Rev. 29 Feb. 2000, Gen. 601

Nancy Graves (1) was born 22 April 1784 in GA, and died 6 Aug. 1854 in MS. She married Moses Starnes, son of Ebenezer Starnes (b. 1738 in CT) and Elizabeth Callahan (b. VA), on 18 (or 4) April 1800 in GA. He was born 25 Feb. 1777 in Edgefield Dist., SC, died 16 Oct. 1845 in MS, and was buried in the Mount Hope (Ainsworth) Cem. near Hazlehurst, MS. It is assumed that Nancy was probably buried next to him, but no headstone has been found to substantiate that.

Moses Starnes was in Mississippi Territory as early as 1799. After his marriage to Nancy, he settled his family in what became Amite Co., MS in Feb. 1801. Moses' homestead was listed as part of Wilkinson Co., MS in 1805 (Wilkinson Co. was organized in 1802, and Amite Co. was not established until 1809). It is not known exactly when Moses moved his family into Marion Co., MS. However, as early as 1816 he was recorded in that county's court proceedings. The 1840 census showed Moses and his family living in Copiah Co., MS. (Copiah Co. was established in 1823 from part of Hinds Co.) Based on deed transactions, it appears that Moses moved his family to Copiah Co. between Feb. 1832 and Nov. 1835.

George H. Nixon, James McGowen and Moses Starnes were witnesses to the will of John Tomlinson, Sr. on Aug. 13, 1817, Marion Co., MS, in which he left to his three granddaughters, Sarah Adaline, Esther Jane, and Anna Elizabeth, daughters of Jacob and Elenor Tomlinson, a negro girl and slaves; to granson, William Tomlinson, negroes; to grandson, Jacob Tomlinson, negroes; and, to grandson, William McGowan, negroes. This was entered on pages 46-51 of the Orphan's Court Records.

The above mentioned William Tomlinson, son of Arthur Tomlinson, was the husband of Moses Starnes' eldest daughter, Elizabeth. Elenor, the wife of Jacob Tomlinson, was a daughter of John W. Graves and Sarah Warren. John W. Graves was a son of James Graves and Mary Copeland (genealogy 150). That Graves family, like Nancy Graves, also moved from GA to MS, and it is possible that Nancy was a granddaughter of James and Mary Graves, which would have made John W. Graves her uncle.

All their children were born in MS. (R-1, R-2)

Children - Starnes

+2. Elizabeth Starnes, b. 1801, m. William E. Tomlinson, 8 Oct. 1816.

+3. Mary A. C. Starnes, b. 31 Feb. 1803, m. James William Smith, 8 Dec. 1829.

4. Ebenezer Starnes, b. 31 Aug. 1804, d. 1805 (MS).

5. daughter, b. 1805-06, d. 1820-1830.

6. Nancy N. Starnes, b. 11 Feb. 1807, m. William G. Newton, 15 Feb. 1825 (Marion Co., MS), d. 4 April 1891. He was b. 10 Dec. 1801 and d. 7 Dec. 1881. Both bur. Shelton Family Cem. (side by side), Copiah Co., MS.

7. Sarah C. Starnes, b. 12 Dec. 1810 (Amite Co., MS), d. 1820-1830.

8. Joicy Gabriella Starnes, b. 1811-1815, m. John Wesley Ainsworth, after 1840. He was b. 20 April 1812.

+9. Moses Dawson Starnes, b. 16 Oct. 1816, m. Emaline Pierce, 13 April 1847, d. 17 Oct. 1850.

+10. Susan Caroline Starnes, b. 1817, m. William Wilkerson Conerly, 13 Feb. 1832, d. 1851.

+11. Samuel Scott Starnes, b. 28 April 1818, m. M. Evaline Allen, 7 Oct. 1852, d. 27 Jan. 1883.

+12. Martha Melinda Starnes, b. 11 Feb. 1825, m. John Shelton, II, 12 June 1846, d. 20 Nov. 1889.

13. John Hadley Starnes, b. 21 Feb. 1827, m(1) Mary Ann Weeks, 9 Feb. 1847, m(2) Susan H. Chadwick, 1885, d. 13 July 1894.

CHILDREN OF NANCY GRAVES (1) AND MOSES STARNES

Elizabeth Starnes (2) was born in 1801. She married William E. Tomlinson on 8 Oct. 1816. (R-1)

Children - Tomlinson

14. Moses A. Tomlinson, b. 1817-1820, m. Margaret E. Scott, 5 Jan. 1836.

15. John E. Tomlinson, b. 1817-1820, m. (Mrs.) Elizabeth Harris, 24 Oct. 1844.

16. William C. Tomlinson, b. 1821-1825.

17. Erin J. Tomlinson, b. 1821-1825.

18. Paul G. Tomlinson, b. 1826-1830.

19. Anna E. Tomlinson, b. 1830, m. John G. Armfield, 14 March 1845. He was b. 1825.

Mary A. C. Starnes (3) was born in 31 Feb. 1803 in Wilkinson Co. (in that portion that later became Amite Co.), MS. She married James William Smith on 8 Dec. 1829 in Marion Co., MS. (R-1)

Children - Smith

20. William J. Smith, b. 1830-1837, m. Jane E. Kendrick, 14 July 1859.

21. Augustus M. Smith, b. 1 Jan. 1838, m(1) Melissa J. Allred, 12 June 1862, m(2) Minerva ------, d. 23 Nov. 1916. Melissa was b. 11 March 1847 and d. 2 March 1874. Minerva was b. 24 Jan. 1857 and d. 13 Oct. 1906.

