James C (Hickory) Starr

Hickory was a Cherokee man

Biography

James "Hickory" Starr was born February 13, 1833 in the Cherokee Nation (East), the son of Ezekiel Starr, a Cherokee, and his wife Mary Upshaw, a white woman. [1] The family emigrated to Indian Territory shortly after James' birth. [2] James married Sarah Byers, also Cherokee, about 1852. They were the parents of five children, Mary, Charlotte, George, Eliza (died in infancy), and Thomas (died in infancy). Sarah died in 1866 [3] and James married Emma Jane Rider in 1869. They were the parents of six children, John, Rachel, Jessie, Emma, Ezekiel, and Susan. [4] James and Emma appear on the 1900 U.S. Census with their two youngest children. [5]

1900 James Starr, "United States Census, 1900"

"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR2-WSX : 9 March 2022), James Starr, 1900.

He filed an application with the Dawes Commission, but was not included on the final roll because he had died. [6] James died December 25, 1901 at Grove, Delaware District, Cherokee Nation and is buried at Cayuga Cemetery, Delaware County, Oklahoma. [7]

Buried Cayuga Cemetery, Cayuga, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States. Photo: #M485.

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External Files

• File M314 File: Users/bdunn/Documents/Family Tree Maker/Dunn-Forest MediaIMG_0089.jpg Format: jpg. IMG_0089 1 Apr 2012. Aged 68 Yr, 10 MO, 12 D.
• File M390 File: Users/bdunn/Documents/Family Tree Maker/Dunn-Forest MediaObituary.htm Format: htm.
• Obituary 03 Jan 1902. Printed in the Stilwell Standard, Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma. Note: Death day should be December 25, 1901.
• File M485 File: Users/bdunn/Documents/Family Tree Maker/Dunn-Forest MediaJames Starr.jpg Format: jpg. James Starr. 1 Apr 2012.
• File M617 File: Users/bdunn/Documents/Family Tree Maker/Dunn-Forest MediaJames Hicks Book Cherokee Lineages (4).htm Format: htm. James Hicks Book "Cherokee Lineages".

Sources

1. ↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. p. 151
2. ↑ Baker, Jack D., transcriber. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1977. p. 49
3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #9167, daughter Charlotte
4. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #39164, son John
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR2-WSX : accessed 20 October 2021), James Starr, Township 23 N. Range 22 E., Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 25B, family 179, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,844.
6. ↑ Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1186, 93 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Card #149, Cherokee by Blood.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5450682/james-starr : accessed 20 October 2021), memorial page for James “Hickory” Starr (13 Feb 1833–25 Dec 1901), Find A Grave: Memorial #5450682, citing Cayuga Cemetery, Cayuga, Delaware County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Wes T. (contributor 48190645).

See Also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 July 2018, 15:29), entry for James Starr(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KVJ1-DCY); contributed by various users.

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Starr-2825

The file Starr, James Dawes Enrollment Jacket for Cherokee, Cherokee by Blood, Card #149 has been uploaded to the media tab here: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000196682239824
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JAMES HICKORY STARR (EZEKIEL7, NANCY6HARLAN, ELLIS5, EZEKIEL4, EZEKIAL3, GEORGE2, JAMES1) was born February 13, 1833 in Tennessee, and died December 25, 1901.
He married (1) SARAH BYERS Bef. 1853, daughter of EZEKIEL BYERS and RACHEL SWIMMER.She was born 1833, and died Abt. 1865.
He married (2) EMMA JANE WA-TI RIDER December 28, 1869, daughter of JOHN RIDER and RACHEL SMITH.She was born September 08, 1842, and died Aft. 1909.

Stilwell Standard, Grove, I.T., Dec 30, 1901; James Starr, aged 68 years, 10 months and 12 days, died at his home near here from heart failure on Chistmas morning and was buried in the Catholic cemetery at Cayuga, I.T. the foollowing day. While heart failure was the immediate cause of death, the deceased has suffered for several years from lung trouble and suffered much for the last six months on account of an enlargement of the glands of the bladder. Deceased was born in Tennessee in 1833, and came to Flint District, Cherokee Nation, with his mother when only one year old. He resided in Flint District until the spring of 1878, when he removed to Delaware District, where he continued to reside till his death. During the war he served in the Confederate army under Gen. Stand Watie. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Father Versoval, of Vinita, and Rev. Father Keiley, of Parsons, Kansas."Hickory" Starr, as the deceased was commonly known, was highly respected by all who knew him, and in him the poor always found a friend, per www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/stilwellstandard.html [Also see obit. listed under Charles Austin Augustus Rider]

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Flint, 90 (1896 page 8)
• 1880 Census [CN]: Delaware, 2255
• 1890 Census [CN]: Delaware, 1672
• 1894-96 O.S. payroll: Grove, OK, page 8
• Occupation: 1890, Farmer

More About SARAH BYERS:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Flint, 387.5

Notes for EMMA JANE WA-TI RIDER:

• Cherokee by Blood, pg 35;

Emma, applicant #5582 is a first cousin on her father's side of this applicant [Anne Brown nee Boynton].[Emma] says her father was an Old Settler. (see Old Settler roll, Flint District 99)

• 1851 Drennan roll: Flint, 126
• 1880 Census [CN]: Delaware, 2256 as Emma Starr
• 1890 Census [CN]: Delaware, 1673 as Emma J Starr
• 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 149, roll# 22273 as Emma Starr
• 1906-09 Miller roll: Vinita, OK, ap# 5582, roll# 25433 as Emma J Starr
• Blood: 1/8 Cherokee

Children of JAMES STARR and SARAH BYERS are:
246. i. MARY STARR, b. October 24, 1853, Flint Dist, CNW; d. November 25, 1901.
247. ii. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH STARR, b. April 1857; d. February 04, 1908.
248. iii. GEORGE WASHINGTON STARR, b. March 01, 1861, Flint Dist, CNW; d. April 02, 1922, Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co, OK.

	iv.	 	ELIZA STARR, b. Abt. 1863; d. 1864, Flint Dist, CNW.

	v.	 	THOMAS STARR, b. Abt. 1865; d. Abt. 1866.

