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| John Blackstone Strong, born 21 March 1792, Wilkes County, Georgia, died 5 February 1835, Troup County, Georgia, married 18 September 1816, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, to Mary “Polly” Wilkes,336 born circa 1799, Georgia, died after 1850, Heard County, Georgia. Mary “Polly” Wilkes was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Wilkes.337 John B. Strong moved from Oglethorpe County, Georgia, to Troup County, Georgia, in 1828.338
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| Mrs. Mary Strong married second, 8 December 1839, Troup County, Georgia, to Leroy Brown, born circa 1795, South Carolina. Leroy and Mary Brown lived in Heard County, Georgia, in 1850.339
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| John B. Strong served in the War of 1812. He enlisted in Oglethorpe County, 16 September 1812: John B. Strong, age 20, 5’ 6 1/2”, blue eyes, light hair and complection.340
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| 4 September 1815, Robert Freeman sold to John B. Strong, both of Oglethorpe County, for $81, 28 acres on Long Creek waters, adjoining the road from Lexington to Augusta, Alexander Leggett, Benjamin Wilkes, deceased, and others. Witnesses: Wm. Strong, Robert H. Strong, Abner Ponder, J.P.341
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| 10 November 1824, John B. Strong sold to John Hardeman, both of Oglethorpe County, for $300, 28 acres on Long Creek on road from Lexington to Augusta that John B. Strong bought from Robert Freeman. And, 93 ½ acres, adjoining the 28 acres, is the lot allotted to John B. Strong’s wife under a Writ of Partition to divide the real estate of Benjn. Wilks, deceased. John B. Strong’s wife was an heir. Witnesses: Isaac Hardeman, Elijah Deupree, James S. Palmer.342
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| 336 Smith, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Marriages, p. 202. John B. Strong to Polly Wilks, 18 September 1816.
| | 337 See 10 November 1824 and 6 December 1827 deeds (below)
| | 338 1830 U.S. Census, Troup County, Georgia, p. 34. John B. Strong.
| | 339 1850 U.S. Census, Heard County, Georgia, #701. Leroy Brown, age 55, born S.C.; Mary Brown, age 51, born Ga.; Martha Brown, age 25; A. C. Brown, age 7, female; Nancy M. Strong, age 16; Masten Brown, age 20.
| | 340 Warren, Georgia Genealogist, War of 1812, Oglethorpe County, p. 12.
| | 341 Farmer, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Deed Books F – J, 1809-1820, p. 191. Deed Book H., p. 445. Recorded 18 December 1815, Isaac Collier, clerk.
| | 342 Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Deed Book L, p. 373-374. Proved by Isaac Hardeman, 15 November 1824. Recorded 12 May 1826.
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