This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PRATER, MORRIS, CORNETT, HICKS, GEARHEART Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pAB.2ACI/4291.3 Message Board Post: I have a Prater problem that I hope you can help me solve. Some time ago, I posted a piece of information that I found about my second great grandmother, Ceatti Cornett, on the Floyd County message board. That piece of info now appears all over the internet as fact - all I was trying to do was get answers. Anyway, here goes . . . My 2nd great grandmother, Ceatti Morris (b.11-4-1834), daughter of John Morris (b. abt 1782), is said to be the daughter of Naomi Hicks and John Morris. This would seem true since it is reported that John Morris and Naomi Hicks married 11-28-1821. Naomi is still alive and in the household of John Morris in the 1850 census(reportedly as late as 1870 - However, I have not checked census records on that date). Ceatti married Wesley Cornett July 25, 1851 in Floyd County. The problem is that I found Ceatti's death certificate some time ago. Her son, John Cornett, reports that Sallie Prater is the mother of Ceatti Morris Cornett. On the Floyd County message board, I posed the question "Could John Morris have had three wives: Mary Gearheart (reportedly died before 1820), Naomi Hicks and Sallie Prater?" I wondered if the date for Naomi and John's marriage could be reported wrong (I do not have primariy documents for that date. I believe I got the information from Kozee's books.early in my research- did not document). It is now reported all over the internet that John Morris was married three times. I realize that sometimes people report information inaccurately on death certificates. It just seems strange to me that this name, "Sallie Prater," appeared out of nowhere. I realize there could be "hanky-panky" going on, but John Morris was a well respected Regular Baptist Preacher at the time. ("May Term: Monday the 15th day of May, 1820: . . . . John Morris produced credentials of his ordination and being in regular communion with the Baptist Society. (Annals of Floyd County, Kentucky 1800-1826; p. 184-5; Wells, Charles C.; Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, 1983). That doesn't necessarily mean anything either, but I still think it strange that "Sallie Prater" would be reported as Ceatti's mother. Can you help solve this problem? Do you find any mention of John Morris in your database? Following is the death certificate information: Commonwealth of Kentucky Certificate of Death - File # 9190 Place of Death: Boyd County, Vot. Pct. 4 Mrs. Ceatty Cornette, Female, White, Widowed dob Nov 4, 1835, Age 76 years, 5 mos, 3 ds, Housewife birthplace: Floyd County, KY father: John Morris, Birthplace: Virginia Maiden name of Mother: Sallie Prater, Birthplace: not known informant: John Cornette, Ashland, KY, RFD #1 Filed April 8, J. F. Hutchinson Dod: April 7, 1912, Cause of death: stroke signed William DeBord, M.D