Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:Family tradition (as related to me by Lawrence Wood) states that Isaac Stroud was married to a woman who had a child Elizabeth Stroud (married Mason Grist). Isaac then died, and Mrs. Stroud married a Stewart afteward.

Evidence shows that the woman in question was Rosanna Johnston (c1788-1877). The only thing not certain was whether her Isaac Stroud is the same Isaac who is a proven son of Jesse Stroud. That seems the only possible choice in my opinion as the age and locations work.


!CENSUS:1790 Burke Co., NC p. 88
Jesse Stroud age 16+ (bef 1774)
1-3-1-0-0
My analysis (who each person *might* be)
1m 16+ (bef 1774) Jesse Stroud (1760/70)
3m -16 (1774/1790) 1 Ecclesiastes Stroud (c1785) son
3m -16 (1774/1790) 2 Isaac Stroud (1784/1790) son <---
3m -16 (1774/1790) 3 John Stroud (nd) or Thomas Stroud (c1790) sons
1f no ages (bef 1790) Naomi (---) wife


!CENSUS:1800 Rutherford Co., NC p. 144
Jesse Stroud age 26-44 (1755/1774)
33010-20011-0-1
My analysis (who each person *might* be)
1m 26-44 (1755/1774) Jesse Stroud (1760/70)
3m 10-15 (1784/1790) 1 Ecclesiastes Stroud (c1785) son
3m 10-15 (1784/1790) 2 Isaac Stroud (1784/1790) son <---
3m 10-15 (1784/1790) 3 John Stroud (nd) or Thomas Stroud (c1790) sons
3m 0-9 (1790/1800) 1 Jesse Stroud (1794/1800) son
3m 0-9 (1790/1800) 2 Peter Stroud (c1792) son
3m 0-9 (1790/1800) 3 John Stroud (nd) or Thomas Stroud (c1790) sons
1f 45+ (bef 1755) Mother? Mother-in-law?
1f 26-44 (1755/1774) Naomi (---) wife
2f 0-9 (1790/1800) 1 Daughter?
2f 0-9 (1790/1800) 2 Nancy Stroud (1798) daughter


!CENSUS:1810 x
* Lost for 99% of Tennessee;


!CENSUS:1820 x
* Not found.
All of 1820 census for Eastern Tennessee lost.;


!CENSUS:1830 x
* One in Christian Co., KY age 60-69, much too old.
* One in Tazewell Co., IL, age 40-49 (1780/90) which works:
Isaac Stroud 0232101-0101001. Don't know anything about this one.


!NAMED-WILL:24 May 1834 Weakley Co., TN p. 139 Jesse Stroud, recorded 17 Jul 1834
Wife Tabitha and *her* six children:
Elizabeth,
Deniza,
Obedience,
Margaret,
Jane,
James
Richard (note by Marty: That's seven children!)
My son Howell
my son Silas
Having had eleven children by my first wife Naoma, to each one dollar (viz)
Echolds,
Isaac, <---
Jesse,
John,
Thomas,
Nancy,
Rebecca,
Polly,
Sally,
William
Peter.
Wit: Harden S. Adams, Samuel Hall, Thornton Jones.
S: Jesse (R) Stroud

!NOTES:Tombstone inscription:
"Rosanna Johnston Stroud Stewart Jackson Died 1877 Charter Member of Head of Tenn Baptist Church"
*Tombstone appears to be old, but certainly not from 1877. My guess is it was probably placed in mid 1900's.


!NOTES:I have not determined who her 2nd husband, Mr. Stewart was. Since I'm also a Stewart descendant, I'm very interested in identifying him.

A clue may be found in Rosannah's 3rd husband Ralph Jackson of Murray Co., GA. He was a close neighbor of Barnabas (Barny) Stewart in 1840 and 1850. Barney was of the same general age as Rosannah's husband, so if, perhaps Barny was her brother in law, it might explain why and how she met Ralph Jackson several counties away from where she had been living in Rabun Co., GA.

Barney seems to have been from Morgan Co., TN (1830), then to Murray Co., GA 1840 and 1850. He died in the 1850's in Murray, leaving widow Susan (1860).


!CENSUS:1810;


!CENSUS:1820;


!CENSUS:1830;


!CENSUS:1840 Rabun Co., GA p. 215
Rosanna Steward age 50-59 (1780/1790)
001-00100001;


!MARRIAGE LICENSE:23 Apr 1844 Murray Co., GA
Ralph Jackson Sen & Rosannah Stewart
Thomas O. Austin, CCO
Married 27 Apr 1844 by H. Davis, JJC;


!CENSUS:1850 Murray Co., GA # 1658/1658
Ralph Jackson 69 Cooper $- NC
Rosina 62 NC
Elizabeth 38 SC
Nancy 22 SC;


!CENSUS:1860 x


!CENSUS:1870 Rabun Co., GA ---, Clayton PO # 247/254
Rosana Jackson 82 at home $-/- NC
Posey Eller 45 Farmer GA
Jane 47 Keeping House
Mary 23 at home
James 21 Farm Laborer
Elizabeth 20 at home
Cancie M. 18 at home
Joseph1 6 farm laborer
Annie L. 14 at home
Sarah 10 at home
Abraham 2;