Jefferson County OhArchives Photo Tombstone.....Starr, William 
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Dorcas Aunger d_aunger@hotmail.com November 2, 2011, 8:47 pm

Cemetery:           Bacon Ridge/Montgomery Farm Cemetery
Name:               William Starr

Date Of Photograph: 2009
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/jefferson/photos/tombstones/baconridgemontgo/starr12207ph.jpg
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U.S. Government Marker for service in Revolutionary War.  His real name was
William Starr, as listed in the Census of 1840 in Ross Township.  The top name
on the stone is William Locke, the name under which he served during the
Revolution.  He took the alias because he had been impressed into the British
Army against his will,and when the ship reached Long Island, he deserted.  He
went to Frederick County, Virginia, where he joined the Militia in 1779 and
served as a private in the Independant Company of Light Dragoons.  He was
engaged in the siege of Yorktown, and was discharged in Sept. 1781.  The stone
reads:  "William Locke - Pvt Va Militia - Mar 1, 1744 + Mar 11, 1843 - also
known as - William Starr".  

Additional Comments:
I was told that the stone was ordered by the Ohio Historical Society.  It was
photographed and sent to me in 2009 (I think), as a "Random Act of Genealogical
Kindness".  

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