Comments on: PRATHER, Basil, of Clark Co IN

By: Kent Prather

Kent Prather — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:42:38 +0000

I would like to know if you have any type of documentation to prove that Robert Prather was actually the son of William and Lucinda Ashcroft? Robert is my great great grandfather, and the question of his parentage has long plagued my family tree!

By: Martha Fontenot

Martha Fontenot — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:24:27 +0000

Let me correct my comment of January 9, 2009. We are not certain who the William was who married Mahala Vanmetre. We found a deed in Hardin County, Kentucky that gives his name as William J Prather in numerous places. The property was sold to William J and Mahala by her sister, Nancy, who married her cousin, Joseph Vanmetre.

We know he disappeared from the marriage, as Mahala is head of household in the 1840 census. Her mother, Rebecca Rawlings Vanmetre is living with her. The four children who are listed in Yesterday and Tomorrow – Vanmeter Tabb Shannon and Allied Families by Roberta Shannon Stimpson are also with her. Their ages are consistent with the birthdates of the four, Edward (1827), Mary Ann (1829),m. Felix Sipes, Nancy Jane (1831), m. Elijah Blissett, and William Jennings Prather,(1833), m. Hilland Mary Dowell.

By: Martha Fontenot

Martha Fontenot — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:53:50 +0000

The son of William “Skipjack” Prather and Majala Rebecca VanMeter was William Jennings Prather. He was my GG Grandfather. He married Hiland Mary Dowell. Majala later married George Milburn. She passed away in 1853. Her son can be found living with William Jennings and Hiland Mary in the 1860 census.