LeAnna and list, I am the one who posted the Linwood Cemetery info to the STARR-L list. I/we on the "Henry Starr" research list have looked at your STARR line, compared to ours, and tried to find a connection. Here's hoping someone will see something we've missed! Your line from your message has: >Edward Worthington is the son of Hezekiah Starr (1781-1828) <snip> > >Hezekiah Starr is one of three brothers of Baltimore: Henry, William and >Hezekiah. Henry was a tavern keeper, and William and Hezekiah were in the >tobacco trade together. William's son, Robert, continued the business in >Baltimore after Hezekiah moved to Richmond c. 1816. My Henry Starr was born in Maryland 1752 per Bible records / family tradition. He married circa 1777 a Mary (surname unknown) and they had: Joshua b. 17 OCT 1778 in MD, John "Elijah" b. 1780 in MD and Silas Henry b. 7 NOV 1782 in Maryland. They moved to Wilkes Co. GA probably fall 1784 and had Benjamin b. 29 JAN 1785, Samuel Steele b. 11 OCT 1794, Asa d. 1817 and Amelia and Caleb -- no information on other than name appears in a non-contemporary Bible record. There is an oral tradition in our line that we have "some connection" to Baltimore; the specifics are fuzzy, but something along the line that ownership of land was in dispute, between the STARRs, city of Baltimore and possibly some Indians. Another tradition continues that a daughter of Benjamin's went to MD to see if they won the case .. this would be 1830s or 1840s (my guess). Coicidentally, there is a STARR line in Indiana/Illinois which has some fire in Baltimore and family in IN/IL giving their papers (proving ownership/relationship) to some lawyer who they never heard from again. ... So, there is three STARR lines with at least an oral tradition for two, and direct connection to Baltimore in one. Continuing the coincidences: My Henry's descendants moved west to Henry/Fayette/Newton Counties GA by late 1820s/early 1830s. At least one of LeAnna's brother's line of STARRs arrives in GA and settles south of those counties (specific one escapes me) prior to the Civil War. Is this mere coincidence? One other point -- the ONLY STARR in Maryland records mid-1700s -- when my Henry's father should appear somewhere -- is a William who "went to Carolina" in the early 1760s leaving behind a wife Susannah "who has eloped from me four times" in the ad he placed in the newspaper saying he no longer felt responsible for her debts. There is no Susannah in my Henry's line that I'm aware of, and my Henry did not name a son William. Therefore, I'm sceptical this William is my Henry's father. But like LeAnna, where do these Maryland Starrs come from??? Any information will be appreciated. If you want to learn more about my Henry's line, go to the URL in my sig, then click on the link to either Mary Kozy's Henry Starr webpage or the Inman, GA church link. Linda Sparks Starr starr81@ix.netcom.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/