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Lt. Thomas Prather

Born about 1760 in Bedford, Virginia

Ancestors

Son of William Thomas (Prather) Prater and Martha (Wyatt) Prater

Brother of Benjamin Franklin Prater

Husband of Delilah (Broyles) Prather — married 11 Mar 1782 in Greene County, Tennessee

Descendants

Father of Delila Lilly (Prather) Bitner and Jonathan Prather

Died 17 Jul 1813 at about age 53 in Greene County, Tennessee

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1 Biography
2 Children
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgments

Biography

Thomas Prather served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Thomas was born in 1760. Thomas Prather ... He passed away in 1813. ^[1]

"State of Virginia whilst a single man and prior to the year 1782 performed a tour of duty as guard at the Chisels Coal Mines now in Wythe County Virginia, at the time that the British were attempting to break through from South Carolina to the mines and take possession thereof, being as was generally understood the object of Ferguson, in attempting a pass at Kings Mountain which brought about the battle of Kings Mountain and the defeat of Ferguson."

"On November 10, 1851 in Green County Tennessee, Samuel Broyles, 80, gave testimony that he was acquainted with Lieutenant Thomas Prather in the year 1793 when he, Thomas Prather served a 6 months tour as a Ranger in a company commanded by Captain Gregg; that Thomas Prather and Delilah Broyles were legally married at the time specified by the Lila Prather in her application."

"On November 7, 1851 in Greene County Tennessee, John Baley, 74, gave testimony that he served in a company of Rangers in 1793 against the hostile Cherokee Indians; the company was commanded by Captain Gregg of green County; that Thomas Prather was Lieutenant of said company and that the company serve for 6 months.^[2]

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Children

Prather, Jeremiah b.17 day of April 1802

Prather, Mary

Prather, Elizabeth Betsy b.October 27th 1783

Prather, Isaac

Prather, Catherine Kate b. 22 JAN 1786 of,Greene,Tn

Prather, Sarah Sally

Prather, Nancy b. September the first day in 1790

Prather, Henrietta

Prather, Delilah Lilly b. 25th day of October in the year 1792

Prather, Tabitha b. 18 MAR 1795 of,Greene,Tn d. BEF 1813

Prather, William b. 18 MAR 1795 of,Greene,Tn

Prather, Jonathan b. 28th day of March in 1797

Prather, James b. 19 MAR 1800 of,Greene,Tn

Prather, Abigail b. 20 day of May 1804

Sources

↑ Entered by Stephanie Sanchez, Jul 2, 2013
↑ http://www.revwarapps.org/r8419.pdf

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Stephanie Sanchez for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Stephanie and others.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Jerry Prater : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup E-L117, FTDNA kit #384859
Michael Prater : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup E-CTS6667, FTDNA kit #N194057
H Martin Prather : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup E-BY8439, FTDNA kit #325658
Wayne Prather : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1a1a-CTS4179, FTDNA kit #78145 + Y-Chromosome Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1a1a
David Prater : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup EM35, FTDNA kit #756248, MitoYDNA ID T10867 [compare]