Doug Vaughn wrote: > > To: Bob Henderson, > > Hi Bob, I read your e-mails and perhaps you can help me. My ggg grandfather was > John Starr, wife Rebecca. All I know about them is they lived in Stokes Co., > N.C. in 1830. They had a son named Jonathon, born circa 1830 in Stokes Co., > N.C. Jonathon is found working for a Mr. Blum in 1850 in Forsythes Co., N.C. > (1850 Census and estate records). He apparently went to Floyd Co., Virginia > where he met his wife, Zilpha Hylton. They were married in Floyd Co., VA, Dec > 27, 1855. They had 10 children. I am descended from Jonathan and Zilpha's > fourth child, John Stewart Starr. I am looking for more info on John Starr and > wife Rebecca. There are very few records available to search in N.C. I have no > idea where my Starr line originates from. Any pointers you can give me, or > anyone out there. > Thank you very much, > Melanie Starr in Fresno, CA, Melanie_Starr@ldsmail.org Melanie, I can not place the individuals that you have mentioned. There were at least two sets of Starrs in NC who descendents from the German Stoehr family and changed their name to Starr in the late 1700s. The closest that I can come to what you have set forth above is John Starr 28Dec1768-30Jan1846 who died in Wayne IN and married Rachel Catherine Jobe on 24Mar1795 Rowan NC. They had sons Jesse, Thomas, Jonathan, John Jr. b.1803, William b 18Mar1809 and Samuel b 5Sep1812. Most of these children went to IN. We do not know much about John Jr. born 1803 who married Elizabeth Jobe except that he had daughters Mary b 1826, Nancy 1828, Isaiah Mary 1831, Elizabeth Mry 1834, and Emeline Mary 1840. We do not know what happened to this lineage or whether he also had sons. Jonathan b 1800 married Elizabeth Moore and moved on to Davis Iowa. Jesse married Mary Fall Pauline Jobe and we do not know what happened to this lineage. Thomas married Rachel Jobe and married in Union IN. William b 18Mar1809 married in Union IN. Samuel b 5Sep1812 married in Union IN. The ancestors of these Starrs were in the old Rowan county and later after the counties were divided Scurry and Davie counties. The brother to this group of Starr settled in Guilford NC and raised a large familhy and many of them moved on to IN, IL and WI but I am sure some of them stayed in the area. Wish I could be of more help. Bob Henderson Dallas TX