Margaret (Brown) Starnes (1757 - aft. 1798)

Born 19 Feb 1757 in Rowan County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Conrad Starnes — married 17 Sep 1778 (to 1796) in Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died after 1798 after age 40 in Washington County, Tennessee

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Biography

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Margaret Brown was born in 1757 in Rowan County, North Carolina, daughter of Johan Jakob Braun (1731–1807) and Elisabetha Margaretha Goettgen (~1730–1814).

Her siblings were:

• Jacob Brown (1752–1841)
• George Brown (1755–1846)
• Abraham Brown (1757–1842)
• David Brown (~1759–~1833)
• Philip Brown (~1760–1848)
• John Brown (1766–1830)
• Conrad Brown (1768–1840)
• Mary Brown (1774–1855)
• Catherine Brown (1775–1834)
• Soloman Brown (1779–1860)

Margaret died after 1796 in Washington County, Tennessee, aged 38.

Margaret (20) married Conrad Starnes (22) (born in 1755; son of Frederick Starnes Jr. and Mary (Carlock) Starnes) on September 17, 1778 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA. Their children were:

• Jesse Starnes (1776–>1860)
• Rachel Starnes (1779–1867)
• Elizabeth Starnes (~1787– )
• Margaret Starnes (1789–1873)
• Frederic Starnes (1790–1873)

Margaret Brown, oldest daughter of Jacob Brown, wagonmaker, and his wife, Elizabeth, was b. about 1758 in Rowan Cty., N. C.; the date of her death is not known. She was buried in the family cemetery, Washington County, Tn., where her father was buried. In Rowan County she was married to Conrad Starnes, 16 Sep 1778. Her brother George was the bondsman. According to the files of the late Charles Bennett, genealogist, of Washington County, Tn., Conrad Starnes was a private in Capt. William Campbell's Company at the Point Pleasant Campaign, 1774, in Washington County, Virginia. In 1790, Conrad and family were living in Mecklenburg County, N. C. (1 male over 10, 3 males under 16, 5 females). It is believed that Conrad died about 1796. The widow, Margaret, her brother Abraham, and brother-in-law Adam Sliger sold their portions of property inherited from their father to their brother David, 24 Sep 1808. To begin the new year of 1802, Margaret was received into the Cherokee Baptist Church in Washington County, along with Jesse Starnes, Rachel Starnes, Polly Salts, Isaac Brown, Nancy Brown, Mary Murr, and Solomon Brown.

Children:

• John Starnes (1818 Washington County, TN tax list)
• Sally Starnes Mitchell, wife of James Mitchell m 16 Sep 1805
• Jacob Starnes, listed in the 1830 and 1840 Censuses of Washington County, TN; possibly the Jacob Starnes named in the will of Abraham Brown, who married his daughter Catherine Brown.
• Frederic Starnes b 1790 in N. C.; married 14 Mar 1810 in Washington County, TN his cousin Elizabeth Salts.
• Elizabeth Starnes McCardle, married David G. McCardle 7 Apr 1813. The family of Eliza McCardle, wife of President Andrew Johnson, lived very close to the Browns and Starnes. David McCardle was a member of this family and probably was related to Eliza McCardle. The name McCardle was later changed to McCarty.
• Abraham Starnes (1840 Census of Washington County, TN) lived close to Frederic Starnes.
• Margaret Starnes Scroggins, married 18 Aug 1819 Benjamin Scroggins.
• William Starnes m. Sally Holly 6 Mar 1817 in Washington County, TN.

Margret Brown married Conrad Starns on 16 Sep 1770 in Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States.^[1][2]

Margaret Brown Starnes died in 1796 and was buried in Washington, Tennessee, United States of America.^[3]

This person was in a record.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 102504814; Image number: 663
   FamilySearch Record: Q21B-FWN7 (accessed 19 November 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSZX-P9CR-S
   Margret Brown marriage to Conrad Starns on 16 Sep 1770 in Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States.
2. ↑ Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 004364084; FHL microfilm: 000500956; Image number: 667; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: V01538-2
   FamilySearch Record: XF9N-YXS (accessed 19 November 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DCF9-C8K
   Margret Brown marriage to Conrad Starns on 16 Sep 1770 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States.
3. ↑ Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
   citing record ID 62192654, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
   FamilySearch Record: QV2Z-JM2W (accessed 19 November 2023)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #62192654
   Margaret Brown Starnes burial (died in 1796) in Washington, Tennessee, United States of America. Born in 1757.
4. ↑ The ancestors and descendants of Abraham (Braun) Brown, the miller - the ancestors and descendants of Jacob (Braun) Brown, the wagonmaker
   Statement of Responsibility: compiled and edited by John Burgess Fisher, Dorothy Brown Koller, Margaret Brown Anderson Authors: Fisher, John Burgess, 1919- (Main Author) Koller, Dorothy Brown, 1924-1983 (Added Author) Anderson, Margaret Brown, 1921- (Added Author) Format: Books/Monographs Language: English German Publication: Charlotte, North Carolina : Delmar Publishers & Printers, c1983 Physical: xxxv, iii, 341, x, 182 p. : ill., coats of arms, facims., maps, ports. ISBN: 0961230835 Subject Class: 929.273 B812
   (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/356560-the-ancestors-and-descendants-of-abraham-braun-brown-the-miller-the-ancestors-and-descendants-of-jacob-braun-brown-the-wagonmaker?viewer=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= : 30 August 2021)
   Text partly in German.
   
   Contents: pt. 1. Abraham (Braun) Brown, the miller / compiled by John Burgess Fisher -- pt. 2. Jacob (Braun) Brown, the wagonmaker / compiled by Dorothy Brown Koller and Margaret Brown Anderson. Includes indexes.
   Includes Ball, Dillow, Fisher, Good, Holshouser, Rendleman, Rufty and related families.
   
   Johann Stephan Christian Braun married Maria Eva Hamen and immigrated from Germany to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before 1743. Abraham Brown and Jacob Brown were two of their children. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois and other midwestern states, California and elsewhere. Includes some ancestors and some of their descendants in Germany.

• “The Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham (Braun) Brown, the Miller - the Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob (Braun) Brown, the Wagonmaker,” 1983, compiled and edited by John Burgess Fisher, Dorothy Brown Koller, Margaret Brown Anderson, Part II, Chapter IV, page 71. https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=84277&disp