Ken et al,  My grandmother, Lillian Edith Stroman was the daughter of
Charles Jacob Stroman of Orangeburg County SC.  After she married Richard
Morrison Lofton she chose to write her early experiences at her father's
home and especially writing about her grandfather who she greatly admired. 
There is some differences with the spelling -if not actual differences- but
the parallel is extrordinary and the places similar and since you have the
names I will assume they will be the same also. A paragraph follows which
shows what alerted me when I belatedly read your message to the list (which
I have misplaced and can't find!):
"He (Jacob Stroman b.15 Jan 1787  d. 11 dec 1877) gave the land for the
Methodist Church called Rocky Swamp Church also contributing most of the
material and having the work done by his own carpenters.  It looks as
though he was very unselfish in the choice of location as it was built
fully five miles away from his dwelling, and as he and his family were
regular attendants they had to drive five miles and back on Sunday.
   Rev.  Lorie Pierce was an old Preacher without a settled home,  so
Grandfather invited him to live at his home for the remainder of his life
and engaged him to preach regularly to the slaves on the place,  Rev.
Pierce accepted his offer and became a highly respected member of the
family.   At his death, he was buried in the family graveyard where his
stone still stands"  Remarkable, eh?
This was written about 1895 when my grandmother was about 28 years old. 
One more interesting thing:
I have a series of her music pieces (also used by my mother who was a
gifted pianist) which are sewed completely down the spine to hold them
together from the hard use!  Often smaller tears on the sides are likewise
sewed to keep them in use!   The date on most of them is between 1835 and
1870.
Dick Matteson College Park MD  

ps.  The entire account was published in the Orangeburg German-Swiss
Genealogical Society's Newsletter a few years ago... 


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> From: AslanJ 
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Rev. REDDICK TIERCE- Orangeburg, SC
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 5:15 PM
> 
> In a message dated 4/15/98 10:54:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [email protected] writes:
> 
> << 
>  Submited by ken F
>  Note,
>  
>  I will get my wife to type the complete writing, and will e-mail it upon
>  request, OR: I am open to suggestions as to what to do or who to donate
>  this writing to.
>  
>  I found it (placed) in an old book in a thrift store here in Florida.
>  There are several other names and accounts contained in this writing.
>  
>   >>
> Ken - I think it would be a good idea to list all names mentioned an
resubmit
> it to SCROOTS as they archive the messages.  I would suggest submitting
the
> list to SC GENWEB also to post in the web Archive.  I know a woman who is
> involved in African American roots and I send her all names of slaves or
free
> blacks from the early days. There are many Af/Am people searching for
their
> heritage who would love to know the names of the former slave and free
man.
> 
> I live in FL also and found a very old Bible at a church sale.  It had
all of
> the hand written family records going back into the 1700's and early
1800's.
> The only place that I found mentioned (I suppose that whoever wrote these
> early records thought it would always be in the hands of family) was one
> reference to NY, so I typed all of the records by page and submitted to
NY and
> to the family name roots site.  So far I have had no queries on it (mind
> boggling) but it will be there for anyone who looks.  I had hoped to find
> someone in that family who wanted the Bible.  We never know, do we?
> 
> Judy
> 
> 

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