Life History

Notes

• Amos Strange
  •Birth: 1759 in Halifax Co, VA or Kent Co., VA
  •Death: 1 JUN 1842 in Spartanburg Co., SC
  •Burial: Camp Meeting Burial Grounds, Spartanburg Co., SC
  Father: Edmund Strange b: 9 JAN 1728/29 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA
  Mother: Mary
  Marriage 15 JUL 1789 in Laurens Co., SC Frances Bailey b: OCT 1774 in 96th District, SC
  --  Charles Dill, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cwdill&id=I10096
  
  Some genealogies report that the Frances Bailey's father was a German immigrant.  See:  Charles Dill, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cwdill&id=I10096:
  "David William Bailey of Spartanburg, SC he was a German immigrant."
  
  However, this is certainly an error, Bailey is a French-Norman name associated with a lineage in Ireland.  Another descendant researcher later confirmed my own declaration of the Baileys as coming from Ireland.
  --  See also Ronna Chatham, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:821656&id=I38895323 Charles Dill, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cwdill&id=I10096
  
  Paul Strange provides some family information on Amos Strange and says:
  "This information was taken from the papers of Alexander Taylor Strange who in the Mid 1800s rode from home to home to collect the information. I do have a copy of the papers."
  --  Paul H Strange, http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.halifax/257.1/mb.ashx
  
  But Taylor Strange does not refer to the origin of the Baileys in his 1991 book on the Strange lineage.
  
  Amos Alexander Strange seems to be the first person of the Shropshire-Norfolk (Devon) LeStrange-Strange line to migrate to Georgia.  Though some descendants stayed, he moved back east later and settled in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he died in June 1842.
  
  By then parallel lines of his family were well-established in Tennessee, primarily Jefferson and Cocke Counties.  William Strange's daughter Julia Ann Clementine married Dock Patrick Gregory, and they moved west about 1894-5, first to Collin County, Texas, then to Stephens County, Oklahoma, and finally to Garvin County, Oklahoma.
  
  There was a later migration of Stranges from South Carolina (or North Carolina) that appears to be part of this same lineage.  I have not yet been able to make the definite connection.
  
  Throughout the 1800s, various members of this same Strange lineage, either from Devon County or from the earlier line in Norfolk County, continued to migrate to various parts of North America, as well as a few to Australia.  Some migrated directly to Texas, Colorado or other western areas.  It appears that the greater part of those in Texas and contiguous states settled there from the great population center in Tennessee in various waves of movement of Tennesseans to the west.
  
  Their location is reported in the Ancestry.com index records as the Laurens District of South Carolina.  But my understanding is that from 1791-1799, the area of Spartanburg was in what was designated as the Pickens District.  The actual census page does not have any designation other than Spartanburg.  The organization of Counties within Districts and then separate Counties shifts a lot in South Carolina, and I find different history sources reporting them different ways.  Note the spelling of Amos' names in 1800.
  
  1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 33
  Amous Strainge  2 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44
  2 members of household under 16, 2 over 25
  
  Two doors down from Amos is a David Bailey, reported in the age range of 45 and over.  This appears to be the father of Amos' wife Frances Bailey.  Between them is John Bailey, who I would think is David's son and Frances' brother.
  
  1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 33
  David Bailey  1 male over 45, 1 female over 45
  
  1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 33
  John Bailey  1 male under 10, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 16-25
  
  In 1810 and 1820, we find a census entry for Amos Strange in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
  
  1810 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, page 285
  Amos Strange  2 males under 10, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 45+, 1 female 26-44
  
  1820 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Spartanburg Township, page 248
  Amos Strange  1 males 10-16, 1 male 45+, 1 female under 10, 1 female 45+
  
  In 1840, Amos Alexander Strange is located in Laurens District, South Carolina.
  
  1840 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 285
  Amos Strange  1 male 70-80, 1 female 50-60
  
  Amos should be about 81 years old in 1840.  Frances should be about 66.  This report is young for both, but I do not find anyone else that would fit closer to this report.
  
  Two of his sons, William Bradford and Little Berry are living nearby, as well as a David Strange and his young family.
  
  1840 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 285
  Bradford Strange  1 male under 5 years, 2 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40
  1 female under 5 years, 1 female 20-30 [same age range as in 1830]
  
  1840 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 285
  Berry Strange  2 male under 5 years, 2 male 5-10, 2 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40
  1 female under 5 years, 1 female 30-40
  
  1840 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 285
  David Strange  1 male under 5 years, 1 male 15-20, 1 female 15-20
  
  Amos died on 1 June 1842.  This date is recorded in his military pension records.  Amos received a twice-yearly US government pension for his service in the Revolutionary War, from September 1801 until his death.  After almost a year, his widow Frances Bailey Strange began receiving the same pension.
  
