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Mary Leah (Beckham) Stribling (1768 - abt. 1859)

Mary Leah (Molly) "Molly" Stribling formerly Beckham
Born in Union County, South Carolinamap
Ancestors ancestors
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Wife of — married 11 Nov 1787 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 91 in Neshoba, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Biography

From Find a Grave Website:

Mary "Molly" was a daughter of John "Jack" Beckham, Sr. and Elizabeth "Betty" "Libby" (Henderson) Beckham. She was born on Pacolet River & Grindal Shoals--now part of Union Country, SC.

Being a daughter of John Beckham brought dire consequences to Mary and her siblings. John, an active Whig and fearless spy, was intensely hated by British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton who terrified Elizabeth, her mother, and her siblings when he rode into their yard and burned the Beckham home in the midst of wintry snow.

The destitute family could not afford an itinerant tutor to teach their son and daughters. Mary's signature was always an "X"

James Clayton Stribling recorded in his Bible that he married Mary Beckham on 11-Nov-1787. Clayton fought in the Battle of King's Mountain.

Mary and Clayton had a dozen children:

1. Thomas Jefferson Stribling 2. John Beckham "Short Jack" Stribling, Sr. 3. Frances (Stribling) Webb 4. Elizabeth Henderson (Stribling) Foster 5. Samuel Henderson "Sam" Stribling 6. Clayton Perry Stribling 7. Lucy Henderson (Stribling) Foster 8. Jesse STRIBLING 9. Fanny Martin STRIBLING 10. Mary Leah "Polly" (Stribling) Stribling 11. Nancy Kincheloe (Stribling) Rogers 12. William Stribling

Clayton died before he could file for a Revolutionary War pension. Mary began the process of filing for a widow's pension on 2 Oct., 1840, in Union County, SC. Since Mary could not read and South Carolina did not have marriage records when she married Clayton, the family pages from Clayton's Bible were removed from the Bible and submitted with her pension application.

Before the application process had been completed, Mary moved with her daughter Mary Leah to Neshoba County, MS. Mary (Beckham) Stribling moved to Mississippi because her daughter Mary Leah, with whom she had resided after Clayton's death and other children, had moved.

Mary arrived in Neshoba County before 1 March, 1841, when she completed the application process for a pension.

Sources

  • Headstone (New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Neshoba County, MS. The cemetery is located in Section 32, township 11, Range 10 of Neshoba County, MS.)
  • REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION AS THE WIDOW OF JAMES CLAYTON STRIBLING1. Application filed 22 October, 1840, in Union County, South Carolina. Application filed 3 March, 1841, Neshoba County, Mississippi3. Application for Bounty Land filed 26 March, 1855, Neshoba County, Mississippi. Application filed 22 October, 1840, in Union County, South Carolina, State of South Carolina, Union District.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
  • This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.




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