Bob, One of these days, I think my Thomas Strong(s) are going to be the answer to one of these questions. My Thomas Strong, Sr. was said to have fought in the War of 1812 and I think I estimated his birth date to have been about 1790. You brought up some very good ideas after my registering for the Strong mailing list; however, I have not had any opportunity to follow up on your clues. Sincerely, Floyd E. Roberts [email protected] or [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Robert T. Strong, Jr. <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 6:15 PM Subject: Some Strongs of Davidson and Rutherford Cos., TN >In a postscript to the carbon copy to Robert E. Strong, Jr., of my message >earlier today concerning Strongs in Tennessee by 1820, I underscored that >there were two of these early Strong families in what is now "Middle" >Tennessee for which the sons have not been identified. > >One was the John Strong who was residing in Davidson County, TN, by 1805, >per a tax list, and who died there about 1815, as proved by the settlement >of his estate, beginning in JAN 1816. > >The other was a Thomas Strong (Page 256) who was residing very near my >ancestor, Isham Strong (Page 255), on the 1830 census of Davidson County, >TN, with five sons under the age of 10 years. Both were residing near what >later became known as Hermitage, TN, and as Opryland, USA, now closed. The >location is identified by the Donelson clan, who resided on the Cumberland >River along what is now Old Hickory Boulevard. Sherwood Strong, father of >Isham Strong, was residing in this neighborhood in 1820. President Andrew >Jackson, who married Rachel Donelson, built his home, The Heritage, is this >area and the community of Hermitage developed around his home. > >=========1=========2=========3=========4=========5=========6===== > >JOHN STRONG OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, DIED ABOUT 1815 > > >1805 tax list, Davidson County: John Strong was taxed for two free white >males. > >1811 tax list, Captain Kincaid's Company, Davidson County: John Strong was >taxed for three "free taxable inhabitants". > >The above suggest that John Strong had a son who was a legal adult by 1805 >and that another son attained legal majority by 1811. > >Davidson County Court Minutes, JAN 1816: "Ordered that Martha Strong have >letters of administration on the Estate of John Strong, deceased, she >having given bond of five hundred dollars with William H. Nance and Jacob >Morton her Securities and qualified according to law." > >There are a few more references to the estate settlement in 1816 in the >Court MInutes and in Will Book 7. > >James Robert ("Jim") Rolff <[email protected]>, the primary researcher of >Strongs in Pittsylvania Co., VA, and Rockingham County, NC, associated the >name Morton with his wife's Strong ancestors of those areas. > >On 18 DEC 1819, a license was issued by the Davidson County Court for the >marriage of Thomas Williams and [Mrs.] Patsy Strong. > >A genealogy of the Morton family was published in the WILLIAM AND MARY >COLLEGE QUARTERLY. At the moment I cannot locate the Volume Number, Issue >Number, or Year. > >"The will of Nancy Morton was probated in Rutherford County, Tennessee, in >1823...In this will she mentions daughters Susanna Peay, Patsy Williams, >Polly Lipscomb, and Fanny Burleson and son John. In the settlement of the >estate a short time later it is observed...that Patsy Williams' first >husband [was ] John Strong..." (Page 213) > >The compiler of the genealogy believed Mrs. Nancy Morton was the widow of >John Morton, of Charlotte Co., VA, and that this couple were married in >Amelia Co., VA, in 1768. > >Rutherford County marriages: >========================= > >William S. Strong to Jerusha M. Clark, 22 NOV 1827, Samuel Vest, Surety > >Francis Strong to Elizabeth Hearn, 27 JUL 1833, William T. Brothers, Surety > >The following record was found in Rutherford County General Records, Book >8: William Strong was paid $5.00 for constructing a coffin for Isham >Nance, deceased, recorded 29 JUN 1830. Samuel Morton was one of the >appraisers of the estate. > >Rutherford County Tax Lists, 1836: >============================= > >Francis Strong, 33 acres, 1 white poll > >I have not been able to trace these two Strongs--William S. and >Francis--and have been unable to connect them to any branch of my own >Strong kin in Middle Tennessee. > >Could they have been the sons of John Strong, who died in Davidson County >about 1815? > >The ancestry of this John Strong of Davidson County remains a mystery, >despite his apparent connection to Strongs in Pittsylvania Co., VA, and >Rockingham Co., NC. >For example, the John Strong who was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Strong and >apparent half-brother of Alexander Martin Strong, aka Alexander Strong >Martin, was in North Carolina too late to have been this John Strong. > >=========1=========2=========3=========4=========5=========6===== > >TOO MANY THOMAS STRONGS! > > >There were five Thomas Strong households on the 1830 census of Middle >Tennessee: one more than I can account for. > >Davidson County: Page 256 (age 40-49), Page 259 (age 30-39) > >Rutherford County: Page 306 (age 20-29) > >Smith County: Page 73 (age 40-49) > >Gibson County: Page 248 (age 50-59) > >It is the Thomas Strong on Page 256 of the Davidson County census who >remains a mystery. > >The Thomas Strong who was residing in Gibson County was the same Thomas who >married in Davidson County to Milly Blackmore (?); he was the brother of >Sherwood Strong. His year of birth precisely matches the estimated year of >birth of Thomas Strong of Goochland Co., VA, based on tax records. > >The Thomas Strong who was enumerated on Page 259 of the Davidson County >census fits Thomas Strong, son of Sherwood Strong. He was born in the late >1790s and was a soldier in the War of 1812 (to 1815). > >The Thomas Strong who was enumerated on Page 256 of the Davidson County >census does not fit any of my Strong families. He had a wife, age 30-39, >and five sons under the age of 10 years; three of these were under the age >of five years. This family does not appear on the 1840 census of Tennessee >and has not been traced. > >The Thomas Strong of Rutherford County in 1830 is believed to have been a >son of John Strong, brother of Sherwood Strong, who had relocated to >Rutherford County from Buckingham County, VA. Nelson Strong of Rutherford >County was another son of John Strong. John Strong moved on to Franklin >County, Alabama, before 1840. John Strong appears to have had a third son, >Franklin. It is uncertain whether Francis Strong of Rutherford County, TN, >and Franklin Strong, of Franklin Co., AL, 1840 census, were the same >person. Before 1860, Nelson Strong and Thomas Strong are found residing in >Lafayette Co., Mississippi. > >The Thomas Strong of Smith County is discussed in Jim Rolff's book. Rolff >cited records in Rockingham County, NC, dated 1805, that proved that James >Strong had sons named John, Samuel, James, Thomas, and William, the last a >minor in 1805. It was Rolff's opinion that it was these five brothers who >settled before 1820 in Smith County, Tennessee, later DeKalb Co., TN. > >"Bob T." > > >Robert T. 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