Charles Prather

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Charles Prather

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Birthplace: Queen Anne, Prince George, Maryland, USA
Death: September 25, 1810 (75)
Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Colonel Thomas Prather and Elizabeth Prather
Husband of Ruth Prather
Father of John Prather; Elizabeth Wells (Prather); Henry Prather; Catherine E Gist and Henry Prather
Brother of Margaret Prather; Lt. Thomas Claggett Prather; Richard Prather; Jonathan Prater; Mary Moore and 10 others
Half brother of Thomas Prather

Managed by: Ric Dickinson
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About Charles Prather

Times were troubled. When the Revolution began, Charles took the Oath of Allegiance in Washington Co MD. Samuel Barretts Return No. 102. (Brumbaugh I page 16) In 1778, May 16th he was serving as Ensign in the 3rd or Western Bat. in Washington Co. under James Prather, Captain. For his Revolutionary service see Nat. Genealogical Quarterly Vol 6 April 1917. On June 20 1778, Charles was appointed Justice of Washington Co MD (Md. Archives 21, p 141 ). The same reference page 26 gives a letter dated 9 April 1778 in the Council, Annapolis, signed by Charles Prather.

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Charles Prather's Timeline

1735
September 18, 1735
Queen Anne, Prince George, Maryland, USA
1760
1760
1765
July 1, 1765
Frederick County, Maryland, British Colonial America
1765
Maryland, United States
1810
September 25, 1810
Age 75
Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, USA
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Brooke, Virginia, USA