Wake-Franklin-Nash County NcArchives Military Records.....Strickland, Sampson 
Revwar - Pension 
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August 27, 1936

Sampson Strickland
R.10264

Norene Holliday
Hill Street
Athens, Georgia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you state that the Revolutionary War 
soldier, with surname Strickland, in whom you are interested, may have been 
from Virginia, near Natural Bridge, or from North Carolina, possibly from Nash 
County.

No record has been found of a soldier with that surname who is recorded as of 
Rockbridge County, Virginia. The record has been found of one Sampson 
Strickland of Wake County, North Carolina. His record follows as found in 
pension claim R.10264, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Sampson are not given, nor are the names of his 
parents.

He was a resident of Wake County, North Carolina during the Revolutionary War, 
and took the oath of allegiance in that county, November 24, 1777.

He married in the year 1780 in Wake County, North Carolina, "Bythe Strickland 
his own cousin". He died May 18, 1839, aged about eighty-two years, at that 
time a resident of Franklin County, North Carolina, where he had moved a few 
years before his death. His wife, Bythe, died in Franklin County, date not 
given.

The following are the names of the children of Sampson Strickland and his 
wife, Bythe

Vinety or Tenty (daughter) born October 29, 1781
Jesse born February 14, 1784
Sampson born April 18, 1786
Zadock born February 11, 1788
Eten or Eaton born February 12, 1791

The above named children were all living in 1842 in Nash County, North 
Carolina.

Their son Eaton Strickland applied for pension February 2, 1846, which might 
have been due on account of the service of his father, Sampson Strickland, in 
the War of the Revolution, and alleged that his father served a tour of five 
months under Captain Colpare, and a tour of six months under Captain 
Carrington, all in the North Carolina Militia, and was in the battle of Stone.

The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law 
was not furnished.

One Martha Strickland in 1845, aged seventy-six years and then of Nash County, 
North Carolina, stated that she was married into the Strickland family, and 
that her husband was present at the marriage of Sampson Strickland and Bythe 
Strickland; she did not give the name of her husband nor did she state the 
degree of relationship of her husband to the family.

Very truly yours,

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

Source: HeritageQuest Online
Revolutionary War Pension File
Sampson Strickland
Above letter contained in file


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