Individual Details
Archelaus Archibald PRATER
(Aft 1768 - 5 Jun 1854)
Robert L. Mason's "History of Cannon County, Tennessee" states that Archelus acquired four tracts of land on Parchcorn Creek on the headwaters of Stone River between 1814 and 1828 and that in about 1815 to 1816 Archelus built a grist mill on one 8-acre tract. Goodspeed's Histories of Cannon County, 1972 reprint of an 1887 edition, states Archelus' mill on a branch of Stone River was build in "about 1820."
With regard to controversy about his name being Archelus/Archibald Prater/Prather -- I've found reference to only one document in which he signed. 1828 Warren County Deed Book Q pp 242-243: Deed for sale of 200 acres of land on east fork of Stones River on Thomas Creek (now Parchcorn Creek) by "Archibald" Prater to Benjamin Pendleton for $600. Signed and sealed 15th day of November 1828; witnessed by (...) Patrick and Samuel Lance; signed by "Archibald Prater." -- Bob Prater
Regarding the prior paragraph, his father Basil, in his first will of 1832, specifically mentions "Archeleus".
Events
| Birth | Aft 1768 | Pendleton Co., SC | |||
| Marriage | Bef 1790 | Mary Rosanna "Polly" LENTZ [LANCE] | |||
| Census | 1790 | Pendleton Co., SC | |||
| Emigration | Abt 1795 | SC to Buncombe Co., NC | |||
| Census | 1800 | Buncombe Co., NC | |||
| Emigration | Abt 1807 | Buncombe Co., NC to Warren Co., TN |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jun 1816 | Patrick Co., VA - Sarah "Sally" HUET | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Warren Co., TN | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1836 | in Warren Co. which became Cannon Co., TN | |||
| Census | 1840 | Cannon Co., TN | | ||
| Census | 1850 | Warren Co., TN | | ||
| Will | 1852 | Warren Co., TN | |||
| Death | 5 Jun 1854 | Warren Co., TN | |||
| Burial | Old Youngblood Cemetery, McMinnville, Warren Co., TN |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Rosanna "Polly" LENTZ [LANCE] (1771 - 1849) |
| Child | dau PRATER (1790 - ) |
| Child | John Jesse PRATER Sr. (1794 - 1870) |
| Child | Joseph "Joe" PRATER (1794 - 1868) |
| Child | Holloway PRATER (1801 - ) |
| Child | Verlinda PRATER (1802 - 1850) |
| Child | Josiah "Sy" PRATER (1803 - 1880) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Martin Luther PRATER of Cannon Co., TN (1808 - 1890) |
| Child | Susannah H. PRATER (1811 - 1880) |
| Child | Catherine Kessiah PRATER (1812 - 1870) |
| Spouse | Sarah "Sally" HUET ( - 1903) |
| Child | Thomas M. PRATER sp (1817 - 1866) |
| Child | Benjamin Paul PRATER (1819 - 1900) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Mary PRATER (1823 - ) |
| Child | John M. PRATER (1824 - 1900) |
| Father | Basil Pitts PRATER DAR Patriot (1745 - 1842) |
| Mother | Priscilla SWEARINGEN (1749 - 1832) |
| Sibling | John James PRATER (1768 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Josiah Hyatt PRATHER (1770 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Martha PRATER (1772 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Verlinda PRATER (1774 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Abarilla PRATER (1774 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Brice Bazel PRATER (1776 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Holloway "Tennessee Holly" PRATER (1777 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Basil King PRATER (1783 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Hannah Thresa PRATER (1788 - 1865) |
| Sibling | King PRATER (1790 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Rutha PRATER ( - 1829) |
| Sibling | Mary Matilda "Tilda" PRATER (1795 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Minerva Priscilla PRATER (1797 - 1826) |
Notes
Emigration
moved with the Lance/Lentz family.Marriage
This marriage is doubted by many Prather researchers. They feel Archelus had only one wife. -- rjCensus
The land on which he lived in Warren Co., become part of Cannon Co., TN in 1836Census
Age 84Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120640062.