Jane (Kirkpatrick) Prater (abt. 1781 - 1863)

Born about 1781 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died Jul 1863 at about age 82 in Calhoun County, Alabama [uncertain]

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Biography

Jane Kirkpatrick was born 1781-1784 in South Carolina. Exact birthdate needed. She was the daughter of Robert Kirkpatrick and Rebecca Wood.

Jane Kirkpatrick married Joseph Dowdle, about 1809.[marriage date needed]

From the 1820 census, we figure Joseph and Jane married before 1810.

On the 1 June 1814 in York County, South Carolina, Jane and her husband Joseph Dowdle received her share of her father's estate as inheritance.

In the 1820 census of York County, South Carolina, Cap James Galloway's List; Joseph Dowdle age 26-45, (wife Jane) 26-45, 3 males under 10, 2 females under 10,

Jane's husband Joseph Dowdle died 16 April 1830 in Sharon, York County, South Carolina and was buried in the Bullock Creek Cemetery there.

In the 1830 census for York County, SC; Jane Dowdle (recently widowed) is aged 40-50, 1 m 15-20 (son Robert Thomas), [the other male is missing or moved out], 1 f 5-10, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 15-20. What are the names of those three (daughters?) in Janes's household?

On 29 Dec 1834 York County, SC; Jane Dowdle and Thomas Dowdle (son) are present at the estate sale of her mother Rebecca Kirkpatrick.

Between 1838-1840 in then Benton County, Alabama, now Calhoun County, AL, Case 1, File 14; Jean/Jane Dowdle, widow of Joseph, sues for her share of real estate from his estate. She appoints attorney Wm Jamison of York Dist, SC while she claims residency in Benton County, Alabama. [Benton Co, AL 1832-1858 was renamed Calhoun County, AL]. She signs as Jean Dowdle, the clerk uses Jane Dowdle as her name.

In the 1840 census of then Benton County, now Calhoun County, AL; Robert T Dowdle (indexed as Ro) age 20-29, 1 m under 5, 1 m 15-19, 1 f under 5, 1 f 30-39 (wife?), 1 f 50-59 (his mother Jane would be 59).

After Jane's husband John Prater's death in 1850, his daughter sued the two sons named as administrators of the estate. It was a property dispute. Daughter Elizabeth, wife of Memory Allen, brought the suit.

1 Oct 1859, petitions for partition were filed, asking for the sale of 130 acres on Turkey Creek, York Co, SC that belonged to the dec'd Andrew W Kirkpatrick for distribution amongst the heirs, sister Margaret Kirkpatrick, sister Jane Prater and the two children of dec'd sister [Mary], viz William Rainey and Rebecca P Rainey Hood, wife of Henry Hood.

In the 1860 census of Calhoun County, AL, Jane Prater is 76, b SC, $1000 of land, farming and cannot read or write. In the 1860 Agricultural census, Jane Prater has 100 AC improved, 20 AC not improved, value $1,000. There is a James Prater a few lines down with a farm valued at $2200.

In July of 1863, Jane Kirkpatrick Dowdle Prater died, probably in Calhoun County, Alabama. Burial has not been found yet.

10 Mar 1864 Calhoun County, Alabama. After the death of Jane Kirkpatrick Dowdle Prater, Nancy B Dowdle sued the same Prater brothers, executors of John Prater Estate, for $3,000 damages for cattle, hogs, cash on hand, etc that may have been due Jane Prater's estate.

Sources

• Inheritance: 1 June 1814 York County, South Carolina; Jane and Joseph Dondle [Dowdle] receive their share of her father's estate.

• Probate: "South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980"
  Records of Estates; Author: South Carolina. Court of Ordinary (York District); Probate Place: York, South Carolina
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9080 #246557 (accessed 31 August 2023)
  Rebecca Kirkpatrick probate in 1834 in York, South Carolina, USA.

• Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967"
  Original data: Marriage Records. Alabama Marriages. County courthouses, Alabama
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61365 #901494240 (accessed 31 August 2023)
  Jane Dowdle marriage to John Prater on 30 Dec 1841 in Calhoun, Alabama, USA.

• 1850 > Benton: "Alabama, U.S., State Census, 1820-1866"
  1850 > Benton > image 102 of 228
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 31 August 2023)

• Alabama > Benton > Subdivision 29: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
  Alabama > Benton > Subdivision 29 > image 2 of 22
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 31 August 2023)
  John Pruter.

• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Ranges 8 and 9, Calhoun, Alabama; Roll: M653_4; Page: 422; Family History Library Film: 803004
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #12960835 (accessed 31 August 2023)
  Jane Prater (76), Farmer, in Ranges 8 and 9, Calhoun, Alabama. Born in South Carolina.

• Alabama > Agriculture > 1860 > Calhoun > Ranges 8 and 9: "U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880"
  Alabama > Agriculture > 1860 > Calhoun > Ranges 8 and 9 > image 27 of 30
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 31 August 2023)
  Jane Prater.

• Probate: "Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999"
  Clarke > Probate and Circuit Court Records, Allen, Memory and Elizabeth-Jake and Abernathy, 1846-1892 > image 181 of 1176
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 31 August 2023)