John W. Prather, Jr.
533 Palmetto Street
Spartanburg, S.C. 29302
_____The earliest date I find in South Carolina
for Josiah PRATHER b. ca. 1747, son of John and Abarilla, is 6 Aug. 1770
when he got a warrant for a survey for a Royal Grant. Pre. Rev., Loose
Plats , Folder 1539 - Royal Grant, Vol. 3-G, p.140. Berkley County,
South Carolina Archives Department, Columbia, S.C.
_____The earliest date I find in South Carolina for Brice PRATHER b. ca.
1740, son of John and Abarilla, is 6 Nov. 1771 when he got a warrant for
a survey for a Royal Grant. Pre. Rev., Loose Plats , Folder 1538 - Royal
Grant, Vol. 3-L, p.263. Berkley County, South Carolina Archives Department,
Columbia, S.C.
_____The earliest date I find in South Carolina for Abarilla HYATT Prather
Flanagan is 1 Nov. 1788 when she is mentioned in a deed by Reuben Flanagan
her second husband. Deed Book "B", pp. 425-426,
Laurens County, S.C. South Carolina Archives Department, Columbia, S.C.
_____The earliest date I find in South Carolina for Reuben Flanagan,
second husband of Abarilla HYATT, is 4 Jan, 1763 when he got a receipt
for a survey for a Royal Grant. Pre. Rev., Loose Plats , Folder 591. South
Carolina Archives Department, Columbia, S.C.
_____ Royal Grants for Josiah PRATHER, Brice PRATHER and Reuben Flanagan
join or are very near each other. Royal Grants for Bazel are not far away.
All grants are in Laurens County, S.C. I find it very common for them to
witness papers for each other.
_____I now know that between 1755 and 1767 there is a possibility that
John, Abarilla, Brice, Bazel and Josiah lived in Virginia. This is the
time period I will be looking for them in Virginia. I have searched the
records of North Carolina and find no record of John and Abarilla ever
being in North Carolina. In my search of Virginia records I found no
evidence that John and Abarilla ever lived in Virginia.
_____Abarilla is also spelled Abrilla, Eberilah, Abarala. I have and will
use Abarilla this paper.
John W. Prather, Jr.
533 Palmetto Street
Spartanburg, S.C. 29302
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have copies to send to others who requested a copy. As I was I was retyping
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to be sure of accuracy. In doing so I became aware of errors and omissions
that needed to be corrected. While the errors and omissions, of them self,
did not change the facts in the original of the Study, I believe they would
cause concern by others who may compare the original with the retyped copy,
if not explained. I have also made some updates in the original, Study
to make the Study more complete and easier to understand. This Study was
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on the earlier effort.
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