Born in Blue River, Floyd, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Sister of
William J. Bradley and Lucinda (Bradley) Allen
Wife of
William Thomas Prater
— married
21 Mar 1899 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mona (Prater) Howard and Oliver Prater
Died
at age 81
in Risner, Floyd, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Oct 2013
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Biography
Pocahontas was born in Novmeber 17, 1886 in Blue River, Floyd, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Elias Bradley and Sarah Crisp.
On March 21, 1899 she married William Prater in Floyd County, Kentucky. [1]
Pocahontas passed July 12, 1968 in Risner, Floyd County, Kentucky. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-7N54 : 22 July 2021), William Prater and Polka Bradley, 21 Mar 1899; citing Marriage, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,109,942.
- ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH1-VP4Y : 6 December 2023), Polkie Prater, 12 Jul 1968; citing Death, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
See also:
- "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94Q-Z77 : Fri Oct 06 11:20:10 UTC 2023), Entry for William Prater and Palka Prater, 1900.
- "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2D9-H72 : Fri Oct 06 20:02:43 UTC 2023), Entry for William Prater and Poka Prater, 1910.
- "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6N-LD4 : Thu Oct 05 20:46:21 UTC 2023), Entry for William Prater and Polkie Prater, 1930.
- "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7RR-ZT9 : Tue Nov 28 10:05:10 UTC 2023), Entry for William Prater and Polka Prater, 1940.
- Pocahontas Bradley in entry for Oliver Prater in, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJ7-XT1
- Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal GEDmatch comparison between Jerry Prater , GEDmatch kit # m644834, and Sherrie (Crisp) Shofroth, GEDmatch kit # H509627, (compare kits), his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are William Crisp and Millie Nunn, the great great grandparents of both Jerry Prater and Sherrie (Crisp) Shofroth. Predicted relationship from GEDmatch: Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 3.8, based on sharing 75.8 cM across 4 segments.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Jerry Prater for creating Bradley-3199 on 29 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Jerry and others.
Memories: 1
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Jerry Prater
This is my grandmother and there are to many stories that I could tell about her. She was a great lady and a very loving person. All the people in Floyd co. Ky. that knew her,loved her.I always loved to hear her tell stories of when she was growing up .
posted 6 Apr 2014 by Jerry Prater
[thank Jerry]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polkie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polkie:
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~25.00%
Jerry Prater
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23andMe, GEDmatch m644834 [compare]
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~3.12%
Sherrie (Crisp) Shofroth :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H509627 [compare]
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~1.56%
Steve Bailey :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch B358370 [compare]
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~0.78%
Leeanne (Burns) Andrews :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XB8085305 [compare], Ancestry member DLBL17
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~0.39%
Manuel Montgomery :
23andMe, GEDmatch M488298 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692704 [compare], Ancestry member MLM1947
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B604680
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~0.39%
Doug Owsley :
MyHeritage DNA
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