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From: "Willis Finley" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Pratts of Izard County
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:48:37 -0600
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Roger,

I'm looking at Pratts in SC. They were intermarried with Bowens in SC that
came to Independence Co. AR.

Willis

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From: "Roger Harvell" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: [ARIZARD] Pratts of Izard County


> Anybody out there researching the Pratts? I'd like to know more about
> these guys. Constant Pratt was the original landowner of the place were
> the Pratt Cemtery is located.
> Anybody know anything about his roots in Greene County, Tennessee, and
> beyond?
> Anybody know what happened to his kids after 1850?
> I assume he was deceased by 1870.
>
> I know from my Haley research that "Uncle Poss" Haley's great-grandmother
> was Susan Pratt. She would have been about the right age to be a sister
> to Constant. Know anything about her?
>
> Anybody know of an Arnold connection to the family?
>
> Here's what I have on the Pratt family that the cemetery was named for:
>
> MARRIAGE RECORD, GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE: CONSTANT PRATT TO ESTER SHELLEY
> 24 MAR 1818
>
> 1830 GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
> (ON SAME PAGE IS AN ALEXANDER PRATT 20-30 YEARS OLD - POSSIBLE BROTHER)
> CONSTANT PRATT 2 MALES UNDER 5 - SONS LEWIS AND WILLIAM
> 1 MALE 5-10 - UNKNOWN SON
> 1 MALE 30-40 - CONSTANT B:1790-1800
> 1 FEMALE 5-10 - MARIAH
> 2 FEMALES 10-15 - UNKNOWN DAUGHTERS
> 1 FEMALE 10-20 - UNKNOWN DAUGHTER
> 1 FEMALE 40-50 - ESTHER FRANCES SHELLEY B:1780-1790
> THERE WAS ALSO AN ACHILLES PRATT AND A MARY PRATT IN GREENE COUNTY IN 1830
>
> 1840 ROCKY BAYOU TOWNSHIP, IZARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS (LUNENBURG)
> CONSTANT PRATT 1 MALE 5-10 - SON JOHN
> 1 MALE 15-20 - SON WILLIAM
> 1 MALE 40-50 - CONSTANT B:1790-1800
> 1 FEMALE 15-20 - DAUGHTER MARIAH
> 1 FEMALE 40-50 - ESTHER FRANCES SHELLEY B:1780-1790
>
> 1850 ROCKY BAYOU TOWNSHIP, IZARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS (LUNENBURG)
> 228 228 CONSTANT PRATT 55 B:CIRCA 1795 TENNESSEE
> ESTHER 64 B:CIRCA 1788 NORTH CAROLINA
> MIRIAH(sic)27 B:CIRCA 1823 TENNESSEE
> LEWIS 21 B:CIRCA 1829 TENNESSEE
> WILLIAM 20 B:CIRCA 1830 TENNESSEE
> JOHN 17 B:CIRCA 1833 ARKANSAS (ARRIVED AR 1830
> BETWEEN 1833)
> NANCY NICKOLSON 14 B:CIRCA 1836 ARKANSAS (GRANDCHILDREN??)
> LEWIS 12 B:CIRCA 1838 ARKANSAS (NAMED FOR UNCLE
> LEWIS??)
>
> 1860 ROCKY BAYOU TOWNSHIP, IZARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS (LUNENBURG)
> 84 83 CONSTANT PRATT 63 B:CIRCA 1797 NORTH CAROLINA (sic)
> E FRANCIS(sic) 76 B:CIRCA 1784 NORTH CAROLINA
>
> Thank everybody, and MERRY CHRISTMAS,
>
> Roger
>
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