Jasper COUNTY GA Bible Records Belcher-Starr Family File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sforte3@cs.com Suzanne Forte http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/jasper/bible/belcher.txt BELCHER/STARR FAMILY BIBLE Owned by Mrs. F. S. Belcher, Monticello, Ga SURNAMES: Belcher, Smith, Durden, Rakestraw, Anderson, Nix, Starr, Gorley, Dabney, Butner, Chandler, Seals, Pattern, Bishop, Martin, McCrackin, Nix, Heard, Gay, Tarver, Childs, Lawson, Ramsy, Barnes, Fults, Lindley, Brown, Moon, White, Elrod William Belcher married Jemima Smith Their son, Archibald Seals Belcher, b. 4-19-1812, Jasper Co, Ga, married Mrs. Mary Quilly Durden, b. 1808, in Morgan Co, Ga Children of Archibald Seals Belcher and Mary Quilly Durden: James Monroe Belcher, b. 3-1-1841, m. Harriet Rakestraw Mary Jane Belcher, b. 4-17-1844, m. Joe Anderson Thomas Jefferson Belcher b. 8-21-1842 Amanda Carolina Belcher, b. 9-17-1845, m. Dr. J.C. Anderson Andrew Jackson Belcher, b. 1-25-1851, m. Leonora G. Nix STARR FAMILY: Clara Hortense Starr, B. 7-29-1872; D. 9-25-1873 Alice Kate Starr b. 11-28-1870, m. Walter T. Gorley, 11-20-1889 Silas Starr was born Nov 7, 1782; d. 12-17-1857 Silas Henry Starr b. 10-3-1815; d. January 1894; m. Ann Jane Dabney Thomas Butner b. 4-23-1797; d. 3-17-1874; married Marhan Chandler, b. 11-28-1808; d. 6-17-1881 (Mrs. Peters) Silas Henry Starr Jr., b. 8-25-1838, Starrsville; d. 3-28-1904 at Starrsville; m. Fannie Morena Butner, b. 9-13-1850; d. 6-10-1887 at Starrsville. Children of Silas Henry Starr and Fannie Morena Butner Rena Maude Starr, b. 9-26-1881; m. 2-24-1904, Francis Seals Belcher Henry Butner Starr, b 3-1-1883, Starrsville; d. 3-4-1883 Percy Adolphus Starr, b. 9-9-1885, Starrsville, d. 6-12-1886 Fannie Grace Starr, b. 5-24-1887 Edward Nix b. South Carolina; moved to Oglethorpe Co, Ga and m. Cynthia Pattern, b. 3-10-1795 Their Children: Ailey Nix b. 4-30-1809 Susan Nix b. 12-9-1810 Olley Nix b. 2-7-1812 Robert Nix b. 4-22-1813 Mary Nix b. 3-21-1815 Nancy Nix b. 10-22-1818 Little Berry Nix b. 1-13-1820 Thomas Nix b. 5-8-1821 Francis Marion Nix b. 2-16-1823 Edward Nix b. 10-10-1825 Elizabeth Nix b. 10-19-1829 Cynthia Jane Nix b. 1831 Joseph Bishop, b. 1831., His wife, Margaret Martin, was b. 12-29-1802, in Orange County, North Carolina. Married 12-27-1821. They lived in Caswell Co three or four years; then moved to Covington, Ga. They came through in covered wagons before the railroads were built. Mrs. Oliver Porter's parents, McCrackin, moved at the same time. They had seven children; four lived to be grown: William A. Bishop b. 2-22-1823 Martha Bishop b. 8-22-1824 Joseph Henry Bishop b. 1-13-1828 Rufus Andrew Bishop b. 3-5-1830 Sanford Parks Bishop b. 8-2-1832 Lusina Caroline Bishop b. 9-6-1834 Archibald Seals Belcher b. 4-19-1812, when very young was left an orphan and raised by Robin Patrickm. Mary (Quilly) Durden, b. 1808 Francis Marion Nix b., 2-16-1822; d. 4-4-1901, m. Caroline Bishop b. 9-6-1834 Andrew Jackson Belcher b. 1-25-1857; d. 2-21-1925 m. Leonora Gertrude Nix b. 10-23-1856 Children: Arthur Clifton Belcher b. 7-18-1875, Starrsville Francis Seals Belcher, b. 12-7-1879, m. Rena Maude Starr, b. 9-26-1881 m 2-24-1904, Starrsville, by Rev Asbury Mixon Their Children: Henry Jackson Belcher b. 4-14-1906, Mansfield, Georgia; Lois Marian Belcher b. 3-20-1907 MARRIAGES: Silas Henry Starr, Jr and Miss Fannie A. Tarver 6-18-1868 at Jefferson, Texas by Rev. R. W. Thompson Silas Henry Starr Jr and Miss Nannie Childs, by Elder W. J. Oxford 4-4-1888 Silas Starr and Mrs. Elizabeth Pinkston, nee Lawson who was b 8-10-1780; d. 5-3-1856, their children were Silas Henry Starr, Sr., who m. Ann Jane Dabney Harriet Asenath Starr and Alford M. Ramsey 12-23-1835 Eugenia Leak Lillie and Lemon Brown Children of Silas Henry Starr Sr and Anne Jane Dabney were: S. H. Starr, J. Tyre Adolphus, Leonidas Augustas and Mary Elizabeth Leonidas Augustus (Gus) m. Annie Gay Tyre Adolphus (Dolph) never married Mary Elizabeth m. Grant Heard Silas Henry Starr Jr and Fannie Morena Butner 1-8-1880, at Power Springs, Ga., by Elder John G. Eubanks. Edward Nix and Cynthia Pattern who was b. 3-10-1795 Edward Nix m. again, a widow Margaret (Martin) Bishop 10-24-1848 Elizabeth Nix and John Dabney Joseph Bishop and Margaret Martin 12-27-1821 Andrew Jackson Belcher and Leonora Gertrude Nix 7-16-1874, by Reverend Asbury Mixon Arthur Clifton Belcher and Nina Belle Barnes DEATHS: Fannie Aline Starr 11-3-1873 Alice Kate Starr 2-6-1929 Nannie Childs Starr 10-2-1922 Cynthia Nix 1858 Edward Nix 10-21-1850, Deacon, Missionary Baptist Church Joseph Bishop 9-6-1834 Silas Henry Starr, Jr 3-28-1904 Fannie Morena Starr 6-10-1887, Starrsville Transcribed by Suzanne Forte (Sforte3@cs.com) from the book "Jasper County, Georgia Cemetery and Bible Records" by Jewel Moats Lancaster, Shady Dale, Ga (1969) ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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