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Street Family History
From speculation, it can be assumed that my earliest
Street was a William Street, Jr. born sometime around 1690,
possibly in England or Virginia. He may have been married to a
Jane Waddy sometime in the early 1700s.
Although I have not done
extensive research on my Streets, online trees abound with this
information. I have yet to find any sources to confirm this
speculation.
There are five known children, one of which, Joseph Street, is
my 5th great grandfather. He was married to Jane Murray, and
together they had 10 known children. A few of them were reportedly
Revolutionary War Patriots.
My 4th great grandfather was James Murray Street born 30 June
1768 in Virginia. He was married twice, first to Margaret Lanier
on 15 July 1802, then second to Margaret (Helmick) Riffle on 19
January 1815.
Margaret Riffle's first husband was a George Strunk Riffle,
Sr., and he did not die until 13 March 1815, two months after her
marriage to James Street.
Excerpts & synopsis from "The Street Genealogy" circa 1895:
James Murray Street, when about 14, and living 14
miles from Guilford Court House, North Carolina, he rode night and
day giving word to the Whigs that Gen. Green wanted reinforcements,
and would make a stand at Guilford Court House against Cornwallis.
Men took such weapons as they had, which was often nothing more than
a squirrel gun, and struck out for Guilford. When Gen. Green reached
there he met his reinforcements, a set of poorly equipped, raw
militia, but Cornwallis ran! James did not see the battle, but heard
the cannon booming.
James Murray Street kept a diary or journal, written with ink made
by boiling maple bark and setting the color with copperas. The
writing is plain and bright, though the paper is yellow with age,
being written 90 or 100 years ago. [Where is this journal today?]
His father died of small pox, but made his will a few days before he
died, and as James M. was thought to by dying of the same disease,
was left out of the will and never obtained a farthing.
After the death of his father, he moved to his brother Anthony's,
who then lived in Halifax Co., North Carolina, living there until
1789 when he joined a company which emigrated to the wilderness of
Kentucky, and, by keeping scouts out day and night, reached
Boonesborough in safety, whilst many companies afterwards were
either checked, killed, or driven back by the Indians.
In the spring of 1794 he volunteered in the Kentucky mounted militia
under Major Gen. Scott, and arrived at Ft. Greenville July 26th.
They set out on a march and halted on the banks of the St. Mary's
River and built a small fort which they garrisoned and called Ft.
Adams. The continued marching on August 4th, and on the 8th arrived
at the confluence of the Maumee and Anglaize Rivers, where they
erected a strong stockade fort, and called it Ft. Defiance. On the
morning of August 20, a decisive victory was gained over the
Indians. The battle was fought on the left bank of the Maumee,
almost in reach of the guns of the British fort. |
I have tried a few queries into finding the journal of James Murray
Street, but to no avail. Even the bible's whereabouts are a
mystery.
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