1st Mrs. John Strong (-1820/1830)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: John STRONG James STRONG Martha STRONG+ Hiram STRONG+ Mary STRONG Edmond STRAWN+ Catherine STRONG+ Elizabeth STRONG+ 1st Mrs. John Strong Marriage: John STRONG Died: 1820-1830, Smith County, Tennessee 1 2   Research Notes: There is circumstantial evidence that the first wife of John Strong may have been named Elizabeth, to wit: (i) there is an otherwise unidentified Betsy Strong, who joined the Salem Baptist Church in Liberty, now DeKalb County, in 1819; (ii) eldest daughter Martha named her first daughter Elizabeth, as did tentatively identified son Edmund; and (iii) the last child that can be identified as the daughter of John's first wife was named Elizabeth, perhaps because her mother died giving birth to her. 1st married John STRONG, son of James STRONG and Mary. (John STRONG was born in 1770-1775 in North Carolina 1 2 3 4 5 and died before 4 Dec 1848 in Lincoln County, Tennessee 6.)

1 1820 Census, Smith County, Tennessee, Ancestry.com Image 51 of 62.

2 1830 Census, Smith County, Tennessee, Page 59 (Ancestry.com Image 61 of 194).

3 1840 Census, Lincoln County, Tennessee, Page 31, Civil District No. 7 (Ancestry.com Image 63 of 209).

4 1880 Census, Lincoln County, Tennessee, Ancestry.com Image 11 of 52 (see father's birthplace as noted for Elizabeth Carter at Dwelling 117, Family 123, and for Katie Hedgebeth at Dwelling 119, Family 125).

5 James Robert Rolff, Strong Family of Virginia and Other Southern States (Published by James Robert Rolff, Oak Forest, Illinois, 1982), FHL Call No. 929.273 St 88r, FHL Microfiche No. 6,100,949, Page 223. Jim's e-mail address is jrolff@cox.net

6 Will of John Strong, Index to Wills, Sept. 1826 - Dec. 1921, Lincoln County, Tennessee, FHL Film No. 968,737, Index includes actual Will of John Strong.