Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston, Reconstruction
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Written and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter (Click photo to enlarge) On July 30, 1861, Moses Stroup Jr. was twenty-two and lived in Gaston County, southeast of White Pine, which is currently Cherryville, NC, when he enlisted with...
Nov 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On May 8, 1863, Hosea Holcombe Stroup, the thirty-five-year-old son of Moses Stroup (1796-1877) and husband of Nancy Crutchfield Stroup, was conscripted into service in Lincolnton, North...
Nov 1, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter (click image to enlarge) The sons of Jacob Cephus Stroup, Daniel “Dane” and Jasper, both resided in White Pine [now Cherryville] in Gaston County, N.C, and they both fought for the...
Oct 25, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston, Union affiliation
AUTHORS: Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe Jonas and Rebecca Cloninger Stroup lived in Gaston County, N.C. and had five sons—William Maxwell, Wesley, Cephas C, Johanna, and Rufus—all of whom served in the Confederate Army. The family paid a steep price—three of their sons...
Oct 10, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Written and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Alfred A. Stroup (1842-?), the son of Joseph P. Stroup, was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina but moved by 1860 to the Stroup homelands in what was then Gaston County. Alfred...
Oct 10, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston
AUTHORS: Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe Research conducted in 2010 and 2011 reveals that at least 75 males carrying the Stroup surname — all direct descendants of Jacob Stroup—served with the Confederate Army, representing five southern states: North and South...
