Basil Prather (1742 - 1822)

Born 20 Oct 1742 in Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Chlorinda (Robertson) Prather — married 1765 in Frederick, Maryland

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1822 at age 79 in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana

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Biography

Basil Prather served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Basil Prather was born on Oct 20, 1742 in Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, British Province of Maryland. He was a twin with brother Baruch Prather. They were sons of Aaron Prather and his wife, who was also his cousin, Jane (Prather) Prather.

Spouse: Chlorinda (Robertson) Prather
Married: 1765 in Frederick County, Province of Maryland

The couple had 16 children between 1765 and 1798.

After leaving Maryland in about 1772, he moved with his family to Rowan County, NC and then in 1789 he sold his land and moved to Clark County, Indiana. He was instrumental in establishing the New Chapel Methodist Church and the Union Methodist Church.^[1]

He died 7 October 1822 in Clark County, Indiana, United States and was buried at New Chapel Church Cemetery, Watson, Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States.^[2]

Residences

• 1790 Iredell Co NC, Salisbury Dist, p 157: Bazil Praither, 3/4/4 ^[3]
• 1800, Jefferson County, Kentucky ^[4]
• 1810 Indiana Territory: census not available
• 1820, Clark County, Indiana^[5]

Revolutionary War Service

Revolutionary War NC; oath of allegiance 28 Feb 1778, Washington Co. MD; wounded in the knee at the Battle of Camden, SC, 1780

He signed an Oath of Allegiance in Maryland in 1778; by 1780 he had moved to North Carolina. While serving in the militia there, he was shot in the knee at the Battle of Camden, 16 August 1780.^[6]

Basil Prather was born in Maryland and moved to North Carolina. He served in the militia in the American Revolutionary War in North Carolina. After the war, he was given land, for his service, in Indiana where he and his family moved; he owned a farm there near Jeffersonville and died in Clark County, Indiana, USA, in 1822.

Research Notes

Many researchers assign a middle name "William" or middle initial R to this man. Neither any contemporary evidence. The "R" is a confusion with his son, Basil Robertson Prather.

Sources

1. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rhdaily/genealogy/history_of_Prather_Indiana.htm
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8858521/basil-william-prather
3. ↑ See 1790 Census
4. ↑ "Second Census of Kentucky," p 235: Basil Prather, Jefferson Co, 9/3/1800
5. ↑ Clark Co IN, p 14: Basil R Prather: 131401/31110
6. ↑ Kathy Patterson's supplemental is in Add Vol 958 #DAR, #Roster, #RosterIN

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Nov 10, 2017), "Record of Basil Praither", Ancestor # A092400.
• Ancestry.com. Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana. Link
• State Records of NC, 1901, Vol. 19, p. 179.
• History of Clark Co IN, Baird, 1909, pp. 54, 674-676. History of the OH Falls Cities, 1882, Vol. 2, p. 409 and passim.
• Roster of Soldiers in NC in the American Revolution, 1932, p. 354. "Basil Prather (1742-1822) born in MD, died in Clark Co IN: Militia, #6907, Salisbury District Comptroller's Office Certificate, 1785."
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in IN, Vol. 2, Byrne, 1954, p. 82: "Prather, Basil, Clark Co. b 1741/42, Rockwell, Montgomery Co MA, formerly Frederick Co, married ca 1765, Chloe (Chlorenda) Robertson (Robinson), b 14 Aug 1748, MD, died Clark Co IN, 12 Jul 1812. Basil Prather died 8 Oct 1822, Clark Co IN. Soldier and wife buried New Chapel Cemetery, near Utica IN. Both have stones. Children: [includes] Lloyd md. Louisville KY, Nancy Redman 21 Jun 1804; Also 1966 edition, pp. 83-84. DAR Patriot Index.
• Lineage application of Katherine Alvis Patterson, national no. 554801, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, supplemental (Basil Prather), "Add" volume 958, approved 2008.
• Territorial Papers of Indiana, various petitions dated 1809-1816, from University of South Dakota Library, copied 1967. Clark Co IN petition, dated 12 Dec 1809, included: truman hilton, James Hilton, Joshua W redman, Lloyd Prather, Benjamin Redman, Basil R Prather, Aaron Prather, Roger Redman, Jacob Veatch, Wm Prather.
• Another Indiana peition from 1809 included: Wm Prather, Truman Hilton, James Hilton, John Prather, Basil R Prather, Aaron Prather, Lloyd Prather. A territorial memorial signed 31 Dec 1810 included Aaron Prather and Jacob Veatch. A territorial petition, 11 Dec 1811, had: Aaron Prather, James Hilton, Basil Prather, Wm Prather, Basil R Prather. Clark Co IN petition, dated 16 Dec 1813, included: Aaron Prather, Samuel Prather, Basil Prather, Loyd Prather. Clark Co IN Memorial, 15 Oct 1812: Rezin Redman, Commandant of a Detachment from Clark. Territory Memorial, 1 Feb 1815: Basil Prather. A footnote mentons Basil Prather, a native of Maryland and postmaster in 1816 at Salem. 17 April 1816: a note from the Postmaster General to Basil Prather.
• Anna M. Cartlidge, Marriage Records of People Named Prather, Prater, Prator, Praytor, 1976, no page copied. NSDAR Library, 1987.
• History of the Old Falls Cities and Their Counties, L. A. Williams & Co, Volume II, page 409 (1882): "Basil R. Prather, the father of the Prathers in the township, came here from North Carolina in 1801. His sons, Thomas, William, Walter, Basil R. Jr., Judge Samuel, Lloyd, John & Simon (Sion), were all married when they came here, except the last named. They settled throughout the township, and formed a class of men possessed of many admirable qualities." Henry Potts, Robert Potts, William Potts, Annie Potts and Sarah Potts
• See also Space:Iredell County Revolutionary Soldiers for a comprehensive list of Iredell Revolutionary War Veterans.
• Maryland and Indiana vital records.