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Daniel Stroup1814 Settler of (White Pine) Cherryville NC March 2014 will be the 200 year anniversary of this settler Born- 26 Feb 1778 Upper Hoyles Creek, Catawba, North Carolina Died- 08 Nov 1824 Cherryville, Lincoln, North Carolina Buried- Mt. Zion Cherryville Married- Mary Polly Goodson Marriage Date- 19 Feb 1803 Lincoln County NC Born- 02 Feb 1775 Died- 11 Dec 1833 Lincoln, North Carolina Buried- Mt. Zion Cherryville
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Daniel Stroup's Old Grave Marker
Mary Polly Goodson Stroup's Old Grave Marker
Daniel Stroup's New Grave Marker
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Daniel Stroup Family Tree
Daniel Stroup's History Daniel Stroup was born near Upper Hoyle’s Creek in
Lincoln County, North Carolina on 16 Aug
1779 or 26 Feb 1778; the two different interpretations derived from old records
and as inscribed on his tombstone:
"died 8 Nov 1824, aged 45 years, 2 months, 23 days”. Daniel’s mother was Johann Jacob Stroup’s third wife
Nancy Hambright, who had previously been married to a Mr. Rhyne. On 19 February 1803, at age 25, Daniel purchased a Lincoln
County Marriage Bond to marry Miss Mary "Polly" Goodson (born 2 Feb
1785). The “Surety” for the bond was a Mr. Alexander [Spence] Head who had
married Daniel's niece, Elizabeth Stroup in 1800. The bride, Polly Goodson, was most likely daughter of William
and Mary (Patton) Goodson also of the Hoyle’s Creek area. Daniel and Polly set up their
household at his father’s [Jacob Stroup] home place -- a substantial farm at
"The Grove" (of Oak trees) between what is now Alexis and High Shoals
NC, a few miles south of the Lincoln County line in modern-day Gaston County.
Jacob Stroup had accumulated over 1,000 acres as an original land grant
from the King of England. During
his lifetime Jacob sold tracts of farm acreage to several of his children, so
that they lived on adjoining land, e.g., son Adam and family in the northwest,
son Phillip and family to the east. On December 4,
1804, Jacob Stroup signed a Deed of Land Sale to his son Daniel:
“Jacob Stroup to Daniel Stroup,
110 acres”, by a Mr. Michael Dellinger.
Mr. Dellinger is believed to be the same gentleman who married Christina
Wills [Lincoln Marriage Bond dated July 15, 1788] and was a nearby neighbor to
the Stroup family. In the 1810 US
Federal Census, Daniel, wife Polly and three children (Mathey, Christy and
Becky) are living in the “Capt Dellinger’s District” of Lincoln County,
North Carolina. While Daniel and
Polly’s ages are recorded in the wrong bracket, it is very probable that this
is the correct family. Unfortunately
the US Census of 1810 did not gather any other information about American
citizens, other than age.
In early 1814 Daniel Stroup presumably sold his 110 acres
on the “old Stroup farm” and purchased [March 1814] 140 acres near the “Buffaloe
Creek” in western Lincoln County from Mr. Joshua Morrison (approximately
twelve miles to the west of the old Stroup home place).
Previous to Mr. Morrison, the land was owned by Benjamin Homesley (it being from Burrell Homesley and Mary Homesley, his mother).
The Deed of Sale to Daniel was witnessed by Samuel Martin and William
Goodson, father of Daniel’s wife, Polly Goodson Stroup.
Click above image to enlarge Daniel and his family are
believed to have worshiped with an inter-denominational congregation (Lutheran,
Presbyterian and Baptist faiths) comprised of families living in the area north
of White Pine (later Cherryville). As
population was sparse and settlers separated by many miles, an
inter-denominational congregation was quite common in the early days of our
Country. The Stroup’s specific
faith is unknown, yet considering their migrating from what is now Germany,
Protestant Lutheran faith is most probable. The 1820 Federal
Census records a “Dan Stroup” and family living
“West of the South Fork of the
Catawba River, Lincoln [County], North Carolina”.
