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

Stroup, Eli

Shetly, Elizabeth

Feb 15, 1830

Lincoln Co., NC

1b.  Curtis Bynum.  1929.  Marriage Bonds of Tryon and Lincoln Counties, North Carolina.  Self-published (reprinted 1982/91 by Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC).  In 1779, Tryon Co. was divided into Lincoln and Rutherford Cos., and Tryon Co. ceased to exist.

Groom	Bride	Surety	Date	Witness(es)
Stroup, Eli x	Shetly, Elizabeth	Drury G Abernathy	15 Feb 1830	V McBee

(The "x" means Eli signed with his mark.)

1c.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Eli STROUP Spouse: Elizabeth SHETLY Marriage: 15 Feb 1830, Lincoln, North Carolina Source: An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina. Division of Archives and History

2.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #153-154; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830

NC

Lincoln Co.

Roll 122

p. 231

Ln. 20

Eli Stroup

000 010 - 000 100

no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	20-29	1800-1810	= Eli (b. 1800/1)
1 female	15-19	1810-1815	= Elizabeth

3.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #112-113 of 139; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840

NC

Lincoln Co.

Upper Regiment Militia

Roll 364

pp. 84B-85A

Ln. 28

Eli Stroup

100 001 - 010 010

no slaves

0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	4 or under	1835-1840	= Alexander (b. 1835)
1 male	30-39	1800-1810	= Eli (b. 1800/1)
1 female	5-9	1830-1835	= Daughter
1 female	20-29	1810-1820	= Elizabeth
1	person employed in agriculture

4.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #114 of 241):  Division 12, Cass [now Bartow] Co., GA, Roll M432_63, p. 156B, 799/807, enumerated 20 Sep 1850 [by Alexr. Stroup], official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Eli Stroup	49	M		Labr.		NC
Elizabeth "	30	F				"
Alexr.    "	15	M				"

5.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find Eli or Elizabeth.  Their son, Alexander W. STROUP, is married and living in Itawamba Co., MS.

6.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 14):  Cartersville P.O., Twenty-Second Dist., Bartow Co., GA, Roll M593_135, p. 499A, PN 132, 45/29, enumerated 9 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroup Elias	62	M	W	Farm hand	300	250	NC
______ Elizabeth	56	F	W	Keeping house			NC

Their son, Alexander W. STROUP, is living in Fulton Co., GA.

7.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20-21 of 59):  Casey's Dist., Fulton Co., GA, Roll T9_147, pp. 38D-39A, PN 20-21, SD 1, ED 82, enumerated 10 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

157

176

Stroup Alexander W

W

M

45

/

House Carpenter

NC

NC

NC

______ Martha A

W

F

40

Wife

/

Keeping house

GA

GA

GA

[Alexander & Martha's children]

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______ Elisabeth

W

F

64

Mother

/

at home

/

/

NC

NC

NC

Born John L

W

M

27

Boarder

/

Farm Laborer

/

GA

GA

GA

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

9.  Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com).

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

11.  Email from descendant.