1.  North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 (compiled from state or county records, online at Ancestry.com):

Peter Stroup

Metina N. Crott

19 Dec 1851

Catawba Co.

FHL Microfilm #0593304

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Can't find Peter (he's not living with his widowed mother).  Malinda COBB (æ 16, b. Catawba) is living in Catawba Co., NC (p. 297B), with her  father, John COBB (æ 50, b. Catawba; convict), plus siblings. Where's Sarah?

3.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find, and I really looked.

4.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #22 of 55):  Sharon P.O., Ironton Twp., Lincoln Co., NC, Roll M593_1146, p. 173B, PN 22, 156/167, enumerated 26 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Straup Peter	49	M	W	Farmer	$771	$200	N Carolina
______ Nancy M	37	F	W	Keeping House			N Carolina
______ Easton W	15	M	W	at Home			N Carolina
______ Labon C	12	M	W	at Home			N Carolina
______ Joseph T	10	M	W	at Home			N Carolina
______ Lizzie	8	F	W	at Home			N Carolina
______ Commodore P	8/12	M	W				N Carolina	Sept

5.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 37):  Ironton Twp., Lincoln Co., NC, Roll T9_970, p. 289B, PN 22, SD 3, ED 101, 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).

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Stroup Peter

W

M

58

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Farmer

NC

NC

NC

Stroup Melinda

W

F

45

Wife

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Keeping House

NC

NC

NC

______ Caswell

W

M

23

Son

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At Home

NC

NC

NC

______ Joseph

W

M

19

Son

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At Home

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NC

NC

NC

______ Forney

W

M

10

Son

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NC

NC

NC

6.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #48 of 48):  Ironton Twp., Lincoln Co., NC, Roll T6623_1203, p. 90B, SN 24, SD 8, ED 107, enumerated 22 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
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440	444	Stroup Peter	Head	W	M	Jun 1821	78	W				NC	NC	NC	Farmer	Y	Y	Y	O	F	F	335
		Stroup Patrick F	Head	W	M	Nov 1869	30	M	11			NC	NC	NC	Farmer	Y	Y	Y
		"   Ella	Wife	W	F	Dec 1870	29	M	11	4	4	NC	NC	NC		Y	Y	Y
		[Patrick & Ella's children]

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