Ruth Thompson b. Abt 1763 d. Abt 1860 Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Abt 1763 - Abt 1860 (97 years)

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Name	Ruth Thompson [1]
Birth	Abt 1763
Gender	Female
Death	Abt 1860	Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana [2]
Notes	SUCCESSION RECORDS OF ST.HELENA PARISH, LOUISIANA 1804-1854, E. Russ Williams, Jr., c1966, p. 31 NOTE (Patricia Ezell): In LA, Succession Records are the equivalent of Probate Records. Ruth Thompson, dgt. of Alexander Thompson and Elizabeth Hodge of Elbert Co. GA, married about 1787 to Henry Strickland, b. 1766, N.C., d. Madison County, GA Feb 1817. Henry was the son of Solomon Strickland and Amy Pace. In the 1820 census of St. Helena Parish, LA., Ruth Stricklin appears as a widow over 45 yrs of age, has 1 boy age 18-25, 2 girls 16-25, 1 boy and 1 girl 10-15 yrs of age. On 10 Apr 1823, Ruth Strickling married Benjamin Bagley in Amite County, MS. On 29 Oct 1824, Benjamin Bagley and wife, sold to Elizabeth White, chattel (probably a slave) in Amite County, MS. Conveyance Book I, page 2, p.68. On 28 Sep 1826, Benjamin Bagley sold to K. & R. Strickland in Amite County, land Conveyance Book 2, p.172 Benjamin Bagley had probably been married before his marriage to Ruth as he appears in the 1810 Amite County census with a family. He received a land grant in Amite County on 21 Dec 1811, Township 3 North, Range 13 East, Section 24, 505 acres. He received another land grant in Amite County, MS. on 15 Oct 1816, Township 3North Range 6 East. This 2nd land grant was assigned to Josiah Powell on 1 July 1827 which may be a sign that Benjamin and Ruth moved.... or it could just be that he sold the land.--(Patricia Ezell) The BAGLEY family does not appear in the 1850 census for Amite, Wilkinson, or Franklin Counties, MS, nor do they appear in the 1850 census for St.Helena, East or West Feliciana. A number of the STRICKLAND children were in the 1850 St.Helena Parish census: Cade, James and Willis (at least). There is no succession record for Ruth Thompson, Ruth Stricklin, or Ruth Bagley in the St.Helena Parish records. One curious thing is how did Ruth Thompson from GA to MS? With whom did she come? Henry Stricklin died in 1817 in Madison County, GA. (at least according to Albert Casey's book, AMITE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI AND ITS ENVIRONS, p. 589. It's probably that she came with some of her adult children who had already married while still living in GA., i.e. , like Elizabeth STRICKLAND who married Edward WHITE about 1814 in Elbert County, GA, Nancy STRICKLAND who married Grant Rice TAYLOR in Madison Co. GA on 19 Sep 1818, Willis H. STRICKLAND who married Amy in 1816 in Madison Co.GA (this family went to Tangipahoa LA where he founded Tangipahoa Baptist Church).
Person ID	I66	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

Father	Alexander Thompson, Sr., b. Abt 1739, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania d. Between 1808 and 1815, Madison County, Georgia (Age 69 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Hodge, b. Between 1742 and 1745 d. Between 1808 and 1820, Madison County, Georgia (Age 66 years)
Marriage	Abt 1760	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Family ID	F74	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Henry Strickland, b. Abt 1766, North Carolina d. 6 Feb 1817, Madison County, Georgia (Age 51 years)

Marriage Abt 1787 Georgia [1]

Children

	1. Hardy Strickland, b. Aft 1788, Elbert County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Ansel B. Strickland, b. 5 Apr 1790, Elbert County, Georgia d. 5 Mar 1814, Amite County, Mississippi (Age 23 years)
	3. Cade Drew Strickland, b. 1 Nov 1791, Elbert County, Georgia d. 1 Mar 1868, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana (Age 76 years)
	4. Henry Strickland, Jr., b. Aft 1792 d. 1818 (Age 25 years)
	5. Thompson C. Strickland, b. Bef 1793, Georgia d. Bef 1860, Alabama (Age 67 years)
	6. Elizabeth Strickland, b. Abt 1795, Elbert County, Georgia d. 25 Dec 1864, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 69 years)
	7. James Robert Strickland, b. 7 Apr 1797, Elbert County, Georgia d. 16 Aug 1862, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana (Age 65 years)
	8. Nancy Ruth Strickland, b. Abt 1799, Elbert County, Georgia d. 26 Aug 1847, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana (Age 48 years)
	9. Willis Henry Strickland, b. Abt 1802, Elbert County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F71 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 9 Dec 2006

Family 2	Samuel Benjamin Bagley, b. Abt 1763 d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	10 Apr 1823	Amite County, Mississippi [3]
Family ID	F73	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

Event Map

Marriage - Abt 1787 - Georgia

Marriage - 10 Apr 1823 - Amite County, Mississippi

Death - Abt 1860 - Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

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Sources

[S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 58 (Reliability: 3).
[S79] Ezell, Patricia--Contributor to the Volunteer Helplist.
[S282] Pickett, Tony--Family Researcher (abpickett@aol.com).