Kate, you peeked my interest even more with your families travels. My RAWLS family left VIRGINIA about 1759 and moved to NORTHAMPTON-JOHNSON counties, NORTH CAROLINA, they then moved into the CRAVEN-CAMDEN area of SOUTH CAROLINA and were cut off into KERSHAW-FAIRFIELD & RICHLAND counties. my 4th great-grandparents were in the ORANGEBURG county, SOUTH CAROLINA area in the 1780-1796 time period. about 1796 GABRIEL RAWLS and family (Sons) ABEL, JOHN, JOSEPH, and daughters who married the BEASLEY, LEWIS families among others, moved to ROBERTSON county, TENNESSEE and my 4th greats SILAS RAWLS, SR. and ELIZABETH BASS along with JOB BASS moved to SUMNER county, TENNESSEE. About 1805 SILAS RAWLS & JOB BASS moved to JEFFERSON county, MISSISSIPPI where SILAS RAWLS, JR. married MARGUERITE DROMGRULE {various spellings}. The ALSTON family among others were in her line. my ancestor DANIEL RAWLS also married in MISSISSIPPI or at least his wife was born there according to the census records of Daniel's children. she died before 1840 in ARKANSAS. DANIEL RAWLS was a METHODIST minister and raised the four sons of his deceased brother SILAS RAWLS, JR. he took two of them to ST. MARY parish, LOUISIANA and two died in ARKANSAS per succession papers. The two he took to LOUISIANA about 1841 were JOB BASS RAWLS and PHILLIP ALSTON RAWLS. The two that died in ARKANSAS were JAMES D{ROMGRULE?} RAWLS and DANIEL RAWLS. About 1807 LUKE RAWLS moved to FRANKLIN county, MISSISSIPPI and GABRIEL and sons JOSEPH & ABEL moved to CATAHOULA & CONCORDIA parishes, LOUISIANA. Later SILAS RAWLS and JOB BASS joined them there. the movements of your PRATHER (PRATER) family to the same states suggest a possible family link or at least friendship with my RAWLS. Since I don't know all of the children or grandchildren of GABRIEL RAWLS there is a chance that the PRATHER family may have married into his family. the family names listed as relatives in the succession of GABRIEL RAWLS in 1819 were BEASLEY, LEWIS & ARGOE with his daughter CATHERINE marrying SANDERS ARGOE. If any of this helps let me know. I have a lot of sources in SOUTH CAROLINA that just may help you. again thanks BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS