Did we miss something here?....this began mid stream.....or am I missing the beginning that came from somewhere earlier?? I thought I was reading along.....Where did this come from?? I do get the digest version....but I checked and haven't missed anything lately......Thanks...Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: Starr81 <starr81@ix.netcom.com> To: <STARR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Cherokee Starrs > >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. > > This is a very good point brought up by Adrian; in fact, I plan to > provide documentation (when things settle down and I relocate it) for > Caleb's birthyear in 1764 rather than the usual estimated 1758 which proves > beyond > a doubt, the 'Indian trader' attributed as Caleb Starr in Ramsay's History > of Tennessee or Summer's Annals of SW VA can't be the one who married Nancy > Harlan. > I have several sources which say "an Indian trader" / "an Indian trader named > STARR" and finally "Caleb Starr" harangued the Indian chiefs to not attack > the whites. This was during the RW. I've often wondered who this "Indian > trader Starr" is? Or could he be only attributed to Caleb, so wasn't a > STARR. But > certainly there are enough southern STARRs without lineage out there to NOT > rule out any possibility along the lines of another Indian connection. > Linda > > ______________________________