I am the genealogist for the Richard Pratt Family of Bibb Co., AL.
This represents only the earliest generations and is a small portion
of what I have, and is given here without references. In 1998 we had
the 75th Annual Reunion of the descendants of Richard Pratt in the
Schultz Creek Baptist Church, River Bend, Bibb Co., AL. The family
has met on July 4th every year since 1924. A typed genealogy, The
Pratt Family, was issued in 1966, by Dr. Cary McCord, a Pratt
descendant, compiled by Helen U. Lofquist, of Chicago.
Richard PRATT b. 1765 probably Rowan Co., NC, d. 10 Jul 1822 River
Bend, Bibb Co., AL, m.c. 1789 Rockingham? Co., NC, Rebecca BEAVERS
b. 1770 Rowan? Co., NC, d. 16 Jun 1847 River Bend, Bibb Co., AL,
dau. of William and Abigail BEAVERS of the Surry Co. area. Both are
bur. in the Pratt-Wallace Cem., River Bend. Richard's tombstone has
two errors on it. It says he was b. Stokes Co., SC. There never
was a Stokes Co., SC and no Stokes Co. when he was born. Stokes
Co., NC was formed in 1789 from Surry Co., and Surry Co., was formed
in 1770 from Rowan Co. If he were born in this area it would have
been in Rowan Co.
1 Hopkins PRATT b. 17 Dec 1791 Rockingham Co., NC, d. 11 (t.s.) 27
(Bible) Feb 1841 Bibb Co., AL, bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem., River
Bend, Bibb Co., m. 7 Mar 1816 Warren Co., TN Sarah DICKERSON b.
1800 NC. Sarah m(2) 11 Feb 1845 Centreville Duncan JOHNSON,
the father of Joshua West JOHNSON who m. Mariah BLAKE (see #44)
11 Rebecca Caroline PRATT b. 8 Apr 1817 AL?, d. 19 Jul 1825 Bibb
Co.
12 Griselda PRATT b. 28 Dec 1818 Cahawba Co., AL Terr., d.
m. 22 Sep 1836 Bibb Co., William F. BURKHALTER b.c. 1812 TN. To
MS c. 1842 and to TX c. 1854.
13 Clarissa PRATT b. 8 Dec 1820 Cahawba Co., AL, d. 23 Jul 1845,
m. 26 Apr 1838 Bibb Co., Isaac BURKHALTER b. 1818 TN as his
first wife. He m(2) Caroline b. 1832 AL who is with him
in the 1850 census. In the 1850 census he has a son, McGinnis,
aged 5, who could be a son of Clarissa born about the time she
died. I don't know where she died and I don't know when he
moved to MS. Certainly Melton, aged 1 is a son of Caroline and
not a Pratt descendant.
14 Durana PRATT b. 16 Feb 1823 Bibb Co., d. 17 Jul 1899 Bibb Co.,
m. 22 Oct 1841 Bibb Co. Pulaski WALLACE b. 2 Feb 1821 AL, d. 1
Apr 1900 Bibb Co., both bur. in Pratt-Wallace Cem.
15 Hampton PRATT b. 2 Sep 1825 Bibb Co., d. 4 Dec 1906 Sabine Co.,
TX, m. 6 Jan 1846 Bibb Co., Mary Lucinda POTTS b. Feb 1828 AL,
d. 24 Mar 1908 Sabine Co., TX. They had 11 ch., 4 living in
1900 census. He was bur. in Hemphill Cem.
16 Zilpha PRATT b. 20 Jun 1828 Bibb Co., m. 17 Jan 1853 Bibb Co.,
Harvey Pressley COTTINGHAM b. 17 Jul 1836 Bibb Co., d. 2 Feb
1879 Bibb Co., bur. Cottingham Cem. She was listed in the 1850
census with Duncan JOHNSON, Fam. #497, as named Johnson.
(For further descendants of this family see The Cottinghams
of Bibb County, Alabama, Vol 1, p. 71-3.)
