W. H. Stroud and Louisa J. Stroud (Miller)

WHS & LJS were the parents of Elizabeth T. Stroud Corley
who was the mother of Beulah Idrew Corley Berry
who was the motherof of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name:W. (William?) H. (Hardy?) Stroud
Birth Date/Place: abt 1836/ LA
Marriage Date/Place: abt 1857/ Sabine Parish LA
Military Service: Co. B, 17th La. Inf. From 1861 - 1863
Death Date/Place: disappears after Feb 1863. Last on rolls near Vicksburg
Father's Father(Name and Birthdate): Bird W. Stroud/ abt 1812
Father's Mother(Name and Birthdate): Mary Polly Cook/ abt 1816-1819
Occupation: Farmer, **Soldier in the War Between the States**

MOTHER
Name: Louisa J.
Birth Date/Place: 28 Sep 1839/ Mississippi
Other Marriages: Thomas Miller in 9 Sep 1869 in Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/Place: 24 Apr 1904/ Antioch Baptist Cemetery, Sabine Parish, LA
Mother's Father (Name and Birthdate): unk
Mother's Mother (Name and Birthdate): unk

CHILD 1.
Name: Claiborne Stroud
Birth Date/Place: 26 Aug 1858/ Sabine Parish, LA
Spouse's Name: Josephine Leach
Marriage Date/Place: Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/Place: 11 Nov 1941/ Antioch Baptist Cemetery, Sabine Parish, LA

CHILD 2.
Name: Elizabeth "Betty" T. Stroud
Birth Date/Place: 28 Dec 1859/ Sabine Parish, LA
Spouse's Name: Larkin Franklin Corley
Marriage Date/Place: 01 Jan 1880/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/Place: 28 Apr 1941/ Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Sabine Parish, LA

CHILD 3
Name Ella Idrew Stroud
Birth Date/Place:19 Nov 1862
Spouse's Name: Newton Leach
Marriage Date/ Place: By 1880/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place: 13 May 1935/ Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Sabine Parish, LA

Notes: Do not confuse with W.H. Stroud, son of H.P. Stroud

Confederate Research Sources Volume 3-- S page 729 (cont)
Stroud, W. H.,Pvt. Co. B, 17th La. Inf.
En[listed]. May 12, 186 [probably 1861], Vicksburg, Miss.
Re-enlisted Edwards Depot, May 23, 1862. [near Vicksburg]
Present on Roll to June 30, 1862.
Roll dated Aug. 31, 1862, Absent, sick, near Edwards Depot, Miss.
Rolls Sept., 1862, to Feb., 1863, Present.

Beulah Idrew Corley, W.H.'s granddaughter, told Lynette Hoffman Harmon, my mother, a story about one of her ancestors. My mother originally thought that it was Beulah's father, but Larkin F Corley would have been too young to fit the description. Zacheus Corley did not fight in the War Between the States so it cannot be him. . . The soldier was wounded and was taken in by a Yankee widow woman. He stayed with her a little longer than was deemed appropriate (it could have been a year) and raised something of a scandal. I have not been able to verify this story.

Louiza J. Stroud Miller is buried at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Sabine Parish, LA.
To get to the cemetery-- leaving Florien on Hwy 474 west drive about 5 miles to Dess Road. Take a left onto Dess Road (to the south), travel less than one mile and you will see the Church. Louisa, Elizabeth T. Corley (her daughter), Claiborne Stroud (her son) and Idrew Leach are all buried on the Eastern side of the highway.

Obituaries: Mrs. I. Drue Leach, Sabine Parish 19 Nov 1862 - 13 May 1935
The Sabine Index - Mrs. I. Drue Leach 26 Jul 1935 - Page 8 - The death angel visited the home of N. F. Leach on May 13, and took from him his wife, Mrs. I. Drue Leach, who was born November 19, 1862, and was married to N. F. Leach Dec. 4, 1879. To this union were born five children, one dead, and four living. Aunt Drue was a member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist church since early life. Aunt Drue, as she was known by her many friends, had been in poor health for several years. Mid her sufferings and afflictions she was the sunshine of her home; her cheerful smiles and her kind words were the very expression of a godly character. Not only was she kind and cheerful to all whom she came in contact with, but she loved her Saviour in reality and expressed a desire to depart and be with Him. Nevertheless she had a mother's love for her children and husband but she had no desire to live and be a burden to those whom she loved. To know her was to love her. Father and children, weep not for your mother but comfort one another with these words, "That when the Lord returns with the redeemed one, among this number will be your Mother, so prepare to meet her when she come. By one who loved her, W. G. Bailey.

