Person:Joseph Strother (1)

Acquisition of Land in King George County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Vol. 2:

• F-291: Capt. Joseph Strother of King George County, 94 acres in King George County & Westmoreland County. Surv. Capt. Joseph Berry. Adj. Col. Turner, land formerly Adam Voffendale & Peter Butler, on Ridge Road, Lem Cox now Wid. Thomas, William Duff. 28 May 1748. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, pg. 16].

Records of Joseph Strother in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Page 233.--22d November, 1775. John Kennerley and Mary, of Craven County, Camden District, South Carolina, to James Kennerley. Patented to Wm. Russell, 1st December, 1740. Patented to Joseph Bloodworth, 1st August, 1740. Teste: John Strother, William Kennerley, Joseph Strother. Certificate that the other witnesses that Joseph Strother, the other witness who came with them from South Carolina to prove this deed, died since his arrival. Privy examination of Mary as to above certified by Robert Goodwin, David Hopkins and Richard Brown.

• Vol. 1 - MARCH 19, 1776. - (100) Deed, John Kennerly and Mary to ____, was proved by Joseph Strother, who came with them from Carolina into this Colony in order to prove the same.

1.   Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution magazine. (Washington, District of Columbia: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1892-2001)
   Vol. 36, Pg. 351.

   1560. Strother - Wanted, date of marriage, birth and death of Joseph Strother, b. in Hanover Co., Va., son of John and Mary (Wade) Strother. He m. Nancy Stewart, and was Capt. in Rev. in a Co. from Culpeper County, Va. in 1779 and moved to Ky. in 1800. His wife is said to be the dau. of Robert Stewart, an officer in Rev.