Prater Cemetery
From the intersection of Highway 11 and highway 321 in Lenoir 
city, turn East on Highway 11 toward Knoxville. First road 
turn to the right for one block to Martel Road. Turn left 
on Martel Rd for approximately 3 miles to a railroad underpass. 
On the other side of the underpass the road forks. Continue 
south on Beals Chapel Road for about 6 miles until it dead 
ends. The cemetery is on the right on the property of Dr Lynn 
Massingill. The cemetery had fallen into neglect until 1999 
when a troup of boy Scouts under the supervision of Brenda 
Sellers, a descendant, took it over as a project. It is now 
in good repair.

Surname  First name      Birth         Death             Remarks


Bussell, James M.        18 Oct 1869   22 Nov 1869       s/o C.P. &J.A.M.

Bussell Judy                           6 Nov 1869        age 74y2m10d

Danforth B.P.                          13 Aug 1844       age 10y 7d

Leeper, James M.                       5 Nov 1849        age 31y10m13d

Leeper, Mary Blair       7 Aug 1815    15 Jul 1890   
M William Prater 28 Jul 1836 / M John Lee 13 Nov 1860

Prater, Benjamin 	               30 May 1851       age 79y1m  s/s
Prater, Nancy L.                       3 Mar 1833        age 56y

Prater, Darius           5 Jul 1822    26 Feb 1846

Prater, Isabella         1830          1844

Prater, J.M.             5 Jun 1832    4 Oct 1870

Prater, Thomas                         1813

Prater, Mary Cordelia                  1858

Prater, James W.                       1869

Prater, John T.                        1853

Prater, W.A.M.           9 Apr 1834    1863
Prater, Mary A.          27 Apr 1840   1 Nov 1881        w/o W.A.M.

Prater, Infant Babe d/o W.A.M. & M.A.  1862

Prater, Samuel           14 Oct 1800   7 Aug 1840

Prater, Thomas                         26 Jun 1842

Prater, William          23 Jun 1811   22 Jun 1856 h/o Mary B.
s/o Ben & Nancy Prater

Other graves in the cemetery with scant information are:

Little Johnny     (that's the only marking)

Beal, M.C.

1 Unknown

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