| Sources (n.b., Madison Co. was
formed in 1810 from Franklin Co.):
1. Marriage Record:
2. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#6 of 17; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1790 |
PA |
Mifflin Co. |
p. 110 |
Ln. 28 |
John Stroup |
1-2-2-0-0 |
These data indicate:
| Gender and Type |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 free white males |
16 or over |
in or bef. 1774 |
= John (b. 1750-60) |
| 2 free white males |
15 or under |
1774-1790 |
= William (b. 1786)
= John Jr (b. 1789) |
| 2 free white females |
all ages |
in or bef. 1790 |
= Mary (b. 1766/7)
= Daughter A |
3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund
CD-312): the 1800 Kentucky census was lost; there was no 1800 census
in Ohio (it did not become a state until 1803).•
| 1806 Tax List |
Stroup, John |
OH |
Ross Co. |
|
p. 40 |
| 1807 Tax List |
Stroup, John |
OH |
Ross Co. |
|
p. 37 |
| 1808 Tax List |
Stroup, John |
OH |
Ross Co. |
1st District |
|
| 1809 Tax List |
Stroup, John |
OH |
Ross Co. |
Union Twp. |
p. 56 |
4. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund
CD-313): the 1810 Ohio census was lost (except for Washington Co.).•
| 1810 Tax List |
Stroup, John |
OH |
Madison Co. |
p. 10 |
5. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#1 of 2 — indexed "Stoup"; extracted by Diana
Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1820 |
OH |
Madison Co. |
Stokes Twp. |
p. 49A |
Ln. 10 |
John Stroup |
001401-02001-0-310 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
16-18 |
1801-1804 |
= Jacob (b. 1802) |
| 3 males |
19-25* |
1794-1801 |
= Joseph (b. 1796/7)
= David (b. 1795/6)
= Son A |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= John (b. 1750-60) |
| 2 female |
10-15 |
1804-1810 |
= Sarah
= Nancy |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Mary (b. 1766/7) |
| 3 |
persons engaged in agriculture |
| 1 |
persons engaged in commerce |
| *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." |
Listed next to presumed son, William
STROUP (list was not alphabetized). Where is John, Jr.?
6. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image
#7 of 9; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1830 |
OH |
Madison Co. |
Stokes Twp. |
p. 112 |
Ln. 23 |
John Stroup Senr |
000 010 000 100 - 001 000 001 000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
20-29 |
1800-1810 |
= Jacob (b. 1802) |
| 1 male |
70-79 |
1750-1760 |
= John (b. 1750-60) |
| 1 female |
10-14 |
1815-1820 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
60-69 |
1760-1770 |
= Mary (b. 1766/7) |
There was no girl born 1815-20 with them in the 1820 census, so, unless
the 1820 census is in error, the teenage girl is not their daughter; and,
in any case, Mary is too old to be her mother. (Could she be Jacob's
wife?) Listed one line above son, Joseph
STROUP; and one line below son, David
STROUP, who is one line below presumed son, William
STROUP (list was not alphabetized).
7. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.
The
Official
Land Patent Records Office. On 3
Aug 1813, John STROUP patented 100 acres "at the headwaters of Paint
Creek" [in Stokes Twp., Madison Co., OH] as assignee of Samuel SELDEN,
who was granted the land for his military service in the Revolutionary
War. On 6
Jan 1814, John STROUP patented 400 acres "on Paint Creek" as assignee
of Mathew IRVINE and Samuel RUSSELL, who were granted the land for their
military service in the Revolutionary War. These were not
warrants for John's military service.
8. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots.
DAR, Washington, DC (online at Ancestry.com):