Obituaries: Newton F. Leach, Sabine Parish 24 Dec 1858 - 30 Sep 1941
The Sabine Index - Newton F. Leach 10 Oct 1941 - Last rites for Newton F. Leach, age 82 years, of Florien were held at Antioch last Wednesday at 10 o'clock. Rev. W.G. Bailey officiating, Dennis-Green funeral home directing, Interment Antioch Cemetery. Surviving are four children, Geo. W. Leach, Florien; Mrs. Nora Price, Dequincy; M.V. Leach, Florien, Dawson Leach, Florien and one sister, Mrs. Jo Stroud.

1860 Sabine Parish, Louisiana Census (online)
257 STROUD W.H. 24 M Farmer 800 150 Louisiana
257 Louisa 18 F Mississippi
257 Claiborne 2 M Louisiana
257 Elizabeth 6/12 F Louisiana

Ward 2, Sabine Parish, LA Census Taken September 1870
50 MILLER Thomas 36 M W Farm Laborer Mississippi
Louisa J. 31 F W Mississippi
Ida E. [Idrew] 6 F W Louisiana
STROUD Clarborne 12 M W At Home Louisiana
Elizabeth 10 F W Louisiana

Page 30, SD 2, ED 46, Ward 3 Sabine Parish, LA enumerated 29 June 1880
11/11 Miller, Thomas W M 45 Head M Farm MS GA MS
Louisa W F 40 wife M Keeping house MS GA MS
Letitia W F 07 dau S LA MS MS
Seborn W M 06 son S LA MS MS
12/12 Leach, Newton W M 27 head M Farm laborer AL AL AL
Idrew W F 17 wife M Keeping house LA LA MS
13/13 Stroud, Claborn W M 21head M Farm laborer LA LA MS
Josephine W F 17 wife M Keeping house AL AL AL

1900 Sabine Parish, LA Census
10/10 Miller, Louisa Head W F Sep 1839 60 W 11/7 MS GA GA Farmer
Artier J dau W F Sep 1880 19 S LA LA MS Farm Laborer
Newton B son W M Aug 1883 16 S LA LA MS Farm Laborer
15/15 Stroud, Claborn Head W M Aug 1858 41 M 22 LA LA MS
Josephine A. wife W F Jan 1862 38 M 22 0/0 LA FL SC
71/72 Leach, Newton F. W M Dec 1858 41 m 21 AL AL AL Farmer
Idrew E. W F Nov 1863 36 m 21 4/3 LA GA MS
George W. W M Nov 1880 19 s LA AL LA
Sigma H. W F Jan 1885 15 s LA AL LA
Moses V. W M Jan 1889 11 s LA AL LA

Bird W. Stroud and Mary Polly Cook Stroud

BWS & MPCS were the parents of W. H. Stroud
who was the father of Elizabeth T. Stroud Corley
who was the mother of Beulah Idrew Corley Berry
who was the motherof of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: Bird (Byrd) W. (Wall?) Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1812 in Tennessee
Marriage Date/ Place:
Death Date/ Place: btwn 1852 and 1860 in Sabine Parish, LA
Father's Father: Ransom Stroud born in 1763 in Chester Co., SC
Father's Mother: Sarah Wall born in 1775 in Chester Co., SC
Occupation: Farmer

MOTHER
Name: Mary Polly Cook
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1816-1819 in Georgia
Death Date/ Place: btwn 1860 and 1870, Sabine Parish
Mother's Father: Asa Cook (Possibly)
Mother's Mother: Temperence Cook (Possibly)

Child 1.
Name: Hester Stroud
Birth Date/ Place:
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date/ Place:
Death Date/ Place:

Child 2.
Name: W. H. Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1836/ LA
Spouse's Name: Louisa J. ??
Marriage Date/ Place: abt 1857/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place uncertain, prob. during Civil War

Child 3.
Name: James C. Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 27 Jul 1837
Spouse's Name: Matilda G. Salter
Marriage Date/ Place: 18 Oct 1860/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place 13 Nov 1905 Siloam Cemetery, Sabine Parish, LA

Child 4.
Name: Pleasant R. Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1839/ LA
Death Date/ Place: 1 Apr 1862/ in service during the Civil War, prob near Vicksburg

Child 5.
Name: Ransom Taylor Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1840/ LA
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date/ Place:
Death Date/ Place