Moses Dawson Starnes (9) was born 16 Oct. 1816 and died 17 Oct. 1850, both in MS. He married Emaline Pierce, daughter of John I Pierce and Martha Watson, on 13 April 1847. She was born 1826 in GA, and died 1891 in MS. (R-1)

Children - Starnes

+22. Samuel Shuble Starnes, b. 28 April 1848, m. Mary Harriet Hall, 15 Feb. 1867, d. 16 Aug. 1905.

23. Moses Dawson Starnes, Jr., b. 8 Jan. 1849, m. Louisa Elizabeth Wilson, 21 Feb. 1867, d. 10 April 1912.

Susan Caroline Starnes (10) was born in 1817 and died in 1851. She married William Wilkerson Conerly on 13 Feb. 1832. He was born 11 Aug. 1810 and died 19 Nov. 1879. (R-1)

Children - Conerly

24. James Rayford Conerly, b. 2 Nov. 1835, m. Mary Elizabeth Harvey, 16 Jan. 1861, d. 9 April 1911.

25. Mark Russell Conerly, b. 1838, m. Sophronia Tyler, d. 1890.

26. John Conerly

27. William Conerly

Samuel Scott Starnes (11) was born 28 April 1818 and died 27 Jan. 1883. He married M. Evaline Allen on 7 Oct. 1852. She was born 1833 and died 1912. (R-1)

Children - Starnes

28. Nancy E. Starnes, b. 30 July 1854.

29. William Allen Starnes, b. 25 April 1856, m. Eugenia F. McFatten, 11 March 1878.

30. Samuel Scott Starnes, Jr., b. 25 June 1858, m. Ruth Stephens.

31. John Wesley Starnes, b. 27 March 1861, m. Martha J. Dromgoole, 12 July 1883, d. 13 Aug. 1918. She was b. 1863.

32. Martha Evelina Starnes, b. 10 Dec. 1864, m. Moses Shelton, 18 March 1879, d. 22 May 1908. He was b. 19 March 1858 and d. 1 Jan. 1925.

Martha Melinda Starnes (12) was born 11 Feb. 1825 and died 20 Nov. 1889. She married John Shelton, II, on 12 June 1846. He was born 25 Dec. 1808 and died 21 April 1881. (R-1)

Children - Shelton

33. John Wesley Shelton, b. 24 March 1847, m(1) Lena Elizabeth Goff, 26 Feb. 1868, m(2) Ella Rives, m(3) Olivia Alice Compton. Lena was b. 8 March 1852 and d. 2 April 1881.

34. Nancy G. Shelton, b. 1849, m. Josiah G. Wilson, 12 Nov. 1867.

35. China ("Chine") Shelton, b. 23 Nov. 1850, m. William Hiram Allen, 23 Nov. 1868, d. 3 Jan. 1883. He was b. 19 Oct. 1843 and d. 24 Sept. 1889.

36. James Lafayette Shelton, b. 25 Sept. 1853, m. Sina A. Segrest, 14 Dec. 1876, d. 6 June 1914.

37. Virginia Elmer Shelton, b. 15 April 1856, m. Lewis Osborne Segrest, 1876-1877, d. 19 May 1944. He was b. 1856-1858 and d. 25 July 1929.

38. Moses Shelton, b. 19 March 1858, m(1) Martha Evelina Starnes, m(2) Sallie Ann Stegall, d. 1 Jan. 1925. Martha was b. 10 Dec. 1864 and d. 22 May 1908. Sallie was b. 8 Oct. 1874 and d. 29 May 1933.

39. Armilda Shelton, b. 8 Aug. 1860, m. W. M. Allred, 1884, d. 26 Sept. 1883.

40. Julia C. Shelton, b. 12 Oct. 1864, m(1) William Hiram Allen, 1884, m(2) John Ithamer Marler, 9 June 1892, d. 29 Jan. 1910. William was b. 19 Oct. 1843 and d. 24 Sept. 1889. John was b. 29 Dec. 1854 and d. 8 March 1923.

41. Burnell Shelton, b. 30 Sept. 1866, m(1) Lora Drew Barlow, 30 Oct. 1888, m(2) Lillie Mae Watts, m(3) Bertha Beavers, d. 14 July 1927. Lora was b. 31 Aug. 1866 and d. 7 Nov. 1912. Lillie was b. 17 July 1891 and d. 20 Oct. 1914.

