John Starr

John Starr went to Nova Scotia to settle, but when the Revolutionary War began, he chose the cause of the colonists against England and was compelled to flee from the province without his family. He returned to Groton, Connecticut, and his family followed. John immediately volunteered to serve in the Revolutionary forces. In the terrible fight at Fort Griswold, he was wounded by a musket ball through the left elbow, losing the use of his arm. The Government gave him a pension for life and 1,000 acres of land in Franklin County, Ohio, near the present city of Columbus. In the spring of 1812 he and his family started in two large wagons, arriving at their homestead in June, seven weeks later. The area was then dense forest. _____

John Starr born January 16 1743 was a brother of Lieutenant William Had just returned from Nova Scotia which he had been compelled to leave on account of his loyalty to the United Colonies and in support of his love for them he entered the fort as a volunteer where he received a wound which disabled his right arm for life He afterward moved to Ohio near Columbus where he died in 1824

source: The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports ... By William Wallace Harris p. 227

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