Born: 30 June 1838, Oglethorpe Co., GA. 5 6
Parents: JOHN MICHAEL AND NANCY (UNKNOWN) 2
Military: 20 Aug. 1861- 1 Dec. 1864; VETERAN, Confederate States of America. 4
Married: about 1873. 3
Death: 14 Jan. 1920, Barrow Co., GA. 6
Burial: Sims Family Cemetery, Cooper Gin Rd., Oconee Co., GA. 5 6
Notes:
On 20 Aug. 1861 Starnes enlisted from Clarke Co., GA in Company L, Georgia 3rd Infantry Regiment and received a disability discharge on 8 May 1862; on 1 Oct. 1862 he enlisted from Walton Co., GA in Company C. Georgia 9th Infantry Regiment, and is indicated as AWOL on 1 Dec. 1864. 4
Listed as a farmer in the 1880 Federal Census, High Shoals, Oconee, GA.
Listed as a farmer in the 1900 Federal Census, Dark Corner, Oconee, GA (indexed as Starnes Micheal); wife listed as Mattie E., born May 1849; indicates seven children born, six surviving.
Son Samuel A. Michael may be Samuel Void Michael who married Annie Zoraro Doggett; however, the 1900 census, perhaps erroneously lists the as-yet-unmarried Samuel with a different date of birth and a different middle initial; not yet proved.
Spouse: MARTHA C. ELDER b. about 1855, Georgia. 1
CHILDREN OF STARNES M. MICHAEL AND MARTHA C. ELDER:
DAVID MICHAEL b. about 1875, Georgia. 1
CALLIE MICHAEL b. about 1877, Georgia. 1
SARA VERA MICHAEL b. June 1879, Walton Co., GA d. 18 Feb. 1957, Baldwin Do., GA.
JAMES MICHAEL b. March 1880, Georgia. 1 3
SAMUEL A. MICHAEL b. Feb. 1882, Georgia. 3
ASETTA MICHAEL b. Dec. 1886, Georgia. 3
WILLIE F. MICHAEL b. July 1888, Georgia. 3
Sources:
1. 1880 Federal Census, High Shoals, Oconee, GA.
2. 1870 Federal Census, Militia District 239, Clarke, GA.
3. 1900 Federal Census, Dark Corner, Oconee, GA.
4. Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2009.
5. National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line], Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
6. State of Georgia Death Certificate.
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