Ezekiel Starr, Sr.

Ezekiel Starr, Sr.
Birthdate:	1801
Birthplace:	McMinn County, Tennessee, United States
Death:	April 06, 1846 (44-45) Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
Place of Burial:	Congressional Cem., Washington, D.C.
Immediate Family:	Son of Caleb Starr and Nancy "Nannie" Starr Husband of Mary Polly Starr Father of Ruth Starr; Caleb Starr; Leroy "Buck" Starr; Elizabeth Buffington; Sarah Starr and 7 others Brother of Mary Pauline "Polly" Starr; James McMinn Starr, Sr.; Na-tsi ‘Thomas’ Starr; Ruth Bean; Sarah Walker Mayfield and 8 others Half brother of James McMinn Starr

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Immediate Family

Mary Polly Starr

wife
Ruth Starr

daughter
Caleb Starr

son
Leroy "Buck" Starr

son
Elizabeth Buffington

daughter
Sarah Starr

daughter
Nannie Starr

daughter
John Walker Starr

son
Ellis Starr

son
Mary Jane Starr

daughter
Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.

James C (Hickory) Starr

son
Ezekiel Starr, Jr.

son

About Ezekiel Starr, Sr.

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Ezekiel Starr was a Cherokee man.

Ezekiel Starr Sr. (1/4 Cherokee) was the son of Caleb Starr (white trader, son of Alexander Starr & Deborah Bryant) and Nancy Harlan (1773-1841)(Cherokee); he had the following siblings: Mary Pauline, James Sr., Ruth, Sallie, Thomas, George Harlan, Joseph McMinn, Rachel, Nancy, Deborah, and Ellis Starr.

Ezekiel married in Blount Co., TN, on 29 Feb 1820, Mary Upshaw (white) b. abt 1800 in GA, d. 21 Nov 1876 in Flint Dist., Cherokee Nation, I.T., buried at the Honey Hill Cemetery, Adair, OK; they had the following children: Nannie, Ellis, Ruth, Caleb Du-s-du, Leroy Buck, Sarah, Elizabeth, John Walker, Mary Jane, James Hickory, and Ezekiel Starr Jr.

Ezekiel belonged to the Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi); he moved with his family to Western AR (Old Settlers). In the winter of 1843-44, he was sent to Washington DC as one of the delegates to plead the cause of the Treaty party before the Gov. of the US. In the winter of 1844-45 he was a delegate also. When he moved to the Cherokee Nation I. T. his family was forced out of the Nation to the State of AR; his brother, James Starr and his infant son ruthlessly murdered. He returned again to Washington and was stricken with erysipelas and died.

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GEDCOM Note His body was interred after 2 APR 1846 at Congressional Cemetery in District of Columbia.
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Ezekiel Starr, Sr.'s Timeline

1801	1801	Birth of Ezekiel Starr, Sr. McMinn County, Tennessee, United States
1816	1816	Birth of Elizabeth Starr Cherokee Nation
1820	December 25, 1820	Birth of Ruth Starr Cherokee Nation East, Tennessee
1822	January 6, 1822	Birth of Caleb Starr Cherokee Nation East, Tennessee
1823	1823	Birth of Leroy "Buck" Starr Monroe Co., Tennessee
1824	1824	Birth of Elizabeth Buffington Washington County, Tennessee, United States
1825	1825	Birth of Sarah Starr Monroe Co., Tennessee
1827	1827	Birth of Nannie Starr Monroe Co., Tennessee
1828	1828	Birth of John Walker Starr Indian Territory

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