Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.
Elizabeth Ann Stroud
1815 - 1896 (80 years) Has 10 ancestors and 16 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Elizabeth Ann Stroud Birth 13 Nov 1815 TN 
Gender Female _UID 507E898DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000F305 Death 2 Feb 1896 Rabun Co, GA Burial Head Of Tennessee Baptist Cem, Rabun Co, GA Person ID I38245 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 12 Aug 2017
Father Isaac Stroud, b. 1784/1790, Burke Co, NC (now McDowell Co, NC) d. Aft 1815, TN (Age > 26 years)Mother Rosanna Johnston, b. 1787/1788, NC d. 1877, Rabun Co, GA (Age 89 years)Marriage Bef 1815 TN _UID 44CB990BE4404D478D93DE7AF97E8BDBC055 Family ID F29823 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Manson Grist, b. 18 Mar 1814, SC d. 17 Nov 1892, Rabun Co, GA (Age 78 years)Marriage Bef 1836 Rabun Co, GA _UID 471D4688D2375C448D0EAFE0CE28FC3C3338 Children 1. Rosanna Grist, b. 1835/1836, Rabun Co, GA 2. Benjamin F Grist, b. 1839/1840, Rabun Co, GA d. 24 Jul 1869, Rabun Co, GA (Age 29 years)3. Sarah A F Grist, b. 1842/1843, Rabun Co, GA d. Aft 1867, Rabun Co, GA (Age > 25 years)4. Minerva Charlotte Grist, b. 1844/1845, Rabun Co, GA d. Aft 1860, Rabun Co, GA (Age > 16 years)5. Marinda H Grist, b. 1847/1848, Rabun Co, GA d. Aft 1860, Rabun Co, GA (Age > 13 years)6. William Judson Grist, b. 2 Jun 1851, Rabun Co, GA d. 18 Feb 1900, Rabun Co, GA (Age 48 years)7. Andrew J Grist, b. 12 Jul 1854, Rabun Co, GA d. 18 Apr 1921, Rabun Co, GA (Age 66 years)8. George W Grist, b. 1859, Rabun Co, GA d. Aft 1880, Rabun Co, GA (Age > 22 years)Family ID F14975 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
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Notes - !NOTE:Lawrence Wood said she was a daughter of an Isaac Stroud who died, and his widow re-married a Stewart.
The only widow I could find was Rosannah Stewart (1780/90) in Rabun in 1840, but gone by 1850. She may be widow Stroud, married a Stewart, then widowed again. If so, then this must be Elizabeth's mother;
!CENSUS:1820;
!CENSUS:1830;
!CENSUS:1840 Rabun Co, GA pg 213 w/Mason GRICE age 20-29 (1810/20);
!CENSUS:1850 Rabun Co., GA 536 District GM # 209/209
Mason Grist 33 Brick Mason $600 SC [Blind]
Elizabeth A. 32 TN
Rosanna 14
Berryman F. 10
Sarah A. 7
Manerva 5
Marinda H. 2;
!CENSUS:1860 Rabun Co., GA Valley, Head Tennessee PO # 223/223
Mason Grist 45 Farmer $800/831 SC
Elizabeth A. 43 TN
Benjamin F. 21 GA [Blind]
Sarah A. F. 16
Charlotte 14
Marinda H. 11
Judson 8
Andrew J. 6
George W. 9/12
Jesse Thomas 60 NC;
!CENSUS:1870 Rabun Co., GA ---, Clayton PO # 245/252
Mason Grist 55 Farmer $800/300 SC
Elizabeth 53 Keeping House TN
Benjamin F. 30 GA [Blind]
Judson 19 Farm Laborer
Andrew J. 16 Farm Laborer
George W. 11 Farm Laborer;
!CENSUS:1880 Rabun Co., GA Tennessee Dist No 556 # 97/102
Mason Grist 65 M Farmer SC-NC-NC
Elizabeth 64 wife M Keeping House TN-NC-NC
Benjamin 41 son S None GA-SC-TN [Blind]
George W. 20 son S Works on farm;
!NAMED:19 Feb 1896 Franklin Press "Mrs. Manson GRIST died quite
suddenly Wednesday morning at the age of about 80 years. Mr. G.W.
GREENWOOD came to Franklin after a coffin for her". REFERENCE: Macon
County Echoes Vol 8 No 3 Fall 1996 page 16;
!NOTE:Years ago, Lawrence Wood (deceased) gave me Elizabeth's name, and said she was a Stroud, and that she married Manson Grist and that her father was "Isaac Stroud" who died, and who's wife then remarried to a Mr. Stewart. This was based on family tradition, and I was unable to confirm any of the facts.
Family Traditions almost always get some facts skewed over the years, and I did find a Julia Grist (c1830) who married William Stewart in 1849 in Rabun Co, GA, so perhaps that is where the Stewart connection comes in. There was an apparent widow Rosanna Stewart (1780/90) in Rabun in 1840, and Manson and Elizabeth named a daughter "Rosanna". Could this widow Stewart be a former widow Stroud? Was Isaac Stroud's wife named "Rosanna?" More research is needed in order to determine if Elizabeth Ann Stroud (1817) is indeed a daughter of Isaac Stroud, but for now I'll leave her here pending evidence to the contrary. I should also note that I've not seen any direct evidence that Elizabeth was a Stroud at all.
Elizabeth Ann Stroud married Manson Grist before ca 1836, presumably in GA, but no marriage record was found.
Manson Grist was born ca 1816/17 in South Carolina, county unknown. I don't know who his parents were for sure, but there was an older Benjamin Grist living near him who is most likely his father.
- !NOTE:Lawrence Wood said she was a daughter of an Isaac Stroud who died, and his widow re-married a Stewart.