Josiah Isiah Prater (1792)

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From Mother Susannah (Hubbard) Prather lived to be 93 years old. She died on August 9, 1848, in Pickens Co., South Carolina, USA.

Revolutionary War Pension records state that at the time of her death, 9 August, 1848, Susannah's request for a widow's pension was in process. It further states that she had seven surviving children as of 1850: John, Thomas, Philip, Jeremiah, Aaron, Josiah and Joseph. Philip and Thomas hadn't been heard from in 12-15 years. It also says that her husband, Philip Prather, died in 1797 and she then married William Hammond, who left her after two years and had long since died.

Susannah Hammond's probate record contains a letter by her son, Jeremiah, in which he states that her heirs are Thomas Prater, Phillip Prater, Aaron Prater, Josiah Prater, Joseph Prater, himself, the heirs of John Prater, Sally Wallace and Polly Hubbard. Jeremiah was the only heir still living in the state on October 6, 1851.

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• U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; Name: Susannah Hammond; Application State: South Carolina; Applicant Designation: Widow's Pension Application File; Second Applicant Name: Philip Prater; Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 1176; Total Pages in Packet: 1

• 1830 Hall County, Georgia census

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Excerpts of 1830 Hall County, Georgia

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