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Will of Sarah CROW (wife of James Crow, 1781—1848)
29 Jan 1851

In the name of God Amen I Sarah Crow of the County of Washington and state of Virginia being sick and weak in body, but of sound mind and disposing memory for which I thank God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with, I give and bequeath the same in manner following that is to say.

1st I give and bequeath to my Grandson James C. Williams one bay filly, new sad-dle & bridle, two heifers and one cow, one two horse plow with two pair of horse gears, doubletrees devices and patent axe one bed and clothing with a suffering of seed oats to sow this spring and to feed his beast until he makes his crop, all of this gift he is to have at my decease.

2nd I give to my Granddaughter Sarah E. Williams one horse beast saddle and bri-dle worth seventy dollars when she arrive to the age of eighteen, with one bed and clothing, with one black heifer, the last gift she is to have immediately after my death.

I give my three daughters each one bed and furniture to divide as they can agree. I desire that all the balance of my property of every kind that I have be sold imediately after my decease and out of the money arising therefrom my bur-ial expenses be paid.

I hold two promisory notes on my sons William and James CROW. I give them the interest on those two notes I request that the balance of my estate of every kind that is not devised heretofore after paying my burial expenses I give to my children and Grandchildren equally divided as follows James Crow, William Crow, Nancy Snodgrass [m. Joseph 1840], Mary Snodgrass [m. Edward 1838] and Sarah E. Robinson, my grandchildren of my deceased daughters Margaret Kelly dec’d and Jane Williams dec’d Heirs the same that their mothers would have got if they had been living equally divided among them.

And lastly I do constitute and appoint my son William Crow Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other or former wills or testaments by me heretofore made.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and my seal this 29th day of January 1851. signed sealed published and declared as and Sarah (her mark) Crow for the last will and testament of the above named Sarah Crow in presence of us J. M. Price, William Snodgrass, John Miller.

Proved in court 24 Feb 1851. William Crow appointed executor, with William Snodgrass & John M. Price his securities.

Source: Washington Co., VA Will Bk. 12, page 45

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Great news! We have a new Family Tree added to the web site. It is The Edwards – O’Connor Family Tree and belongs to member Cricket. This tree includes, besides Edwards and O’Connor, the surnames Crow, Click/Cleck, Hyden, Redshaw, and Snoddy.

Two family trees have been updated with ancestors, photos, documents, info, etc:

1. The Hayes – Post Family Tree and

2. The Vest – Lowry Family Tree

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A useful link if you are researching in the Butler County, Ohio area. This is part of the USGenWeb project. Members can download this digital book from Shared Ancestors in the Downloads section!

Surname Index to Memoirs Of The Miami Valley

Introduction on the site – “This index was created in an effort to fill a void in the genealogical research for Butler County, Ohio. The volume was not indexed with the original publication because, in the editors’ words, “Biographies and Portraits are arranged in alphabetical order, making an index unnecessary.” This is obviously not the case since there about 600 surnames as the subjects of the biographies, but over 3,000 total surnames in 9000 entries among the pages. I hope that this helps you find your relatives. Many of the biographies include photos or drawings of the subjects, and these are noted in the index. However, the book has not numbered the pages of these illustrations, so this index uses the text page number facing the illustration as its page number. ”
Gary S. King
Batavia, Illinois
January 2003

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   Peter was born on Sturgeon’s Run, now Sturgeon Creek, near the border between Brunswick and Dinwiddie Counties and believed to be the son of William Stroud and Margaret Rose. As a boy he moved with his father and brothers to the Edgecombe/Granville/Orange County North Carolina area around 1741.

   According to some old research, Peter Stroud was married twice, first to Naomi and second to Rebecca. There are records proving Rebecca, but no primary records showing his first wife was named “Naomi”. However, this must have been based on some old family document or family tradition for the name “Naomi” did get used a lot among the Stroud family in later generations.

   In 1758 Peter’s father William gave him and his brother each a deed of gift of 158 acres in Orange County. Peter and his family lived on a plantation on Terrell’s Creek, on the county line between Orange and Chatham Counties, southeast of Durham. They probably grew tobacco.

   Peter had numerous children per the early census records. In an old 1922 letter from Ed Anderson to John G. Stroud, he (Anderson) stated that Jesse was a son of Peter. Anderson was a grandson of Jesse, and the addressee (John G. Stroud) was a grandson of William Stroud (Jesse’s brother). We can probably safely assume that Ed Anderson was personally acquainted with the structure of the early family. Anderson referred to “your grandfather William Stroud, you know was a brother to old Uncle Peter and so was our Jesse Stroud”. Unfortunately he didn’t mention anything about the rest of the family. Peter first married Naomi and had Jesse, Susanna, and Peter Jr. He married Rebecah around 1770 and had William and possibly Fanny and Joyce. Per census records Peter had other children but none are proven. In 1789 Peter and Rebecah sold their Terrells Creek plantation of 800 acres for 500 pounds to someone back in Brunswick County. Rebecah signed with an X. The family moved to what is now the Marion, McDowell Co., NC area. They are listed in the 1790 census in the Morgan District and they lived on Bucks Creek.

