=============================================================== X-From_: [email protected] Wed Sep 9 14:39:26 1998 From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:39:08 EDT To: [email protected] Subject: William Strong (1762-1852) X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 167 I am seeking information on William Strong (b. 12 Oct 1762 in Hanover Co., VA; d. 07 Dec 1852 in Troup Co., GA) who m. Susannah Hardeman ca. 1788 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. William and Susannah are my 4th Great Grand- parents. Their daughter, Lydia Deborah Strong m. John Wilkes 12 Dec 1815 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. Lydia Strong and John Wilkes moved to Upshur Co., TX, sometime in 1859. Their daughter, Casandra H. Wilkes (1816-1908) m. Charles Allen Dickson (1804-1873). Casandra and Charles' daughter, Nancy A. Dickson m. William B. Williams. I am trying to trace the movement of William Strong (1762-1852) from Virginia to Georgia. Also, do you by any chance know where I might secure a copy of James Rolff's "Strong Families of Virginia and other Southern States"? Any assistance you can provide would be deeply appreciated. Jean Sullivan =============================================================== Greetings, Jean Sullivan! I am taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of your message and my reply to the the 170 subscribers to the Strong Mail List, quite of few of whom are descended from William Strong, Sr., of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA, and later (before 1770) Pittsylvania County, VA. William was the progenitor of the Strongs of Guilford and Rockingham Counties, North Carolina. James R. ("Jim") Rolff <[email protected]> is a subscriber to the Strong Mail List and will see your message there. His book is out of print. Information about William Strong, son of John Strong of Rockingham County, NC, is found on page 54 and 55. An appendix on page 427 concerns the William Strong of Wilkes, Oglethorpe, and Troup Counties, GA. These records do prove that it was a William Strong who was residing in Wilkes County, GA, in DEC 1791 who was married to Susannah Hardeman, daughter of John Hardeman of Guilford County, NC. Rolff's logic was that since Judith Hardeman, daughter of John Hardeman, was the wife of Sneed Strong, then William Strong must have been the brother of Sneed Strong, who was a son of John Strong. You might be able to obtain a copy of Rolff's privately published 1983 book on Interlibrary Loan through your local library. Rolff can probably inform you the libraries where copies were deposited. One might be near you. The purpose of the following discussion is to caution you that But there were other William Strongs who migrated to Wilkes County, Georgia, about this time. My advice is to do further research on the William Strongs of Wilkes County, GA, before accepting the conclusion that it was William, son of John Strong of Rockingham County, NC, who married Susannah Hardeman. The conclusion is probably correct, but there is a degree of uncertainty. Particularly there was William Strong, Jr., son of William Strong, Sr. The elder William Strong's migrations took him from St. Martin's Parish, in western Hanover County, VA, to Goochland Co., VA, to Buckingham County, VA, to the part of Wilkes County, GA, that eventually became Clarke County. William Strong, Jr., was a Revolutionary War soldier and soon after the war he relocated to Georgia, where his records are found in Wilkes, Franklin, and Clarke Counties. William Strong, Jr., of Buckingham County, GA, last appeared on the personal property taxes of that county in 1785. He was apparently residing in Georgia by 1786. INDEX TO THE HEADRIGHT AND BOUNTY GRANTS OF GEORGIA, 1756- 1909, shows that two grants of 200 acres and 50 acres were made to a person or persons named William Strong in Wilkes County, GA, in 1786. (Book LLL, Pages 219 and 261) A grant of 575 acres to William Strong [Jr.] in Franklin County was made in 1790. [Book TTT, Page 772]. The land granted to William Strong was subsequently located in Elbert County, GA. 100 acres on the Fork Creek originally granted to William Strong was sold in 1790 by John and Ann Davis to Charles Kennedy, all of Wilkes County, GA. 50 acres located on Dove's (?) Creek originally granted to William Strong was sold in 1791 by Leonard and Sarah Rice to John Staples. The full transcript of these deeds might give more clues about this William Strong. See Elbert County Deed Book "A". Incidentally, Margaret ("Peggy") Stokes Strong, wife of William Strong, Jr., was the daughter of William and Sarah Stokes of Elbert County, GA. On 21 SEP 1789, William Strong OF WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, was deeded 545 acres on Rocky Creek by Benjamin and Sarah Ashworth of Wilkes County, GA. William Strong OF WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA, was deeded 287 1/2 acres on the Big Shoals Creek of the Oconee River in Franklin County, GA, on 11 NOV 1790 by Jesse Webb of Greene County, NC. Ninty-five (95) acres on Big Shoal Creek was purchased by William Strong [Jr.] OF WILKES COUNTY, GA, on 21 OCT 1790 from Willliam Gardner of Wilkes County, GA. There was a deed dated 26 FEB 1796 from William