Barry,
There is a 1850 census record for a Joseph Stricklin living in Hardin County, Tennessee in the household of William Stricklin on the Family Search website.
https://familysearch.org
It has Joseph and his wife Mary living with his parents. On the record it has William and his wife Emily being born in North Carolina and Joseph and Mary are listed as being born in Tennessee.
Joseph Stricklin- Family Search ID# M7JN-P9P
If this is the Joseph your looking for I attached the 1850 census record to his ID# so you can view it.
Bobbie