Child 6.
Name: Mary M. Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1843/ LA
Spouse's Name: Amos Miller
Marriage Date/ Place: 01 Jan 1862/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place

Child 7.
Name: Nathan Richard Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1845/ LA
Spouse's Name: Sally Carter
Marriage Date/ Place: 07 Dec 1876
Death Date/ Place

Child 8.
Name: Bird Albert Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1847/ LA
Spouse's Name: Drucilla R.
Marriage Date/ Place: abt 1868/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place

Child 9.
Name: Matilda E. Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1849/ LA
Spouse's Name: J.H. Byrd
Marriage Date/ Place: 06 Feb 1873/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place

Child 10.
Name: Elizabeth Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1852/ LA
Spouse's Name: T.R. Anthony
Marriage Date/ Place: 21 Jan 1880
Death Date/ Place

Child 11.
Name: Angeline Stroud
Birth Date/ Place:
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date/ Place:
Death Date/ Place

1850 Sabine Parish Louisiana Census
550a550 STROUD Bird 38 M Farmer 2000 Tennessee
550b550 Mary 30 F Georgia
550c550 W.H. 16 M Louisiana
550d550 Jas 15 M Louisiana
550e550 P.R. 14 M Louisiana
550f550 R. T, 12 M Louisiana
550g550 Mary 8 F Louisiana
550h550 Richard 7 M Louisiana
550i550 Albert 5 M Louisiana
550j550 Matilda 2 F Louisiana

1860 Sabine Parish Louisiana Census
222 STROUD Hester 27 F Louisiana ** In the home of H.D. Allen
250 STROUD Mary 44 F Farmer 3000 Georgia
250 James 23 M Farmer Louisiana
250 Pleasant 21 M Louisiana
250 Taylor 20 M Louisiana
250 Mary 17 F Louisiana
250 Richard 15 M Louisiana
250 Albert 13 M Louisiana
250 Matilda 11 F Louisiana
250 Elizabeth 8 F Louisiana
257 STROUD W.H. 24 M Farmer 800 150 Louisiana
257 Louisa 18 F Mississippi
257 Claiborne 2 M Louisiana
257 Elizabeth 6/12 F Louisiana

1870 Sabine Parish Louisiana Census Ward 2
5 MILLER Amos 26 M W Farmer Mississippi
(Stroud)Mary 25 F W Louisiana
Alexander T. 3 M W Louisiana
Maggie 1 F W Louisiana
STROUD Matilda 19 F W At home Louisiana

1870 Sabine Parish Louisiana Census Ward 3
6 STROUD Jas C. 33 MW Farmer 1000 700 Louisiana
Matilda G.28 FW Alabama
Antoinette 4 FW Louisiana
Jefferson 1 MW Louisiana
RUSSELL Wesley 26 MW Farm Laborer Mississippi
STROUD Nathan R. 25 MW Works on Farm Louisiana

44STROUD Bird E. 23 MW Farmer 400 100 Louisiana
Druscilla M. 20 FW Louisiana
Lea Jane 1 FW Louisiana

Ransom Stroud and Sarah Wall Stroud

RS & SWS were the parents of Bird W. Stroud
who was the father of W. H. Stroud
who was the father of Elizabeth T. Stroud Corley
who was the mother of Beulah Idrew Corley Berry
who was the motherof of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: Ransom Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1763/ Chester Co., SC
Marriage Date/ Place: 1790/ Chester Co., SC
Death Date/ Place:1839/ Natchitoches Parish, LA
Father's Father: William Stroud born abt 1731
Father's Mother: Sarah (Pickett?)
Occupation: Farmer

MOTHER
Name: Sarah Wall
Birth Date/ Place: 1775/ Chester Co., SC
Death Date/ Place: Natchitoches Parish, LA
Mother's Father:
Mother's Mother:

Child 1.
Name: Parthenia Bird Estelle Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1793/ Chester Co, SC
Spouse's Name: Jesse Perry
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1817/ West Feliciana Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place: Leon Co, TX

Child 2.
Name: Hardy Pickett Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1801
Spouse's Name: Lavenia Perry
Marriage Date:
Other Marriages: Mary Morris, Elizabeth Hodge
Death Date/ Place: 9 Oct 1861/ Sabine Parish, LA

Child 3.
Name: Sarah L. Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1804/ TN
Spouse's Name: Benjamin Clinton Arthur
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place: Sabine Parish, LA