   Peter Stroud made a Will, but unfortunately it was lost with most of the other early Burke County records. We know of its existence for it was mentioned in the Court Minutes as being recorded in July 1827 by Thomas Raburn “and wife”. This record means that Peter Stroud Sr was dead by July 1827. Presumably, widow Rebecca was the one mentioned as “and wife” in 1827, so she survived Peter. She was considerably younger than him, so she may have lived many years more but no record of her beyond 1827 has been found. She was not listed on the 1830 or 1840 census, though if living, she may have been with a married son or daughter.

   It is unknown if Peter owned slaves but William Stroud Jr, his brother, left several slaves to his children in his will.

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1. Proceedings of the Bi-Centennial Gathering of the Descendants of Henry Hayes – book – digital copy. Contributed by Duke. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames

2. Addendum – The Hayes Family, 1981 – addendum to the Henry Hayes book above; the 77th annual Hayes Family Reunion. Contributed by sharedan. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames

3. The Hayes Family – by J. Montgomery Seaver, 1929. Contributed by lotstodo. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames

4. The Hayes Family: Origin, History and Genealogy – by Royal S. Hayes, 1928. Contributed by lotstodo. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>Surnames

5. April 2010 Newsletter – with the April contest, this month’s prize and rules! In the Downloads section under Newsletters

6. Memoirs Of The Miami Valley – edited by Various, 1920; focuses on people in Butler County, Ohio. Contributed by Duke. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>People/Places

7. Old Times In West Tennessee – by A Descendant, 1873; reminiscences of life of the early settlers in the Big Hatchie country. Contributed by sharedan. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>People/Places

8. Pioneers Of Illinois – by N. Matson, 1882; sketches and events previous to 1813. Contributed by sharedan. In the Downloads section under Genealogy>People/Places

To view and/or download these new additions then go to the Main Menu to the left and under Genealogy click the Downloads link.

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State of North Carolina No 946

Know ye that we for and in consideration of the Sum of 16 Dollars and 50 cents paid in to our Treasury  by Archibald Morisson have Given and Granted unto Andrew Presley assignee of Archibald Morrisson a tract of Land containing fifty acres lying and being in the County of Macon Section No 59 in District No 7 it being part of the Land lately acquired by treaty from the Cherokee Indians and Sold in obedience to an act of the General Assembly of this State Bounded as follows viz Beginning at a Chestnut South East Corner of No 58 and runs South Seventy East eighty poles to a hickory, thence South fifteen West thirty poles to a Spanish oak thence North twenty five West twenty poles to a Stake thence South fifteen West thirty six poles to a Black oak thence North Seventy five West eleven poles to a post oak thence South eighty five West ninety poles to a hickory thence North twenty poles to a Chestnut bush thence thirty eight West forty one poles to black walnut Corner of No 58 thence North Seventy two East ninety Six poles with the line of No 58 to the Beginning as by the plat here unto annext doth appear together with all woods waters mines Minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the Said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the Said Andrew Presley his heirs and assigns for ever yielding and paying to us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from time to time may direct provided always that the Said grantee Shall cause his Grant to be Registered in the Registers office of our Said County of Macon within twelve months from the date hereof other wise the Same Shall be void in testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made pattent and our Great Seal to be here unto affixed

Charles Manly Esquire our Governor Captain General Commander in Chief at Raleigh this Sixth December in the 79th year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty

By command W. Hill Secretary of State

Charles Manly

The foregoing Grant was duely in the Registers office of Macon County N. Carolina the 9th day of June 1857     Witness            J.S. Keener  R M C

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William is one of the more colorful Strouds in our line. Although he was illiterate, William bought and sold a great deal of land in Virginia and North Carolina. He appears to have been somewhat of a land speculator and he didn’t remain in any one place for long. He was arrested twice, the first time in Virginia about the same time as his brother Joshua, and on similar charges, and for breaking out of jail the second time.

He was born about 1700 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virgina. He lived on the south side of the Meherrin River, Surry County, Virginia between 1721-1723. He received a grant of 100 acres on the south side of Meherrin River in Surry (probably now Mecklenburg) County, Virginia, in 1721; he sold it in 1723. This was the first recorded of many land transactions that William would engage in. He was married to Margaret, maiden name unproven but often given as “Rose”.

