Hi, I wrote him too and saved his e-mail. How are you? Just asked Tina a while ago if she had heard from you today. Carol L. ----- Original Message ----- From: <BEARLYCAROL@aol.com> To: <KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [KYMASON-L] Samuel and Nancy(Watson)STRODE/STROUD > > > In a message dated 6/27/2006 5:21:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > captnemo1958@yahoo.com writes: > > Samuel and Nancy Watson Strode were my paternal grandmother's > great-grandparents. Samuel Strode served as a sergeant in the Virginia > Militia in the > American Revolution under General George Rogers Clark. Samuel first came > to > what is now Mason County, Kentucky in 1775-6. After the Revolution he > received > a large land grant on both sides of the North Fork of the Licking River > in > present-day Mason and Fleming Counties. He and Nancy resided near > Lewisburg, > Mason County, Kentucky on what is now "Strode's Run Road". Their bodies > are > buried on the old Fred Adams III farm on Strode's Run. The more famous > "Strode's Station", in Clark County, Kentucky was established by Samuel's > cousin, > John Strode. Samuel and Nancy Strode's daughter, Ann, born 1814, married > John > Hopper, a settler from Virginia. I do not know the names of all their > children, but three of their sons were Morgan B(ryan), Francis, and Lewis > Hopper. > Morgan Bryan Hopper was my great-grandfather. He served as a > sergeant in the Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (USA), while most of his > Strode > cousins volunteered for the Southern Confederacy. He, like his uncle, > Morgan > Bryan Strode, was named in honor of Samuel Strode's uncle (by marriage), > Morgan Bryan, Rebecca Bryan Boone's father, hence Daniel Boone's > father-in-law. > My grandmother, Daisy Hopper Hawkins, was the daughter of Morgan Bryan > and > Martha Hixson Hopper. I hope you find this information helpful in > filling in > some of the blanks. > Sincerely, > Ben Hawkins > > > Hi, Ben, > > Glad to meet another cousin. I, too, am descended from Samuel Strode & > Nancy Watson through their son William who md. Mahala Pollard. > > > Carol Carmichael > Knoxville, TN > > > > Georgia Surnames: Walters, Vincent, Higginbotham, Sosebee, Upshaw, > Jenkins, > Miller, Malone > Alabama Surnames: Walters, Upshaw, Rivers, Winkler, May > Illinois Surnames: Bishop, Winkler, Waddell, Strode, Swearingen, Barcus, > DeWitt > Kentucky Surnames: Strode, Pollard, Bishop > > > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== > The Simon Kenton Festival and Kenton Kin Reunion is an annual event > that is held in Old Washington, Mason County, KY, during the > 3rd week-end in Sept. The Festival features Pioneer encampments > and craft demonstrations, historical buildings and genealogy research. > >