Mary, Thank you very much. Would you mind if I forwarded your message (without your address) to my Strickland list? I'm sure they will find it very interesting. Carole Colquehoun Genealogyresearch@prodigy.net I am not a professional genealogist (by any means). Searching: Allaman, Breedlove, Broaddus, Calhoun, Carr, Garland, Lowry, Meekins, Mullicane, Noble, Overton, Parr, Sanders, Scott, Strickland, Stump, Webster, Winston, Wright England, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia Hansen, Jensen, Larsen, Milewski, Pedersdatter, Soerensen Denmark, Germany, Nebraska, Poland ----- Original Message ----- From: Harold Miller <hlm@qtm.net> To: <Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 19 May, 2001 3:12 PM Subject: [SouthernTrails] Strickland migration > Let me say - none of these are my families but this is just some tid bits I > have picked up along the way. > > Strickland was a North Carolina family - as was the Reavis/Reeves and > Robertson families. These seem to have traveled together or at least to > same places. > > Strickland marriages can be found in 1760s in Edgecombe County North Carolina. > > James Robertson (1742-1814) one of the founders of Nashville, TN - his wife > was Charlotte Reeves a daughter of a Presbyterian minister. > I have not notices the Strickland in the early history of TN - back when it > was North Carolina, but they might have been there. > > Seems a group of these went to Kentucky and moved west from there - > Tabitha Strickland born 1781 died 1848 in Indiana, married 1802 Warren Co > Kentucky to Isham Reavis who was born 1781 NC, died 1825 Indiana. some of > the siblings of this Reavis moved on to Illinois and married into Green, > Strickland and Turney families there. Some of the Reavis who married in > 1799 Kentucky, died in 1844 MO. > Look at Fayette Co Illinois, Bond Co Illinois for some of the Strickland, > Reavis, etc. say in ca 1835 or so. > So this groups migration would be NC in late 1700s with a move thru what is > today Tennessee, arriving in Kentucky ca 1800, then some on to Indiana, > Illinois and MO. A common migration route. > > But....look at this. > Samuel Smith Strickland born 1807 Kentucky died ca 1885 in Arkansas, married > a Jane Robertson. His brother John also married a Robertson. These > families ended up in Searcy County Arkansas. (later their dec. went to OK > and Texas). > Samuel Smith Strickland - his children: > a daughter born 1828 Mississippi > son born 1831 Alabama > children up to 1840 being born in Alabama > son 1844 Mississippi > dau 1846 Tippah County, Mississippi > some of the Stricklands stayed in Alabama, but this one at some point moved > to Searcy Co Arkansas where they married into Campbell and Turney, etc. > During the Civil War these Stricklands were Union people, one being killed > during the war. > The Robertson family in Searcy Co Arkansas - are written about in a book - > History and Folklore of Searcy Co Arkansas - and talks about a Vincent > Robertson born ca 1799 Kentucky, his daughter was born 1834 in Arkansas. It > says this Robertson family came from Wayne County Tennessee to Searcy Co AR > traveling and stopping along the way from 1828 to 1830....and helped found > the first county seat of Searcy Co AR. There were in politics and were > leaders in the community.... > (are they connected to the Robertson out of NC who help found Nashville, TN?) > > Isham Reavis must have been a Rev. War hero or something in NC as his name > is used a lot in the family in later generations.... > > so it would seem that the Strickland family began in NC, some moved to KY > and west, some to Alabama and then Arkansas, and some got mixed up and went > to Kentucky but then to Arkansas.....I think the Reavis, Robertson and > Strickland which I find in TN, Illinois, Alabama and Arkansas are all from > the same North Carolina families.....but that is just what I think and I > have not proved it. > > Hope this might give you someplace to look for your Strickland before 1860. > > mary hlm@qtm.net > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >