| Sources (n.b., the two Greenwood
Twps. are adjacent, on opposite sides of the Perry-Juniata county line,
so Peter's change in location between 1830 and 1840 was a genuine move,
if a short one):
1. Marriage Record:
2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#4 of 5; the 1820 Perry County forms were non-standard; extracted by Diana
Gale Matthiesen):¤
| 1820 |
PA |
Perry Co. |
Greenwood Twp. |
p. 364 |
Ln. 25 |
Stroup Peter |
100100-00100-100 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1810-1820 |
= Samuel (b. 1820) |
| 1 male |
19-25* |
1794-1801 |
= Peter (b. 1799) |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1794-1804 |
= Catherine (b. 1797/8) |
| 1 |
person engaged in agriculture |
| *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." |
3. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #5 of 8; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
| 1830 |
PA |
Perry Co. |
Greenwood Twp. |
p. 331 |
Ln. 14 |
Peter Stroup |
220 001 - 010 001 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 2 males |
4 or under |
1825-1830 |
= Son A (b. 1830)
= Peter (b. 1825/6) |
| 2 males |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= Nathan (b. 1821/2)
= Samuel (b. 1820) |
| 1 male |
30-39 |
1790-1800 |
= Peter (b. 1799) |
| 1 female |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= Catharine (b. 1823) |
| 1 female |
30-39 |
1790-1800 |
= Catherine (b. 1797/8) |
4. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #7-8 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
| 1840 |
PA |
Juniata Co. |
Greenwood Twp. |
pp. 220B-221A |
Ln. 5 |
Peter Stroub |
011 200 100 - 120 100 100 |
0102000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
5-9 |
1830-1835 |
= Son A (b. 1830) or Son B (b. 1835) |
| 1 male |
10-14 |
1825-1830 |
= Peter (b. 1825/6) |
| 2 males |
15-19 |
1820-1825 |
= Nathan (b. 1821/2)
= Samuel (b. 1820/22/23) |
| 1 male |
40-49 |
1790-1800 |
= Peter (b. 1799) |
| 1 female |
4 or under |
1835-1840 |
= Susanna (b. 1835/6) |
| 2 females |
5-9 |
1830-1835 |
= Mary Jane
= Elizabeth |
| 1 female |
15-19 |
1820-1825 |
= Catharine (b. 1823) |
| 1 female |
40-49 |
1790-1800 |
= Catherine (b. 1797/8) |
| 1 |
person engaged in agriculture |
| 2 |
persons engaged in manufacture and trade |
5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #17 of 38): Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co., PA, Roll M432_786,
p. 310, 2023/2053, enumerated 2 Nov 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale
Matthiesen):¤
| Cath Stroup |
52 |
F |
|
|
Penna |
| Peter Stroup |
24 |
M |
|
Black Smith |
" |
| Catharine Stroup |
21 |
F |
|
|
" |
| Joannah Stroup |
2 |
F |
|
|
" |
| Thos. Hart |
19 |
M |
|
Black Smith |
" |
Where's Susanna? Presumably, the younger Catharine is Peter's wife
and Joannah is their daughter. Listed between sons Samuel
STROUP and Nathan
STROUP.
6. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #149
of 430): Millerstown P.O., Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co., PA, p. 621,
PN 215, 1494/1, enumerated 31 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun
1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
| Cath Stroup |
56 |
F |
|
widow |
|
300 |
Penna |
| Susanna |
24 |
F |
|
|
|
|
" |
Listed six households from son Samuel
STROUP.
7. Juniata County, PA. Will Book A, p. 322 (courtesy
of Susan M. Gates Davis):
Peter Stroub, Greenwood Township;
dated 19 Mar 1847; proved 17 Apr 1847;
widow: Catherine;
children: Samuel, Nathan, Peter, John, Catherine, Susannah, Elizabeth. |
8. Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book ?, pp.
102-103 (photocopies courtesy of Shirley Straub Morton).
Summary below; for full transcription, please
see this page.
| Grantor: |
Andrew STRAUB / STROUB / STROUP, & wife, Barbara,
of Greenwood Township, Cumberland [now Perry] County, Pennsylvania |
| Grantee: |
Peter STRAUB
of Greenwood Township, Cumberland [now Perry] County, Pennsylvania |
| Tract: |
155 acres
in Greenwood Township, Cumberland [now Perry] County, Pennsylvania |
| Adjacent
Landowners: |
McCONNELS, MAGAHAYS, Leonard PFOUTS |
| Provisions: |
Joseph STRAUB to have access to spring (for drinking water) |
| Prior
Conveyance: |
n.d., Edward QUIN to Samuel REED |
| Prior
Conveyance: |
2 Sep 1800, heirs of Samuel REED to Andrew STRAUB |
| Date
Indenture Signed: |
8 Nov 1819 |
| Witnesses: |
Jno. CRAINE, J. HUGGENS |
| Date
Proved: |
1 Jan 1820 (witness, J. HUGGIN) |
| Date
Recorded: |
13 Apr 1820 |
| Place
Recorded: |
Book ?, pp. 102-103, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Recorder: |
David Milliken |
Andrew is presumed to be Peter's father. It appears Peter bought
the land as he came of age, which should have been 26 Oct 1820, as he was
born 26 Oct 1799. So, do we have the wrong birthyear for him?
Was it really 1798?
9. A.L. Guss. 1886. "Chapter XXI: Greenwood
Township." Pages 885-891 in F. Ellis & A.N. Hungerford,
eds. History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys
Embraced in the Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Everts, Peck & Richards,
Philadelphia.
| ... The Seven Star Tavern was
built in 1818 by Peter Stroup.
It has been kept by several, and since 1860 has been kept by Thomas COX...
SCHOOLS.The earliest school-house said to have been in the township
was built of logs on the Stroup farm, in 1788, and taught by ___
Elder.
About 1810 a house was built at the Seven
Star Tavern, in which school was taught by Archibald Steward
and Peter Dawson (who was blind in one eye and very much of a humorist),
William McComb and his wife, Frank Luke, Samuel Dimm and Andrew Stroup.
In 1814 a school-house was built near Cargill's mill (now Dimm's),
not far from the present one.
In 1828 a house was erected near where James Cox now lives, which
was used until the school system was accepted, in 1836. The township
at present has four schools, Dimm's, Wilt, Dressler, and Ferguson, which
contain one hundred and forty-eight pupils. |
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