Individual Details
Capt. Basil William PRATHER
(3 May 1731 - 21 Jan 1803)
Events
| Birth | 3 May 1731 | Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD |  | ||
| Marriage | Ca 1746 | Chlorinda "Chloe" ROBINSON | |||
| Military | Abt 1776 | 8th PA Regiment - Rev. War | | ||
| Marriage | 26 Feb 1789 | Albemarle Co., VA - Frances "Fanny" MERIWETHER | | ||
| Death | 21 Jan 1803 | Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY | |||
| Burial | Creation Park, Louisville, KY | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Chlorinda "Chloe" ROBINSON (1732 - ) |
| Child | George PRATHER ( - 1817) |
| Child | Henry PRATHER (1746 - 1821) |
| Child | Richard PRATHER (1751 - 1801) |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Frances "Fanny" MERIWETHER (1770 - 1850) |
| Child | George PRATHER (1791 - 1811) |
| Child | Mary Meriwether PRATHER (1793 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth PRATHER (1794 - 1817) |
| Child | Thomas R. PRATHER (1795 - 1843) |
| Child | Martha Meriwether "Patsy" PRATHER (1797 - 1863) |
| Father | Col. Thomas Mackay Sprigg PRATHER of "Conegocheaugue" (1704 - 1785) |
| Mother | Elizabeth CLAGGETT (1708 - 1767) |
| Sibling | Thomas Claggett PRATHER (1726 - 1758) |
| Sibling | Richard PRATHER of "Richard's Choice" (1727 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Jonathan PRATHER (1728 - 1801) |
| Sibling | Margaret PRATHER (1728 - 1728) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" PRATHER (1730 - 1790) |
| Sibling | Henry Abram PRATHER of Cumberland Co., PA (1732 - 1775) |
| Sibling | Eleanor PRATHER twin (1734 - 1783) |
| Sibling | Martha Sprigg PRATHER twin (1734 - 1734) |
| Sibling | Charles PRATHER of Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV (1735 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Capt. James PRATHER (1737 - 1816) |
| Sibling | Sarah PRATHER (1739 - 1783) |
| Sibling | Joanne "Ann" PRATHER (1740 - 1797) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth PRATHER (1742 - 1783) |
Notes
Birth
Alternate Date: 10 May 1740 per DAR 1-1307Military
DAR Ancestor #A092405Per Gary Benton Prather, he served under Washington, as was in charged of the newly formed Rangers. by the end of the war, he was Adjutant General of Ft. Nelson.
He declined pay for his services per DAR 1-1307
Marriage
Alternate Date: 26 Feb 1788 per DAR 1-1307Burial
This was once the gardens of his home. Find-A-Grave shows her buried at the Prather Cemetery in Louisville. I do not know if this is the same place.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9744753.