They were a wealthy family at one time <VBG> But I think it might be the sheer number of Strothers rather than the size of a farm that got so many Strothers of all spellings. I went to check the 1850 census and there were over 283 Strothers with a Virginia connection and then I limited by white male and got only 20. So not so many as I thought <G> and all of them in Ashbys, Fauquier, VA. I checked the oldest on the list and got for Real Estate owned $7500- and $1200- and $1200- and $6000- not big farms and there were only 169 slaves owned by any Strother in Virginia in 1850. Now I didn't check all the variants <G> to be fair. I am interested in the Strothers since my ancestor married as her second husband William Strother and between them they were grandparents of JEB Stuart and President Taylor. Eliz On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:21 AM, <SGates1949@aol.com> wrote: > Can you please do the favor of looking up the HUME marriages in Culpeper or > Madison County? > > It is interesting to see the Strother name all the time. When I was a girl > in Charleston WV we had no whites by this name but we had myriad colored > friends whose names were changed versions of this-in my own class I had Ester Mae > Strawther, Frank Straughter, and Cynthia Strader. I would nearly bet they > are all descended from slaves on the Strother plantation. Was it large? > > Sharon Lee Gates > > > > > > In a message dated 12/02/08 3:46:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > cpzb4@aol.com writes: > > > > > > > > The only Clayton marriages in this book are: > > > > George Clayton & Elizabeth Gaines 1/17/1798 daughter of Richard Gaines > > > > Thomas Clayton & Sarah Cunningham /6/1807 > > ========================================================== > > In my other book "Notes on Culpeper" > > By Green year 1900 states: > > > > 1766 Nov 24th > > James Slaughter and Samuel Clayton churchwardens. > > Samuel Clayton, Jr. in behalf of the congregation of Buck Run Church, > > Move that R. Young be removed from being reader from said church > > And said Young is ordered to answer the complaint on the 18th of > > December. Mr Young soon after came into the vestry and resigned. > > The cause of complaint is not stated. > > > > 1776 > > The collector is ordered to pay Samuel Clayton three pounds and > > Seven shillings and sixpence for laying off the church brick lot. > > > > 1784 > > Churchwardens provide the goods for the poor on the best terms > > they can and report the results. James Jett, is appointed clerk of the > > vestry, and Samuel Clayton and Robert Yancy churchwardens. > > > > Ann Coleman daughter of Robert Coleman & Sarah Ann Saunders > > married Samuel Clayton of Caroline Co > > Note: Robert Coleman in his will [1793] recorded in Culpeper, leaves > > Legacies to his daughters Ann Clayton, Sarah Slaughter, Lucy Strother, > > Frances Crutcher, and Susanna Yancey. Philip Clayton was his > > Executor. > > 0A > ========================================== > > Elizabeth "Ann" Pendleton who married Samuel Clayton of Caroline Co, > > Parents were: > > Philip Pendleton who married in 1682 to Isabella Hurt/Hart > > Philip Pendleton died 1721 > > > > Samuel Clayton & Elizabeth Pendleton issue: > > 1. Major Philip3 of "Catalpa" married Ann Coleman issue: > > Major Philip 4 of Rev. Army, Lucy4 who married William Williams, > > Susan4 married Col James Slaughter, Daughter4 married her > > First cousin Nathaniel Pendleton, another daughter4 married Crittenden, > > > > 2. Nancy3 married Jeremiah Strother > > No mention of a Harriet > > June > -----Original Message----- > From: Cynthia Claytonroberts <CynthiaCR@sbcglobal.net> > To: VACULPEP-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 9:18 am > Subject: [VACULPEP] Culpeper Marriage Book ~ Saml Clayton > > > > June, is there a record of a Samuel Clayton marrying any Harriet?s in > he book? > f there is, are there any hints as to which of the three Samuel > laytons in Culpeper in the 1780s when their son Philip was born this > ould possibly be? Oh, And what in the world Harriet's last name was? > (I know, I should be so lucky :) > Thank you in advance, > ynthia in Wisconsin > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > he message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW > AOL.com. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message