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 Jan 1731/32 - 1806
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| Name |
John Stroud |
| Birth |
Jan 1731/32 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1805 or 1806 |
Clarke County, Georgia  |
| Person ID |
I96 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
25 Mar 2007 |
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| Headstones |
 | Stroud, John
GPS Location: 33° 54.430' N, 83° 28.249' W
Marked by Athens, Lyman Hall and Piedmont Chapters. |
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| Notes |
- John Stroud, born January 1731/32, was the oldest of the three men whose service is being recognized today. In 1756, he married Sarah Connally in North Carolina. They had 10 children together. The two youngest children were born during the American Revolution.
In Orange County, North Carolina in 1773, John and Sarah Stroud’s daughter Margaret (born 1757) married Stephen Crow. Note that another daughter of John and Sarah Stroud, Elizabeth, married Isaac Crow, brother of Stephen Crow. Grandchildren of both of these couples later married into the family of William Daniell. Both Stephen and Isaac Crow are listed as Revolutionary War soldiers in the 1827 lottery lists of Georgia.
John Stroud’s military service record is noted in multiple sources including Snow’s Volunteer Revolutionary War Soldiers from North Carolina, Mc’Call’s Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Maddox and Carter’s North Carolina Revolutionary Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots & Descendants, and The Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution.
In 1785, John Stroud witnessed a deed in which Stephen Crow purchased 250 acres on the north side of Haw River in Chatham County. A few years after the Revolutionary War, John Stroud and family moved to Burke County, Georgia, then Hancock County, and finally to Clarke County where John Stroud lived out the rest of his life until he died by drowning in 1805 (or early January 1806).
John Stroud’s family demonstrates a remarkable legacy of patriot connections and civic service. His son Mark Stroud (born 1763 died 1798) was a member of the North Carolina State Reserves and was at the Battle of Guilford Court House. Two of his daughters Margaret and Elizabeth, married two brothers, Stephen and Isaac Crow, who were Revolutionary War soldiers. Three of his grandchildren married children of Benjamin Haygood, another Revolutionary War
soldier from Chatham County, North Carolina. No less than five of his great-grandchildren married into the family of William Daniell, Sr., whose service and multiple patriot connections we are also recognizing here today.
Two of John Stroud’s grandsons served in the Georgia State legislature - William, a Whig, represented Clarke County while his brother Orion, a Democrat, represented Walton County. Orion Stroud (born 1795) also served as a private in the Second Regiment Georgia Volunteer Militia in the War of 1812 and was elected sheriff of Walton County for several terms. Another grandson, Eliel Melton, was quartermaster of the Alamo in San Antonio, and was among the defenders who died there in 1836.
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