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 Eastern 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/............................