Household #112: Stroud, John

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In the 1900 Barney census, John Stroud headed a 2-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

John Stroud headed a 2-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 boarder, employee, servant, or other non-kin resident.

John Stroud's listed occupation was Laborer Saw Mill.

All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.

1900 Census Household

Children and Later Trails

No child-tracking items are open for this page because the 1900 table lists no children in the household.

Family Narrative

• Household partner: Will Roundtree, age 25 in 1900, sawmill laborer, born August 1874 in Georgia

This household is anchored securely in the 1900 census and remains one of the leaner entries in Volume 3. John Stroud and Will Roundtree were enumerated together in Barney, Brooks County, in dwelling and family 112. The census identifies John as head and Will as partner. That wording should be preserved. At present it is safest to read partner as a household or work relationship unless later records show something more specific.

The Ancestry detail pages add a few useful particulars from the same census entry. John Stroud was reported as single, Georgia-born, and employed as a laborer in a saw mill. He could not read or write. Will Roundtree was also single, Georgia-born, and employed as a laborer in a saw mill. Unlike John, Will was reported able to read and write. These details help define the household more clearly, but they do not extend it beyond 1900.

The main later candidate identified during research is a Willie Roundtree family in Florida. In 1910, at Lintons Mill in Jefferson County, Florida, Willie Roundtree appears with wife Daisy and children Willie, Gertrude, Washington, Pattie, Elberta, and Lee, along with mother-in-law Ella F. Simmons. In 1920, still in Jefferson County, Willie and Daisy appear again with a largely consistent child set, including Willie, Gertrude, Wash, Patsy, Berter, Leo, Daisy, Louis, and Taylor. A 1930 Sanford, Seminole County, Florida, household headed by Willie Roundtree and wife Daisy is also a plausible continuation of the same family.

The Florida records from 1910 and 1920 can be treated as one continuous Willie and Daisy Roundtree family. The child-name shifts are ordinary census variation rather than a real conflict. Washington becomes Wash, Pattie becomes Patsy, Elberta becomes Berter, and Lee becomes Leo. The question is not whether the Florida records belong together. The question is whether that later Willie Roundtree was the same man as Will Roundtree, the single sawmill laborer listed as partner in John Stroud's Barney household in 1900.

That bridge is still unproved. No direct record has yet been found tying the 1900 Barney Will Roundtree to the later husband and father in Florida. No document has been found linking John Stroud to a later Stroud household either. For now this entry should stay conservative. The Florida Roundtree family belongs in the discussion as a plausible later candidate, but it should not be merged into the Barney household as settled fact.

Connections to Other Barney Families

• The 1900 census securely anchors John Stroud and Will Roundtree together in Barney, Brooks County, in dwelling and family 112.
• The census designation partner should be preserved as written, though its exact meaning remains unclear.
• The 1910 and 1920 Willie and Daisy Roundtree households in Jefferson County, Florida, appear to belong to the same family, with the 1930 Sanford household as a plausible continuation.
• That later Florida family remains only a candidate for Will Roundtree of Barney, not a proved continuation.

Open Research Questions

• John Stroud still needs any later census, marriage, death, burial, court, or labor record that can safely carry him beyond 1900.
• Will Roundtree still needs a bridge record between Barney in 1900 and Jefferson County, Florida, in 1910.
• Willie Roundtree and Daisy need a marriage record, if one survives, to help narrow place and timing.
• Later records for Willie Roundtree should be checked for birthplace, parents, or earlier residence details that might tie him back to Brooks County.
• Local mill, labor, court, tax, or residence records may be the best chance of connecting John Stroud and Will Roundtree after 1900.

Research Status

Further research needed. The 1900 Barney household is secure, and the later Willie and Daisy Roundtree family in Florida is a plausible but unproved candidate for Will Roundtree. No direct bridge has yet been found for either man.

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Barney Precinct, Brooks County, Georgia, household of John Stroud and Will Roundtree
• Ancestry 1900 census detail page for John Stroud, confirming May 1878 birth month, sawmill occupation, single status, and inability to read or write
• Ancestry 1900 census detail page for Will Roundtree, confirming August 1874 birth month, sawmill occupation, single status, and literacy
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Lintons Mill, Jefferson County, Florida, household of Willie Roundtree and Daisy Roundtree
• 1920 United States Federal Census, Jefferson County, Florida, household of Willie Roundtree and Daisy Roundtree
• 1930 United States Federal Census, Sanford, Seminole County, Florida, household of Willie Roundtree and Daisy Roundtree
• FamilySearch and Ancestry indexed and image-based record review for Stroud and Roundtree lines

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