Frederick
Sherrill
Starns
aka Starnes
Born about in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Starnes
and Elizabeth (South) Starnes
Brother of
William Starnes, Mary (Starnes) Strode, John Starnes, James Purnell Starnes, Delilah M (Starnes) Stilley [half], Isaac Starnes and Samuel Starnes
Husband of
Sarah (Rheams) Starnes
— married
28 Dec 1813 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Ann (Starnes) Hill, Edward Bynum Starns, Burlin B. Starnes, Clara Starnes, Parnell Starnes, Warren Ashbury Starnes, Frederick Starnes and Martha Isabella (Starnes) Lyons
Died before
before about age 72
in Louisiana, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Frederick was born about 1778 in Kentucky.[1] He was the son of Jacob Starnes and Elizabeth South. He migrated with his parents to St. Helena Parish, Louisiana in the year 1805.[2] He married Sally Reams on 28 December 1813 at St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.[3]
He was appointed by the United States to Post Office on 4 September 1840[4]
1840 Louisiana Census
- Household of Fredrick Starns, Livingston Parish:[5]
- Free White Males - Under 5: 1
- Free White Males - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Males - 10 thru 14: 1
- Free White Males - 15 thru 19: 2
- Free White Males - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Males - 40 thru 49: 1
- Free White Females - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Females - 10 thru 14: 2
- Free White Females - 30 thru 39: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 11
- Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3
- Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 7
- Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 3
- Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 2
- Slaves - Females - Under 10: 6
- Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 7
- Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 3
- Total Slaves: 31
- Total All Persons: 42
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 26
Death, Burial
He probably died before 1850,[6] and was probably buried at the Old Starns Cemetery, Holden, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 14 December 2018), memorial page for Frederick Sherill Starns (1778–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #136535256, citing Old Starns Cemetery, Holden, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA; maintained by Kinseek (contributor 47721276). Note: A photo of an overgrown brick vault was provided, but it has no markings relevant to Frederick Starns. Information on this FindAGrave profile cites a book by H. Gerald Starnes and Herman Starnes, Of Them That Left a Name Behind: A History of the Starnes, copyright 1983. It states:
- "The "Old Starns Cemetery" is located 2/10 of a mile north of "Dock" Starns' grave on Starns Road (north of Holden in Livingston Parish, Louisiana), some 230 feet west of the road toward the Tickfaw River. A vault of handmade brick exists here with some of the brick fallen beneath the overgrowth of vines, trees and high weeds. Frederick Sherrill Starns and Sally Rheams Starns are said to be buried here..."
- ↑ Gerald Starnes and Herman Starnes, Of Them That Left a Name Behind: A History of the Starnes Family (1983)
- ↑ Ancestry.com, Louisiana, Compiled Marriages, 1728-1850, database on-line (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997); Original data: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Louisiana to 1850 (Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx); marriage of Frederic Starns and Sally Reams, St. Helena Parish, 28 Dec 1813.
- ↑ Ancestry.Com
- ↑ United States Census, 1840, database with images (FamilySearch : 24 August 2015), Louisiana > Livingston > Not Stated > image 15 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); Louisiana, Livingston Parish, p. 14, household of Fredrick Starns (indexed as Starne)
- ↑ A search of the 1850 Louisiana census on both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org did not turn up any matches for Frederick Starns.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frederick by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frederick:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frederick by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frederick:
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~0.78%
Leslie Bell
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Arrenia
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #687284
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~0.39%
Warren Snell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wsnell
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B391797
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~0.39%
Donnie Starnes :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
B (Porter) P :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch f195262 [compare], FTDNA kit #195262
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Stephanie Ward
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Starns-104 and Starnes-618 appear to represent the same person because: Y'all just need to decide which spelling is correct and maybe tighten up those dates.
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