The final disposition of Robert and his 7 sons originally accused in Horse Larceny operations is not wholly clear. The death of Thomas was recorded on 23 May 1859 when the indictment was abated. In the census taken at the Jeffersonville {state} prison on 16 July 1860, Jackson, Pleasant and Renslear were counted. Over in Meade County, Kentucky, on 16 July 1860, in the household of Reuben Prather, Robert, Elizabeth and Jonathan are present. Two children – Thomas R., aged 2, and a daughter, E. A., aged 4 months – are also in the household. No mother for the children is listed. This leaves William and Richard unaccounted for. There had to have been some suspension of sentence in order that Robert could be in Meade County, Kentucky a year after receiving a five-year sentence.
In Perry County on 23 February 1900, Noah Prather, aged 23 and Maggie Finch, aged 18, were married. He was a resident of Meade County, son of Pleasant and Elizabeth West Prather. Maggie was a resident of Hart County, Kentucky, daughter of J. and ________ Miller Finch.
As mentioned before, the disposition of the buried Prather gold is not wholly clear. The Cannelton Enquirer & Reporter newspaper of 3 September 1887 made the last contribution:
“Well now we all in this neighborhood now that these men came here, went to the Prater field, commonly called the old tanyard field, and there dug out a walnut box, left part of the box with plain prints of coins impressed so that all of us have seen it. As to the Praters, their history is too well known to need description.”