Child 4.
Name: William S. Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1810/ TN
Spouse's Name: Clarissa Harling
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place: 9 Jan 1860/ Rocky Mt. Cem, Bossier Parish, LA

Child 5.
Name: Bird W. (Possibly Wall) Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1812/ TN
Spouse's Name: Mary Polly Cook
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place: btwn 1852 and 1860/ Sabine Parish, LA

Note: Ransom and Sarah Stroud had other children who are not named here.Most of my information comes from Leatha Betts jlabetts@burgoyne.com

1790 Census Chester Co, SC lists Ransom Stroud, wife, one son, one daughter

1794 Chester Co, SC court minutes 1785-1799 p 267, Order Book B. #243,

25 Jan 1794, State v Ransom Stroud, charge of bastardy with Jane Steedman [Stedmans lived next door to Strouds] he paid 3 pounds 12 shillings fine/

1800 Census Chester Co, SC lists Ransom Stroud, wife, two sons, two daughters

1800 Deed book H, Chester Co, SC, p 31- Nov 1880, Ransom Stroud sold 95 acres to Zachariah Kitchens [believe to be his brother-in-law, sisters name unknown his brother Yerby married Jane Kitchens, prob a sister to Zachariah. They migrated to Henry Co, GA. Yerby was young, but a bit older than Ransom and served in the War of 1812 in GA] Ransom had originally purchased this land from Zachariah Kitchen in 6 Sept 1880.

1802 Deed book I, Chester Co, SC, p 36 23 Mar1802, Ransom Stroud sold 95 acres to Kindred Moses of NC, along Rocky Creek for $250. [this was originally Zachariah Kitchen's land, bought in 1796]

1803-1807 Tax lists, Wilson Co, TN. Ransom Stroud llived in Captain Martin's district. Byrd Wall and Drury Wall also listed. [Believe Ransom married Sarah Wall daughter of Drury, these were brothers or nephews]

1807 Lebanon Co, TN marriages: 13 Jun 1807 Nancy [Stroud] Wall [widow of ? Wall] married John Morris, witnessed and signed by Ransom Stroud.

1812- Third Regiment Seventh Co. Detatched From The Warren Regiment, Charles Allen Captain. Listed on the muster roll is a Ransom Stroud. [is it ours?]

<http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/carlow/211/war1812.htm>

1820 Census West Feliciana Parish Ransom Stroud

1829 Notary Papers Conveyance Records for Natchitoches Parish, LA p 254 #284

11 Jul 1829 Ransom and Sarah Stroud bought land from an improvement sale of Thomas Leakey, paid $135.
"Be it remembering that on the day of the date hereof, before me, John B. Dawson, Parish Judge of said Parish and Exoficio Notary Public in and for the same, personally came nay appearing Ransom Stroud and Sarah Stroud his wife both of the Parish and State aforesaid who declared and acknowledged that for and in consideration of the sum of sixteen hundred and eighty dollars lawful money of the United States to be paid by John E. Pharis in the following manner, to wit: eight hundred dollars in cash the receipt whereof is herby acknowledged and the balance eight hundred and eighty dollars on the first day of January Eighteen Hundred and Thirty for which the said Geo. E. Pharis hath given his note to Sarah Stroud, with J.P. Thomas as security payable as aforesaid, 1st Jan 1830, Hath given granted bargained sold, let over aliening and conveying and by these present, doth give grant bargain sell set over alien and convey unto the said John E. Pharis, his heirs and assigns the said party being present and accepting, all and singular, a certain tract of parcel of land lying and being in the parish and state aforesaid containing three hundred and thirty-six acres more or less with all the improvements thereon, and it being the same whereon the said Ransom and Sarah Stroud now reside and adjoining in land of Mrs. Sarah Haile, John Aber(Aben), C. Gaylebine, L. Collier Whitaker rather. To have and to hold the said tract of land and bargaining premises with all the rights, titles privileges and appurtenances of in and to the same belonging, or in any wit appertaining, unto the only proper use, benefit and behoof of him, the said John E. Pharis, his heirs and assigns forever. And the aforesaid Ransom and Sarah Stroud for them **** their heirs, executors H. The before recited having any bargaining premises unto him the said John E. Pharis, his heirs and assigns, will warrant and forever defend, against themselves the saying Ransom and Sarah Stroud, and all and every other person or persons whomsoever. this done and papers at St. Francisville in the Parsh and State aforesaid this Twenty-Sixth day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Nine in presence of Jos. E. Johnson, J.P. and Charles L. Johnson assisting witness who having signed their names as such. I grant these present under my official signature and seal this day and year.

