Nathaniel STRAYHORN

1765 - 1840  (75 years)

• Name	Nathaniel STRAYHORN
  Born	1765	Antrim, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Apr 1840	Union, Pennsylvania
  Buried	Buffalo Crossroads Presbyterian Cemetery, Union, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I86044	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	10 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  1775 April arrived from Ireland 1789 Horsham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania - Militia Notice 1792 Marriage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - St. Paul's records 1793 Cheltenham, Montgomery Pennsylvania - Census 1799 East Buffalo, Northumberland, (became Union in 1813) Pennsylvania - Annals of Buffalo Valley 1800 East Buffalo, Northumberland, (became Union in 1813) Pennsylvania - Census 1806 East Buffalo, Northumberland, (became Union in 1813) Pennsylvania - Annals of Buffalo Valley 1807 Acts as attorney to sell land in West Buffalo - Jauden/Jodon Family History 1810 East Buffalo, Northumberland, (became Union in 1813) Pennsylvania - Census 1820 Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania - Census 1830 Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania - Census 1840 Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania - Census

  
  

Father	Robert STRAYHORN,   b. Abt 1733, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1820, Chester, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 88 years)
Mother	FNU LNU
Notes	No birth records, thus no mother(s), have been found for these children of Robert Strayhorn, all of whom came to Pennsylvania.
Family ID	F23215	Group Sheet




Family	Olympia/Olympas JODON,   b. Abt 1764,   d. 09 Dec 1847, East Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 83 years)
Married	13 Jun 1792	St. Paul's P.E. Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Children	+ 1. Hannah STRAYHORN,   b. 8 Mar 1793, Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Mar 1876, Jefferson, Pennsylvania  (Age 83 years)   2. Samuel STRAYHORN,   b. 25 Dec 1794, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania ,   d. 16 May 1884, Hartley, Northumberland (now Union), Pennslylvania  (Age 89 years)   3. Robert STRAYHORN,   b. abt. 1796, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 May 1863, Carey, Illinois (lung fever - Mifflinburg Telegraph)  (Age ~ 67 years) + 4. Thomas STRAYHORN,   b. 02 Nov 1797, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania ,   d. Bef 1860, Union, Pennsylvania  (Age 62 years)   5. Peter STRAYHORN/STRAHAN,   b. 23 Nov 1798, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 Sep 1845, East Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania  (Age 46 years)   6. Elizabeth STRAYHORN,   b. 5 Aug 1801, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Aug 1873, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania  (Age 72 years)   7. Jane STRAYHORN,   b. Abt 1803, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1847  (Age ~ 45 years) + 8. Sarah STRAYHORN,   b. Abt 1805, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania + 9. Margaret STRAYHORN,   b. Abt 1810, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania   10. Martha STRAYHORN,   b. Abt 1812, East Buffalo, Northumberland (now Union), Pennsylvania + 11. Maria STRAYHORN,   b. Abt 1814, East Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania ,   d. Bef 1900  (Age ~ 85 years)
Last Modified	19 May 2015
Family ID	F23273	Group Sheet




• Photos » Slide Show		Marriage records reveal the surname of Nathaniel's wife Olympus and the husband of Nathaniel's sister Margaret From St. Paul's P.E. Church, 225 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. P.E. stands for Protestant Episcopal. This building is very much intact, and currently houses the Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. There is also an old graveyard adjacent, but no Strayhorn graves are in evidence. Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer
  		Actual marriage entries for Nathaniel and Margaret Strayhorn We read these entries as 'Straihorn' and not 'Straithorn,' as they were recorded in the St. Paul's register above.
  		St. Paul's P.E. Church, Philadelphia Now the Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of Pennsylvania Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer
  		Samuel Dale House Samuel Dale, (1741-1804) a prominent early politician in the area, lived on an estate about four miles from the Buffalo Presbyterian Church. His house is currently a museum operated by the Union County Historical Society. Dale was a Scots-Irish immigrant like Nathaniel, and also an Elder at the Buffalo Church, so the two were certainly acquaintances. The docents at the Dale house told me that the Presbyterians valued education very highly, and were thus not adverse to slave labor so as to afford time to read and study, as opposed to the Germans, who generally worked the land personally. And while Dale was indeed a slave owner, there is no evidence that any Strayhorns owned slaves in Union County or anywhere else. The docents claim that the Buffalo Church congregation were referred to as the "Silk Church People" by non-Presbyterians. Photo courtesy Gary Zentmyer
  		Buffalo Crossroads Presbyterian Church and Cemetery The Buffalo Presbyterian Church, organized in 1773, was the first church established in Buffalo Valley, only five years after the territory was opened to settlement. Scots-Irish Presbyterians first met in the countryside where the Old Buffalo Church would later be built. In 1784, Edward and Joseph Shippen gave 5 acres to the Presbyterian congregation on which to build a meetinghouse and cemetery, at what is now the intersection of Buffalo Road and Meeting House Lane. The first meetinghouse was a log structure, which was replaced by a stone church in 1816. This stone church stood at the northwest corner of the cemetery grounds. In 1846 the present Greek Revival brick structure was constructed, necessitated by the early deterioration of the stone church when its foundation became unsound.
  		Plaque at Buffalo Church In the Buffalo Crossroads Presbyterian Cemetery Photo courtesy Gary Zentmyer
  		Headstone of Nathaniel Strayhorn At Buffalo Crossroads Presbyterian Cemetery, Union County, Pennsylvania Photo courtesy Gary Zentmyer
  		Cemetery View At Buffalo Crossroads Presbyterian Cemetery, Union County, Pennsylvania Photo courtesy Gary Zentmyer
  		Location of the graves of Nathaniel and Olympus Jodon Strayhorn At Buffalo Crossroads Presbyterian Cemetery, Union County, Pennsylvania Photo courtesy Gary Zentmyer