Family: Barnabus Strickland / Rachel Mackie (F793)

• Male Barnabus Strickland

  
  

  Birth	2 May 1768	North Carolina
  Death	Abt 1840
  Burial
  Marriage	10 Nov 1787  [1]
  Father	Solomon Strickland | F72 Group Sheet
  Mother	Amey Pace | F72 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Rachel Mackie

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1759	County Tyrone, Ireland
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Other Spouse	John Brixey | F803
  Marriage	Between 1777 and 1778	North Carolina
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  Mother

  
  

  Male Solomon Strickland

  
  

  Birth	6 May 1790
  Death	9 Feb 1854	Madison County, Georgia
  Burial		Blue Stone Baptist Church Cemetery, Madison County, Georgia
  Spouse	Mary Smith | F939
  Marriage	3 Oct 1818	Madison County, Georgia

  
  

  Female Pauline Strickland

  
  

  Birth	24 Apr 1793
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Spouse	Phillip Ware | F940
  Marriage

  
  

  Female Rosannah Strickland

  
  

  Birth	27 Sep 1795
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Male Ephraim Barnubus Strickland

  
  

  Birth	Aft 1795
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Per the article in Stirpes Magazine, Wilson Strickland, born 1807 died 1847, is sometimes listed as a fifth child of Rachel and Barnabas. However, this would extend Rachel's childbearing over approximately 30 yeares. Additionally, Barnabas did not include Wilson in his will when he listed his children while a nearby Jacob Strickland will referred to his son Wilson whose age roughly corresponds to that listed for his Wilson. Many Strickland researchers claim Wilson Strickland as a family member. he was supposed to have been from Tennessee. It appears that he lived for a time in Georgia and then eventually settled in Texas, arriving as early as 1829. He served in the Texas military and Texas Rangers during the 1830s and was granted a large tract of land in what became Montgomery County. Supposedly he gave a man named Allen Vince a document deeding his land to him as part of a loan in 1838. Strickland dissapeared shortly after that and Vince eventually took over the land. However, rightful ownership of the land continued to be disputed. In 1931 oil was discovered on the land. The land was leased by Humble (now Exxon) Oil Co. and a lawsuit occured during the 1930s where 5,000 people claimed to be descendants of Wilson Strickland. To the present, the case remains unsettled as people still try to prove their right to part of the fortune which is in the tens of millions of dollars.

  
  

• Sources

  [S540] Cox, Trudy-Family Researcher, San Jose, CA (Family Group Sheets submitted to STRICKLAND SCENE).