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    12 March 1811 in Oglethorpe County, William Strong sold to John Birdsong, Sr., for $175, a negro girl about seven years old named Pattey.332 William Strong is last seen in Oglethorpe County, 4 September 1815, when he witnessed a deed from Robert Freeman to John B. Strong.333
    The only William Strong in the 1830 U.S. Census of Georgia lived in Newton County, Georgia.334
    Children of William Strong and Susannah Hardeman:
71. i. Mary H. “Polly” Strong, born circa 1786, Rockingham County, North Carolina, married 14 June 1808, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, to John Birdsong,335 died 15 October 1830, Oglethorpe County.
72. ii. Sarah S. Strong, born circa 1788, Wilkes County, Georgia
73. iii. Elizabeth Ann Strong, born circa 1790, Wilkes County, Georgia.

    332 Farmer, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Deed Books F – J, 1809-1820, p. 54. Deed Book G, p. 93. Witnesses: John Compton, Isham Smith, Wm. Strother, J.P. Recorded 20 April 1811, Isaac Collier, clerk.
    333 Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Deed Book H, p. 445.
    334 1830 U.S. Census, Newton County, Georgia, p. 21.
    335 Warren, Georgia Genealogist, Georgia Marriages 1800-1810. John Birdsong to Polly Strong, 14 June 1808, Oglethorpe County. Performed by Richard Bailey, J.P.