  U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
  South Carolina, Amos Strange, Amt 13.63.5  Commencement Sep 1801 Died 1 June 1842
  --  Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1116&iid=T718_8-0370&fn=Amos&ln=Strange&st=r&ssrc=pt_t1493480_p-1702003127_g32768&pid=32480&ftm=1
  
  Amos' wife Frances was approved to being drawaing his pension from March 1843.  She continued to receive the same pension, through her move to Georgia in 1846, and payments were transferred to Georgia until her death on 3 February 1853
  
  Bailey is a Norman name, deriving from the Norman-French word baillis, meaning "official."  It is related to the word bailiff.  In 1991 Alexander Taylor Strange published a book about the Strange lineage.  He does not include details about the Baileys, even where they came form.  But the Bailey/Bayley lineage is associated with Ireland.  And family tradition in the Strange line reports that Frances' father David had immigrated from Ireland.
  
  Alexander Taylor Strange does give a basic statement about Amos Strange and his marriage to Frances Bayley.
  
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  Amos [Strange], son of Edmond, a Revolutionary veteran, captain of a company and known to have been in several engagements, and to have enlisted three times. He was contemporanious [sic] with Col. Gideon Alloway Strange. [Ch 2 / p 26]
  
  As has been stated, Amos Strange was the son of Edmond Strange, and probably a half brother of William Henry Strange. He was born and raised in Virginia, and from that state entered the war of the Revolution, rising to the position of commanding a company having been Captain of Militia prior to the war. After the close of the war, he located in South Carolina, where others of the name, and most probably relatives were then living. Here he met and married Miss Francis Bayley, and to this union there were four children born .... [Ch 3 / p 27].
  --  Strange: Biographical and Historical Sketches of the Stranges of America and Across the Sea By Alexander Taylor Strange (Salem, Mass:  Higginson Book Co, 1911)
  Electronic Book accessed 24 March 2010 at http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA26&lpg=PR3&dq=Alexander+Taylor+Strange&sig=r9riG8R0DgZtTQMZJ88y_my7N38&ei=PiuqS7a-OY2PtgeljPi-BQ&ct=result&id=ohtWAAAAMAAJ&ots=6krWuiiQlN#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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  "Amos and Francis [sic] were married July 15, 1789 in Spartanburg South Carolina."
  --  Ancestry Forum, http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.halifax/257.1/mb.ashx
  
  U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
  South Carolina, Frances Strange
  widow of Amos, Captain Amt 13.63.5
  Commencement 14 Mar 1843
  Transferred to Georgia Mar 1847
  --  Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1116&iid=T718_18-0151&fn=Amos&ln=Strange&st=r&ssrc=pt_t1493480_p-1702003127_g32768&pid=108182&ftm=1
  
  Frances received a government military pension in South Carolina until he moved to Georgia in 1846.  The Georgia record reports the transfer noted in the above South Carolina record.
  
  U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
  Georgia, Frances Strange  widow of Amos, Captain Amt 13.63.5  From South Carolina for 4 Set 1846, records through March 1848
  --  Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1116&iid=T718_19-0067&fn=Amos&ln=Strange&st=r&ssrc=&pid=110969&ftm=1
  
  Some sources report that Frances died May 1950, but she is recorded in the 1850 census in September.  In the 1950 census, widowed Frances Bailey Strange is living with her son Amos Bradford Strange and family.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, 9 September, Summerville District, page 738 (scan p 267), Hse/Fam #1
  A B Strange 41 M Farmer SC [born abt 1809]
  Mary Strange 40 F SC [born abt 1810]
  Francis Strange 78 F SC [born abt 1772]
  
  Her death is reported in the Military Pension records.  The tally sheet of pensions reports that she continued to receive the pension Amos had originally received, first in South Caroilna, then after she moved to Georgia in 1846, until she died in February 1853
  
  U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
  Georgia, Frances Strange  widow of Amos, Captain Amt twice-yearly 13.63.5  Records from March 1848 through September 1852 -- Died 3 Feb 1853
  --  Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1116&iid=T718_18-0164&fn=Amos&ln=Strange&st=r&ssrc=pt_t1493480_p-1702003127_g32768&pid=108343&ftm=1

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Charles Dill, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cwdill&id=I10096
• 2. Strange Family Discussion List, Genealogy.com
  • http://genforum.genealogy.com/georgia/messages/1768.html
• 3. 1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina
  • page 33
• 4. 1820 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • Spartanburg Township, page 248
• 5. 1840 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina
  • page 285
• 6. 1810 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • page 388
• 7. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
  • Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1116&iid=T718_8-0370&fn=Amos&ln=Strange&st=r&ssrc=pt_t1493480_p-1702003127_g32768&pid=32480&ftm=1
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• 9. Ancestry Trees
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• 10. Humrich Family Tree
  • http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/person.aspx?tid=27467&pid=-2143578415
• 11. Ancestry Discussion Boards
• 12. John Drake Strange III
• 13. Ancestry Trees
  • Williamson-Texas, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1007345/person/-77439120
• 14. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  • SAR Membership 81830
• 15. 1850 Federal Census, Chattooga County, Georgia
  • 9 September, Summerville District, page 738 (scan p 267), Hse/Fam #1
• 16. 1870 Federal Census, Marshall County, Alabama
  • 29 June, Subdivision 45, Guntersville, page 34, Hse/Fam #245
• 17. 1860 Federal Census, Marshall County, Alabama
  • 13 July, Eastern Division, PO Guntersville, page 89, Hse/Fam #598
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