*Reuben Stringer
Son of Edward Stringer

Married Elizabeth (BLACKBURN?)

Died Tenn. Probably buried there on family farm in lost cemetery with no marker.

Children
1 Susannah b ca 1778 Wilkes Cty NC d Dec 1856 Ky m 7/23/1804 Ky Samuel Burton. Moved to Ky

2 Jane Stringer Plunkett m Ellison Plunkett

3 John b ca 1781 Wilkes Cty NC d unknown m Susannah Baker

4 Robert

5 David W. Stringer who married Courtney;

6 Elam Stringer who married Lavinia;

7 James C. Stringer who married 1st Rebecca, 2nd Mary E. Applegate and 3rd Mary Haskins;
NOTES:
James C. Stringer b. Sept 12, 1821 in Hickman co., TN died Oct 17, 1904 in Trenton, MO.
He m. 1st to Rebecca b. abt. 1833 and they had one dau. Margaret Jane b. Apr. 25, 1847.
He married Mary Applegate b. abt. 1831 d. Nov 17, 1872 in MO on Dec 19 1857 in Grundy Co, MO.
Their children were Malissa b. abt. 1858; Martha b. abt. 1862; Ephriam b. abt. 1865 who married Ida and had Margaret, Freeman and Carl Lorn; and Minerva b. abt. 1867. Mary Applegate had three children by her former husband Lilborn Renfro: Nancy; Houston; and James.
He married Mary Haskins June 7, 1874 in Mercer, MO.
James traveled a lot and was in AR, MO, KY, and TX.


8 William Riley Stringer;

9 Elizabeth Stringer;

10 Sarah

11 Harriet STRINGER b in 1840 in Barry County, Missouri. Harriet STRINGER was born in 1823 in Perry County, Tennessee. She died on November 11, 1869 in Barry County, Missouri. She was buried in Purdy, Missouri. married Benjamin WHITTINGTON

12 Edward


NOTES
Reuben STRINGER marr Elizabeth (Blackburn?).
Reuben was born in Virginia and migrated to SC then to NC and KY.
He died in Hickman Co., TN in 1823.

Reuben Stringer was in Greenville S. C. in the late 1700s. In Deed Book A page 54 Reuben sold 200 ac. of land on the North side of Saluda River on July 16, 1787.This land was a land grant to him in S. C. on Jan. 21, 1785.
His wife Elizabeth signed the deed along with Reuben.

Also Reuben was elected High Sheriff of Greenville for a period of two years

Greenville Co., SC, deeds:

Reuben Stringer conveys to Richard Briant, 1787 (A:53);
Reuben Stringer conveys to Henry Langford, 1788 (A:258);
Reuben Stringer conveys to Joseph Sowel, 1788 (A:266);
William Hollems to Reuben Stringer, 1788 (Book 1:309);
Reuben Stringer to John Moore, 1788 (Book A:311);
Reuben Stringer to Thomas McCarril, 1790 (Book B:238)

Greenville Co. SC Deed Book A, p.266 mentions land granted Oct. 15, 1787 to Reuben Stringer (Book 3B, p.421)

Greenville Co. SC Deed Book A, p.271 mentions land granted Aug. 7, 1786 to Reuben Stringer (Grant Book 4N, p.417)

Greenville Co. SC Deed Book B, p.76 mentions a Reuben Stringer witnessed a deed from William Gough to William Stringer, 1789.

Greenville Co. SC Deed Book B, p.159 mentions Reuben Stringer as an arbitrator appointed to decide dispute, 1790

Greenville Co. SC Deed Book B, p.248 metions Reuben Stringer as witness, deed of Denis Duff and wife Elizabeth to Jeptha Cornelas, 1790

Reuben Stringer and his wife Elizabeth who are said to have died in Hickman Co., TN in Oct of 1823.
Elizabeth the 10th of Oct and Reuben the 17th of Oct.
This information came from the Bible of their Granddaughter Jane Stringer Plunkett who was the daughter of Robert Stringer and Mary (Molly) Burton Stringer.
Maiden name for Elizabeth is unknown