Peter Stroud Sr. (abt. 1737 - abt. 1823)

Born about 1737 in Sturgeons Run, Brunswick, Colony of Virginia

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Died about 1823 at about age 86 in Burke, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Peter Stroud Sr. was a Virginia colonist.

The Strouds were among the first families to settle in Orange County, NC, where six adult Stroud men (who had previously lived in Brunswick County, VA) were named on the 1755 Orange County Tax List. Peter Stroud was not among those listed, so family historians assume he was probably born ca. 1735, and thus still a minor and without property in 1755. However, Peter Stroud was an adult in 1761 when he was the chain carrier in a survey for John King who had 640 acres surveyed. (See "Orange County Records, Vol. I, Granville Proprietary Land Office: Abstracts of Loose Papers", page 45, found by cousin Marty Grant. Marty found later land records showing that Peter Stroud, Sr., lived on the border of the Orange/Chatham county line near Terrell’s Mountain). The 1755 Census of Orange County,NC, shows the following men in this order:

Robt. Pindergrass John Hogood & son James Thomas Loyd & 2 Negroes John Stroud & son Joshua Sometime in the mid-1780’s Peter and Rebecca moved from Orange County to Burke County, NC. On 11 December 1789 Peter Stroud signed, and his wife Rebecca made her mark, on the abovementioned deed of sale when they sold 800 acres in Burke County, NC, to Peter Willis of Brunswick County, VA. (Information courtesy of Marty Grant). In 1789 Rebecca Stroud also witnessed the Oath of Payment in the case of James Wood vs. James Williams in Burke County.

Rebecca Raburn was born by 1743 and married Peter Stroud, Sr., by 1759. Although her full name had been handed down for decades, there was no documentary evidence of her first name until Peter and Rebecca Stroud sold land in 1789 in Burke County, NC. There was no documentary evidence for her maiden name until an 1827 affidavit by Hodge Raburn (one of the administrators of Peter Stroud’s Will) stated that Peter Stroud was his brother-in-law.

Peter Stroud, Sr., continued to have children for at least 42 years. His oldest child was Jesse R. Stroud, born 1759-60, and his youngest known child was Nancy Stroud, born 1 June 1802, who married Thomas S. Hardin. Peter Stroud’s last proven wife was named Elizabeth, who appears to have been the mother of at least the youngest four of his 16 children.

Some Stroud researchers believed that Peter Stroud, Sr., had a wife before Rebecca named Naomi Raburn, with whom he had his first four children before her early death. However, this theory lacks support in the names chosen by Peter’s first four children for their own children (see below), and it is assumed that the name Naomi might have been confused with Naoma Kelsey who was married to Peter Stroud’s oldest son, Jesse R. Stroud, born ca. 1759-60.

The oldest four children of Peter Stroud, Sr., were:

• Jesse R. Stroud, born ca. 1759-60, married Naoma Kelsey, and they were the parents of Echols, Isaac, Jesse (Jr.), John, Thomas, Nancy Jane, Rebecca, Polly, Sarah "Sally, William, and Peter Stroud, (III).
• Keziah Patton Stroud (surely named for her maternal grandmother) was born in 1762 and married William Green, (Sr.). Although Kesiah and William had nine children, only seven were living in 1837 when Thomas made his Will: Thomas S., John Daniel, William Mercer/Musser, Silas Manning, Sarah "Sally," Martha Peck, and Elizabeth Green. (Another reputed daughter was Susannah). A copy of the 1837 Will of William Green, Sr., may be found here: William Green's Will
• Peter Stroud, Jr., born ca. 1764, married Margaret Curtis, and they had Sarah, Rebecca, Jane/Jean, William Austin, James A., Mary "Polly," Susannah, Peter Grayson, John, and Robert Stroud.
• Susannah Stroud was born in 1766 and married Matthew Mashburn. Census records indicate that they had four sons and seven daughters, but the Will of Matthew Mashburn mentioned only four children: James, Thomas, Raburn and Lois Mashburn. However, two additional daughters were later found to be Margaret who married Job Pendergrass, and Elizabeth who married first John Davis and married second Abel Harris.*

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Records

Court - On 17 Mar 1823, in Haywood Co, NC, the answer to complaint filed under William Stroud. Peter Stroud of Burke Co, North Carolina states "that I Peter Stroud Senior have this day sold and delivered unto Hodge Rabun..."^[2]

Court - In 1828, a suite filed by heirs in Haywood Co, NC. Thomas Simmons and his wife Peggy vs Hodge Raburn of the County. Peter Stroud Senior late of Burke County now deceased 13 Feb 1828. And Peter Stroud the younger became his administrator duly appointed. The complaint by Thomas and Peggy Simmons can be found in North Carolina Estate Files Haywood County Peter Stroud 1825.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Research of Mary Fern Souder
2. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images,FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G97V-HJ4R; Haywood County > S > Stroud, William (1923) > image 17 of 17; State Archives, Raleigh.
3. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," FamilySearch Record: QKBP-TDT3; Peter (Sr) Stroud, 1825; citing Haywood County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,315,395.

See also:

• 1790 census in Burke Co, NC with husband and wife, 3 sons, 2 daughters and 7 slaves
• Source: S868 Title: Bob Thrift Gedcom, Compiler Address: PO Box 263, Masonville CO 80541-0263, Author E-mail: thrift @ verinet.com ; 28 Oct 2001
• Orange Co, NC Deed Book 4, Page 299 where Peter and Rebecca Stroud deed land, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DH-F7SB?i=479&cat=302251
• Peter Stroud Estate Papers from Haywood Co, NC confirm the brother in law of Peter Stroud to be Hodge Raburn, confirming Rebecca Stroud's maiden name of Raburn.
• Peter Stroud issued 5-9-8 for service in Revolutionary War in this Pay Voucher signed by auditors John Nichols and Alex Mebane for the Hillsborough District, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5PZS
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