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Thomas Stroud's sheep skin deed 19 January 1819 Whiskey Run Township, Crawford County, Indiana Photo Courtesy of Lance Stroud |
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Thomas Stroud's sheep skin deed 19 January 1819 Whiskey Run Township, Crawford County, Indiana Photo Courtesy of Lance Stroud |
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The
Document of Captain John Hinds |
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Original landholders of
Concord Township, Chester county, Pennsylvania in 1682. |
George Strode and son Thomas located on this map. |
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Jesse Stroud Land Purchase. Copy of the Original Land Document. |
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Copies of Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers for Stroud Men |
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Abram (Abraham) Stroud's name |
Abraham Stroud's
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John Stroud Deed 1847 |
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Map of Great Britain: Cheviot Hills and Tweed River |
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J.M.Johnson graduated from Indiana University and established the Marengo Academy. This was the only secondary school in the County and students from the surrounding country and towns attended the Academy because there were no high schools. Most of the early businesses and professional people of Crawford County were educated at the Academy. Educational standards were not very high but a thorough drilling in the 3 R's was required in the elementary schools, so students who went on to the Academy were usually qualified to do work of a high standard. Very few of them went on to college after graduating from the Academy, but most of them were successful in the business or profession in which they later engaged. Many of the students walked several miles each day to attend classes at the Academy. Others, who lived too far away, boarded in Marengo. Professor Johnson lived near the Academy and many students lived in his home. They frequently paid their board and tuition by bringing farm produce or by working for the Johnsons. It was the former students of the Academy who were responsible for establishing the first public high school in Marengo. It was not until 1910 that a 4-year high school was established. |
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History of the Marengo Academy
Crawford County Folk Lore complied by Olive
Poe in 1961 |
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Abraham and Lucretia Stroud were married in the Holy Trinity (Old Swede's) Church, Wilmington, Delaware, by Israel Acrelius, minister and historian. He wrote the book "Swedish Churches in New Sweden/New Netherlands (now Pennsylvania) and adjacent places on the River De La Ware and West Jersey, and New Castle County in North America", published in Stockholm, Sweden in 1759. Quaker (Friends) Church, on 6 January 1753, at the Newark Meeting, complained of his (Abraham's) marriage by a priest. Abraham was subsequently removed from this church. After their marriage in 1752, they accompanied the Ogle family (Lucretia's father, John Ogle) on the beginning of their trek westward. They first settled in Grayson County, Virginia, close to the North Carolina border, but encountered problems with Indians and went further south into North Carolina. Abraham and Lucretia settled in Roane County (what is now Randolph County.) Some of the Ogle family traveled back to Grayson County, Virginia, and settled there. |
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Marriage of Abraham and Lucretia Stroud Photograph Compiled by Philip Belanger, 1997 |
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Ancestral
link: Letitia (Letty) Stroud was born 30 August 1725, to parents Edward James (c1695-1789) and Eleanor Shepherd Strode (c1699-?) both of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. Edward James' parents were Edward William Strode (1629-1697) and Susannah Hatchet Strode (c1671-?). The Strode family fled England to Holland during the Monmouth Rebellion with traditions given in numerous accounts saying that they were descended from Edward Strode, Esq. of England. Reports vary as to the destination and exact date of departure of the fleeing Strode family, with a likely destination of New Jersey on the ship Paysay. Edward James Strode was part of some of the Strode families and others that apparently left Chester county, Pennsylvania in 1734-35, when they secured a 100,000 acre grant in Frederick County, Virginia (later to become Berkeley County, Virginia). The children of Edward James Strode were Susannah I, Edward IV, Letitia, James, John V, and Jeremiah I. The birth place of these children may have been Chester County, Pennsylvania. Edward James Strode is believed to have died in Fredrick County (now Berkeley County), Virginia, 1789. In 1758 Edward James Strode supplied provisions for the army in the French and Indian War and during this time became known as Captain James Strode. The Strode family had settled in Virginia, along the Opequon Creek at it's juncture with the Potomac River. Here they built a stone fort known as Strode Fort Farm. Stories of heroism on the part of the Strode women have been told concerning Indian attacks in times when their men were off fighting elsewhere. Letty married Jacob Van Meter, Sr. on 30 August 1741, in Frederick County, Virginia. The Van Meters, a leading Virginia family, was not in agreement about the marriage of their son Jacob to Letitia Strode because of her religious beliefs and on moral grounds. The family felt that the first born child of Jacob and Letitia was not Jacob's. The couple remained in Virginia until about 1769, then relocated to Muddy Creek, Greene County, Pennsylvania. In 1779 they traveled via flatboat to their new home in Severns Valley, Nelson County, Kentucky (present day Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky). Jacob and Letitia Van Meter were involved in the founding of present day Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They were also involved in the founding of present day Severns Valley Baptist Church, Elizabethtown. Children of Jacob and Letitia were: Eleanor Clyne; Abraham; Rebecca; Elizabeth; Susannah; Rachel; Mary; Isaac; Margaret; Jacob Jansen; John; Alsey; and William. All born in Frederick County, Virginia. Jacob and Letitia Strode Van Meter both died in Hardin County, Kentucky. Their gravesite is located in the Elizabethtown Cemetery. Edward James Strode was a brother to George Strode III, who is a direct ancestor of Lance Stroud. Edward James Strode was the 5th great-grandfather of John Harlow (Pete) Ross. Jacob and Letitia Van Meter were the 4th great-grandparents of Pete.
Source in part: The Gosney Family by Georgia G. Winda |
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Ben F. Taylor |