17 Marshall J. PRATT b. 31 Oct 1830 Bibb Co., d. 30 Aug 1899
Hemphill, Sabine Co., TX, m. 24 Nov 1853 Centreville, Eliza
Windbush COCHRAN b. 13 Feb 1838 Perry Co., AL, d. 4 Jan 1918
Brookland, Sabine Co., dau. of Rev. Wm. L. Cochran. He was
listed in the 1850 census with Duncan JOHNSON, Fam. #497, as
named Johnson which is an error. He served in Co. B, 44th AL,
Inf. Regt.
18 Andrew Jackson PRATT b. 10 Sep 1834 Bibb Co., d. c. 1863 m.
Missouri EASLEY . To TX. He was in the C.S.A. He was listed in
the 1850 census with Duncan JOHNSON, Fam. #497 as named Johnson
which was an error.
19 Mary Elizabeth PRATT b. 29 Jan 1837 Bibb Co., d. 25 Oct 1909 m.
14 Jan 1863 Bibb Co. John Leith WALLACE b. 27 Nov 1826, d. 13
Aug 1908. Both bur. Six Mile Presby. Cem. He was the widower
of her cousin Frances Myra PRATT (#2X). He was a son of
Matthew WALLACE and Rachel LEETH. Matthew was a son of John
WALLACE for whom John BLAKE gave a witness statement in 1832 as
having seen his discharge certificate from the Revolutionary
Army. She was listed in the Duncan JOHNSON family in 1850
census, Fam. #497, and 1860 census, Fam. #948. John was a
cousin of Pulaskie Wallace. The name of Pulaskie's father is
not known at this time.
1X Absalom PRATT II b. 11 Sep 1839 Bibb Co., killed in Battle of
Resacca, a 3rd Sgt., Co. D, 20th AL Regt. m. 6 Aug 1863 Bibb
Co., Sarah Ann CREWS. No children. She m(2) H. H. Splawn. He
was listed in the 1850 Census with Duncan JOHNSON, Fam. #497,
as named Johnson, and in 1860, Fam. #948, named Pratt.
1A Margaret Lucy PRATT b. 16 Nov 1841, d. 16 Jan 1847.
(Ref. Hampton Pratt's Bible. Without proof, I think this girl
is Hampton's sister. In his Bible, Hampton listed the births
of only his children, his brothers, his sisters, and a few of
the children of his sister Durana. He did not list any of his
other nephews and neices. She was b. 8 months after Hopkins
died. As she d. in 1847, she was never listed in any census.
2 Absolem PRATT b. 22 Jun 1793 Stokes Co., NC, d. 9 Jul 1845 Bibb
Co., m. 7 Mar 1822 Bibb Co., Mary DICKERSON (sister of Hopkins
PRATT's wife Sarah DICKERSON) b. Dec 1800 NC, d. 4 Jun 1882 Bibb
Co., both bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem.
21 James Harvey PRATT b. 26 Dec 1822 Bibb Co., d. 27 Aug 1908
River Bend, m(1) 21 Dec 1854 Bibb Co., Eliza Lucinda BRASWELL
b. 22 Mar 1840 AL, d. 2 Jan 1865 Bibb Co., daughter of Allen
BRAZELL and Elizabeth WARDROUP. Only the application is on
record. The licence was never returned to the Court House to
show a marriage had taken place.
21 James Harvey PRATT m(2) 28 Nov 1872 Bibb Co., Azalea C. MILLER.
22 Rebecca Beavers PRATT b. 12 Jul 1824 Bibb Co., d. 19 Feb 1869
Noxubee Co. MS, m. 22 Sep 1842 Bibb Co., Ebenezer Robinson
GLASS b. 15 Nov 1819/20 SC, d. 6 Oct 1907 Travis, Falls Co.,
TX, bur. Phillips Cem.
23 Joab Marion PRATT b. 28 Nov 1825 Bibb Co., d. 5 Jul 1845 Bibb
Co., of typhoid fever. A twin. In Aug 1842 he was called
before the Schultz Creek Church for "some misconduct" but he
gave satisfaction to the church and the church was to bear with
him.
24 John Washington PRATT b. 28 Nov 1825 Bibb Co., d. after 1870,
m(1) before 1850 Martha ALLISON b. c. 1834 Ga., d. c. 1851,
soon after their son was born.
