Rebecca SCRIVNER ^{2 3}

  Research Notes:

Moses Scrivner and Nancy Henley are thought to be Rebecca's parents for the following reasons: (1) there is an otherwise unidentified female child in the 10-16 age range in their household in the 1820 census for Smith County, Tennessee; (2) this is the only Scrivner family from Smith County, Tennessee whose members moved to Illinois, which is where Hiram and Rebecca's first children were born; (3) a younger daughter, Margaret Scrivner, married Martin Strong, also of Smith County, Tennessee, and they all moved to Cole County, Missouri and led parallel lives ; (4) one of Hiram and Rebecca's sons was named Moses; and (5) Rebecca named at least one of her sons after a brother, namely, James Riley Strong after her brother, James Riley Scrivner (Eli Strong appears to have been named after another probable brother).

  Burial Notes:

If Rebecca died while she was living with Greenbury and Minerva Howard, her son-in-law and daughter, she may be buried in Green Grove Cemetery, Moniteau County, Missouri. However, she is not listed in the cemetery records.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census: 1820, Smith County, Tennessee. ⁷

Household of Moses Scrivner: presumably the female age 10-16.

2. Census: 1840, Cole County, Missouri. ⁸

Household of Hiram Strong: Presumed to be the female age 30-40.

3. Land Patent: 1841, Cole County, Missouri. ⁹

Dated 10 Nov 1841
Rebecca Strong purchased the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Sec. 3, Twp. 43-N, Range 13-W, containing 38.32 acres.38.32 acres.

[Query whether this separate purchase wasn't a means of maximizing the amount of land a family could acquire by land patent.]

4. Census: 1850, Newton County, Missouri. ¹

Household of Hiram Strong: Rebecca Strong, age 41, female, born in Tennessee.

5. Deed: 1850, Cole County, Missouri. ¹⁰

Dated 5 Oct 1850, Filed 25 Oct 1852, Bk J:298
James W. Legg and Mary [Mary Ann per signature] his wife of Cole County to Rebecca Strong of Cole County; $200 for the W1/2 of the SE1/4 of Sec. 19, Twp. 44, Range 13, containing 80 acres.

6. Deed: 1852, Cole County, Missouri. ¹⁰

Dated 24 Sep 1852, Filed 25 Oct 1852, Bk J:299
Rebecca Strong of Cole County to John A. L. Blanke of Cole County; $200 for the W1/2 of the SE1/4 of Sec. 19, Twp. 44, Range 13, containing 80 acres. [Rebecca signed by her mark.]

7. Deed: 1855, Cole County, Missouri. ¹¹

Dated 16 Aug 1855, Filed 10 Aug 1863, Bk P:282
Charles Ring and Mariah his wife of Schisler County, Missouri [Schuyler?] to Rebecca Strong of Cole County; $125 for the SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of Sec. 5, Twp. 43, Range 13, 40 acres.

8. Census: 1860, Cole County, Missouri. ¹²

Dwelling 376, Family 380, Moreau Twp.
Becker Strong, age 52, male, farmer, $300 real property, $200 personal property, born in Tennessee, cannot read or write.
Moses Strong, age 18, male, born in Missouri
Margaret Strong, age 13, female, born in Missouri
Sarah Strong, age 11, female, born in Missouri
Minerva Strong, age 9, female, born in Missouri
John C. Strong, age 27, male, guarding at PY, born in Illinois
Andrew Strong, age 22, male, guarding at PY, born in Missouri
Jas. Strong, age 19, male, guarding at PY, born in Missouri

[Taking into account all available records, it is clear the enumerator made a mistake in recording Rebecca as Becker and as a male. The information was probably supplied by a family member who identified her as 'Becca, which the enumerator heard as Becker and presumed it was a male name.]

9. Deed: 1863, Cole County, Missouri. ¹¹

Dated 4 Nov 1863, Filed 11 Nov 1863, Bk P:406
Rebeca Strong of Cole County to John K. Watts of Cole County; $75 for the SE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Sec. 5, Twp. 43, Range 13.

10. Deed: 1864, Cole County, Missouri. ¹¹

Dated 15 Aug 1864, Filed 1 Sep 1864, Bk Q:223
Rebecca Strong of Cole County to John K. Watts of Cole County; $75 for the SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of Sec. 5, Twp. 43, Range 13, 40 acres.

[This land abutted that owned by Martin and Margaret Strong. It was probably after this sale that Rebecca moved to Moniteau County, where son Eli had purchased land in 1863.]

11. Census: 1870, Moniteau County, Missouri. ⁴

Household of G. B. Howard: Rebecca Strong, age 65, female, born in Missouri.

Rebecca married Hiram STRONG, son of John STRONG and 1st Mrs. John Strong.¹ (Hiram STRONG was born about 1809 in probably Smith County, Tennessee ¹ and died in 1850 in Missouri ¹³.)