John E. Pharis
Ransom (his mark) Stroud witnessing to Sarah Stroud interlined before signing
Sarah (her mark) Stroud
Jos. E. Johnson, J.P.
C.L. Johnson
Jno. D. Dawson, Parish Judge

Truly recorded this 20th Apr 1829"

1830 Census Natchitoches Parish, LA p 86: Ransom Stroud, Hardy Stroud, Temperence Cook

1833 Natchitoches Parish land deed for Ransom Stroud from Thomas Leakey Chles.F. Bennett, F.W. Ragland--C.C. Greneaux, Parish Judge Ex Officio Notary Public. #284 Thomas Leakey to Ransom Stroud Sale of Improvement Filed and Recorded 28 Oct 1833 State of Louisiana and the Parish of Natchitoches, this 11 Jul 1829, Know all men by these present that I Thomas Leakey for and in consideration of one hundred and thirty-five dollars delivered to my by note payable the first of next March for a certain improvement lying on the waters of the Negreet now occupied by John Mackay bounded on the East by Jos. Lakey's improvement and on the West by Christopher Wells and on the South by Thomas Arthur for said improvement. I bind myself my heirs and assigns to defend all my right, title and claim agreeable to the conditional lines marked out by us the party and Ransom Stroud his heirs and assings forever whereunto I set my and and seal on the day and year above written______Thomas Leakey, Test. Cary Morris J.F. Montgomery Before one Chalres E. Greneaux, Parish Judge, and ex officio notary public in and for the parish of Natchitoches in the State of Louisiana personally appeared Messrs. Cary Morris and Joseph F. Montgomery of the said parish who being first duly sworn, declare and said that they were present when the above instrument of writing was signed and deliverd by Thomas Leakey and delivered for the purposes therein mentioned and that they themselves have signed the same and witnessed and recognize the signitures thereto. In Testimony whereof the said appeared have signed their present with me the said Judge and Notary at my office in the Town and Parish of Natchitoches this 28 day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Three. Cary Morris-J.F. Montgomery C.E. Greneaux, Parish Judge

1840 Census Natchitoches Parish, LA. : B. W. Stroud, H. P. Stroud

William Stroud and Sarah Stroud

WS & SS were the parents Ransom Stroud
who was the father of Bird W. Stroud
who was the father of W. H. Stroud
who was the father of Elizabeth T. Stroud Corley
who was the mother of Beulah Idrew Corley Berry
who was the motherof of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: William Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1730/ Ireland
Marriage Date/ Place:
Military Service: American Revolution
Death Date/ Place: 10 Dec 1812/ Chester Co, SC
Father's Father: William Stroud of Ireland (?) from ancestry.com
Father's Mother: Elizabeth Farmer of Ireland (?) from ancestry.com

MOTHER
Name: Sarah

CHILD 1:
Name: William Stroud, III
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1752/ Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Death Date/ Place: August 1780/ One half mile below Green's meeting house, Rocky Mount
Buried: Beckhamville Sec, Chester Co, SC (see note below)

CHILD 2:
Name: Thomas Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1753/ Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Spouse's Name: Sarah Wilson
Marriage Date/ Place:1775 Chester Co, SC
Death Date/ Place: 10 Nov 1815/ Chester Co, SC

CHILD 2:
Name: John Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1754/ Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Spouse's Name: ?
Marriage Date/ Place: ?
Death Date/ Place: 1822/ Chester Co, SC

CHILD 3:
Name: Hampton Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1755/ Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Spouse's Name: Mary Wilson
Death Date/ Place: 22 Apr 1841/ Wilkinson Co, MS

CHILD 4:
Name: Erby/Irby/Yerby Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1761/ Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Spouse's Name: Jane Kitchen
Marriage Date/ Place: bef 1801
Death Date/ Place: 1843/ Henry Co, /GA

CHILD 5:
Name: Hardy Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1767/ On board ship off the coast of VA or PN
Spouse's Name: Christiana Long
Marriage Date/ Place:
Death Date/ Place: 25 Feb 1848/ Chester Co, SC

CHILD 6:
Name: Nancy Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1768/ Chester Co, SC
Spouse's Name: ?Wall
Other Marriage: John Morris
Marriage Date/ Place: 13 Jun 1807/ Lebonan, Wilson Co, TN
Death Date/ Place:

CHILD 7:
Name: Ransom Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1763/ Chester Co, SC
Spouse's Name: Sarah Wall
Marriage Date/ Place: 1790/ Chester Co, SC
Death Date/ Place: 1839/ Natchitoches Parish, LA

