John Stroud began his service in the 1st North Carolina Regiment under Major John Ashe on May 15, 1777. At this time Robert Howe was the commander of the Southern Department assigned to the Main Continental Army which included the 1st North Carolina Regiment.

John Stroud and his wife were founding members of Mars Hill Baptist Church in July, 1799.

From "History of the People of Mars Hill Baptist Church & Community 1799-199"
Compiled by Amy Warren Sanders

Pages 83-84 - William Bankston - Book I, Member List, by Letter: #3.

Minutes: dismissed by letter 5-14-1803.

He left a will in Clarke Co., GA. Will Book A, page 30, mentions wife Sarah & children, not named, & was probated 3-1807;

[William Bankston m. Sarah Stroud-dau. of John Stroud & Sarah Connelly, b. 4-29-1777]

John Stroud from above book has the following information on page 304

John Stroud (son of Barnard John & Keziah Hannah Harker Stroud) b. 1-1732, d. 1805, Clarke Co., GA (left will)(old section, row 19, #255), married spring of 1756 Sarah Connelly, dau. of John Connelly & Margaret Oldham, b. 1735, d. 12-17-1807 in Clarke Co., GA, both buried Mars Hill.

(Book I; Constituting Member: 6-1-1799 John Stroud; Sarah Stroud.

Member List: By Letter: #1 John Stroud Dead. Minutes:
7-13-1799: John Stround, chosen deacon;
1-3-1801: Brother John Stroud, confessed to much drinking;
2-13-1802: John Stroud, to consult for best place to situate the meeting house;
3-19-1803: John Stroud; ordained deacon; 9-13-1805: Brother Aaron Parker chosen deacon in place of John Stroud.

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March 18, 2007

Sons of the American Revolution Ceremony at Mars Hill Church (William Daniell, John Stroud and Stephen Crow) on Sat. 3.24.07

By Wendell Dawson, Editor, AVOC, Inc

Sons of the American Revolution will be in Oconee County on Saturday, March 24, 2007, for a ceremony at Mars Hill Church recognizing Revolutionary Soldiers, William Daniell,
John Stroud and Stephen Crow. There are 1000's of descendants of these three Oconee Soldiers. My own ancestry includes William Daniell.

I have never attended such an event and plan to be there.I know of Daniell "Cousins" coming from South Carolina, Louisiana, Atlanta area and parts unknown.It should be an impressive event.

Persons interested in history (local and national) should attend the event.
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3-18-07 Invitation to the Ceremony from SAR
The Athens, Lyman Hall & Piedmont Chapters

Sons of the American Revolution
Request the honor of your presence

At the dedication of grave markers

Commemorating the service of Revolutionary War Soldiers

. . . . . . . . . . William Daniell
. . . . . . . . . . John Stroud
. . . . . . . . . . . . . and
. . . . . . . . . . Stephen Crow
. . . . . . . Saturday, March 24, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 P.M.

Mars Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
2661 Mars Hill Road
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677

3-8-07 Sons of the American Revolution Ceremony at Mars Hill Church on March 24, 2007.
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to Pennsylvania.
The following year he and his brothers, Samuel and James, moved to Suffolk, Virginia. Two of their sisters accompanied them. John Stroud found conditions in Virginia not to his liking and after a year or so desired to move again. This time he moved only a short distance into the neighboring state of North Carolina. He located in Hillsboro, Orange county. This event occurred about the year 1761, or thereabouts. We have no definite date, but it was about this time. Accounts say he only remained at Suffolk a short time. Here he continued until after the Revolutionary War. Be it remembered
that all of the children of John and Sarah Stroud were born in North Carolina with the exception of the oldest and possibly the second. The first was born in Pennsylvania, and possibly the second in Virginia, about this we are not certain, as the date of his move is not definite. Records say he made a short stay in Virginia.
In the years between 1761 and 1787 John Stroud and family resided at or in the vicinity of Hillsboro, Orange County, N. C. The Revolutionary War, with its horrors and hardships, had come and American Independence had come to the Colonies. Early in the struggles John Stroud had enlisted and
to his credit be it said he served through the war. On another page will be given the War Department's record. After the close of the Revolutionary War, John Stroud and the greater number of his children, moved from North Carolina to Georgia. The stories of fertile land in Georgia awakened the wanderlust in John Stroud and he and his family prepared for the long journey. It is well to remember that at this period there were no railroads or steamboats in existence and but few highways and they of very primitive sort. The vehicles in use were as crude and poor as well could be. But this did not deter this hardy pioneer. A long journey it was indeed. Hundreds of miles through the uncleared forest, over hill and dale, over rivers and streams. Their stock had to swim the streams. The long and perilous journey was made without mishap and the family finally pitched camp in Burke county, Georgia.
Conditions in Burke county not proving satisfactory, after one year, the family moved to Hancock County. In this county the family began to split up. Some of the children already had families and as others married off they began to seek other localities. It was in 1787 that this took place, and in the next ten years the family had spread out in different counties of northeastern Georgia.
After his family of ten children had married and he and grandmother Sarah were left alone, we learn that they moved to Newton county.∼Son of Barnard Stroud and Keziah Harker Stroud, married 17-Oct-1787, in Greene County, Georgia.

Husband of Sarah Conely Stroud, amrried 17-Oct-1787, in Greene County, Georgia.

Children:
Margaret Stroud Crow (1757 - 1834)
Mark (1763 - ?)
John, Jr. (1765 - 1815)
Elizabeth Betty Stroud Crow (1767 - 1835)
Hannah Stroud Strother (1770 - ?)
Tabitha Stroud Melton (1772 - ?)
Mary (1775 - ?)
Sarah Stroud Bankston (1777 - ?
James (1779 - 1870)