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JOSEPH STRICKLER OF HORSESHOE
BEND
NEW MARKET, VA
Joseph Strickler, b. May 17, 1766, d. May 1, 1841,
m. on Mar. 15, 1785, Barbara Grove, b. Mar. 12, 1760, d. Oct. 13, 1843, dau. of
Christian Grove and first wife Ann Rhodes, dau. John killed by Indians. Barbara
Grove was a sister of Elizabeth, wife of David Strickler, brother of Joseph.
Unto Joseph were born 14 children...
Two sons were named Joseph, the first having died
in infancy....
Joseph Strickler is buried in Horseshore Bend near
where his house still stands in a good state of preservation. It has the
appearance of being very old. Harper Rice owned this farm in 1864. A map of the
battlefield of New Market shows Imboden's Cavalry located near this home on May
13, 1864. The map, however, is not exactly correct, the house not bearing the
proper relation to the bend of the creek (Henkel and Co. Publishers, New
Market, Va. have these maps for sale). Louis Zirkle, a descendant of Lewis of
Cave Farm (Endless Caverns Farm), he being about the seventh Lewis in direct
line, owns this farm now.
The old house is rather large, with a double porch,
or rather triple porch, along one entire side. The first floor of the porch is
on a level with the basement floor, and is on a level with the front yard. High
steps lead up the the second porch floor. It is located in a quiet secluded
spot on an elevation overlooking the bottoms embraced by the arms of the
winding Smith. Just to the north of the house is a very high steep bluff on the
right bank of the creek.
John Sevier conveys land to Joseph Strickler in
1772 (A-142-Woodstock). This was evidently Gen. John Sevier who left Virginia
about this time and became the founder of East Tenn.
Will of Joseph Strickler of Horseshoe Bend mentions
Joseph, Henry, Jacob, Emmanuel, Barbara, Nancy and John, his wife Barbara,
lands; Mil and lands sold to Isaac Spitler, also land in Spotsylvania Co., Va.,
and slaves. Made Apr. 1841 probated May 10, 1841 (V-448-Woodstock).
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