| Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
not found, but the entire 1800 Virginia and Kentucky censuses were destroyed.
Louisiana wasn't purchased until 1803.
3. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#3 of 9; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1810 |
LA |
Ouachita Par. |
Roll M252_10 |
p. 341 |
Ln. 1 |
Jacob Stroop |
10010-10100-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= William Hopson (b. 1807) |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1765-1784 |
= Jacob (b. 1774) |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Nancy |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1784) |
Listed next to Jacob's brother, William
STROOP. Also in parish, Jacob's brother, George
STROOP.
4. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
not found, which means he was presumably in Arkansas Territory because
there was no census in 1820 in Arkansas Territory while there was one in
Louisiana.
5. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#5-6 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1830 |
Arkansas Territory |
Clark Co. |
Caddo Twp. |
Roll 5 |
p. 198 |
Ln. 14 |
Jacob Stroups Senr |
200 001 000 - 010 200
100 |
101000-300110 |
These data indicate:
| No., Race, Gender |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 2 white males |
4 or under |
1825-1830 |
= James M. (b. 1829/30)
= Jacob P. (b. 1825/6) |
| 1 white male |
30-39 |
1790-1800 |
= |
| 0 white male |
50-59 |
1770-1780 |
= Jacob (b. 1774) |
| 1 white female |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= |
| 2 white females |
15-19 |
1810-1815 |
= Eliza (b. ca. 1814)
= |
| 1 white female |
40-49 |
1780-1790 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1784) |
| |
| 1 male slave |
9 or under |
1820-1830 |
= ? |
| 1 male slave |
24-35 |
1794-1806 |
= ? |
| 3 female slave |
9 or under |
1820-1830 |
= ? ? ? |
| 1 female slave |
36-54 |
1775-1794 |
= ? |
| 1 female slave |
55-99 |
1730-1775 |
= ? |
Jacob was either tallied in the wrong column or missed, but this has
to be our subject because: he is the Jacob enumerated, "Senior";
he is listed eight lines below his son, William; and he is the one with
slaves.
6. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#3-4 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1840 |
AR |
Clark Co. |
Caddo Twp. |
Roll 17 |
pp. 105B-106A |
Ln. 14 |
Jacob Stroope |
102 010 010 - 110 010 010 |
110100-340100 |
0700000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 white male |
4 or under |
1835-1840 |
= |
| 2 white males |
10-14 |
1825-1830 |
= James M. (b. 1829/30)
= Jacob P. (b. 1825/6) |
| 1 white male |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= |
| 1 white male |
50-59 |
1780-1790 |
= Jacob (b. 1774) |
| 1 white female |
4 or under |
1835-1840 |
= |
| 1 white female |
5-9 |
1830-1835 |
= |
| 1 white female |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= |
| 1 white female |
50-59 |
1780-1790 |
= Elizabeth (b. 1784) |
| |
| 1 male slave |
9 or under |
1830-1840 |
= ? |
| 1 male slave |
10-23 |
1816-1830 |
= ? |
| 1 male slave |
36-54 |
1785-1804 |
= ? |
| 3 female slaves |
9 or under |
1830-1840 |
= ? ? ? |
| 4 female slaves |
10-23 |
1816-1830 |
= ? ? ? ? |
| 1 female slave |
36-54 |
1785-1804 |
= ? |
| 7 |
persons employed in agriculture |
Listed one line above their son, William
H. STROOPE.
7a. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #2 of 15): Caddo Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll M432_25, p. 201A,
168/168, enumerated 21 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted
by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| Jacob Stroope |
74 |
M |
|
Farmer |
500 |
Virginia |
| Elizabeth " |
64 |
F |
|
|
|
Kentucky |
| James M " |
20 |
M |
|
|
|
Arkansas |
| Martha " |
16 |
F |
|
|
|
Tennessee |
Martha is James's wife, not his sister.