Children of JAMES STARR and EMMA RIDER are:
249. vi. JOHN CALEB9 STARR, b. October 15, 1870, Flint Dist, CNW; d. Aft. 1906.

	vii.	 	RACHEL LUVENA STARR, b. September 11, 1873; d. Bet. 1890 - 1902.

• 1880 Census [CN]: Delaware, 2258
• 1890 Census [CN]: Delaware, 1675

	viii.	 	JESSIE BELLE STARR, b. March 01, 1877; d. Bet. 1890 - 1902.

• 1880 Census [CN]: Delaware, 2259
• 1890 Census [CN]: Delaware, 1676

250. ix. EMMA JANE STARR, b. January 06, 1879; d. Aft. 1906.

	x.	 	EZEKIEL EUCHIE STARR, b. 1881; d. Aft. 1906.

• 1890 Census [CN]: Delaware, 1678
• 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 149, roll# 22274
• 1906-09 Miller roll: Vinita, OK, ap# 40500, roll# 25436
• Blood: 1/8 Cherokee

251. xi. SUSAN ELIZABETH STARR, b. 1884; d. Aft. 1902.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of James Harlan” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0016...
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JOHN C. STARR

   Starr, J. C. (See Ghigau and Grant)—James, son of Ezekial and Mary (Upshaw) Starr, was born in Tennessee on February 13, 1883. He served the Confederacy in Captain George Harlan Starr's company. His first wife was Sarah Byers and they were the parents of: Mary, who married James Manuel Price; Charlotte Elizabeth, who married Richard Welch, John Stocker and Henry Harrison Sanders. George Washington Starr was the third and youngest child of James and Sarah Starr. After the death of Mrs. Sarah Starr, James Starr married on December 28, 1869, Mrs. Emma Jane Evans, daughter of John and Rachel (Smith) Rider, born September 8, 1842. Mrs. Emma Jane Starr had by her first husband, one daughter: Minnie Louisa Evans, who married Teesee Chambers. 

James and Emma Jane Starr were the parents of: John Caleb, Lulu, Jessie, Emma, Ezekial and Susan Starr.
John Caleb Starr was born October 15, 1870. Graduated from the Male Seminary December 12, 1890 and received the following diplomas from the Fort Smith Business College: Bookkeeping, May 28, 1891; Penmanship, May 26, 1892; and Stenography May 29, 1893. He married October 16, 1894, Miss Elizabeth Belle Zimmerman, born March 9, 1870, in Clinton, Missouri. They are the parents of: Jessie Belle, James Clarence, Martha E. and Charles J. Starr. Jessie Belle Starr married John Turner Dameron.

   John Caleb Starr, who was one of the best, if not the best, stenographers and penmen among the Cherokees, was the secretary to the Cherokee Commissioners that made the final roll of the tribe. When this task was finished he was admitted to the bar and became actively interested in oil production. He is at present one of the largest land owners in Oklahoma and his oil interests are so large that he requires a large office to house his records and employs a stenographer and bookkeeper, besides doing an immense amount of the executive and clerical work himself. His hobby is farming. An omniverous worker, a tireless student and an analytical thinker, Mr. Starr is always a man of the people and progressive citizen. His son, James Clarence Starr, has won lau rels as an orator in the eastern colleges. 

Source: Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.
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Obits from The Standard-Sentinel (Stilwell, Okla.)

Obituaries (read both)

JAMES "HICKORY" STARR

Grove IT, Dec. 30, 01- James Starr, aged 68 years, 10 months and 12 days, died at his home near here from heart failure on Christmas morning, and was buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Cayuga, I.T., the following day. While heart failure was the immediate cause of death the deceased had suffered for several years from lung trouble and suffered much for the last six month on account of an enlargement of the glands of the bladder.

Deceased was born in Tennessee in 1833 and came to Flint District, C.N. with his mother when only one year old. He resided in Flint District until the spring of 1878, when he removed to Delaware District where he continued to reside till his death. During the war (Civil) he served in the Confederate Army under Gen. Stand Watie.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Father Versoval of Vinta and Rev. Father Keily of Parsons, KS. "Hickory" Starr, as the deceased was commonly known, was highly respected by all who knew him, and in him the poor always found a friend.

CHARLES AUSTIN AUGUSTUS "GUS" RIDER

Rider-Mr. Gus Rider, an old and highly respected citizen of this section, died at his home in Goingsnake District on the 24th of December. Mr. Rider was an "Old Timer" in the Cherokee Nation, having lived here for more than 60 years---coming from the Old Cherokee Nation in Tennessee, when quite a boy. A singular coincidence is that deceased wrote to Hickory Starr, another Old Timer who lived in Delaware District, that he would spend Christmas Day with him, but as the above mention, Mr. Rider died Christmas Eve and Mr. Starr Christmas morn. It was always a source of pleasure for those old people to get together and tell reminiscences---telks of early days about the old nation and here too. The STANDARD condoles with the friends and kindred of both of these old patritrchs, now gone to their eternal rest.

Obituary 03 Jan 1902. Printed in the Stilwell Standard, Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma. (Note: Death day should be December 25, 1901.)