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Ezekiel Starr Sr.

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Ezekiel Starr Sr.

Birth
McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA
Death
6 Apr 1846 (aged 45–46)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
R40/90
Memorial ID
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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.



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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  • Originally Created by: Alice P.
  • Added: Sep 12, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9452172/ezekiel-starr: accessed ), memorial page for Ezekiel Starr Sr. (1800–6 Apr 1846), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9452172, citing Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).