for hire of horses and for provisions.
On the list are Nehemiah and Ningum (Ninyon, Ninian) Prater.
In the County Cort Orders of Pittsylvania Co., VA. the following names are
found:
1767 Neheiah Prater
1768 William Prater
1773 Nehemiah Prater (sometimes written "Miah")
1778 Ninian Prater
In 1766 land was surveyed for Elexious Musick.
Those names appeared later in the personal property lists of Henry Co., VA.
1778 Nehemiah, Archibald, Jonathan, and Ninion Prater.
1780 Nehemiah, Jonathan, William, Ninian, and Archibald.

During this period the names of Samuel Allen and Elexious Musick were on the
lists.
In Henry Co., VA. Marriage Records is the marriage of Sarah Prater to Simon
Allen 17 Sept., 1783.

Archibald moved to Washington Co., VA. soon after his discharge from service.
He settled in an area which is now Tazewell Co., VA.
This is proven by a land survay recored in Russel Co., VA.
Elexious Musick entered 153 1/2 acres of land in Washington Co., VA.
by warrant dated 1782. The land later lay in Russel Co., and finally
in Tazewell Co. as these counties were established.
"the line of Arch Prater"
The property was located near Cedar Bluff in present day Tazewell Co. VA.

A 1783 survay of land in Washington Co., VA. shows that Jonathan Prater
acquired 110 acres on the North Fork of the Clinch River.

Marriage Records of Wahsington Co., VA. include these:
"Thomas Prater to Millie Wheeler 27 May, 1778."
"William Prater to Elizabeth Fugate 26 Apr., 1785."

A 1785 Washington Co., VA. petition, asking that Russel Co., VA. be formed,
bore the signatures, Joseah Coleby, James Coleby, John Coleby and Zachariah
Fugate; Arch Prater, Jonathan Prater, Thomas Prater, and William Prater;
Elexious Musick, and Samuel Allen.

Samuel Allen also appears in the records of Russel Co., VA.

After Russel Co., VA. was established, the names of the Praters and related
families appeared there.
The 1787 personal property tax list for the upper district contained the names
of James Fugate, Josiah Fugate, Randolph Fugate; Arch Prater, Jonathan Prater,
and William Prater.

In 1792 Jonathan Praters name was on the Russel Co., VA. land tax list:
"Jonathan Prater, assignee of E. Musick, 100 acres."
The Russel Co., Court Order Book for this period confirms that Jonathan Prater
died in 1795.

Archibald Prater was on the personal property tax list of Russel Co., VA. as
late as 1799. According to census records he must have moved to KY. between
1802 and 1807. He appears on the 1810 Floyd Co., KY. census.
Sarah (Prater) Allen, widow of Samuel Allen was also listed in this 1810
census.
(William Allen, born ca. 1783 in Patrick Co., VA., so of Sarah Prater and
Samuel Allen, died in Brethett Co., KY. in 1845.

Nehemiah married Mrs Nehemiah Prater of Henry Co., Va. Mrs was born , of Henry Co., Va. [Group Sheet]

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John married Sarah Mosley, Mozley 30 Sep 1786, Bedford, Va. Sarah (daughter of Edward Mosley and Mary McDaniel) was born 26 Jul 1764, of, Chesterfield, Va; died Aft 1832, ,Franklin, Va. [Group Sheet]

John married Margaret Griffith, Patsy 24 Sep 1807, Tazewell Co., Va.. Margaret was born , of Tazewell Co., Va; was christened , Full Blood Indian, Prob. Cherokee. [Group Sheet]

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She is listed in the household of her brother, William Prater in the
Montgomery Co., Va. census of 1830.

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Nancy married John D. Cooper of Frederick Co., Md. John was born , Ireland; died Aft 1830, Washington Co., Pa.. [Group Sheet]

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He was listed as a Rev. War Soldier No. 25 on Richard Davis Returnes
Washington Co., Md. 1778, pg. 13, National Genealogical Soc., Quarterly, Vol.

He moved to Kentuck Parish, Lincoln Co., Va. where he bought or was granted
4000 acres near Ft. Harrod (now Ky.). He is mentioned in Collins History of
Ky., as one of the earliest of the pioneers, Indian fighters and in border
warfare.
Deeds: Washington Co., KY. Book B, p. 54 31 July, 1797.
Deposition of Basil Pather concerning entry of Thomas Prather of
2000 acres on Hardins Creek. Question asked by Thomas Freeman, guardian of
Thomas Prather concerning name of location being Indian Lick or Prathers
Lick. Wit: Philip Cleland, John Grundy, Benj. Caulk, Marcus Graham, Sam'l
Richards // Signed Basil Prather.

