Ninth Generation (Continued)
Family of Benjamin Sturkey (57) & Sarah Shannon

67. Benjamin Lewis Sturkey (Starkey). Born on 10 Jan 1810 in South Carolina. Benjamin Lewis died in Nocona, Montague County, Texas on 13 Mar 1886; he was 76. Buried in Starkey Cemetery, Starkey, Montague CO, TX.

Information on Benjamin Lewis Sturkey/Starkey furnished by Gerald Roden of duncan, Oklahoma, the great-great grandson of Benjamin Lewis. Gerald says his research indicates that Benjamin Lewis was born in Orangeburg, SC and that the name was Sturkey. On the 1850 Choctaw County, Mississippi, census the name was still Sturkey. But after moving to Texas in 1860 there was confusion with a Benjamin Sturkie, so Benjamin Lewis Sturkey changed his name to "Starkey." This information on Benjamin Lewis Sturkey from Gerald Roden does correspond to the family legend of the South Carolina sturkey family. Gerald had no knowledge of the other south Carolina Sturkeys until he contacted this researcher in 1999 after he had completed his research. the wife of Benjamin Lewis may have been Margaret Casstevens, who was born Jan. 9, 1808, probably in Georgia. A marriage document has not been found. Two elderly Starkey descendants (now deceased) had differing recollections of Margaret's maiden name.7

Benjamin and wife Margaret came to Johnson County (now Hood Count) in 1856, when their son Napoleon was about 16. he was a slaveholder in Georia before the Civil War, and later a farmer in Texas.9

In 1836 when Benjamin Lewis was 25, he married Margaret S. Langston, in probably Georgia. Born on 19 Jan 1808 in Georgia. Margaret S. died in Montague County, Texas on 4 Apr 1886; she was 78.

They had the following children:
109 i. Columbus Jefferson (1837-1907)
110 ii. Napoleon Bonapart (1840-1907)
111 iii. Cordelia Ann (1843-1864)
112 iv. Mulvilla N. (1846-1900)
113 v. Marcelia Jane (1850-~1876)
114 vi. Nora C. (1873-)

68. Jefferson Sturkey. Born on 10 Feb 1812 in Columbia CO, GA. Jefferson died in Lincoln County, GA on 25 Dec 1888; he was 76. Buried in Pine Grove Methodist Church Cemetery,.

On 25 Oct 1835 when Jefferson was 23, he first married Lucy Self. Born on 20 Apr 1820 in Edgefield, South Carolina. Lucy died in McCormick Co, SC on 9 Jul 1862; she was 42.

They had the following children:
115 i. Marion Benjamin (1837-)
116 ii. Daniel Presley (1840-)
117 iii. William Oscar (1842-)
118 iv. Thomas Jefferson (~1846-)
119 v. Mary Grances (1847-)
120 vi. Margaret Elizabeth (1850-)
121 vii. Pickens Lafayette (1853-)
122 viii. John W. (1855-)
123 ix. Dicey Cornelia (1857-)
124 x. Milledge Lorenzo Bonham (1861-)

On 27 Oct 1862 when Jefferson was 50, he second married Inda Price, in Lincoln County, GA. Inda died on 22 Mar 1864 in Lincoln County, GA.

On 15 May 1864 when Jefferson was 52, he third married Mary Albea. Born on 29 Jan 1836 in Lincoln County, GA. Mary died in Lincoln County, GA on 29 Jan 1908; she was 72.

They had the following children:
125 i. James Preston, Sr. (1865-~1950)
126 ii. Sarah J. (1867-)
127 iii. Lula (1869-)

69. Margaret Sturkey.

According to Sturkey family legend, Margaret Sturkey was married in Abbeville, SC, and moved with her husband (unknown) to Arkansas and/or Texas.

70. Mary Sturkey.

According to Sturkey family legend, Mary Sturkey was married in Abbeville, SC, and moved with her husband (unknown) to Arkansas and/or Texas.

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