CHILD 8:
Name: James Ancil/Anzel Stroud
Birth Date/ Place: 1778/ Chester Co, SC
Spouse's Name: Salley Heath
Death Date/ Place: 11 Mar 1832/ Richburg, SC

Notes:

Census Records: 1790 Chester Co, SC

1800 Chester Co, SC

1810 Chester Co, SC

Submitted by: Leatha Ann Betts <jlabetts@burgoyne.com> There was a Thomas Stroude (English-may have come out of Devonshire or Essex Co. -See Strodes) who served as a Halberdier (Battleax weilder) in a seige of Londonderry, Antrim, N. Ireland, which routed Irish people, under command of King of England, 20 Sep. 1622. Received the Irish land in town of Coleraine, Antrim, N. Ireland, Serj. Joseph Strawde/Stroude served in the Seige of Londonderry 15 Apr. 1657, listed in Antrim, N. Ireland Census, Down, Antrim Ireland, 1689. These could be ancestors of William Stroud, father of William Stroud who migrated to America. William Stroud b. 1730-31, Ireland, served in French Indian Wars in S. Car. Rangers, July 1762, Charlestown, South Carolina. He returned to Ireland to collect his family, returning on ship "Snow Betty Gregg" which left Larne, Antrim, N. Ireland 4 Oct 1767, arrived before 2 Feb.1768, Charlestown, S. Car. William Stroud received a Royal land grant from Lord Govenor Granville, for 450 acres of land on Rockey Creek, Craven Co. S. Car. (Which later became Camden District and after Revolution, Chester Co. S. Car.) 100 acres was given to head of household, 50 acres for wife and children over age 12. William Stroud's was surveyed in 1768, but he did not take it over until 1771, probably working off indenture for passage ( 2-4 pounds stirling each). He had also been sued in 1767 for a debt of 26 pounds stirling in Berkeley Co. S. Car. (he was not in S. Car. to appear in court) probably incurred during his Ranger services, signing for supplies for the Rangers, from a Peter Robertson, land owner.

William Stroud is listed as a Jr. with wife Sarah on land records in Craven Co. S. Car.. He sold his first land aquisition to the Rev. William Martin, who helped bring 5 boatloads of Scotch-Irish Pesbyterian Covenantors from Ballymoney and Vow, Antrim, N. Ireland. Catholic Presbyterian Church was built on this land. William Stroud then purchased two plots of land from the Grimm Brothers (immigrated with Rev. Martin), 450 acres, and was Irish Certified to do so.

The Rev. William Martin recorded the names of William Stroud's sons. They were:
Will (William III), Jack (John), Tom (Thomas) Hamp(Hampton), Hardy (who was born on the boat coming over), Irby (Yerby, Erby), Ransom, and Anzil (James Ancil).Two sisters are also noted but not named. Rev. Martin stated the Strouds, Wilsons and Kitchens were heathens, meaning they did not attend church regularly but were the bravest of his congregation, signing up to revolt against the British rule. He stated that William Stroud had found some Tories in their midst and had punished them into exile.

William Stroud Sr. served in the Revolution as a wagoneer, bringing munitions to rebel troops. He was wounded in the left shoulder with a musket ball, which migrated to his hip and he had surgery to remove it.

His eldest son William Stroud Jr. (III) entered the War in June 1780, and singlehandedly killed more of the enemy than any other soldier in S. Car. He was captured and hung by the British, August of 1780. His body was left to hang for 6 weeks, as travelers rode by, left as a warning. His mother Sarah, one sister, and Captain Lacey cut him down and buried him beneath the tree he was hung on, on a dark, moonless night. (A plaque on Hwy. 95 in Chester Co. S. Car, just outside of Richburg...honors his sacrifice, erected in 1934.) John and Thomas Stroud served honorably and was paid for services. Hampton Stroud, was wounded by a sword cut to the wrist, and a musket ball to his left shoulder, was captured and imprisoned by British, in a ship off the coast of S. Car. where he was kept until the end of the Revolutionary War. The other sons [including Ransom our ancestor] were too young to serve.

William Stroud Sr. applied for a S. Car. Rev. War pension, which he tells of service under Gen. Sumter, who signed he could receive the pension. The application was signed 1811, but William Stroud died Dec. 1812, before he could receive it. Son Hardy Stroud, asked for it to pay of illness and burial expenses, the pension was granted for that year.