Conrad Starnes (1755 - abt. 1800)

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Brown) Starnes — married 17 Sep 1778 (to 1796) in Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died about 1800 at about age 45 in Washington, Tennessee

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Biography

m. Margaret Brown

Conrad Starnes was married in Rowan County, N. C. to Margaret Brown, oldest daughter of Jacob Brown, Wagonmaker, and his wife Elizabeth. 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.

Sources

• “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

• "Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families," person I39400 has sources related to Conrad's life in Botetourt County, VA where he first appears in the tax rolls in 1772. He married Margaret Brown 1778 in Rowan County, NC. He appears frequently in Mecklenburg County, NC records until the 1790s when he moved to eastern Tennessee. https://www.frostandgilchrist.com/getperson.php?personID=I39400&tree=frostinaz01

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62192172/conrad-starnes