BOOK B, p 320 24 Mar., 1800 Prather's heirs to John Purdy;
Henry Prather agent of Theophilus Phillips and Thomas Prather, both
dec'd, erroneously located for a land warrant in Kentucky 800 acres
on Hardins Creek in name of Thomas Prather which should have been entered
in the name of Phillips on 20 Dec., 1781 which has since been assigned
to John Purdy.
Heirs of Thomas Prather dec'd of Mercer Co., Were: Margaret Prather,
now wife of Ephriam Lillard, and wife Margaret of one part and John
Purdy of Wash. Co. other part, assignee of Theophilus Phillips dec'd
of Monongahala Co., VA. Wit: Bened't Spalding, Charles Wickliff
Signed by all parties.

Thomas Prather's Will is the first Recorded in Mercer Co., Ky.

Thomas married Mary Ann Phillips 17 Jul 1776, Pa.. Mary (daughter of Theophilus Phillips, Lt Col and Ann Joanna Prather) was born Abt 1760, New Geneva, Fayette Co., Pa.; died 10 Jun 1787, ,Mercer, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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!Unmarried

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* Lived at Richard's Choice, Washington County, MD near Clear Spring -
* Married twice - no record of second wife.

Thomas married Rachel Ruth Shipley 20 Dec 1792, Maryland. Rachel (daughter of Richard Shipley and Mrs Richard Shipley, daughter of Richard Shipley and Jane Ayton) was born 19 Mar 1772, of, Washington, Md; died 24 Apr 1841, Washington Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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THE FOLLOWING IN A LETTER FROM JAMES PRATHER TO: MR. DANIEL COUNOVER,
LINKNEYSVILLE, UNION CO.,S.C. , A BROTHER OF HIS WIFE, RUTHER CROWNOVER.
Dear Brother,
I received you letter dated Nov.11,1810 at the post office in Hagerstown some
time in Oct. following, how said letter came to be so long delayed in its
pasage I cannot imagine. we had began to conclude that something had happened
with you but we find you got safe home to your family and we were happy in
finding you wrote to us shortly on your return home and that you were all in
heatlth and we have to inform you that we have reason to be thankful to devine
providence that we enjoy health at present I myself am much better in health
than when you were with us. Mother had a hard spell of sickness last spring
and summer but she has recovered to as perfect health as her age will admit.
Jonathan Nisbett and Polly and family and Thomas Smith, Betsy and family and
likewise my brother and sisters and their families are well. My two sons Sam
and James are marryed Samuel to Beticy Jacques in April last and James to a
neice of George Lowe living next neighbour to us , about a month ago and are
still living on the place with us. There has been no material changes taken
place but all nearing the situatuion as when you were with us. William
Crownover and family is well and Aunt Sarah Fitch is alive and well, Therfore
if such a thing could be to see you again O how happy would we bee, as things
with us was in so confused a state there was so little time for enjoying
ourselves in society together. But our great distance from each other renders
such a thing allmost impossible Except through the medium of writing which I
wish to continue each in his turn and as we cannot have the Social Company of

each other here on earth let us remind each other that it is our duty to
ourselves to prepare or endevour to prepare to meet in Glory and Eternal
felicity where parting shall be no more. James Prather, We do one and all
send our kind love and respects to you both and all freinds. Your Loving
Brother and Sister James Prather and Ruth Prather To Mr. Daniel Cownover and
Martha Cownover Pinkneysville, Union Co.,S.C.

James married Ruth Crownover 24 Aug 1784, Washington, Md.. Ruth was born Abt 1764, of, Washington, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Samuel married Gettie Friend Jefferson Co., Ky.. Gettie was born Abt 1768, of, Washington, Md; died 04 Dec 1830, Clear Spring, Washington, Md; was buried , Grave on Old Frank Showalter Farm. [Group Sheet]

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Henry married Louisa Bell Belt, Johnson 23 Nov 1809, Washington Co., Md.. Louisa (daughter of Jeremiah Belt and Mrs Jeremiah Belt) was born Abt 1778, of, Washington, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Mary married James Seaton Green Co., Pa.. James was born , Fredrick Co., Va.. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth married Alexander Wade Abt 1773, of, Frederick, Md. Alexander (son of George Wade and Mrs Ann Wade) was born Abt 1748, of, Frederick, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Sarah married Abraham Harding Fayette Co., Tn.. Abraham was born 01 Sep 1752, Elizabethtown, n.J. or Fayette Co., Pa.; died , Green Co., Ky.. [Group Sheet]

