Tandy Stratton (abt. 1774 - 1827)

Born about 1774 in Amherst, Amherst, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred (Layne) Stratton — married 1795 in Virginia

Husband of Mary (Preece) Stratton — married 25 May 1813 in Floyd County Kentucky

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1827 at about age 53 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States of America

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Biography

TANDY STRATTON was born about 1775, although some researchers list his birth as early as 1770 in Amherst County, Virginia. He was the son of Solomon STRATTON and Jane WITTEN.

On April 8, 1812, Tandy Stratton purchased from John Graham a 75-acre survey of land, being a part of Survey No. 1, lying on the East side of the Levisa Fork of the Sandy River below the mouth of Johns Creek in Floyd County, in exchange for $100. The land, located between East Point and Auxier, had been surveyed in the name of John Preston and patented in the name of John Graham, assignee of John Smith, agent for John Preston. The boundary began at the mouth of Little Paint Lick Creek on the West side of the Sandy River, northeasterly crossing Sandy to a beech tree, southeasterly to Johns Creek, then ran down Johns Creek to the River and crossing the River to the beginning. John Graham signed, sealed, and delivered the deed to William James Mayo, Clerk of the Floyd County Court, who recorded it the following day.^[1]

On April 22, 1816, Tandy Stratton purchased another tract of land from John Graham. This tract, consisting of 100 acres lying on the Levisa Fork of the Sandy River near Stanville and Betsy Layne in Floyd County, was secured for $200. It began on the bank of the Levisa Fork of Sandy River on the north side at the upper corner of Solomon Stratton's field above the mouth of Mare Creek, then with the dividing line between Tandy and Solomon straight across the survey to a stake on the back line of the survey on the north side of the River, then with the lines of the survey to a white oak, beech, and hickory on a point above Tandy Stratton's, southeasterly to a beech, northeasterly to a sugar and beech, in the narrows above Tandy's, then running down the River and binding on the same to the beginning. John Graham signed, sealed, and delivered the deed to William James Mayo, Clerk of the Floyd County Court, who recorded it the same day.^[2]

He died on 5 November 1827 in Mare Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky.

Marriage (1):

He was married twice during his lifetime. His first marriage is estimated to have been about 1795 in Virginia to Mildred "Nellie" LAYNE.

Spouse (1):

Mildred "Nellie" LAYNE was born about 1772 in Amherst County, Virginia and died before 25 May 1813 probably in Floyd County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of William Spiller LAYNE and Nancy SHANNON.

Children of Tandy STRATTON and Mildred "Nellie" LAYNE

1. Solomon Hunter STRATTON (Born: About 14 September 1798 in Floyd County, Kentucky; Died: 17 August 1882 in Mare Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky); Married: 30 November 1820 in Floyd County, Kentucky to Jane Shannon LAYNE.
2. Nancy STRATTON (Born: Believed before 1804 due to marriage date); Married: 23 May 1818 in Floyd County, Kentucky to James BROWN^[3]
3. Cynthia STRATTON (Born: About 1805 in Floyd County, Kentucky); Married: 23 February 1822 in Floyd County, Kentucky to Stephen HAMILTON

Marriage (2):

Tandy STRATTON's second marriage to Mary PRIEST / PREECE occurred on 25 May 1813 in Floyd County, Kentucky.^[4]

1st page of the marriage bond "This is to certify that the within named Tandy Stratton & Poly Preist was joined together in marriage on the 25th day of May 1813 by me, Matthew Spurlock

2nd page of the marriage bond "Floyd County (Sch) These are to License and permit you to Join to gether in Marriage according to the rights and Cerimonies of the Church to which you Belong Tandy Stratton and Polley Preces of this County bond being given and the oral consent of Richard Preces father to the said Polley Preces and for So doing this Shall be your Sufficient Warrent given under my hand this 24th day of May 1813.

To any Person Legally Authorized to Solomonize Matrimony

Test: Alexander Lackey DCFCCt."

Spouse (2):

Mary "Polly" PREECE / PRIEST was born about 1798 in Virginia and died about 1870 in Floyd County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Richard Lincoln PREECE / PRIEST, Sr. and Elizabeth PRICE.

Children of Tandy STRATTON and Mary "Polly" PRIEST / PREECE:

1. Richard "Dick" STRATTON (Born: About 1814 in Kentucky)
2. Elizabeth P. STRATTON (Born: About 1816 in Kentucky)
3. Andrew Jackson STRATTON [Also seen as John J. STRATTON in some trees] (Born: About November 1818 in Kentucky); Married: to Catherine GEARHEART sometime in the 1840's.
4. Mildred Layne "Milly" STRATTON (Born: About 1822 in Kentucky); Married: to James ADAMS
5. Letetia or Lethitha STRATTON (Born: About 1825 in Kentucky) Married: in Floyd County, Kentucky to Harmon Daniel HAGAR
6. Mary Jane STRATTON (Born: About 1827 in Kentucky)

Account written by Rev. M. T. Burris for W. E. Connelley, dated Nov. 6, 1902.

