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Richard Benjamin Strickland, Jr.

Male 1812 - Yes, date unknown


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  • 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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1856 (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Lucretia Bryant,   b. 1786, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1865 (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 22 May 1804  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 

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

    2. [S1394] Ancestry.com - Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944.