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From: Steve Coker <>
Subject: [PRATHER-L] Prather: Basil, Hannah, King (2of3)
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 04:47:14 -0500


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PARENTS BIRTH DEATH NOTES
& PROGENY DATES - DATES b = born, d = death
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Basil (Bazel) Prather 1748 - 1832 b Prince George MD
Priscilla Swearington 1747 - b MD
Archelaus Prather 1766 - 7/05/1850 d before this date?
John Prather 1768 - 11/18/1823 d Laurens SC
Josiah Prather II 1770 - 2/ /1824 b Laurens SC
Martha Prather 1772 - 2/ /1829 d Laurens SC
Verlinda Prather 1774 - after 1831 d Merriwether GA
Abarilla Prather 1775 - 3/22/1856 d Park Co IN
Brice Prather 1776 - 2/ /1859 d Wayne Co TN
Hollaway Prather 1/23/1777 - 11/28/1846 d Fayette Co IL
Basil Prather Jr 6/26/1783 - 7/01/1835 d Lake Vidalia IL
Hanna Prather 1788 - after 1860 d Tippah Co MS
King Prather 1790 - / /1836 d Randolph Co AL
Mary Prather 3/10/1795 - 3/19/1830 d Wayne Co TN
Priscilla Prather - by 1832 d Laurens SC
Rutha Prather - 12/11/1829 d before this date?

Basil Prather & Priscilla Swearington are both listed as having died in Laurens,
SC. All of the children except Archelaus are listed as being born in Laurens,
SC. No more information is found on Priscilla Swearington.

Basil Prather's parents are John Prather and Abarilla Hyatt. Abarilla Hyatt
remarried to Reuben Flanagan after John Prather died and moved from Maryland to
Newberry District, SC with her five Prather children.

In Robert Mills' 1825 Atlas of the State of South Carolina on the Newberry
District map is shown "Flanagan's Mill" marked on the Enoree River about one
mile downstream from the confluence of Duncan's Creek with Enoree River. I
assume this mill belonged to Reuben Flanagan's family since they owned and sold
land close to this mill site along Duncan's Creek.

The Enoree River was the boundary between Union District and Newberry District.
About five miles upriver from Flanagan's Mill is the boundary line between
Laurens District and Newberry District. So, Flanagan's Mill is in Newberry
District and on the opposite river bank from the mill is Union District. About
five miles upriver is Laurens District. Duncan's Creek is about midway between
Flanagan's Mill site and the Laurens District line.

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Archelaus Prather 1766 - 7/05/1850 d before this date?

No record of marriage. Archelaus is listed as born in Prince George MD. He may
have die before date shown in Warren Co TN.

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John Prather / /1768 - 11/18/1823 d Laurens Co SC
Mary Ann Adair / /1776 - / /1822 d Laurens Co SC
James Prather / / - / / b Laurens Co SC
Milly Prather / / - / / b Laurens Co SC
daughter Prather / / - / / b Laurens Co SC
Archibald Prather / / - / / b Laurens Co SC
Martha Prather / / - / / b Laurens Co SC
Mary Polly Prather 5/21/1808 - 2/06/1882 d Troup Co GA
Nancy Prather / / - / / d Troup Co GA
Priscilla Prather / / - / / d Troup Co GA

John Prather and Mary Ann Adair are both listed as born and died in Laurens Co
SC.

Sisters Mary, Nancy, and Priscilla all married Daniel Owens. (see below)

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Josiah Prather II 1770 - 2/ /1824 b Laurens SC
Tabitha Pearson / / - / / b Union Co ? SC
Francinah Towsend 11/20/1780 - 11/05/1851 d Union Co MS
John Thedford Prather 12/28/1815 - 10/10/1902 b Laurens SC

No more information listed about first wife Tabitha. Son John Thedford Prather
listed as died in Lee Co, MS.

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Martha Prather 1772 - 2/ /1829 d Laurens SC
Matthew McCrary / / - / /

Martha died before her father's first will was written in 1829. No more
information.

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Verlinda Prather 1774 - after 1831 d Merriwether GA
Samuel Bishop / / - after 1831 d Merriwether GA

No more information.

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Abarilla Prather 1775 - 3/22/1856 d Park Co IN
John Southerland / / - / /

They lived in Anderson, SC then Clark Co, KY, then Park Co IN. Abarilla is
listed as born in Laurens Co SC.

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Brice Prather 1776 - 2/ /1859 d Wayne Co TN
Martha Elizabeth Riley 1784 - after 1850 b Laurens SC

Brice and Martha married ca 1800. Both listed as born in Laurens SC and died in
Wayne Co, TN.

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Hollaway Prather 1/23/1777 - 11/28/1846 d Fayette Co IL
Anna Adair 5/01/1776 - 8/30/1846 b Laurens SC
Samuel Prather 3/31/1800 - / /
Brice Prather / /1802 - / /
Mary S. Prather 11/06/1803 - / /
_____ Prather / / - / /
Alexander Prather 10/17/1807 - / /
Priscilla Prather / / - / /
Jane Prather / / - / /
John Prather / / - / /

Hollaway and Anna married ca 1798 and are both listed as born in Laurens SC and
died in Fayette Co IL.

