Du-S-Du ‘Caleb’ Starr

Caleb Starr was a Cherokee man.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Starr-4431

Caleb was Cherokee.

Caleb Starr was born in 1822, the son of Ezekiel Starr, a Cherokee, and his wife Mary Upshaw, a white woman. The family emigrated to Indian Territory shortly before the Trail of Tears, arriving in May, 1834. [1] Caleb married Lucinda Griffin, also Cherokee, about 1842. They were the parents of three children Charles, George, and Joseph. He parented four other children, Sallie, James, Fannie, and Margaret with Betsy Keath, another Cherokee woman. Caleb appears on the 1851 Old Settler Roll living in Flint District. [2] Lucinda and her children appear on the 1851 Drennan Roll also in Flint District. [3] Betsy and daughter Sallie are also on the Drennan Roll in Flint District. [4] Caleb and Lucinda are found on the 1880 Cherokee census, still living in the Flint District. Caleb died January 13, 1886 and is buried at the Buffington Cemetery, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. [5]

Sources

1. Baker, Jack D. transcriber. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1977. Original Records: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1793-1999. p. 49
2. Hampton, David K., transcriber. Cherokee Old Settlers, combined transcript of 1851 and 1896 Old Settler Payrolls. 1993. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75, Microfilms T985 and 7RA34. p. 255 Flint District #89.
3. Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Flint District #378.
4. Drennen Roll of “Emigrant Cherokee,” 1851. Series 7RA-01. Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. The National Archives at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. Flint District #407.
5. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5932557/caleb-starr : accessed 24 November 2021), memorial page for Caleb Starr (6 Jan 1822–13 Jan 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5932557, citing Buffington Cemetery, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by R Burnett (contributor 47445819) .