William Emmette Stroud, Sr. Collection

1898-2007, undated
Manuscript Collection #1105
Portions of this collection are digitized (1 item)
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Creator(s)
Stroud, William Emmette
Physical description
0.5 Cubic Feet, 80 items
Preferred Citation
William Emmette Stroud, Sr. Collection (#1105), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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This collection (1898-2007) includes correspondence, genealogical charts, and historical information about the Stroud family.

Biographical/historical information

Some of the Stroud Family have been in the Lenoir County area over 200 years. At least nine generations of the Stroud's can be traced in Lenoir and nearby Counties. Old records show some of the Stroud Family living in Duplin County before the Revolutionary War.

This excerpt came from inside the collection in the pamphlet Stroud: Celebrating the 5th Annual William Stroud Family Reunion.

Scope and arrangement

This collection contains biographical information about the Stroud family. It is categorized and grouped together by subjects. The bulk of this collection come from the genealogical records such as clippings, notes, photos, and charts.

Administrative information
Custodial History

August 21, 2007, ) 80 items, 0.050 cubic feet; Collection (1898-2007, undated) of genealogical and family correspondence, photographic materials; printed materials relating to William "Bill" Stroud of Lenoir County, North Carolina, his family, and his descendants; the history of the Stroud family of Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, history, 1304-2004. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: Dr. W. Keats Sparrow

Source of acquisition

Gift of Dr. W. Keats Sparrow

Processing information

Encoded by Lindsay Flood, April 1, 2008

Processed by Ashlyn Racine, August 2023

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Personal Names
Stroud, William Emmette
Family Names
Stroud family
Topical
British Americans--North Carolina--Genealogy
Places
Lenoir County (N.C.)--Genealogy
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Fond Memories [of Stroud family, Eastern North Carolina] (undated) by Carol Simmons. Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 4 p
Box 1 Folder b Grandpa Bill [William Stroud] (undated) Biography by Christine Williams Branten. Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 6 p
Box 1 Folder c Leary - Stroud House, Pink Hill, North Carolina Vicinity. Description (1998) Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 3 p
Box 1 Folder d Photographic prints (2004, undated) of Stroud family. 13 items. 17 p
Box 1 Folder e Carol Simmons Correspondence (2007) Printed typescript. 2 items. 5 p
Box 1 Folder f Stroud cloth (undated) Description. Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder g Stroud Family histories (1919-1982, undated) Clippings, notes, brochures. 4 items. 8 p
Box 1 Folder h Strouds Family History, The, ca. 1304-1834 (undated) Photocopy typescript. 1 item. 2 p
Box 1 Folder i Stroud Family Militia Service, Granville County, NC, 1754 (1976) Historical note. Holograph photocopy. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder j Stroud Family references in the Kinston Journal, 1881-1882 (undated) Historical notes. Holograph photocopy. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder k Stroud Family wedding announcement clippings (1898-1903) Photocopied. 1 item. 1 p. Note: "Clippings in Aunt Beck's scrapbook."
Box 1 Folder l Amos Stroud Civil War Service Record, 1863-1865, etc. (undated) Photocopy printed form. 2 items. 4 p. Note: Private, Company E, 61st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (State Troops)
Box 1 Folder m Barnet Stroud Genealogy, ca. 1796-1948 (undated) Genealogical chart and notes. 2 items. 2 p
Box 1 Folder n Coy F. Stroud, Chester, SC Correspondence (1986) Photocopies. 2 items. 8 p
Box 1 Folder o Isaac Stroud Documents and Genealogy, 1796-1872 (2004, undated) Photocopies. 4 items. 10 p
Box 1 Folder p Lutson Stroud Documents, 1782 (undated) Photocopies. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder q Tolbert I. Stroud, Greensboro, NC (1980) Genealogical clipping. 1 item. 1 p
Box 1 Folder r William Stroud Family Reunion, Kinston, NC. Correspondence (2001) 3 items. 12 p. Note: Includes 3 homemade toothbrushes made from twigs
Box 1 Folder s William Stroud Family Reunions, Kinston, NC Programs, etc. (1961-2007) Brochures. 27 items. 60 p
Box 1 Folder t William Stroud Documents and Genealogy, 1864-1948 (1962, undated) Photocopy typescript. 2 items. 3 p. Note: He served as Private, Company E, 61st Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State Troops)
Box 1 Folder u Stroud 700: Celebrating 700 Years of Achievement 1304-2004 (2004) Stroud Town Council, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, brochure & map. 1 item. 12 p
Box 1 Folder v Stroud Family in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (2006) Brochures. 4 items. 10 p
Box 1 Folder x Woodington Universalist Church, Lenoir County, North Carolina. Deed (1898) Photocopy. 1 item. 5 p
Box 1 Folder y Stroud: Celebrating the 50th Annual William Stroud Family Reunion: Descendants of William "Bill" Stroud and Jane Turner Stroud -- Delia Turner Stroud (27 April 1997) by the families of Sybil Stroud Davenport, Vera Stroud Harris, and Meta Stroud Williams. Photocopy typescript. Spiral bound. 1 item. 58 p
Box 1 Folder z Francis Frith's Stroud and District: Photographic Memories, by Howard Beard (Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK: Frith's Book Company, © 2003) Paper bound. 1 item. 48 p. Note: Autographed: "Keats Sparrow March 2006."