Jacob STROOP & Elizabeth MOORE

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Jacob STROOP
Elizabeth MOORE

Is this Jacob the same man as Hans Jakob STRUB?

Husband: Jacob STRUBE / STROOP / STROUP
Birth: 1765-74 or 1777, Germany
Death: 21 Dec 1819, Rutherford Co., TN
Disposition: buried Stroop Cemetery, Rutherford Co., TN
Father: Johannes STRUBE
Mother: Catharina __?__

Secondary sources say Jacob was born in 1777 in Germany, but the censuses say 1765-74, and Hans Jakob was baptised 1771, which would fit nicely.

Marriage: 24 Sep 1799, Rowan Co., NC

Wife: Elizabeth MOOR / MOORE
Birth: 1765-74, Rowan Co., NC
Death: 7 Aug 1840, Rutherford Co., TN
Disposition: buried Stroop Cemetery, Rutherford Co., TN
Father: John MOORE, Jr. (c1726-1795)
Mother: Sarah __?__

Children — born in Rowan Co., NC:

1. John Moore STROOP, b. 4 Jun 1800
2. (Daughter A) STROOP, b. 1800-1804
3. (Daughter B) STROOP, b. 1804-1810
4. (Daughter C) STROOP, b. 1804-1810

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; FRG, Germany, DEU, Deutschland; USA, US, United States, North Carolina, Tennessee

Sources (n.b., Rutherford Co. was formed from Davidson and Wilson Cos. in 1803; the historic town of Jefferson is still in Rutherford Co.) :

1. D.L. Murray & N.R. Murray. 1995. Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915 (Broderbund CD-4):

Stroop, Jacob Moor, Elisabeth 24 Sep 1799 Rowan Co. NC

2. 1800 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 175 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 NC Rowan Co. Salisbury Dist. Roll M32_33 p. 290 Ln. 11 Jacob Stroop 11010-00010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1790-1800 = John (b. 1800)

1 male 10-15 1784-1790 = ?

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Jacob

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Elizabeth (b. 1769)

3. 1810 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 13 — indexed "Shoop"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 TN Rutherford Co. Town of Jefferson Roll M525-63 p. 29/15B Ln. 1 Jacob Stroop 01110-30010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-15 1794-1800 = John (b. 1800)

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 = ?

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Jacob

3 females 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter C
= Daughter B
= Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Elizabeth

4. 1820 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #14 of 37; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 TN Rutherford Co. Rutherford Roll M33_124 p. 152 Ln. 2 Elizabeth Stroop 000100-02101-0-100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 19-25* 1794-1801 = John (b. 1800)

2 females 10-15 1804-1810 = Daughter C
= Daughter B

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Daughter A

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Elizabeth

1 person engaged in agriculture

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four. By subtracting the number in column three from the number in column four, you can create an age class "19-25."

5. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #81 of 200; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 TN Rutherford Co. Roll 179 p. 302 Ln. 15 Elizabeth Stroup 000 000 000 - 000 010 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1? male 20-29 1800-1810 = John? (b. 1800)

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Daughter A, B, or C

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Elizabeth

Elizabeth appears to be fibbing about her age.

6. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

7. Byron Sistler & Barbara Sistler. 1990. Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations, 1779-1861. Byron Sistler & Assoc., Inc. Nashville, TN:

p. 350 Stroup, Jacob 1812 rb-2-205 (Ru)

rb = record book; Ru = Rutherford

8. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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