Mary Stribling

Mary "Molly" was a daughter of John "Jack" Beckham, Sr. and Elizabeth "Betty" "Libby" (Henderson) Beckham. She was born on Pacolet River & Grindal Shoals--now part of Union Country, SC.

Being a daughter of John Beckham brought dire consequences to Mary and her siblings. John, an active Whig and fearless spy, was intensely hated by British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton who terrified Elizabeth, her mother, and her siblings when he rode into their yard and burned the Beckham home in the midst of wintry snow.

The destitute family could not afford an itinerant tutor to teach their son and daughters. Mary's signature was always an "X"

James Clayton Stribling recorded in his Bible that he married Mary Beckham on 11-Nov-1787. Clayton fought in the Battle of King's Mountain.

Mary and Clayton had a dozen children:

1. Thomas Jefferson Stribling 2. John Beckham "Short Jack" Stribling, Sr. 3. Frances (Stribling) Webb 4. Elizabeth Henderson (Stribling) Foster 5. Samuel Henderson "Sam" Stribling 6. Clayton Perry Stribling 7. Lucy Henderson (Stribling) Foster 8. Jesse STRIBLING 9. Fanny Martin STRIBLING 10. Mary Leah "Polly" (Stribling) Stribling 11. Nancy Kincheloe (Stribling) Rogers 12. William Stribling

Clayton died before he could file for a Revolutionary War pension. Mary began the process of filing for a widow's pension on 2 Oct., 1840, in Union County, SC. Since Mary could not read and South Carolina did not have marriage records when she married Clayton, the family pages from Clayton's Bible were removed from the Bible and submitted with her pension application.

Before the application process had been completed, Mary moved with her daughter Mary Leah to Neshoba County, MS. Mary (Beckham) Stribling moved to Mississippi because her daughter Mary Leah, with whom she had resided after Clayton's death and other children, had moved.

Mary arrived in Neshoba County before 1 March, 1841, when she completed the application process for a pension.

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Being a daughter of John Beckham brought dire consequences to Mary and her siblings. John, an active Whig and fearless spy, was intensely hated by British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton who terrified Elizabeth, her mother, and her siblings when he rode into their yard and burned the Beckham home in the midst of wintry snow.

The destitute family could not afford an itinerant tutor to teach their son and daughters. Mary's signature was always an "X"

James Clayton Stribling recorded in his Bible that he married Mary Beckham on 11-Nov-1787. Clayton fought in the Battle of King's Mountain.

Mary and Clayton had a dozen children:

1. Thomas Jefferson Stribling 2. John Beckham "Short Jack" Stribling, Sr. 3. Frances (Stribling) Webb 4. Elizabeth Henderson (Stribling) Foster 5. Samuel Henderson "Sam" Stribling 6. Clayton Perry Stribling 7. Lucy Henderson (Stribling) Foster 8. Jesse STRIBLING 9. Fanny Martin STRIBLING 10. Mary Leah "Polly" (Stribling) Stribling 11. Nancy Kincheloe (Stribling) Rogers 12. William Stribling

Clayton died before he could file for a Revolutionary War pension. Mary began the process of filing for a widow's pension on 2 Oct., 1840, in Union County, SC. Since Mary could not read and South Carolina did not have marriage records when she married Clayton, the family pages from Clayton's Bible were removed from the Bible and submitted with her pension application.

Before the application process had been completed, Mary moved with her daughter Mary Leah to Neshoba County, MS. Mary (Beckham) Stribling moved to Mississippi because her daughter Mary Leah, with whom she had resided after Clayton's death and other children, had moved.

Mary arrived in Neshoba County before 1 March, 1841, when she completed the application process for a pension.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 6 2020, 21:11:54 UTC