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Elinor married Mr Friend Abt 1781, of, Frederick, Md. Mr was born Abt 1756, of, Frederick, Md. [Group Sheet]

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Abagail married Thomas Simpson Abt 1784, of, Frederick, Md. Thomas was born Abt 1757, of, Frederick, Mo. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.198.04
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Ruhamah married James Kendall, Jr Fayette Co., Pa.. James (son of James Kendall, Sr and Ann Lucas) was born Abt 1763, ,,Md. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

!P-A,says d.2 apr 1832

Hosea married Isabella Hannah of Fayette Co., Pa. Isabella (daughter of John Hannah and Mrs Hannah) was born 07 Jun 1766, of, Frederick, Md; died 23 Apr 1832, ,Adams, Oh; was buried , Buckett Cem, Adams, Oh. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.200.06
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Notes:

!In Prater descendants book, death date is given 15 Mar 1834 in Adams Co. Ohio,
burial in Adams Co. Ohio.

!In Prater descendants book, death date is given 15 Mar 1834 in Adams Co. Ohio, burial in Adams Co. Ohio.

Aaron married Violet Moore Abt 1790, ,Frederick, Md. Violet (daughter of Ezekiel Moore and Sarah Graham) was born Abt 1770, ,Fayette, Pa; died Abt 1852, ,Adams, Oh. [Group Sheet]

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Martha married William S Hannah, Capt 04 Mar 1819, of, Frederick, Md. William (son of John Hannah and Mrs Hannah) was born 13 Sep 1770, ,,Va; died 09 Sep 1849, ,Adams, Oh. [Group Sheet]

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Henry married Rebecca Phillips Abt 1795, of Frederick Co., Md. Rebecca was born Abt 1775, of Frederick Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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Nancy married Mr Davis Abt 1793, of Frederick Co., Md. Mr was born Abt 1768, of Frederick Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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Richard Prather was a member of the convention which framed the second
Constitution of Ky., Assembled at Frankfort, Ky. 17 Aug., 1799.

Richard married Mary Polly Churchill Jefferson Co., Ky.. Mary (daughter of Armistead Churchill and Elizabeth Bakewell Blackwell) was born 05 Apr 1777, Warrenton, Fauquier, Va; died 26 Sep 1817, ,Jefferson, Ky; was buried , Blenheim Cem, Jefferson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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!Posssible d.23 Nov 1830

Henry gave a sworn deposition, 2 Oct., 1820, at Joseph Morgan's Tavern,
Harrodsburg, Ky., that he Henry Prather of Mercer Co., Ky., aged 71 years, was
acquaninted with Thomas and Basil PDrather's cabins, and that he made thomas
Prather's entry of 2000 acres to include thoe cabins on Hardin's Creek, (acct.
Washington Co., Ky. Archives, at Springfield, Ky.)
When the Committee of Observation for Elizabeth Town (now Hagertown) District,
Washington Co., (formerly before 1776 Frederick Co.) Marland recommended
Basil Prather as Captain, they also recommended HENRY PRATHER as Lieutenant.
In 1778, HENRY PRATHER is listed as a "Pioneer Soldier" (Collins Hist. of KY.)
Next HENRY PRATHER served as a private and then as a Captain, of Lincoln
Militia in George Rogers Clark Expedition, 1778/9. (Virginia State Library has
a photostat copy of the land grant received by HENRY PRATHER, for his services
in this expedition, for land in Clark Co., Indiana.

At a court held Dec., 3, 1779 Harrodsburg for adjusting disputed titles to Ky.
land, Henry was granted 1,400 acres on "Shawnee Run". He Stated he had resided
in the county 12 months before 1778.

Henry married Elizabeth Glass Wilson 07 Mar 1786, Nelson Co., Ky.. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Wilson and Mrs Robert Wilson) was born 03 Dec 1765, of, Nelson, Ky; died Abt 1839, ,Mercer, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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Basil married Sophia Twilley 07 Jun 1812, Clark Co., In.. Sophia was born , of Frederick Co., Md. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.208.04
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Mary married Elias Newman 13 Nov 1810, Jefferson Co., Ky.. Elias was born 1788, of, Jefferson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas married Elizabeth Cox 24 Feb 1818, of Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Cox, II and Nancy Neville Hughes) was born 19 Jul 1794, ,Powhatan, Va; died 21 Jul 1864, ,Jefferson, Ky; was buried , Prather Cem, Fox Hill, Jefferson, Ky. [Group Sheet]

