JOHN SMITH PRATHER

(not Zachariah Prather Zachariah Prather nor Zachariah Prather)
Errors in the line of a submitted genealogy at DAR led to confusion as to the parents of Leonard Deakins Prather who married Frances Williamson. The line for Ancestor #: A092444 is disallowed. The correct line is PRATHER, JOHN Ancestor #: A092416

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PRATHER, JOHN Ancestor #: A092416
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 4-5-1753 FREDERICK CO MARYLAND
Death: 5-4-1797 MONTGOMERY CO MARYLAND
Service Description:
1) CAPT MICHAEL BOWYER,COL JAMES WOOD
2) 12TH REGT.
Residence: 1) City: ALEXANDRIA -ENL. - State: VIRGINIA
Spouse: 1) JANE DEAKINS
Child [Spouse #] Spouse
LEONARD DEAKINS [1] FRANCES WILLIAMSON

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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name John Smith Prather
Gender Male
Birth Year 1753
Spouse Name Jane Deakins
Spouse Birth Year 1756
Marriage Year 1775
Marriage State VA
Number Pages 1
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/28041044?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22...
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/28041085?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22...

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Name John Prather
Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Montgomery, Maryland
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 1
Number of Household Members 1
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24987727?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22...

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Researcher Note: who served in this regiment of Maryland Volunteers? ~CHC 20 Dec 2024.

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