Husband: Samuel PRATER
Birthdate: 1822
Birthplace: Wayne Co., TN
Death date: Mar. 1880
Place of death: prob. Mountain View, Stone Co., AR
Burial:
Father: Brice Bazel "Baze/Basie" PRATHER/PRATER; Abt. 1776, Laurens Co., SC
Mother: Martha Elizabeth RILEY PRATER; Abt. 1786, poss. Laurens Co., SC

Marriage date: Bet. 1840 - 1843
Marriage place: prob. Wayne Co.,TN

Wife: Elizabeth Rebecca RILEY
AKA: Beckie RILEY
Birthdate: Bet. 1828-1830
Birthplace: prob. Wayne Co., TN
Death date: Aft. Jun. 17, 1895
Place of death: prob. Mountain View, Stone Co., AR
Burial:
Father: unknown. RILEY
Mother: unknown.

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Rebecca "Beckey" PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1844, prob. Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: Aft. Jun. 11, 1880, poss. Mt. View, Stone Co., AR
Burial:

Child No. 2: Holloway "Hollie / Holly" P. PRATER
Birthdate: Apr.14, 1845, rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: Malinda "Linda" Lucinda Valentine SANDERS
Marriage date: Jan.1, 1863, Wayne Co., TN
Death date: Oct. 9, 1917, Clifton, Wayne Co., TN (D. C.);
Burial: Praters Chapel Cem., Clifton, TN

Child No. 3: Mary PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1846, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: J. T. REEVES
Marriage date: Jan.1, 1861, Wayne Co., TN
Death date: Aft. Jun.11, 1880, poss. Stone Co., AR
Burial:

Child No. 4: Martha PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1849, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: unknown.
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown. Co., AR or marr.
Burial:

Child No. 5: Samuel PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1852, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: unknown.
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown.
Burial:

Child No. 6: Cassy PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1855, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names:
Marriage date:
Death date: Aft. Aug. 16, 1860 & bef. July 6,1870 TN/AR or marr.
Burial:

Child No. 7: William Holt PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1857, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: unknown.
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown.
Burial:

Child No. 8: Elifus / Eliphus PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1858, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: Dempsey A. PRATER
Marriage date: Dec. 2, 1877, Stone Co., AR
Death date: Aft. May 10, 1893, poss. Mt. View, Stone Co., AR
Burial:

Child No. 9: Ann PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1864, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: unknown.
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown.
Burial:

Child No. 10: Wesley PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1866, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: Mary M. NOLAND
Marriage date: June 1, 1903, Mountain View, Stone Co., AR
Death date: unknown.
Burial:

Child No. 11: Vilet PRATER
Birthdate: Abt. 1868, prob. rural Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Spouses' names: unknown.
Marriage date:
Death date: Aft. July 6, 1870 - bef. Jun. 11, 1880, poss. Searcy/Stone Co., AR
Burial:
 
 
Documentation:
* 1820 - 1920 Wayne Co., TN Fed. Censuses;
* 1870 Searcy Co., AR Census;
* 1880 Stone Co., AR Census;
* Stone Co. Marriage Bks. A & B;
* Elizabeth PRATER Homesteaded land next to her son, Elifus Prater: Final Cert. No. 10224; Homestead Application No. 19126, LAND OFFICE at Harrison AR, Feby 22, 1895, Sect. 27, Town. 15 N, Range 11W; Approved May 13, 1895; Patented 17 June 1895, Recorded, Vol. 21, page 310;
* Son, Elifus PRATER Homesteaded land: Final Cert. No. 8728; Homestead Application No. 10951, LAND OFFICE at Harrison AR Nov. 23, 1892, Sect. 17, Town. 15N, Range 11W; Approved Apl. 22, 1893; Patented May 10, 1893, Recorded, Vol. 18, page 297;
* 1880 Stone Co., AR Mortality Schedules;
* Death Certificates & Tombstone data of my g-grand-parents, Hollie & Linda PRATER, above;
* Family Bible, Death Certificates & tombstone data of and by my grand-parents, James Thomas "Jim T./Jim Hollie" (son of the above, Holloway P. and Malinda Prater) and Abbie Bell/Belle WELLS PRATER;
* Wayne Co., TN; Marriage and Courthouse Records, Land Deeds, etc.; my mother, Lillian Maude PRATER WALKER, dau. of Jim & Belle PRATER; and infor. by relatives, etc.