Orange County Indexed
The Prather surname
The Prather name in Orange County Indexed: 33 historical records.
- In the records
- 1802 to 1844
most named in the 1800s
- Deeds 1802–1844
- Court minutes 1804–1817
- Marriages 1807–1835
- Wills 1814
- Records of enslaved people 1820–1843
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Great Alamance Creek (2), Haw River (2), Laughlins Creek (2), Little Alamance Creek (2), Mebane (2), Shallowford Road (2), William Holts Mill (1)
- Married into
- Campbel 1, Harden 1, Thom 1, Roney 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Tinnen 2, Green 2, Thompson 2, Moore 2, Yarbrough 2, Trolinger 2, Holt 2, Harden 2, Clendenin 2
- Spellings to try
- Preather, Prathar, Prater
- Search beyond these records
- Prather in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Prather there)
- Prather in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the historical records 33 records
12 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages, 14 court minutes and 1 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Prather marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1800s
- 1802DeedsJames Tinnen to Leonard Prather, 21 August 1802
- 1803DeedsLeonard Prather to Edmund Green, 15 March 1803
- 1803DeedsFisher Cledenin to Leonard Prather, 1 January 1803
- 1804Court minutesDeed, James Tinnen to Leonard Prather, proved by Joseph Clendenin.
- 1804Court minutesDeed, Leonard Prather to Edmund Green, proved by Joseph Clendenin.
- 1807MarriagesMarriage bond: James A Campbel and Janee Prather
- 1808MarriagesMarriage bond: David Thom and Patsy Prather
1810s
- 1812DeedsJames Moore to Leonard Prather, 30 July 1812
- 1812DeedsLeonard Prather to Samuel Thompson, 18 March 1812
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: John S Prather and Mary Harden
- 1812Court minutesDeed, Leonard Prather to Samuel Thompson, proved by William Allen.
- 1814DeedsLeonard Prather to David Yarbrough, 25 August 1814
- 1814WillsWill of Sarah Harden
- 1817Court minutesThe court received and recorded an estate account for Sarah Harding’s estate.
1820s
- 1820DeedsJonathan S Prather to Henry Trolinger, 21 November 1820
- 1820Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Jonathan S Prather to Henry Trolinger, 21 November 1820
- 1821DeedsJohn S Prather & wife Polly to John Harden, 17 October 1821
- 1822DeedsJohn S Prather & Polly Prather to William Holt, 16 February 1822
1830s
- 1835MarriagesMarriage bond: Sidney S Prather and Catharine Roney
1840s
- 1842DeedsMary Roney & Sidney Prathar & Catharin Prather & Mary Ann Roney & John McCray to William Roney, 29 January 1842
- 1843DeedsSidney S Prather to John Mebane trustee, 9 February 1843
- 1843Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Sidney S Prather to John Mebane, 9 February 1843
- 1844DeedsSidney S Prather to John Mebane trustee, 16 January 1844
Undated
- Court minutesDeed, James Moore to Leonard Prather, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesHez[ek]iah Holt entered an appearance recognizance, secured by Leonard Prather and Joseph Harder.
- Court minutesDeed, Leonard Prather to David Yarbrough, proved by James Hart.
- Court minutesThe court confirmed a revised road alignment and compensation, appointing William Holt as overseer with the listed labor assignments.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Henry Garrett granted to Boston Sharp and Henty Garrott; sureties John Prather and Eli McDaniel.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Mann Patterson, William P Mangum, Henry Neale and 26 others for the next court (Ben).
- Court minutesThe court recorded Andrew McBroom, William Murray, Daniel Whitsell and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Samuel Thompson Eno, Benjamin Rhodes, James Moore and 33 others for the next court.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Samuel Thompson Eno, Benjamin Rhodes, James Moore and 33 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John L Prather, James Moore, David George and 12 others for jury service.