"Tandy Stratton, Richard and Solomon Stratton came to Ky. near the same time and settled near Mr. Layne. Richard Stratton raised three or four sons, Henry, Hiram, and Harvey. They died a few years ago, Henry over 90, Hiram about 90 years or more. Tandy Stratton married Polly Priest, a daughter of Richard Priest who came from Tazewell County, Va., before the War of 1812, and was murdered by Thomas Duty in the Reedy Bottom, below the mouth of Cow Pen in the lower edge of Pike county. Duty was said to be [of] a low character, and when he shot Priest, Priest soon became sick, and ordered Richard Ratliff and Silas Ratliff to arrest him. Duty ran off fifteen or twenty steps and began to load his gun; Silas Ratliff threw a stone at Duty and broke the gun off at the breech. Duty held [on] to the barrel and ran off with it, and, it was said he was never heard of but once, and that was on Pidgeon creek, W. Va., as he fled. An old lady who knew of Duty's conduct at Lebanon, Russell County, Va., told me that Duty and wife were accused of murdering a child and left Va. between two days to escape the penalty of the law, and came to Big Sandy and lived in a rock house some 3 or 4 years, at the foot of what is now called Duty's Knob. It is the greatest curiosity on Big Sandy, a high peak, a mile north of Pikeville. Duty came there about 1808." ^[5]

Slaves

The 1810 and 1820 Floyd County, Kentucky census records show the slaves owned by Tandy.^[6][7]

1810:

• 1 slave, age and gender unknown

1820: 4 slaves -

• 1) male slave under 14
• 2) female slave under 14
• 3) female slave under 14
• 4) female slave age 14-25

In 1829 Polly Stratton, widow of Tandy Stratton, sued the heirs of her husband's estate, notably Solomon Stratton, for her dower share of the hire of the slaves from the estate.^[8] The slaves were named as:

• Bob, male - about 15 in 1829
• Cesar, male - about 4 in 1829
• Hetty, female - about 12 in 1829
• Unnamed woman - about 35 in 1829

Research Notes

Notes from A Book of Stratttons^[9]

" [502.] TANDY STRATTON was born in Virginia and settled in Floyd Co., Ky., in 1826. He married, first, Nellie Layne; second, Mary Preast. He owned a large farm and was a man of considerable prominence among his neighbors.

Children: -- Born at Cedar Bluff, Tazwell Co., Va.

By first marriage:

+501 Solomon Hunter, b. 1796.

-511 William Layne, b. June 26, 1799.

Born in Floyd Co., Ky.

-512 Cynthia, b. Feb. 4, 1801; m. Stephen Hamilton.

-513 Nancy, b. Nov. 18, 1802; m. Wm. Brown.

By second marriage:

-514 Lewis P., b. Feb. 1807.

-515 Richard P., b. Nov. 7, 1814; d. July 12, 1847.

-516 Elizabeth Price, b. June 4, 1816; m. Wm. Mayo.

+517 John Jackson, b. 1818; d. 1906.

-518 Lettie B., m. Harman Hager.

-519 Mary Jane, m. John W. Smith. "

Sources

1. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky Deed Book A, pp. 97.
2. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky Deed Book A, pp. 304.
3. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriages 1803 - 1829 (file no. 2 - 656)," file 356, James Brown and Nancy Stratton, 23 May 1818; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-TS9Z-F?i=458&cat=726744 and https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-TS9Z-R?i=459&cat=726744 : accessed 24 April 2018); citing Floyd County, Kentucky Clerk of Court, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, FHL microfilm 2109935, images 459 and 460 of 926.
4. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriages 1803 - 1829 (file no. 2 - 656)," file 287, Tandy Stratton and Poly Preist or Preces, 25 May 1813; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-TS95-H?i=388&cat=726744 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-TS9P-X?i=389&cat=726744 : accessed 25 April 2018); citing Floyd County, Kentucky Courthouse, Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Family History Library microfilm 2,109,935, images 389 and 390 of 926.
5. ↑ Account written by Rev. M. T. Burris for W. E. Connelley, dated Nov. 6, 1902.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-YV2 : accessed 18 April 2022), Tandy Stratton, Floyd, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 103, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 181,351.
7. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Floyd, Kentucky; Page: 27; NARA Roll: M33_22; Image: 36
8. ↑ Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky, filed 28 Apr 1829, Records of the Circuit Course, Case Files , Abstract accessed on Race & Slavery Petition Project 08-09-2022 Link to Abstract
9. ↑ A book of Strattons; being a collection of Stratton records from England and Scotland, and a genealogical history of the early colonial Strattons in America, with five generations of their descendants; : Stratton, Harriet Russell : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. 1908; pp. 400-401; (2022). Retrieved 18 April 2022, from https://archive.org/details/bookofstrattonsb02stra/page/n501/mode/2up

• Copy of Marriage Certificate "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~preecegenealogy/tsmar.htm"

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-Q616 : 22 July 2021), Tandy Stratton and Polley Preces, 24 May 1813; citing Marriage, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,109,935.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-Q6LZ : 22 July 2021), Tandy Straton and Poly Preist, 25 May 1813; citing Marriage, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,109,935.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-YV2 : accessed 18 April 2022), Tandy Stratton, Floyd, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 103, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 181,351.

• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Floyd, Kentucky; Page: 27; NARA Roll: M33_22; Image: 36

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-QJML : 22 July 2021), Tandy Stratton in entry for James Brown and Nancy Stratton, 16 May 1818; citing Marriage, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,109,935.

• A book of Strattons; being a collection of Stratton records from England and Scotland, and a genealogical history of the early colonial Strattons in America, with five generations of their descendants; : Stratton, Harriet Russell : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. 1908; pp. 400-401; (2022). Retrieved 18 April 2022, from https://archive.org/details/bookofstrattonsb02stra/page/n501/mode/2up

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-WMHR : 22 July 2021), Tandy Stratton in entry for Solomon C Stratton and Elizabeth Stratton, 18 Dec 1834; citing Marriage, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 2,109,947.

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