Strong, Jr., OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, GA, to William Strong, Sr., OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, GA. The 380 acres conveyed was on the Big Shoal Creek. This last deed seems to prove it was William Strong, Jr., formerly of Buckingham County, VA, who was the grantee or purchaser of land on the Big Shoal Creek of the Oconee River in the part of Franklin County, GA, that became Clarke County, GA. The deed on Rocky Creek could possibly have been to another William Strong. I recall in the early 1980s researching Strongs in Georgia and discovering about four William Strongs in Clarke and Oglethorpe Counties at the same time. For example, these William Strongs registered in late 1803 or in 1804 to participate in the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery. 1. William Strong, [Jr.], Esquire, of Clarke County, drew two blanks 2. William Strong, Sr., [the eldest] of Clarke County, drew one blank 3. William Strong, Jr. [the youngest], of Clarke County, drew two blanks 4. William Strong of Oglethorpe County drew two prizes (two land grants) There were ten more Strongs from Clarke and Oglethorpe Counties, who participated in this land lottery, including Samuel Strong and Charles Strong of Oglethorpe County. It took a while to unravel the identities of these four William Strongs with the assistance of Jim Rolff and the other subscribers to his "Strongs of the South" Newsletter. About this time Jim was corresponding with a Ms. Sarah M. Yarbrough concerning these Strongs and Hardemans. She was apparently elderly at the time. I do no have an address for her. In Clarke County, GA, William Strong, Sr, with wife Frances Johnson, died 1816. His son, William Strong, Jr., Esq., with wife Margaret ("Peggy") Stokes, died 1810. William J. Strong, son of William Strong, Jr., and Peggy Stokes, died 1828. But we still find a William Strong, born 1780s, on the 1830 census of Clarke County. Research into the land granted to William Strong of Oglethorpe County in 1805 might prove helpful to you. Where were the grants located? Did he occupy the land or did he sell it? Also migrating from Virginia to Olgethorpe County, GA, were John Strong (brother of William, Sr., of Clarke County) and his son, Charles Strong, a Revolutionary War soldier. Another was Rev. Samuel Strong, possibly also a Revolutionary War soldier, based on Georgia Land Lottery records. None of these three are known to have had a son named William, however. William Strong, Jr., of Clarke Co., GA, was a soldier in the Revolution. There were two William Strongs from Virginia who served in the Revolution. The descendants of William Strong, Jr., claim theirs was the Sergeant in the Third Continental Line. The William Strong from Virginia was a Corporal. I have a copy of Military Land Bounty Warrant 3935, issued to William Strong, who served three years in the Virginia State Line, and was discharged as a Corporal. The warrant, issued on 1 AUG 1785, was for 200 acres. Could he be the William Strong who was identified in the 1827 land lottery of Geogia as a Revolutionary War Veteran who was then residing in Jones County, GA, and who was granted land in Muscogee County, GA, in the 1827 lottery? Could this be your William Strong of Troup County, GA, in 1850? I have not been able to trace the movements of your William Strong-- due to inadequacies in the 1820 Georgia census, for example. He was not found on the 1830 census of Georgia unless he was the William Strong in Clarke County. A William B. Strong, age 30-39, appeared on the 1840 census of Troup County. What is the documentation for the dates of birth and death you reported in your message for William Strong? HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF GEORGIA, compiled by George A. White, New York City: Pudney & Russell, Publishers, (c) 1854, reported on Page 650 that at the last census surviving "old timers" in Troup County, Georgia, included Willimm Strong, age 95. Assuming the age is correct and the reference was to the 1850 census, his year of birth would have been 1755. If the reference was to the 1840 census (more likely) the year of birth would be 1745. I did not find this entry on the 1850 census of Troup County in a household headed by a Strong. He could have been living in a household other than an Strong household, though. One of my ancestors, T. Ervin Moore, moved to Upshur County, TX, before 1860 also, so I have researched in that county and discovered the Strongs there. I should have some census and other notes somewhere in my files. If you will send me your U. S. Mail address I will send you photocopies of the several pages from Rolff's book that pertain to the Strong-Hardeman marriages. Please consider subscribing to the Strong Mail List. You will find instructions about how to subscribe on The Strong Quest web site. http://ro.com/~rts2/quest You should search the archived messages for the Strong Mail List for your William Strong and Susannah Hardeman. A search for "Hardeman" should locate any relevant messages. Here is the URL to begin a search of the archives. http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Good luck in your Strong research! "BoB T." Robert T. Strong, Jr. 119 Mystic Way Madison, AL 35757-8801 =================================================================