24 John Washington PRATT m(2) Emma (WEATHERED) McLEOD, a widow,
who d.c. 1868. He was alone on the 1870 Census, Fam. #108, p.
272.
25 Richard Hopkins PRATT b. 17 Dec 1827 Bibb Co., d. 14/17 Sep
1908 Six Mile, Bibb Co., m(1) 26 Feb 1857 Bibb Co., Amanda
SUTTLE b. 22 Jan 1837 Bibb Co., d. 3 Nov 1871 Bibb Co., bur.
Sandy Chapel Cem., m(2) 19 Oct 1872 Bibb Co., Arvezena PETERS
b. 27 Nov 1839, d. 14 Nov 1918. He was a Cpt. in Co. D, 20th
AL Inf. Regt., C.S.A. A biography, Richard Hopkins Pratt
and The Six Mile Academy, was pub. in 1965 by Ray M.
Atchison and G. Benton Towry and included all his known
descendants through 1965. His second wife, Arvezena, had no
children.
26 Leonard Callaway PRATT b. 21 May 1829 Bibb Co., d. 27 Apr 1918
Bibb Co., m. 23 Oct 1861 Bibb Co., Mary Jane CLEMENTS b. 9 Jun
1840 Bibb Co., d. 23 May 1923, both bur. Schultz Creek Baptist
Church Cem. The marr. lic. application is recorded in the
court house but without the return of the license with the date
of marriage and the minister's signature, it is only an
application. The license must be returned to have the record
made of the marriage. Without this, the State of Alabama does
not know that a marriage has been performed and there is no
LEGAL record.
27 William Fletcher PRATT b. 20 Dec 1830 Bibb Co., d. 17 Apr 1866,
bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem. Pvt, Co. D, 20th AL Inf. Regt.
28 Theodocia PRATT b. 2 Sep 1832 River Bend, d. 19 Jan 1893 River
Bend, bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem., m(1) James R. GLASS ch?
28 Theodocia PRATT m(2) c. 1860? David H. WEAVER
29 Sarah Myrah PRATT b. 11 May 1834 Bibb Co., d. 20 Jul 1866 Bibb
Co., bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem.
2X Frances Myrah PRATT b. 3 Dec 1835 Bibb Co., d. 20 Mar 1862 Bibb
Co., bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem., m(1) 16 Dec 1858 Bibb Co., John
Leith WALLACE. He m(2) 14 Jan 1863 her cousin, Mary Elizabeth
PRATT #19.
2A Mary Abigail PRATT b. 12 May 1839 Bibb Co., d. 15 Jul 1845,
bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem.
2B Martha Amanda PRATT b. 27 Jul 1841 Bibb Co., d. 9 Jun 1845,
bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem.
3 Maria PRATT b. late 1794 or very early 1795, as her sister,
Theodocia, was b. 11 Dec 1795, not 1805, as given in The
Prat Family. In the 1810 census Richard's oldest daughter is
listed as age 16 and under 26. The second daughter, which
would be Theodocia, is age 10 and under 16. She m. William
FLETCHER and d. probably before 1850 as she does not appear in the
1850 census with her husband. William Fletcher b.c. 1790 VA is
listed with Pulaski Wallace on the 1850 census of Bibb Co., Fam.
#1059. They had no children.
4 Theodocia PRATT b. 11 Dec 1795 Stokes Co., NC, d. 20 Oct 1877 Bibb
Co., m. 19 Sep 1819 Cahawba Co., AL Terr., Archibald Henry BLAKE
Sr. d. 8 Dec 1795 Elbert Co., GA, d. 9 Jun 1874 River Bend.
