Born about in Lunenburg County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
and Brother of
Thomas Prather II, James Prater, Sarah Elizabeth (Prater) Faqua, Nehemiah Prather, Archibald Prather, Glatha Prather, William Prather, Nancy Elizabeth (Prather) Adkinson, Margaret Coleman [half] and Mary Coleman [half]
Husband of
Sarah Elizabeth (Musick) Prater
— married
1780 in Tazewell, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Rhoda Prater, Jonathan (Prater) Prather Jr., James William Prater, William Musick Prater and Thomas Prater
Died after
after about age 45
in Floyd, Kentucky, United States
Profile managers:
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Biography
- Avoid this Genealogical Confusion:
Please do not confuse this man with his 1st cousin: Jonathan Prather V, aka John Prater, born in 1758 in Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia. Both were grandsons of Jonathan Prather III, b: 1696 in Calvert County, Maryland.
- Name:
- Name: Jonathan /Prather/
- Given Name: Jonathan
- Surname: Prather (aka Prater)
- Birth:
Jonathan Prater (aka Prather) was born in about 1757 in Halifax County (became Pittsylvania County in 1767), Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Prater and Josie Allen. He passed away shortly after 1795 in Floyd County, Kentucky, USA.[1]
- Marriage:
- Marriage Date: About 1780
- Married in Washington County (became Tazewell in 1799), Virginia[2]
- Husband: Jonathan Prather
- Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Musick
- 4 Children:
- Jonathan Prather Jr. b: ca. 1780 in Washington Co., VA
- James William Prather, b: 1785 in Washington Co., VA
- William B. Prater, b: 1787 in Russell Co., Virginia
- Thomas Prather, b: 1795 in Russell (Tazwell) Co., VA
- Death:
Just after the birth of their 4th child in about 1795, Jonathan and Elizabeth (Musick) Prather moved their family from south-west Virginia to Floyd County, Kentucky. Jonathan Prather died shortly after the move; no exact death date or burial site is known. He was only about 38 years old.
- American Revolutionary War Veteran:
Jonathan Prater and his older brother (b: 1755) Archibald Prather, both joined the Virginia Militia (American Revolution) in Henry County, Virginia, at the Chesterfield Court House on September 11, 1780.[3]
Note
"He signed the Oath of Allegiance to the United States in Henry Co., VA. on 3 Jan.,1777, all free males over 16 years of age were asked to sign this oath. On the Henry Co., VA. list are Archibald Prater, Jonathan Prater, Samuel Allen, and Electious Musick. (Archibald's brother, Jonathan Prather, was married to Elizabeth Musick, daughter of Electious.) (Jonathan Prather, born 1758 Halifax Co., VA.)"
In that same year, Jonathan married Elizabeth Musick and the 2 families moved to what is today Tazewell County, Virginia. Their land was located in what was formerly Washington (1776), then Russell (1786), now Tazewell (1799) County. About a dozen years later, Archibald Prater moved west to Magoffin County, Kentucky. In about 1795, Jonathan Prater Sr. followed him to Floyd County, Kentucky, where he died shortly after that move. He was only 38 years old.[4]
- Archibald PRATER served in the Revolutionary War. He signed the Oath of Allegiance in Henry County, VA, on 1-3-1777. He entered the Rev War 9-11-1780 for 1 year and 6 months. He was a farmer. Archibald stood about 6' 1/2", had blue eyes and fair complexion. His brother, Jonathan, was of similar build and description, and also served in the Revolutionary War at the same time from Henry County, VA.
- Archibald PRATER had first come down from Pittsylvania to Russell County where he met Sarah, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth FUGATE. She was born in Frederick County, but had come with her parents several years before to Montgomery County, later to Russell County. Archibald, a few months out of the Continental Army, married her in Montgomery County.
In 1791, PRATER and possibly his brother, Jonathan, associating themselves with Ebenezer HANNA, Clayton COOK, and perhaps a few others, went by way of Cumberland Gap and across country to the head of Licking, looking for a place to settle. That was before Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers. Wandering bands of Indians forced them either to retreat back to Virginia or plunge deeper into Kentucky. They decided on Kentucky.
- This little group found a place in the present Nicholas County, then Bourbon. Here they stayed four years but they were still intrigued with the site on the upper reaches of the Licking with its fertile soil and abundant game.
- They were awaiting the inevitable time when the Indians would be forced to abandon a section there. They built a fort in 1800 on the low hill where a spring was located. Selection of the site was considered necessary as a precaution against Indians, for they were not satisfied that Wayne's victory had completely subjugated the savages. But they were never destined to use the fort. Nearby settlers referred to the place as Licking Station, although the inhabitants of the small settlement called it Prater's Fort. [5]
Information for this Jonathon PRATER back to John PRATER is from a booklet, "Some People Called Prater" by Toney A. Prater.