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Martha married Warwick Miller, Dr 15 Dec 1815, Jefferson Co., Ky.. Warwick (son of Isaac Miller and Mrs Isaac Miller) was born Abt 1793, of, Jefferson, Ky; died May 1863. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

*Thomas was a Rev.War Soldier in Pa./ He had his farm there also. He was
neighbors with the McCamant family. (Venango Co.,Pa./ went there in 1800)
Note: He had a son Henry who's three children all married McCamants.
Also Thomas's oldest daughter Mary remained unmarried and later lived with
Ruth Antinetta (Prather) McCamant and John McCament, in Pa.
His home was on the Allegheny River at East Hickory. His son Thomas later
built a Gristmill on the farm creek. 1800 census Venango Co., PA. Roll#43p.587

Thomas married Elizabeth Crunkleton 25 Jan 1776, Franklin Co., Pa.. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Crunkleton and Mrs Margaret Crunkleton) was born 12 Feb 1758, of, Franklin, Pa; died 30 Jun 1831, ,Venango, Pa. [Group Sheet]

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John married Anna E. Henry of Cumberland Valley, Pa. Anna was born , of Cumberland Valley, Pa. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 5.215.04
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Notes:

!She was b.at Hicks-Prather farm near Greencastle,Antrim Twp,Cumberland Co.
PA

Mary had gained the right of ownership (first Claim) of some negro slaves.
There was a dispute over her right to first claim, subsequently her husband
was shot to death on his own door step, in ambush, by the person who was in
dispute with Mary and her husband.
For more info. refer. "George Gordon 1690 - 1759 of Cumberland Valley, Pa."
by Marian Otis Rt.#5 box 73 Pound Ridge, N.Y. 10576 (1989)

Mary married George Gordon 11 Mar 1778, Washington Co., Md., Formerly Frederick.. George (son of Henry Gordon and Sarah Johnson) was born 17 Apr 1758, Shady Grove, Franklin Co., Pa.; died , Near St.Louis, Mo.. [Group Sheet]

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* We show his father was married to Eliz. Hicks from Cumberland Valley, Pa.
and his wife Martha is buried at Cedar Hill Cem., Franklin Co., Pa.(1841)

Abraham married Martha Watson 07 Sep 1809, Cumberlland Co., Pa.. Martha (daughter of James Watson, Col and Elizabeth Long) was born 16 Dec 1773, of, Lancaster, Pa; died 28 May 1841, Antrim Twp, Cumberland, Pa; was buried , Cedar Hill Cem, Cumberland, Pa. [Group Sheet]

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They lived in Franklin Co., Pa. until about 1812 when they moved to Knox Co.,
Ohio

Henry married Elizabeth Glass of Cumberland Valley, Pa. Elizabeth was born Abt 1768, of, Waynesboro, Pa. [Group Sheet]

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Eleanor married (1)David Shannon
(2)Johnston Elliot of Franklin Co.,Pa. (3) John Warden of Chambersburg,
Pa.

Eleanor married David Shannon Abt 1793, of, Cumberland, Pa. David was born Abt 1768, of, Cumberland, Pa. [Group Sheet]

Eleanor married Johnston Elliott Abt 1783, of, Cumberland, Pa. Johnston was born Abt 1768, of, Cumberland, Pa. [Group Sheet]

Eleanor married John Wardon Abt 1792, of, Cumberland, Pa. John was born Abt 1768, of, Cumberland, Pa. [Group Sheet]

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!No children

Elizabeth married Daniel Collier, Col of Allegany, Md. Daniel (son of Isaac Collier and Elizabeth Cresap) was born 08 Jan 1764, of Chester, Pa; was christened , Soldier in War of 1812 (col.); died 17 Apr 1835, ,Adams, Oh; was buried , Tiffin Twp, Adams, Oh. [Group Sheet]

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• Ancestral File Number: QCND-X2
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!No children

Marriage file form "Estate of James Prather, 1818 "Mary wife of Thomas Foster"

Mary married Thomas Lewis Foster 07 Mar 1792, ., Allegany, Md.. Thomas (son of John Foster, Rev and Elizabeth Lewis) was born 18 Jun 1776, of Frederick Co., Md; died 30 Jul 1849, ,Warren, In; was buried , Foster Cem., Pike Co., Oh. [Group Sheet]

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!No children

Martha married John Foster, Jr.Capt 02 Mar 1792, ,Allegany Co, Md. John (son of John Foster, Rev and Elizabeth Lewis) was born 03 Mar 1771, of, Md; died 22 Aug 1832, ,Ross, Oh; was buried , Foster Cem, Madison County, Oh. [Group Sheet]