This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1300337A6B836D41C741C404 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Silly Bro! No, Caleb Starr was not a treaty signer. Guess I can't correct you then. LOL How are you doing? Miss you being active on the list. Come on home to us! Love and hugs, di Neal & Barbara wrote: > Just for the record I don't believe CALAB STARR was a ttreaty signer correct > ME if I'm wrong! Neal Shrum > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Crystal Burleson" <cburleso@cybertrails.com> > To: <STARR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: Cherokee Starrs > > > Right on, Adrian! I totally agree. I've done some research recently on > the > > history of the Cherokee in Virginia (WV, TN, KY, etc.). There were Starrs > who > > were Cherokee who never left that area as well as many other family names. > They > > reportedly tried to blend into the general population of the day by > dressing and > > behaving like the whites, but maintained some traditions and handed down > within > > their families the knowledge that they were Cherokee. Survival was one > reason, > > and wanting to remain on their own lands was another. I, too, know that > Caleb > > Starr had relatives who so far have been unacounted for in our research. > Perhaps > > one of them was the one that I am looking for. Adam Starr doesn't seem to > fit > > into any of the other lines mentioned, and the verbal history of being > Cherokee > > is just too frequent within the various branches of his descendants to > ignore it, > > although I do think it is very possible that European blood mixed with > that > > Cherokee along the way--father's side? mother's side? That was also quite > common > > in the area. Thanks for your input. Crystal > > > > Adryandav@aol.com wrote: > > > > > To all - > > > > > > In response to Linda - > > > > > > In a 1906 Guion Miller claim, my ggf said that his gm Elizabeth (Moore) > > > Browning born 1776 in NC was of Cherokee blood and that her mother was a > > > Starr of the "old Starr family". Elizabeth married John Browning who > was > > > from MD. I am guessing that they married in NC as that is where all > their > > > children were born. An old map shows the Mississippi River as the > western > > > boundary of NC, thus including most of today's TN. If I am not > mistaken, > > > Caleb Starr and his wife the half-Cherokee Nancy Harlan, lived in Easter > n TN, > > > the Cherokee heartland.. I am also guessing that an earlier generation > of > > > white men from PA and elsewhere had already reached that area - Ross, > Adair, > > > Starr, Harlan, McMinn, etc. Parents and/or siblings of Caleb Starr may > have > > > been among them. Thus, Caleb may not have been the only progenitor of > the > > > Cherokee Starrs. However he and his sons, being treaty signers, are the > best > > > known. > > > > > > Food for thought! > > > > > > Adrian Davis, adryandav@aol.com > > > > > > Linda Starr Sparks wrote: > > > > > > ..... One is the PA Quakers, many of whom ended up in what is now West > > > Virginia; another, the Cherokee Starrs, whose founder Caleb may have > come > > > from the PA Qauker group -- his mother was a Quaker, but his father > wasn't, > > > he was born in PA. > > > > > > And then another distinct group, but also 'loose' because we haven't > > > found the connection to each other, let alone any of the major groups -- > > > the STARRs in Maryland from 1748 through 1810 or so. Included is my > Henry > > > Starr, b. 1752 in MD d. 1821 in GA. Personally I've tried to connect him > to > > > the PA Quakers and the Cherokee Starrs without success; I'm now looking > at > > > the Dr. Comfort line. BUT there are a few other STARR families in > Maryland > > > who appear late 1770s/1780s, some went to IN, others to Richmond, VA and > one > > > member of this VA line ended up in GA 1830s I believe. I believe there > > > is another MD STARR named John, who moved to SC and became "John Starr > of > > > Beach Island". > > > > > > If anyone has any information on the Maryland bunch (any of them) > > > please post to the list / me. We need all the help we can get! Linda > > > > > > Linda Sparks Starr starr81@ix.netcom.com > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/............................ > > --------------1300337A6B836D41C741C404 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="razzberri.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Diana Starr Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="razzberri.vcf" begin:vcard n:Cloutier;Diana Starr x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:razzberri@earthlink.net x-mozilla-cpt:;1 fn:Diana Starr Cloutier end:vcard --------------1300337A6B836D41C741C404--