| Name |
Cemetery |
Location |
Reference |
| STROUP, John |
Crawford farm |
Paint Twp, Madison Co Oh 17 |
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots,
Vol. 4, p. — Serial: 7324; Volume: 14 |
| Note that inclusion in these volumes is not
proof of service because no substantiation was required. |
9. Daughters of the American Revolution of Ohio, compilers.
1929. The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution
Buried in the State of Ohio. F. J. Heer Printing Co., Columbus,
OH (online at HeritageQuest at Genealogy.com):
| p. 335 |
STROUP, JOHN, Madison co
One of the four who fought in Rev; W B L
Wt 40923-160-55 is for "Widow of invalid pensr wounded at Brandywine; mar
Hannah Wintworth (?) 7-2-1801; soldier d 1831 in Phila Pa ?" Was
a native of Pa. Mar Mary Steel (d 11-4-1835); soldr d 2-4-1832; bur rear
of Maxey schoolhouse Madison co O. Inscript cop 1924: "__roup, __eb 4 1832
___y." By side is stone "In memory of Mary wf of John Stroup d Nov 4 1835
æ 68 yrs. Came to Chillicothe O 1799; movd to Madison co O
1805; mentioned in Clarke co Hist. Rept by Capt Wm Hendricks chpt; Mrs
Fred Hoch." |
The compilers of this volume go out of their way to make it appear as though
the volume is a primary source with the official imprimatur of the U.S.
Government. In point of fact, it is a mostly undocumented secondary
source. They have mixed up two different John STROUPs, which is clearly
evident from the pension record because the John
STROOP/STROUP who married Hannah WENTWORTH in 1801 in Philadelphia
also died in Philadelphia, in 1831 (the Battle of Brandywine was fought
on 11 Sep 1777 about 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia). Our subject
was living in Kentucky by 1796 and in Ohio by 1799, and he died in Ohio
in 1832 as clearly shown in this very sketch. ["W B L Wt" stands
for "Bounty Land Warrant."]
10. Anon. 1895. A Portrait and Biographical Record
of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind… A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago,
IL (online at the Clinton County, Indiana, USGenWeb site; transcribed by
"Connie"). For full excerpt, see Biographical
sketch of Jacob STROUP, Jr., grandson of our subject. The following
excerpt refers specifically to our subject.
| John Stroup ... was born in Germany,
came to America before the Revolution, and was at that time a single man.
He served eight years in the patriot army; and at Charleston, S.C., during
the siege, while dipping loose powder to load a cannon, the magazine exploded
and blew him a distance of one hundred yards. He was badly mangled,
but finally recovered. He was an early settler of Ross county, Ohio,
and a farmer... |
If John STROUP was truly born in Germany, not Pennsylvania, then we've
attached him to the wrong parents.
11. Anon. 1883. The History of Madison County,
Ohio. W.H. Beers & Co., Chicago (online at Heritage
Pursuit and HeritageQuest at Genealogy.com):
| p. 512 |
In March, 1819, the Commissioners of Madison
County prepared a duplicate of all the resident land-owners of said county
at that time, and while hunting through the musty pages stored away in
the court house vaults, we fortunately discovered this record. It consists
of a few sheets of paper sewed together, but without back or cover; yet
for more than sixty years it has preserved in its pages the names of those
men who settled and built up the rich and prosperous county of Madison.
It reads as follows... |
| p. 513 |
"... John Stroup ..."
In giving this list, we cannot vouch for its accuracy, or that it
contains the name of every land-owner residing in Madison County in March,
1819. We have copied the list verbatim, and presume that such a record
would be correct. Our only object in printing it is to try and preserve
the names of many who have long since been forgotten. If this has been
accomplished, our purpose is attained, and we feel that the reader may
derive some infor- |
| p. 514 |
mation from a careful perusal of a list of pioneers
who a assisted materially in building up the leading stock county in Ohio. |
12. Archives of the STRAUB-L Mailing List (online at RootsWeb.com),
especially messages from Jim Burnell.
13. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).
A file there (submitted by Clayton Crandall) included these notes for our
subject:
From Pennsylvania then, John Stroup moved to Chillicothe and then
to Madison Co. From Fanny Vent's notes, I find a birth year, for
him of 1764 and one of 1767 for Mary Steele. In the M92H, there is
a deed giving land to the sons of John and Mary: John, William, and Jacob.
From F.V.s notes I found the rest of their children:
- William
- Jacob
- John (1789-1845) - see below
- Joseph
- David (6/18/1795- 4/39/1876) -married Mary Ray,
- Nancy ( 1807-1891) - married Cyrus-.Timmonsr
- Sarah
- Margaret - died at five years of age.
Also on page 830 of the Beers History I found: John Stroup was a
native of Pennsylvania, and settled on the Buffenberger land about 1810,
where he remained through life. He devoted his life to farming; had
a family of five sons and two daughters: one now survives, and is a resident
of Range Township, now Widow Nancy Timmons. |
14. Anon. 9 Sep 2007. "The
Obama Family Tree." Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL (PDF
file online at suntimes.com). |