Richard Benjamin Strickland, Jr.

1812 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Richard Benjamin Strickland  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	13 Oct 1812
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Shown by some to have died ca 1852.
  Person ID	I16403	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard Benjamin Strickland,   b. Abt 1783, North Carolina d. 22 May 1856 (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Lucretia Bryant,   b. 1786, Virginia d. 1865 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1804	Mississippi
  	May have also had a son named Bennett?
  Family ID	F3919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Elizabeth McEwen,   b. Bef 1814   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	25 Apr 1832	Madison County, Georgia   [2]
  	Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 Richard Strickland to Elizabeth McKewn (sic) on 25 Apr 1832 Madison County, GA RESEARCH NOTES: A Richard and Elizabeth Strickland Family can be found on the 1850 through 1870 US Census in Florida. He was born ca 1812 in Georgia, and she between 1820 and 1825 in North Carolina or Georgia. In 1850 they were in Walton County, Florida, with children Julia, Martha, James, Robert, Joseph, Simeon and Joel. In 1870, they were in Santa Rosa County, with children Julian, Martha, James, Robert, Simeon and Joseph. Based on Elizabeth's age (too young to have married in 1832 in Georgia) this is likely a different family altogether. The fact that the Richard and Elizabeth Strickland family (of Mississippi) iss different from the Richard and Elizabeth Strickland family (of Florida, as noted above, was confirmed by a descendant of the Mississippi couple, Cynthia Ranucci. On March 6, 2023, she emailed me: "You mention that the Richard and Elizabeth Strickland in Florida is most likely not the Richard and Elizabeth Strickland in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. You are correct in that assumption. I just wanted to affirm that from personal knowledge supplied to me by family members years ago. My great-great grandfather, Ancil Strickland, was the last child of the Mississippi Richard and Elizabeth Strickland, born in 1852 in Glen, Mississippi. I too have 2 Strickland lines, but both descend from Jacob, Solomon's brother (if I remember correctly--my genealogy papers have been in storage......"
  Family ID	F6212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 25 Apr 1832 - Madison County, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1394] Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944, Richard Strickland (Reliability: 3). [S1394] Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944.