Similar to the 1810
Census only family member’s ages were recorded in 1820: Name
Actual Age
1820 Census Age Bracket Daniel
43
Male > 44 yrs (slight discrepancy) Polly
45
Female > 45 Barbara
Rebecca “Beckey”
15
Female 10-15 Matthew
Wallace ‘Mathey”
13
Male < 10 (slight discrepancy)
Christopher
Goodson “Cristey”
10
Male < 10 Nancy Tlitha "Lithey" Cuemimoody
8
Female < 10 Jacob Cephus
5
Male < 10 Abner Albert “Ab”
1
Male < 10 The youngest daughter, Isabella “Ibby”, was born in 1823, three
years after the Census was recorded. On November 8, 1824
Daniel died at age 45 leaving behind his wife Polly and seven children.
Daniel was buried in a marked grave in an inter-denominational cemetery:
“… being in the County of
Lincoln on the waters of Indian Creek on the Bark Road, leading from Morganton
[NC] to Charleston [SC] and near The Flint Hill”.
In 1856 several Baptists purchased a large tract of land (including
the land upon which the inter-denominational cemetery existed) to form a Baptist
church – subsequently named Mount Zion Baptist Church.
The church and cemetery are located north of Cherryville, off current NC
Highway 274. The cemetery is
located on one of the highest ridges in the area and even today, from Daniel’s
grave, one has a magnificent view of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the northwest. Daniel drew his “Last Will and Testament” on 29
September 1824, just a little over a month prior to his death. He specifically named his wife, Polly, and four children “Mathey”,
“Cristey”, “Beckey” and “Lithey” in his Will.
Daniel and Polly’s three youngest children, Jacob Cephus, Abner Albert
and Isabella are referred to in the Will as “my three youngest children”.
His wife’s kinsmen, Christopher Goodson and William Goodson, witnessed
the signing, noted by an "X". Daniel
Stroup’s Will was probated in the January 1825 Lincoln County Court. In the 1830 Federal
Census, six years after Daniel’s death, Polly Stroup is listed as “Widow
Stroup”, residing in Lincoln County [no township is specified in the Census
Record]. Living with her at
home were the four youngest children, presumably Lithey, Jacob Cephus, Ab and
Ibby. Mary Polly Goodson Stroup died on December 11, 1833,
"aged 47 years, 10 months and 9 days" as
carved in her grave stone, next to Daniel, at Mount Zion Baptist Church
Cemetery. She died without a
“Last Will and Testament” [not unusual for women in those days] but her
estate was “applied for” in Lincoln County by a Lawson McGinnis for a sum of
“100 pounds”. The application
is dated 21 January 1834 and signed by M.W. Abernathy, Clerk of Court.
The next month Christopher, her son, received as reimbursement from
executor “Mr. McGinnis”, in the amount of “six
dollars and ½ cents” for his mother’s funeral / burial expenses. In December of 1836,
there is recorded a land sale between Christopher “Christy” Goodson Stroup
[buyer] and his siblings [sellers] for the original 140 acres of land owned by
their father Daniel. In exchange
for the 140 acres, each of the four oldest children received $25.00 from
Christy. Daniel and Polly’s four sons, Matthew Wallace,
Christopher Goodson, Jacob Cephus and Abner Albert, all settled and raised their
families in Cherryville North Carolina. As
their parents, each son is buried at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.
Descendents of the three older sons are generally buried at Mount Zion
Cemetery, while the descendents of the youngest son Abner Albert can be found in
the Shady Grove Baptist Church cemetery south of Cherryville on NC Highway 274. Barbara Rebecca Stroup [married Thomas] Black, Daniel’s
eldest child, raised a large family of fourteen children, north of Cherryville
in the North Brook area of Lincoln County.
Isabella “Ibby” Stroup, the youngest child, and
husband Michael E. Rudasill, raised their eight children in Shelby, Cleveland
County, North Carolina. Biography revised on October 10, 2008.
Information from the files of: Ethel Belle Stroupe Vochko [1920-2006] originally from
Asheville North Carolina Mike Stroupe, Rock Hill, South Carolina Sid Stroupe, Durham, North Carolina
Daniel Stroup's will dated 1824.
Daniel Stroup's will dated 1824 transcribed.
In his will he mentions his son "Mathey" who would be Matthew Wallace Stroup. He also mentions son "Christy" who would be Christopher Stroup. Daniel also refers to oldest daughter "Becky" who would be Barbara Rebecca Stroup and daughter "Lithey" who is Tlitha Stroup. It is clear that wills written during this time period that nicknames were used instead of birth names.
Transcript of Daniel Stroup and Polly Goodson's Marriage Bond dated 19 February 1803
1810 Census
Daniel is tallied in the wrong age class, but surely these are our subjects.
1820 Census
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