Research Notes
Daughter?
- Rhoda Prater (1762 - 1818)
- Born on 1762. Rhoda Prater married Thomas Copley and had 2 children. She passed away on 1818.[6]
Parents:
- Jonathan Prater 1750–1795
- Sarah Elizabeth Musick Prater 1755
- Fact: Burial Unknown
Jonathan is the son of Thomas therefore he can not be the (II) changed Suffix back to Sr,
On findagrave:
Husband Of: Elizabeth "?Sarah" (Music/Musick) Prater
Son Of: Johnathan/Jonathan Prater, I and Elizabeth (Cresap) Prater
Sources
- ↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 35 out of 37 Y-DNA marker match between this Family Tree DNA yDNA test for Jerry Prater and this Family Tree DNA yDNA test of his (8th cousin once removed) paternal line cousin H Martin Prather Jr.
- ↑ Source: #S11 downloaded 9 Jul 2009; Quality or Certainty of Data: 3.
- ↑ (Chesterfield Court House Roll, pgs. 53a and 53b, at the Virginia State Library).
- ↑ Jonathan Prather, Prater, 1757 - 1795 (~ 38 years). This is the Main Prater/Prather Genealogical Database. Use the "Search Database" tool to access this profile.
- ↑ http://breeze.org/pg/wga44.html#I7809
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/rhoda-prater_3900356
See also:
- Jonathan Prater, II (1750-1795) on Find A Grave: Memorial #45168453 retrieved 02 April 2019
- Jonathan Prather, Prater, 1757 - 1795 (~ 38 years). This is the Main Prater/Prather Genealogical Database. Use the "Search Database" tool to access this profile.
- https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051447657&view=1up&seq=991&skin=2021&size=150&q1=Prather
- Source: S11 International Genealogical Index: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002 Date: 2 Dec 2005
- Find A Grave: Memorial #45168453
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Prather-363 was created through the import of Kuehn Family File.ged on Oct 26, 2011 by Timothy Kuehn.
- Thank you to Jerry Prater for creating Prater-404 on 29 Oct 13.
- Prater/Prather descendants, Kenneth Shelton, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 and Chet Snow, May 29, 2018, contributed to this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan 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]
-
~1.56%
Jerry Prater :
23andMe, GEDmatch m644834 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Luther Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A446185 [compare], Ancestry member pjjohnsonp
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A446185 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Suzette Copley :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Tim Miller :
23andMe, GEDmatch M533814 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Susan Ruggles :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Kregina (Barker) Fryman :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Chris Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch A062460 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ChrisRebSmith
-
~0.78%
Ruth Finley :
23andMe, GEDmatch CK5161715 [compare], yourDNAportal MEGd8660739
-
~0.78%
Gregg Meeks :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Monte Wright :
23andMe, GEDmatch T268804 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Mark Wright :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
John Campbell :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M233363 [compare], Ancestry member souperman713
-
~0.78%
John Hale :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FV9234828 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHd90a1a43, Ancestry member hrtznmi1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FV9234828 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHd90a1a43, FTDNA kit #212709
+
Autosomal DNA Test, yourDNAportal JOHd90a1a43
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Joe Michael Branstetter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Joe_Branstetter
-
~0.78%
Diana (Oditt) Hammer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member diana_oditt
-
~0.78%
Joseph Lowe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU9846580 [compare], Ancestry member JLoweArkansas
-
~0.78%
Rob Hale :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dethero1
-
~0.78%
Alicia Prater :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch xm6943466 [compare], Ancestry member alicia280_1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B618515
-
~0.78%
Katherine (Snyder) Randall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A537435 [compare], yourDNAportal KATe445ffb8, Ancestry member KatherineEllenSnyderRanda
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A537435 [compare], yourDNAportal KATe445ffb8, FTDNA kit #923787
-
~0.78%
Timothy Snyder :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.78%
Sheri Havens :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JD3148549 [compare], FTDNA kit #953806
-
~0.78%
Bryan Maurantonio :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #348037
-
~0.39%
Theresa Jones :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A691362 [compare], Ancestry member free_a_spirit
-
~0.39%
Casey Miller :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Angie (Combs) Fields :
23andMe, GEDmatch YW2188597 [compare], yourDNAportal ANGe26368d6
-
~0.39%
Rick McQuay :
23andMe, GEDmatch EB6575320 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TR4629792 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Morgan Wells :
23andMe, GEDmatch YA7362537 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test
-
~0.39%
Katzy (Randall) McNeill :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Kylie Randall :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Melodie (Combs) Patton :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch PR9140805 [compare], yourDNAportal MEL7f002dab
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Will have to straighten out the spouse.