In 1738 John Sr. died leaving half of his land on Sturgeon Run in Brunswick County, 196 acres, to William and the other half to John Jr. This was in St. Andrew’s Parish on the line between Dinwiddie and Brunswick County, Virginia.

By late summer of 1739 William purchased 1,000 acres on the south side of the Roanoke River, in Brunswick County, Virginia. He was sued for adultery by the church wardens of the parish, for trespass, assault, and also for debt. On 7 Aug 1740 it was reported that he was not in the county.

In 1741, as in Brunswick County, Virginia, Deed Book 2, page 107, there is a “Lease and Release”, from William Stroud, Sr., of Edgecombe Precinct, North Carolina, to John Shearman of Brunswick, for a 100 acre tract in Brunswick, bounded by Robert Ferington and Lewis Parham. It was signed, William X Stroud, and witnessed by Andrew Hampton, Susanna King and George King and recorded 1 October, 1741. On 27 Jun 1741 both William and his brother John Stroud Jr sold Drury Stith the 196 acres on Sturgeon Run where he was living at the time. Brunswick County Deed Book 2, page 125, 27 June, 1741, shows that William Stroud, “Planter, of the Parish of St. Andrew’s”, a mortgage held by Drury Stith, Gent., on 196 acres on both sides Sturgeon Run, where Stroud now lives, it being part of tract surveyed for John Stoud in 1729, and having been part of a larger tract containing 392 acres. William made his mark, thereby agreeing to pay off the mortgage, plus interest and expenses, by 27 June, 1742, or lose the property.

He then moved his family to Edgecombe Precinct (now Warren County), North Carolina. His brothers Joshua (who had been arrested for adultery about the same time William had and who had abandoned his wife) and John Jr and his family came with him. In 1742 he received a grant of several hundred acres on Cabin Branch of Smith’s Creek and several years later received another 500 acre grant for more Cabin Branch land. Over the next twenty years he proceeded to purchase more land here and to sell it to several others, including his son John, who continued to buy land along the creek.

15 March, 1742/3 he acquired 400 acres in Edgecombe, on Powell’s branch. Other locations were Cabin Branch, Smith’s Creek and Little Creek. During this period of time William Stroud, Jr. met his wife to be, Elizabeth Estridge, as William, Sr. sold to her father, Ephraim Estridge, 100 acres.

On 22 February, 1743, William Stroud, county not identified, sold to Ephraim Estridge, county not identified, for 4 pds 10 shill, 100 acres on Cabbin Branch, all houses, etc., “part of grant to ye sd Stroud, 15 Mar 1742″.

On 1 December, 1747, William Stroud, Jr. sold 100 acres on the east side of Powell’s Creek at Ephraim Estridge’s SW corner. On 5 March, 1754, William Stroud received a license in Granville County to keep and Ordinary at his dwelling.

At some point his first wife Margaret died, and he married Elizabeth. In 1755 he was imprisoned in Granville County, North Carolina but escaped aided by his wife Elizabeth, his son William Jr, his daughter-in-law Elizabeth, and others. William Jr. was later indicted for assisting in the escape. We are left to wonder the cause of his incarceration. Perhaps the “Crown” was displeased with William, as his family did not appear to be. There are records regarding his neighbors having covered the roadway with limbs and brush so as to deter agents of the King, but we will never know whether William was arrested for so honorable a cause. William and his family locate next in Orange County where, in 1756, he purchased 315 acres and immediately gave half to William Jr. and half to Peter. He then moved up to Lunenberg County, Virginia, by 1759, as Granville County Deed Book C notes that “William Stroud of Lunenberg County, Virginia”, sold 100 acres on Dodson’s Branch in Granville, to William Woodward.

The last known mention of William Stroud Sr. was on 1 Feb 1783 when he acknowledged in Lincoln County that John Stroud of that county was his eldest son by his first wife Margaret. At this time he would have been around 83.

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• ID: I649291648
• Name: Emma Frances POST
• Given Name: Emma Frances
• Surname: Post
• Sex: F
• Birth: 4 Jul 1848 in Kane, Green Co, IL
• Death: 1926 in Larned, Pawnee Co, KS

• Note: “Ancestors Robert Kitchell, Rev. Abraham Pierson, John Cory, Obadiah Bruen, Jean Genung, Edward Ball came to America over 300 years ago. Her grandfather Jacob Post, and a great grandfather Joseph Wood, were born in New Jersey and fought in the Revolutionary War. ”

Mrs. Leasure was born in Illinois and came out to Larned, Kansas, in 1873. She had the spirit and enterprise of the true pioneer and before her first marriage she took up a pre-emption, plowed the furrows for setting out a row of hedge, and built a shack. She was the first woman married in Pawnee County after its organization. She was married in 1873, at Larned to Capt. Daniel Bright. The license for her marriage was issued by Captain Bright himself, who was then serving as probate judge. Mrs. Leasure and Mrs. Tompkins, wife of the first newspaper man of Larned, made the first flag which was raised in the new county to celebrate the Fourth of July celebration in 1873. This flag was made of strips of red, white and blue torn from old clothing.