7b. 1850 Slave Schedule Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #1 of 1): Greenville Twp., Clark Co., AR, p. 239, enumerated
20 Dec 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale
Matthiesen):
|
Names
of
Slave Owners |
Number
of
Slaves |
Description |
Fugitive
from the
State |
Number
manumitted |
Deaf & dumb,
blind, insane,
or idiotic. |
Number
of Slave
Houses |
| Age |
Sex |
Colour |
| 15 |
Jacob Stroope sen |
1 |
60 |
F |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 16 |
|
1 |
46 |
M |
M |
|
|
|
|
| 17 |
|
1 |
22 |
F |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 18 |
|
1 |
20 |
F |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 19 |
|
1 |
18 |
M |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 20 |
|
1 |
10 |
M |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 21 |
|
1 |
9 |
F |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 22 |
|
1 |
4 |
F |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 23 |
|
1 |
3 |
M |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 24 |
|
1 |
2 |
M |
B |
|
|
|
|
| 25 |
|
1 |
1 |
M |
B |
|
|
|
|
8. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#14 of 21): Arkadelphia P.O., Greenville Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll
M653_39, p. 204, PN 75, 461/461, enumerated 29 Jun 1860, official enumeration
date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| James M Stroope |
31 |
M |
|
Farmer |
3000 |
6000 |
Ark |
| Martha M " |
25 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Tenn |
| Benj F " |
9 |
M |
|
|
|
|
Ark |
| J J O " |
4 |
M |
|
|
|
|
" |
| M J " |
2 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Mary E " |
16 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
| Robert Thomerson |
17 |
M |
|
|
|
|
SC |
| Robert Hughen |
34 |
M |
|
Hire land |
|
|
Geo |
| Wesley " |
37 |
M |
|
Hire land |
|
|
" |
| Elizebeth Stroope |
72 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Ken |
7. Ronald V. Jackson. 1999. Arkansas Census, 1819-70.
Accelerated Indexing Systems (online at Ancestry.com):
| 1828 Tax List |
AR |
Clark Co. |
Caddo Twp. |
Jacob STROUPS, Sr. |
| 1830 Tax List |
AR |
Clark Co. |
Caddo Twp. |
Jacob STROUPS, Sr. |
| 1832 Tax List |
AR |
Clark Co. |
Caddo Twp. |
Jacob STROUPS, Sr. |
8. Connie Stroope Brooks & Kathy Stroope
Veasey. 1990. Stroope/Stroop Family History. 3
vols. Self-published, Lovington, NM. Extremely valuable, heavily
documented work on this family. A "must have" if you are related.
| transcription of Jacob STROOPE's will, from Vol. II, The
Soujourners [boldface added] |
| p. 331 |
In the name of God amen. I Jacob Stroope
of the County of Clark and State of Arkansas, being of sound mind and memory
and considering the uncertainty of this frail & transitory life, do
therefore make, ordain, publish & declare this to be my last will and
testament. That is to say, first, after all my lawful debts are paid
and discharged, the residue of my Estate, real and personal, I give, bequeath,
and dispose of as follows: To my wife Elizabeth Stroope, all
the money, notes, accounts or assets of every kind and description, as
well as all the personal property and chattels that I am seized or possessed
of at the time of my death. And also the following slaves for life,
to wit: Jack, Mose,
and Harriet, which I give and bequeath
to my said wife during her natural life in lieu of her dowry interest in
my Estate, the personal property, money, and notes to use and dispose of
as she may think fit. To my son Wm. H. Stroope, a negro girl
named Mariah, for life; to my daughter
Nancy
Denton, I give her the three negroes that she now has in her possession,
named John, Emily
& Percilla, and a tract of land
in the State of Texas, which land and negroes I consider worth $3,000,
and that amount I consider her full share and an equal portion of my Estate,
with what she has heretofore received from me. To my three grandsons
and sons of the late Eliza Pettit (my deceased daughter) Washington,
Lee
and Jacob Pettit, minor heirs of said Eliza, one negro woman
Jinny and her child, which they have
had in their possession for the last twelve years and which said negroes
with what their said mother Eliza has heretofore received I consider
their full share and portion of my Estate. To my daughter Mary
Knox, the following negroes, Pauline,
James,
and one infant child of Harriet's,
age about three months, and at the death of my wife, the woman Harriett
and the girl Martha that she now has
in her possession. To my son Jacob P. Stroope, Susan
and her two children Narcessa and Rilda,
which he has had in possession some two years, and a boy named Ben.
To my son James M. Stroope, a negro man named Moses
(which he is not to receive until after the death of my said wife) |
| p. 332 |
and Julia,
Isom,
and Jane, which he now has in possession,
also my plantation which is in his name and in mine, being the place that
I now live on, and - to my said boy Jack
at the death of my said wife, his freedom and to live with and be under
the care of my son William H. but to act for himself in all other
respects as freemen of color should do, and to my sons William H.
and Jacob P. I hereby give and appoint them as the executors of
this my last will and testament. And I further consider with what
I now bequeath to my said children and what they have heretofore received
of me in negroes, money, and property, that it makes all their shares equal
in my siad estate.
In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed
my seal on this fourteenth day of September A.D. 1854. Signed, sealed,
and subscribed in the presence of us and each of us and at the request
of the testator.
JACOB STROOPE
Sam D. Dallaway
H.K. Hardy |
9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). |
