This was from another list and I believe it is about Abraham Picklesimer Wife- Elizabeth Prater. If anyone has more info please post. Thanks. >PRATHER, THOMAS >Born 26 March 1756 in Prince George County, Maryland to Samuel Prather and >Susannah Aldridge (Aldrich). He moved to Mulberry Fields, North Carolina and >in 1776 enlisted at Mulberry Fields as a private in the service of Capt. >Cleveland's Company, Colonel Love's Regiment. Commanded by Capt. Christian; >North Carolina Service. Served 2 years (24 months). He also served under >Capt. Reid, Colonel Homes, Colonel Armstrong, Colonel Rutherford, Colonel >Locke, and Colonel Brevard. >Thomas Prather; certificate #19351, Issued Aug., 27, 1833 received a pension >of $80 per annum, to commence 4 Mar., 1831, under the Act of 7 >June, 1832. Jackson Co., IN.: Probate Court Record: "Ordered that it be >certified that Thomas Prather was a pensioner of the United States at the >rate of $80 per annum, was a resident of the county of Jackson in the state >of Indiana, & died in said county on the 12 day of Aug., 1841." >In his pension application Thomas states: He volunteered for service >Sept., 1776 to continue during the war. He joined the army under the >command of Gen., Rutherford, Company of Armstrong, Captain Cleveland >Commanding. They marched to the Flowery Gap where they joined the >Virginia troops. They crossed French Broad River then marched to the >Tennessee River where they faced Cherokee Indians. At that time there >were 1500 men chosen to destroy the Indians at Valleytown on the >Hiwassee River. He was one of those chosen. After performing the >service of destroying the Indian villages on the Hiwassee, they returned to >their army on the Tennessee River. From there they moved on to the Catawba >River, then on to King's Mountain where they engaged in battle. They then >marched to Redding River in North Carolina where Thomas was stationed for 9 >months to "guard the frontier." Afterwards they rendezvoused at Catawba >where they were later discharged. >15 Aug., 1785 in Botetourt Co., VA. He married Hanna Miles, daughter of >Samuel Miles (the Miles family are believed to have been of Cherokee descent >.... and the Miles family genealogy can be found in the book "Miles and >Miles of Miles".) After the Revolutionary War he moved to Smiths River, >Henry Co., Virginia and lived there until Oct. 1789. He then moved to >Rutherfordton, North Carolina then later to Fleming Co., Kentucky around >1805. He remained in Kentucky until about 1817, when he moved to Jackson >Co., Indiana where he died 12 Aug. 1841. >His son Basil Prather, who married Mary "Polly" George, made a pension >claim, due him, from his fathers service in the Revolutionary War in a >pension claim application 17 Nov., 1841. In this application the son >stated he had no knowledge of the existence of other heirs; "one of them >sometime resided in Indiana, but her residence at present is not known. If >the balance is paid to him, he will account to the other heirs when he can >ascertain where they are." >Children: >Robert Evan Prather (1 March 1778 - 25 March>1866). >Elizabeth "Betsy" Prather (ca. 1780 - ?), >Basil Prather (16 September 1785 - 21 June 1874), >Samuel Prather (ca. 1791 - 1848), >Elishia William Prather (17 Dec. 1792 - ?), >Sarah Prather (ca. 1793), >Martha Jane "Patsy" Prather (ca. 1794/5), >Diana "Anna or Nancy" Prather (ca. 1799?), >Thomas Adam Prather 15 Feb. 1800 - before 26 May 1828), >John Prather (ca. (1803/5), >James Prather (ca 1809/10). Brenda C. Danials 561 Bulger Ave. Fostoria, Ohio 44830 419-435-0087 EMAIL bcd17577@bright.net Member & Volunteer Knott County Historical & Genealogical & Society & Library http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/5468/ INFORMATION :David Smith 606-785-5751 MY SURNAMES: Bowling, Butler, Combs, Campbell, Duff, Gearhart, Godsey, Grigsby, Fugate, Lacy, McCray, Moore, Picklesimer, Ritchie, Sexton, Sizemore, Stacy, Sumner, Williams, Whitely