John Hadley Starnes (13) was born 21 Feb. 1827 and died 13 July 1894. He first married Mary Ann Weeks on 9 Feb. 1847. She was born in 1827. He married second Susan H. Chadwick in 1885. She was born in 1840. (R-1)

Children - Starnes, by Mary A. Weeks

42. Julia C. Starnes, b. 18 Feb. 1848, m. John Holly Kendrick, 22 Oct. 1866, d. 10 June 1880.

43. John Thomas Starnes, b. 14 Feb. 1851, m. Josephine C. Wadsworth, d. 18 Nov. 19--. She was b. 3 June 1846 and d. 1 March 1924.

44. William Cary Starnes, b. 1853, m. Martha Drusilla Chambliss, 27 Sept. 1874, d. 3 Feb. 1909. She was b. 25 Aug. 1846 and d. 10 Feb. 1924.

45. Harrison Starnes, b. 1857.

46. Moses Franklin Starnes, b. 1858, m. Martha Elizabeth Green, 1877.

47. Elizabeth Starnes, b. 1864, m. Alvin ("Bud") Higdon. He was b. 11 Nov. 1863.

CHILDREN OF MOSES D. STARNES (9) AND EMALINE PIERCE

Samuel Shuble Starnes (22) was born 28 April 1848 and died 16 Aug. 1905, both in MS. He married Mary Harriet Hall, daughter of Jerome Bonaparte Hall and Sarah Ann Weeks, on 15 Feb. 1867. She was born 12 Nov. 1850 and died 26 April 1926, both in MS. (R-1)

Children - Starnes

48. William D. Starnes, b. 20 May 1868, d. 29 July 1894.

49. Nancy Ann Starnes, b. 7 Feb. 1872, m. William F. Millsaps, d. 16 Nov. 1940.

+50. Moses Bartlett Starnes, b. 23 July 1874, m. Lillian Davis, 19 Jan. 1899, d. 6 Oct. 1936.

+51. Harriet Isabell Starnes, b. 7 April 1877, m. Howard Hedrick Winters, 7 Nov. 1906, d. 5 Oct. 1964.

52. Virginia Ann Starnes, b. 8 Nov. 1879, d. 30 Sept. 1882.

53. Elma Nelson Starnes, b. 21 July 1882, m. F. Dillard Wade, 24 Sept. 1913, d. 21 May 1964.

+54. Maude Starnes, b. 11 March 1885, m. Joseph Austin Goza, 6 Feb. 1918, d. 6 July 1982.

55. Samuel Shuble Starnes, Jr., b. 16 Jan. 1888, m. Julia Bayless, d. 16 June 1954.

56. Mary Maynard Starnes, b. 27 Dec. 1890, m. Allen D. Paul, d. 27 July 1981.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL S. STARNES (22) AND MARY H. HALL

Moses Bartlett Starnes (50) was born 23 July 1874 and died 6 Oct. 1936. He married Lillian Davis on 19 Jan. 1899. She was born in 1876 and died 17 May 1942. (R-1)

Children - Starnes

+57. Harry Hall Starnes, b. 17 April 1902, m. Helen Margaret Kidder, 4 June 1936, d. 1 Feb. 1972.

+58. Moses Bartlett Starnes, Jr., b. 10 April 1904, m. Mary Ellen Gillespie, May 1931, d. 13 Feb. 1980.

+59. Madalyn Starnes, b. 19 Feb. 1906, m. William Hartwell Spencer, 27 May 1927.

+60. Davis Newton Starnes, b. 10 Dec. 1910, m. Ruby Campbell, 28 May 1943, d. 21 Jan. 1981.

Harriet Isabell Starnes (51) was born 7 April 1877 and died 5 Oct. 1964, both in MS. She married Howard Hedrick Winters, son of William Winters and Rachel Gibson Hedrick, on 7 Nov. 1906. He was born 19 May 1874 and died 19 July 1936, both in MS. (R-1)

Children - Winters

61. Charles Starnes Winters, b. 22 Aug. 1907, d. 31 July 1921.

62. Mary Rachel Winters, b. 6 March 1912, d. 9 March 1994.

63. Margaret Wherritt Winters

64. John Howard Winters, b. 10 Dec. 1916, m(1) Josephine Elizabeth Moss, 1 April 1937, m(2) Virgie Pierce, 15 Dec. 1972, m(3) Josephine Elizabeth Moss, 4 Nov. 1983, d. 7 April 1987. Josephine was b. 30 Aug. 1914 and d. 25 Sept. 1991.

+65. Laura Winters

Maude Starnes (54) was born 11 March 1885 and died 6 July 1982. She married Joseph Austin Goza on 6 Feb. 1918. He was born 19 April 1873 and died 27 Jan. 1967. (R-1)

Children - Goza

+66. Harry Ellis Goza

+67. Anne Emile Goza

68. Joseph Kenneth Goza

+69. Mary Maynard Goza

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