1.  Edith Warren Huggins.  1957.  "Huggins and Allied Families of North Carolina." Pages 15-21 in John Bennett Bodie. Historical Southern Families.  Vol. X.  Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, CA (republ. 1966 by Clearfield, Blto., MD; repub. 1993/5 by Genealogy Publ. Co., Blto., MD; republ. 1998 as Broderbund CD-191):

p. 19

Children [of John A. HUGGINS]...   I.  Mary Huggins, b. ca. 1841, in Rutherford Co., m. 5/3/1859, in Lincoln Co., J. F. Willis.  II.  Margaret Elizabeth Huggins, b. ca. 1843, in Rutherford Co., d. 6/24/1925, at Worth, Gaston Co., m. 3/17/1864, in Lincoln Co., Philip Ballard. III.  Elizabeth Janie Huggins, b. ca. 1844, in Rutherford Co., m. after 1860, Marcus Cornelius Stroup.  IV.  Michael Hoke Huggins, b. ca. 1845, in Rutherford Co., m. 9/9/1866, in Lincoln Co., Nancy Jane Stroup.   V.  Josephus A. Huggins, b. ca. 1848, in Rutherfor Co., m. 12/24/1867, in Gaston Co., Catharine Susannah Stroup.  VI.  John S. Huggins, b. ca. 1849, in Rutherford Co., m. before 1875, Martha ____. VII.  Charles Wesley Huggins, b. 4/5/1852, in Rutherford Co., d. 5/6/1930, at Worth Gaston Co., m. 12/14/1871, in Gaston Co., Hannah P. Stroup, b. 10/11/1848, d. 11/21/1902, (sister of the above mentioned Stroups), dau. of Caleb and Amy Abernethy Stroup, son of Moses and Susannah Masters Stroup, son of Philip and Molly Eddleman Stroup, son of Jacob and Nancy Rhyne Stroup, son of Peter and Marie Straub (German) of Pa.  Amy Abernethy Stroup, wife of Caleb, was dau. of James Abernethy, who d. 10/3/1841, in Lincoln Co., whose Abernethy ancesotrs were among the earliest from Va. (Ref: 1880 Census, Lincoln Co., Ironton Twp., p. 22. Also Bible records)...

For larger excerpt, see John A. HUGGIN's page. 

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

3.  Messages in the Stroup Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

4.  Messages in the Stroop Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).