----- Original Message ----- From: norman b. cox To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:07 PM Subject: McCulloch I have been looking at the "roll call" listings and want to get my oar in the water. I am descended from Margaret Jane Strong, the daughter of William Strong and Margaret McDill. Margaret's mother died Dec. 28, 1827 shortly after the daughter Margaret Jane was born. She is buried in the Moffet/Strong/McDill Cemetery. William took his daughter and other children to Lincoln Co., TN. He subsequently married Mary B. Harper who was born in SC. (I cannot determine if he and Mary were married in TN or SC.) Their first child, Martha Ann was born in TN 1834. In the Catholic Presbyterian Cemetery there is a Mrs. S. Matilda Strong (May 1800 - Apr. 7, 1887). Adjacent to her grave is the marker inscribed Malinda, dau of Wm. and Matilda Strong: Sept. 19, 1880. These graves are next to S. Matilda parents, Rev. Robert McCullock and his wife, Margaret. The book, STRONG AND ALLIED FAMILIES From the Papers of Miss. Esther Strong of Chester, SC, edited by Theresa M. Hicks, show S. Matila to be the wife of the above William Strong. As William was accepted in the Prosperity ARP Church in Lincoln Co., it does not appear he had married Matilda and divorced. If divorced, I am sure he would not have been accepted into the TN fellowship. Also, divorces were granted by SC legislative action and are in the SC Archives but do show a petition concerning them. Would anyone be able to throw some light on the subject ? Norm