Person:Kemp Strother (1)

Kemp Taliferro Strother is mentioned as son of William in his grandmother's (Mildred Taliferro) will. He is also mentioned in his father William's will.

1.   Heard, Harold. Strother families. (Amarillo, Tex.: unknown, 1974)
   pg 14.

   Child B [B is overstruck with /] in the family of William Strother and Catherine Dargan.
   Cites Rev War Index of SC
   [note: This source has proved unreliable with respect to this Strother family of South Carolina.]

2.   "Abstract of Bertie County Marriage Bonds", in The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register
   vol II, (July 1901), pg 371.

   1797 Bond, John and Sarah West Dec 15th Kemp T Strother
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   [Note: Need to find out who this couple is.]

3.   Kemp Taliferro Strother, guardian to Elizabeth Dargan, in [rebgen.blogspot.com Robert Blake Blog Post]
   2011/10.
   The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
   SCMAR, Volume I: Number 1, Winter, 1973
   Fairfield County Will Book 1, 1787-1792
   SCMAR, Vol. I, Winter 1973, No. 1, p.20
   

   Page 61. Return of Kemp Taliafero Strother as guardian to Elizabeth Dargan, now James. Upon inquiring into my wards affairs, I find that her father William Dargan made a Will whereby he gave his personalties to be equally divided between his three children and his real estate to his son William Dargan [Jr]. That John Wammock who married the eldest daughter tore said will, and took out letters of Administration. John Wammock has sold and disposed of such real and personal estate. I have found the original will tho' tore, and have tried to establish the same in Georgia, but as his (i. e., Strother's) ward is now married, he presumes his trust is now at an end. I have received no part of her property, but have been at an expense of about Four pounds on account of said estate. 16 Mar. 1790.

   
   The original of this record may be viewed at familysearch.org here:
   * South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964
   * Fairfield * County Court, Estate records * 1787-1792 * Image 32 of 78 :
   
   Kemp T Stother also took John Wommack to court in Edgefield Co, SC:
   
   Edgefield County, South Carolina, minutes of the County Court, 1785-1795, by Brent Holcomb
   

   July 1788 - Kemp T Stroather vs John Wonack. Attmt. Judgement by default.
   Oct 1789 - Kemp T Strother vs John Wommack discontinued.

4.   Moss, Bobby Gilmer. Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983)
   pg 904.

   Strother, Kemp T.:
   Served as a private and captain under Cols. Hunter, Taylor and Gens. Sumter and Henderson during 1780, 1781, and 1782.
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5.   Document: Jury Lists, 1783, Acts #1172 [at SC Archives], in U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820: [database on-line]
   Page Number: 5; Family Number: 125.

   KempStrother
   1780: on the Petite Jury list for Camden District.
   
   Source information:
   Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
   Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.

6. ↑ Note on birth date:
   
   Kemp was on a jury in 1780 and was an army Captain by 1782. Assuming a usual minimal age of 21 for these activities, we will estimate that he was born before 1760.
   There are "Family Trees" out there that give a 1763 date. I've never found one with a source.
7.   Note:
   
   There is no Find A Grave entry for Kemp.
   It appears that he was unmarried. Also it appears that he was an able man who handled business matters for the family serving as executor, guardian, etc.