Transcribed from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. [Revised ed.] Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1919, c1918. 5 v. (xlviii, 2530 p., [155] leaves of plates): ill., maps (some fold.), ports.; 27.

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   Ralph C. Vest, 82 of Aldrich, Mo., passed away at Cox Medical Center South, on Sunday December 27, 2009 at 8:55 p.m. Ralph was born near Walnut Grove and was a lifelong resident of the Walnut Grove and Aldrich areas. He was a farmer and retired rural mailcarrier retiring in 1987 after 30 years of service. Ralph was active in the Rural Letter Carriers Association. He was a 60 year member of the Eudora Baptist Church and was a World War II Navy veteran. He was a graduate of Marion C. Early High School in 1944. Ralph and Betty Dobbins were united in marriage on July 3, 1949. To this union two children were born. Together they were privileged to share over 60 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, James E. and Nannie Lowery Vest; four brothers, Arley, Victor, Floyd and Coy Vest; and two infant sisters. He is survived by his loving wife, Betty; one son, John and wife Donna Vest of Lebanon, Mo.; daughter Judy and husband Gary Parkison of Walnut Grove, Mo.; two sisters-in-law, Hannah Vest and Martha Coble; five grandchildren, Becky Vest, Joni and husband Gavin Floyd, Jamie Vest, Jeff and wife Kim Parkison and Kevin and wife Shylena Parkison; and two great-grandchildren, Zianna Parkison and Grayden Floyd; and anxiously awaiting the arrival of the third great-grandchild. Services will be held on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in the Eudora Baptist Church with Revs. Jim White and Lon Killingsworth officiating. Interment will follow in Greene Lawn Cemetery, Walnut Grove under the care and direction of Wilson-Brim-Daniel Funeral Home, Walnut Grove. Friends may call after 4 p.m., Wednesday, in the funeral home chapel where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be given in his memory to the Eudora Baptist Church Activity Building Fund.

~ The Shared Ancestors and GeneaBlogs family extends condolences to member Blanche and the Vest/Lowry/Lowery family for their loss ~

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Born: 27 May 1672 in Skelton, York, England
Married: Jane Worrilaw on 10 Oct 1696
Died: 1749 in West Town, Chester, Co., PA
Buried: Edgemont Township, Chester Co., PA

Daniel Hoopes fought in the war with Cromwell. In company with an unmarried brother he came to this country in the year 1683 on the Ship Providence. The brother, soon tiring of the pioneer life, returned to his home in England. Therefore, Daniel and family were the first of the name in America. Daniel Hoopes first settled farther north in this State [PA] but soon after procuring the right of 64 acres from William Penn in what is now Chester and Delaware Counties and in the township of Westtown, made that his home. It is related that some of the older children were born in a cave, which was the first home of the family and, in those primitive times, not an exceptional case. The line of Delaware county runs through the lower portion of the estate. On the main portion of the land there was built in 1723 what at that time was considered an elegant mansion. It contained about twelve rooms and has its secret closet, etc. This house has quite a history. The old homestead is still standing and looks as though it would for several years to come.

Of interest is the obituary of Joshua Hoopes, grandson of Daniel:
“Joshua Hoopes, aged 88 years and 7 months; the oldest of the name of Hoopes in the country. At Downingtown, on the evening of the 11th of same, granddaughter of the above; aged between 3 and 4 years. In Sadsbury, on the 25th of the same Francis W. Hoopes, grandson of the above Joshua; age near thirty years (not 40 as stated) He has left a widow and three small children.
As instances of longevity are occasionally noticed, the following may not be uninteresting. Daniel Hoopes, grandfather of the above named Joshua Hoopes, was married in 1696. The issue of that marriage was seventeen children; nine of whose ages averaged more than 84 years; and seven of the nine were living about 100 years after the union of their parents. The last of them died about 120 years after her parents marriage. The sum of the ages amounts to about 1036 years. If we add the ages of Daniel and his wife, we have about 1200 years. There are probably very few instances in modern times of the immediate issue of a single marriage enjoying 1036 years of life.
When a boy Daniel came into this country with his father Joshua Hoopes, in company with William Penn. Joshua took an active part in the Government; it also appears that Daniel was a member of the Legislature in the years 1708-9; since which the family seem not to have engaged much in public business. From Daniel are descended all the Hoopes of America.”

Daniel Hoopes’ signature on a land deed dated 5 Dec 1730. He transferred 200 acres to his son of the same name.

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