5 Joab PRATT b.c. 1797 Stokes Co., N.C., d. probably Union Co., AR
after 1860, m. Frances H. VERNON, b. c. 1798 VA, dau. of Obediah
VERNON
51 Mary Adeline PRATT b. 1815/1820 Bibb Co., d. 1836 Bibb Co., m.
21 Dec 1834 Jesse MILLER b. 1805 GA.
52 William F. PRATT b. c. 1823 Bibb Co., d. m. 1 Jan 1846 Saline
Co., AR Susan Elizabeth HOLBERT b. 1829 AL
53 Mariah J. PRATT b. c. 1826 AL, m. 2 Oct 1840 Bibb Co., John C.
GOODSON b. c. 1822 AL
54 Absolum J. PRATT b. c. 1830 Bibb Co.
55 Jno. B. PRATT b. c. 1832 Bibb Co.
56 Nehimiah E. PRATT b. c. 1835 Bibb Co.
57 Joab L.(H) PRATT b. c. 1837 Bibb Co., m. Emma L. b. c. 1846 GA
58 Frances A. PRATT b. c. 1840 Bibb Co.
59 Amaziah R. C. PRATT b. c. 1845 Union Co., m. 29 Dec 1881 Grant
Co., AR, Matie ASHLOCK
6 Mary Abigail PRATT b. 10 Nov 1800 Stokes Co., d. 4 Aug 1845 Bibb
Co., m. Joel LOWREY b. 8 Nov 1790 Rhea Co.,TN, d. 8 Jan 1881 Bibb
Co., both bur. Pratt-Wallace Cem
61 Sarah Maria LOWREY b. 22 Sep 1820 TN, d. 6 Aug 1894 Winn Par.,
LA, m. about 1840 Thomas Alexander JORDAN Sr. b. 23 Nov 1814 TN,
d. 22 Jul 1888 Winn Par., LA. Both bur. Zion Hill Baptist
Church, Winn Par.
62 John LOWREY Sr. b. 22 Feb 1822 TN, d. 27 Jan 1912, bur. Schultz
Creek, m.c. 1847 Jane E. GOODSON b. 2 Dec 1831 AL, d. 20 Aug
1905. She had 11 children of whom 8 were living in 1900. She was
a sister of John C. GOODSON who m. Mariah J. PRATT (#53).
63 James Harvey LOWREY b. c. 1824 TN., d. 11 Sep 1866, AL, m.
Elizabeth R. RILEY b.c. 1830, d. 30 Nov 1917. He was a Baptist
preacher.
64 Hannah Adaline LOWREY b.c. 1826, d. aft 1893, m. Azar N. HAYES
d. bef. 1893
65 Rebecca C. Lowrey b.c. 1828 TN, d. aft 1893, m. Henry T. HALL d.
aft 1893 66 Mary Ann LOWREY b.c. 1829 TN, d. aft 1893, m. James
L. WOOD
67 Leander Perry LOWREY b. 1831 AL, d. bef. 1893, m. Mary A. SMITH
b. 1835 MS
68 Fletcher William LOWREY b. 21 Jul 1832 AL, d. 20 May 1920, m.c.
1876 Alice Adora THOMAS
69 Joel Barton LOWREY b. 6 Mar 1834 AL, d. aft 1893, m. Mary
Elizabeth THOMAS
6X Charles Carrol LOWREY b.c. 1836 AL, d. bef. 1893
6A Newton Isaac LOWREY b.c. 1838 AL, d. bef. 1893
7 John C. PRATT b. c. 1807 Stokes Co., m. Celia PUMPHREY b.c. 1807
SC. The 1810 census of Iredell Co., NC, says he is under age 10.
71 Jesse Pumphrey PRATT b. 1830 Bibb Co., AL, d. AR, m. 30 Jun 1853
Union Co. Martha FORD b. 30 Jun 1835 Washington Co., AL d. 23
Apr 1866 Union Co.
72 Hopkins L. PRATT b. 1832 Bibb Co., m. 10 Dec 1854 Saline Co.
Minerva LOCKHEART b. 1835 AL
73 Frances PRATT b. 1834 Bibb Co.
74 Margaret A. b. 1836 AL
75 Evelina H. PRATT b. c. 1836 AL
76 Amanda H. PRATT b. c. 1839 AL
77 Benjamin F. PRATT b. c. 1841 AL
78 Isel B. PRATT b. 1841 AL
79 John C. PRATT b. c. 1843 AL
7X Wiley R. PRATT b. c. 1845 AL
7A William C. PRATT b. c. 1847 AL
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