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Basil Prather Jr 6/26/1783 - 7/01/1835 d Lake Vidalia IL
Rosannah Lance 8/18/1791 - / /1830 d Warren Co TN
Sarah Murrell / /1807 - 7/08/1839

Basil is listed as born in Laurens SC. He married Rosannah ca 1807. No more
information.

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Hanna Prather 1788 - after 1860 d Tippah Co MS
Robert Adair / /1796 - after 1860 b Laurens Co SC
Basil Adair / / - / / d
William Adair / / - / / d
Mary Adair / / - / / d
Jane Adair / / - after 1860 d Tippah Co MS

Hanna and Robert are both listed as born in Laurens SC and died in Tippah Co
MS. No more information.

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King Prather 1790 - after 1836 d Randolph Co AL
Letha ? before 1800 - 6/16/1880 d after this date?
Ephraim Prather / /1812 - / /1883 d AL
Jackson Prather 4/09/1814 - 2/10/1902 d Troup Co GA
Brice Prather / / - / / d Chambers Co AL
King Prather Jr / /1823 - / /1880 d ? GA or AL
Mary Polly Prather / /1837 - / / b Troup Co ? GA

King Jr. died in Troup Co. Ga or Randolph Co. AL. Mary may have been born in
Merriwether Co GA. All the other children are listed as born in Laurens SC.
King Sr. is listed as born in Laurens SC and died before 1/07/1879 in Randolph
Co AL.

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Mary Prather 3/10/1795 - 3/19/1830 d Wayne Co TN
? Lynch / / - / /

Mary was born in Laurens Co SC. No more information.

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Priscilla Prather - before 1832 d Laurens SC
? Riley / / - / /
James Riley / / - / /

Priscilla is listed as born and died in Laurens Co SC. No more information.

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Rutha Prather / / - 12/11/1829 d before this date?
John Hare or Page ? / / - 12/11/1829 d after this date?

Rutha is listed as born and died in Laurens Co SC. No more information.

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Mary Polly Prather 5/21/1808 - 2/06/1882 b Laurens Co SC
Nancy Prather / / - / / b Laurens Co SC
Priscilla Prather / / - / / b Laurens Co SC
Daniel Owens / /1790 - 12/10/1883 b Newberry SC
Martha Owens / /1837 - / / b Troup Co GA
Daniel Lafayette Owens / /1838 - / / b Troup Co GA
Mary Frances Owens 1/11/1839 - 4/17/1916 d Troup Co GA
Willis D. Owens / /1842 - / / b Troup Co GA
Hannah D. Owens / /1843 - / / b Troup Co GA
Nancy Priscilla Owens 11/09/1845 - 9/09/1923 d Troup Co GA
Joshua M. Owens 11/26/1847 - 3/07/1918 d Mountville GA
Oncy C. Owens / /1849 - / / b Troup Co GA
Jesse P. Owens 4/04/1851 - 10/15/1918 b Troup Co GA

Daniel Owens married Mary Polly Prather on 3/10/1836. It is also reported that
the three sisters Mary, Nancy, and Priscilla all married Daniel Owens. All
three sisters are listed as born in Laurens Co SC and died in Troup Co GA. They
were the daughters of John Prather and Mary Ann Adair. (see above)

Daniel Owens parents were Fanny Flanagan and Henry Owens Sr., a Revolutionary
War veteran. Fanny Flanagan was the half-sister of Basil Prather, the
grandfather of Mary, Nancy, and Priscilla Prather.

Daniel had a brother named Henry Owen Jr. who died in South Carolina in 1834.
Henry Owen Jr. had at least four children who were Anthony Owen, Eleanor Owen,
Margaret Owen, and Dr. Henry W. Owen (born 1822).

Joshua M. Owens was a C.S.A. Veteran Co A 37th GA Regiment.

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Daniel Lafayette Owens / /1838 - / / d Troup Co GA
Isabella McAndrews / /1843 - 6/30/1927
Mary Owens / / - / / b Troup Co GA
Willis Owens / / - / / b Troup Co GA

Daniel married Isabella 1/31/1861 in Troup Co. GA. Isabella was the daughter of
William McAndrews and a Miss Bass.

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Jesse P. Owens 4/04/1851 - 10/15/1918 b Troup Co GA
? wife / / - / /
Lilla Owens / / - / /

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Source: The unpublished work titled "1492-1992 Five Hundred Years of Prater -
Prather and Related Families" by Harold Othell Miller, 24005 US Hwy 76,
Newberry, SC 29108 (803) 276-8453. For more information on the source search
the Rootsweb archives.

It is left for the reader to verify or disprove the above information.

Steven J. Coker

http://www.wp.com/Coker/family.html
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/278

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