Matthew Wallace STROUP & Elizabeth WILSON & Barbara BLACK

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Matthew Wallace STROUP
Elizabeth WILSON
Barbara BLACK

Husband: Matthew Wallace STROUP
Birth: 5 Dec 1807, Hoyle's Creek, Lincoln Co., NC
Death: 1 Jul 1858, Gaston Co., NC
Disposition: buried Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, Cherryville, Gaston Co., NC
Father: Daniel STROUP
Mother: Mary GOODSON

Marriage-1 (date is that of marriage bond): 21 Apr 1829, Lincoln Co., NC

Wife-1: Elizabeth WILSON
Birth: 7 Dec 1809, Lincolnton, Lincoln Co., NC
Death: 18 Sep 1845, Gaston Co., NC
Disposition: buried Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, Cherryville, Gaston Co., NC

Marriage-2: 21 Sep 1846, Lincoln Co., NC

Wife-2: Barbara BLACK
Birth: 22 May 1822
Death: 20 Mar 1890
Disposition: buried Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, Cherryville, Gaston Co., NC

Children with Elizabeth WILSON:

Children with Barbara BLACK — born in Gaston Co., NC:

1. John Moses Calhoun STROUP, b. 1846/7
2. Mary Elvirah STROUP, b. 1847/8
3. Lyra STROUP, b. 1850/1
4. Esther Rebecca STROUP, b. 1852/3
5. Matthew Wallace STROUP, Jr., b. 1853/4 or May 1852
6. Sarah STROUP, b. 1855/6
7. Isabella Amanda STROUP, b. 1856/7
8. Ephraim Daniel STROUP, b. 8 Nov 1857

Other Kin:

. Mary E. STROUP, b. 1822/3, NC

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Sources (n.b., Gaston Co. was formed from Lincoln Co. in 1846):

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Stroup, Matthew Wilson, Elizabeth 21 Apr 1829 Lincoln Co.

Stroup, Matthew Black, Barbara 21 Sep 1846 Lincoln Co.

2. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #213 of 214; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 NC Lincoln [now Gaston] Co. Roll 122 p. 261 Ln. 2 Matthew Stroup 000 010 - 000 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Matthew (b. 1807)

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Elizabeth (b. 1809)

3. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #48-49 of 139 — name pages follow the numerical pages; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 NC Lincoln [now Gaston] Co. Upper Regiment Militia Roll 364 pp. 52A-52B Ln. 11 Mathew Stroup 000 001 - 000 110 0100000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Matthew (b. 1807)

1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Mary STROUP (b. 1822/3)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Elizabeth (b. 1809)

1 person employed in agriculture

Elizabeth is fibbing about her age. The teenage girl is possibly the Mary STROUP who is with them in 1850.

4. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #94 of 145): Gaston Co., NC, Roll M432_630, p. 438A, 683/683, enumerated 28 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Mathew Stroup 42? M Farmer 500

Barbra 30? F

Mary E 27 F

John M 3 M

Elvirah? 2 M

John Stroup 1 M

Noah Mauney? 83 M

Who is Mary? She's too old to be Matthew's daughter. They had two sons named John?

5. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #14-15 of 182): White Pine P.O., Gaston Co., NC, Roll M653_898, pp. 7B-8A, PN 14-15, 122/102, enumerated 15 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Barbra Stroup 37 F Farmer 800 347 "

Mary      " 12 F "

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John Stroup 11 M "

Lyra     " 9 F "

Esther   " 7 F "

Mathew   " 6 M "

Sarah    " 4 F "

Isabella " 3 F "

Ephraim " 2 M "

6. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #29 of 51): Cherryville P.O., Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, Roll M593_1138, p. 669A, PN 29, 229/229, enumerated 16 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroup Barbara 45 F W Keeping house 800 600 NC

   "   Mary 23 F W Farmer "

   "   John 22 M W Farmer "

   "   Isabella 15 F W at Home "

   "   Ephraim 13 F W Farmer "

Can't find son, Matthew.

7. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 48 — indexed "Shoup"): Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, Roll T9_964, p. 4C, PN 7, SD 3, ED 85, enumerated 5 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 13 22 23 24 25 26

60 64 Stroup Barbara W F 58 / House keeper / NC NC NC

______ Ephraim W M 22 Son / Farmer / NC NC NC

______ Jane W F 21 Dau-in-law / / / NC NC NC

8. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

9. Stroup's of Cherryville, N.C.

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

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