This information is for the surname of Pratt. Lott H. Pratt and his younger brother John Pratt, were born in Vermont, and migrated to Greenup County. It is suspected that they spent a short time in the French Grant in Ohio, before ending up in Greenup County, but no documentation actually exists.

The brothers arrived in Greenup County prior to 1820, and established a tannery and shoemaking business that flourished until the early 1850's. The town they founded around their business was named "Liberty" and was located near what is now called Lynn. At one time, there were approximately 40 homes surrounding the tannery/shoemaking factory, as well as a church/dwelling that John Pratt built to house some of the tannery workers. The site is now called the "Old Liberty Farm" located on Liberty Road.

There are three graves in an open area, where the family home of John Pratt stood. One grave is unmarked and unknown, but is most surely a family member. Two stones, lying down and still readable, mark the burial sites of John Pratt and his wife Eliza Pratt. They are as follows:

       JOHN PRATT      ELIZA
     BORN      wife of
    ______  10, 1800   JOHN PRATT
      DIED     BORN
       JULY 26, 1849   MAY 19, 1804
;     DIED
  JUNE 22, 1894
      
  Our mother is gone
  She lies beneath the sod
  Dear mother tho we miss you much
  We hope you rest with God

There is another small Pratt Cemetery located in the Argillite area, on the Od Manuel Virgin Farm, on Rt 1459/Low Gap Road. It is located on the top of a steep hill, next to some other small family cemeteries. There are three stones in this small cemetery. I know that there are more graves here, but no others are marked, that I have been able to uncover as of yet.

The oldest is that of Nelson Pratt, son of the aforementioned Lott H. Pratt, and nephew of the John Pratt of the Liberty tannery. This Nelson Pratt is my G-G-G-Grandfather. His stone is knocked over and broken in three main pieces, but is readable, thusly:

       NELSON  PRATT
  DIED
       DECEMBER 15, 1855
  AGED
;    40 YRS. 8 MOS.
;     & 18 DYS.
       Amiable and beloved husband, farewell; thy
       years were few, but thy virtues were many.
       They are recorded not on this perishing
       stone, but in the book of life in the
       hearts of thy afflicted friends.

The second stone here is that of John Pratt, son of Nelson:
      
       John Pratt
;     CPL
       CO  G
       22 REGT
       KY INF
       
       Oct 12  1843
       Feb  14  1912

The third stone is the wife of John Pratt, and four infant children, all on the same stone:

       MOTHER
     Virginia L. Pratt
       1839---1922

   LAURA  LIZA
  1866---1867;      1871---1873

   PHILLIP;  OLA
  1870---1870  1875---1877

       TILL WE  MEET  AGAIN

This stone has also been knocked off of it's base and is lying on the ground.

Nelson Pratt had a daughter, Julia Ann, who died at the age of 14 months, on August 20, 1855, just 4 months before Nelson's own death. I would imagine that she is buried in this small Pratt Cemetery also, but there are no other markers.

Sincerely,
Dick Pratt