Meriwether County GaArchives Photo Tombstone.....Prather, Tabitha Jane ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meredith Clapper http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002801 June 26, 2007, 6:19 pm Cemetery: Union Baptist Cemetery, St. Marks, Meriwether Co., GA Name: Tabitha Jane Prather Date Of Photograph: June 26, 2007 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/meriwether/photos/tombstones/unionbaptist/prather13449gph.jpg Image file size: 144.8 Kb Jane Prather Born July 5, 1847 Died Nov. 10, 1895 can't read inscription Additional Comments: She's the daughter of William Welsh Prather and Sidney Norman Glaze. Never married. Georgia, Meriwether County: In the name of God-Amen. I, Tabitha J. Prather, being now afflicted, but of sound mind and memory, knowing that I must shortly depart this life, deem it right and proper, both as respects family and myself, that I should make a disposition of the property, with which a kind providence has blessed me. I do therefore make this my last will and testament. 1st: I give to my brother, Richard Prather, to have during his natural life, sixty-eight acres and a half, more or less, being of lot No. 144; and at his death, be divided equally among my brothers & sisters, or their heirs. Also my bed clothes to brother Richard, and it is also my will, that said property go immediately into possession of the said Richard Prather, and that William Sims shall keep said land until a lease that he has on it, for five years, given May 28th 1888. Witness my hand and seal. This May 28th 1888. T. J. Prather In presence of: J. G. Sims J. C. Sims B. T. Morelan, JP Meriwether County, State of Georgia: January 3rd 1894 In the fear of God, in whom I trust for mercy & salvation, I, Tabitha Jane Prather, being still alive & in sound mind & memory, but sorely afflicted, and fearing that I will not get well of my sickness, desire to add the following condition to my last Will and Testament, which is on the opposite page--it is my will, that should my brother Richard die before my sister Mary, that my property be not sold till Mary's death, but to remain in Mary's possession, and the proceeds of the same to go to her support till her death, then to be divided among my brothers and sisters & their heirs; Also should Mary die before Richard, the same conditions to be carried out in Richard's favor. Also the deed I & Mary will make W. H. Sims, to eighteen & one half acres of land for building us a tenant house shall stand. Signed & sealed in Tabitha J. Prather presence of A. J. Folds W. H. Sims C. F. Humphries NP Ex officio JP State of Georgia, Meriwether County: In the court of Ordinary of said County, Personally appeared in open court W. H. Sims and J. C. Sims, who being duly sworn deposes and say, on oath that they are two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing, dated May 28th 1888 and January 3rd 1894, that they, as well as A. J. Folds, C. F. Humphries, J. L. Sims & B. T. Moreland, saw the within named Tabitha J. Prather, sign, seal and publish said instrument of writing as her last Will and Testament & Codicil: That they subscribed the same as witnesses thereto, at the special instance and request of the said Tabitha J. Prather, and in her presence, as did also the said above named witnesses, and that the said Tabitha J. Prather, signed the same freely & voluntarily, and was at the time of signing said instrument of sound and disposing mind and memory. Sworn to & subscribed before me the 7th day of W. H. Sims Sept. 1896 J. C. Sims A. J. Hinton, Ordinary The foregoing petition having been read and considered, and it appearing to the court that the last Will and Testament & Codicil of Tabitha J. Prather late of said County, Georgia, dec'd, presented to the Court by W. H. Sims, for Probate in common form, was duly proven in open court, upon the testimony of W. H. Sims & J. C. Sims, two of the subscribing witnesses to same. It is ordered that said Will & Codicil be and the same is hereby admitted to record as satisfactorily proven in common form this 7th day of Sept 1896. A. J. Hinton, Ordinary from the Christian Index, p 6, col. 4 issue 30 April 1896 Jane Prather, November 10, 1895 God in his providence has seen fit to call from us our beloved sister, Jane Prather. She was born in Wilkes county, Ga., July 5th, 1847, and died Nov. 10, 1895. Joined the Baptist Church of Christ at Union, Meriwether County, 1858, and was baptized by Rev. Philip Matthews. For ten years she suffered great bodily affliction, all the while praying that the Lord's will be done, and that she might enter into that rest where pain and sorrow are known no more. From the time she joined the church she lived a devoted Christian and useful member. She welcomed death not only as a release from physical pain, but at the fruition of her hope of eternal happiness. She loved her Bible and delighted in the services of the sanctuary, and Zion. We miss her here, but rejoice to know that her harp is tuned anew, and another is added to that innumerable throng singing the glad songs of Moses and the Lamb. She was faithful to visit the sick and ever willing to aid the deserving poor. We miss her but her many virtues linger in our hearts, and the hope of a happy reunion makes sadness give way to joy. To the many friends and relatives we say, Weep not. "She is not dead, but sleepesth." Mrs. M. T. Montfomery Mrs. M. A. Sims, Committee File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/meriwether/photos/tombstones/unionbaptist/prather13449gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb