The identification of the parents and siblings of Zedikiah Street, an early
settler of Modoc co. CA, has been a genealogical project of some
complication.  A long series of circumstantial evidence has convinced this
writer that Zedikiah was the son of Joseph and Margaret (Carmichael)
Street.  The purpose of this paper is to outline the series of evidence
that has led to this conclusion.

I.  FAMILY KNOWLEDGE.  At the time this study began, two of the
grandchildren of Zedikiah Street were living--Olin Street Johnson and Elma
Caroline (Johnson) Craig.  Olin especially was old enough to remember his
grandfather, having been about 12 when Zedikiah died; furthermore, the
Johnson family lived next door to the Streets during Olin's childhood.
Elma did not have many first-hand memories, since she was several years
younger; but she did live closer to her parents in their later years, and
so had considerable information based on conversations with them.  In
talking with Olin and Elma, the following basic information emerged:

A.  Zedikiah Street came from "the South" (Olin thought it was Kentucky,
but was not certain) to Camptonville, Yuba co.  CA, about 1861.

B.  He was married en route, in Denver, CO, to Caroline Hash of Arkansas.

C.  After a few years in Camptonville, they moved to Surprise Valley in
what is now Modoc co. CA.

D.  At some point in their early days there, they were joined by Zedikiah's
older brother, John Street.  John died before either of these grandchildren
were born, but they remembered his widow, "Aunt Martha Street."  They
believed that her maiden name was Robinson.

II.  INFORMATION FROM CENSUS AND CEMETERY RECORDS.  Both Zedikiah
and John
Street are buried in the Cedarville Cemetery, Modoc co. CA; both appear in
early census records from Modoc co.; and both also appear on the Great
Register (of voters) for that county.  These records add the following
information:

A.  Zedikiah Street was born 11 Dec. 1826, according to his tombstone.  An
obituary in the Surprise Valley Record gives his birth date as 11 Dec.
1828.  Normally one would give preference to the tombstone record; in this
case, however, all existing census records and his Great Register listing
confirm a birth year of 1828 rather than 1826.  All these sources also list
his birthplace as Tennessee.

B.  John Street was born 12 Jan. 1816, according to his tombstone; and the
date is supported by the 1880 census and Great Register records. John died
in 1884, and thus only appears in Modoc co. in the 1880 census.  Both
census and Great Register list his birthplace as North Carolina.

C.  The 1880 census records for both brothers, and the 1900 census for
Zedikiah, agree that their father was born in Virginia, and their mother in
North Carolina.

D.  John Street's wife, Martha Ann, is buried next to him, and her
tombstone indicates her birth date was 14 Nov. 1831.  A biographical sketch
of their son John in An Illustrated History of Central Oregon (Western
Publishing Co., 1905) states that her maiden name was "Roberson," and
indicates that the John Street family lived in Putnam co. TN for many years
prior to their migration to California about 1870; an obituary of one of
John and Martha's daughters, Margaret (Street) Wilder, confirms the
connection to Putnam co. TN.

E.  A newspaper notice of the marriage of Zedikiah Street and Caroline Hash
17 June 1860 appeared in the Rocky Mountain News (Denver, 20 June 1860) and
indicated that Zedikiah was from Madison co. AR.

F.  The 1900 census for  Zedikiah shows that there was living in his
household a man named Richard L. Street, born in Arkansas in July 1851,
identified as  Zedikiah's nephew.  Also in the household was this Richard's
wife Mary and several children:

Richard L. Street    b. July 1851 AR  father b. TN mother b. ?
Mary (wife)  b. March 1862 CA  father b. TX mother b. TX
May (dau.)  b. May 1879  CA  father b. AR  mother b. CA
Susie (dau.)  b. March 1884 NV  father b. AR mother b. CA
Maggie (dau.)  b. March 1887 CA  father b. AR mother b. CA
Artie (son)  b. Jan. 1889 MT  father b. AR mother b. CA
Gussie (dau.)  b. Jan. 1891 CA  father b.  AR mother b. CA
Hugh (son)  b. Nov. 1892  CA  father b. AR mother b. CA
Thomas (son)  b. Feb. 1882 NV  father b. AR mother b. CA

ANALYSIS:  It seems probable, based on the census records, that the father
of  Zedikiah and John Street was a Virginian who migrated to North
Carolina, met and married his wife there and began his family.  At some
point between the births of John and  Zedikiah, they apparently moved to
Tennessee.   Zedikiah, at least, seems to have moved to Madison co. AR;
probably, since this nephew was born in AR, at least one brother of
Zedikiah Street was living in AR as well.  (The children of John Street are
fully known, and it is apparent that this Richard L. Street was not among
them.  There is no evidence, in fact, that John Street ever lived in AR;
all his children were born in TN.)
 

III.  STREET FAMILIES IN FRESNO AND TULARE COS., CA.  A Street family which
settled in Tulare and Fresno counties, CA, has been shown to be connected
to the Modoc co. families.  The chain of evidence is complicated, but can
be outlined as follows:

A.  In Tulare co. a deed is recorded, dated 25 Dec. 1863, by which one
Joseph Street transferred land to Patience Street, and to Joseph, Margaret,
Lafayette, James, Rebeca, Catharine, and Thomas Street, "minor children of
said Patience by her late husband Richard Street" and the "widow and
children of his deceased brother."

B.  J. M. Guinn's History of the State of California and Biographical
Record of the San Joaquin Valley, California (1902) contains a biographical
sketch of one Joseph J. Street, about whom the following information is
given:

1.  Joseph J. Street was the son of Richard and Patience (Randolph) Street,
and was born in White co. TN 6 Dec. 1846.  His family moved to AR when he
was three years old.

2.  Joseph's father, Richard, moved his family to California in 1860,
settling finally near Visalia, Tulare co.; he died about 1863.

3.  Richard and Patience (Randolph) Street had three daughters and five
sons "who attained mature years."

Clearly this Joseph is the son of the Richard Street referred to in the
1863 deed, since the death date and place is the same, and the name of
Richard's wife is the same.

C.  Marriage records in Tulare co. indicate that Richard's widow, Mrs.
Patience Street, married A. J. Worthley 22 May 1864.  Census records show
that they had two children, Alfred L. and Marshall Worthley.  Furthermore,
Mary Catherine Street, daughter of Richard and Patience, married her
stepbrother, Thomas W. Worthley (son of A. J. Worthley by his first wife).

D.  A series of records leads to the conclusion that Richard and Patience's
son referred to as Lafayette in the deed was the same person listed in the
1900 census as Zedikiah's nephew "Richard L. Street":

1.  As noted above, the 1900 census for Richard L. Street in the Modoc co.
household of his uncle Zedikiah includes children Thomas, Margaret, Susie,
and Gussie (and others); it lists Richard's wife as Mary and says he was
born in AR in July 1851.

2.  A Richard Lafayette Street died in Sebastopol, CA 6 Aug. 1939.  His
death certificate gives his birth date as 11 July 1851, indicates he was a
native of AR, son of Richard and Patience (Randolph) Street, and it names
his widow as Reina Street.  An obituary of this man also names daughters
Mrs. Maggie Cornett, Mrs. Susie Hoffman, and Mrs. Gussie Abbot, and a son
C. J. Street.  Based on the correspondence of names of his children, and
the date and place of birth, it seems highly probable that this is the same
Richard L. Street who appears in Modoc co. in 1900; and that his wife Mary
has died (or they have divorced) and he has remarried a woman named Reina.
Reina's own death certificate (she died in Sebastopol in 1951) indicates
that her maiden name was Talsma; the death certificate of C. J. Street (who
died in Sebastopol in 1976) states his parents' names as Cornelius Hornstra
and Reina Talsma.

3.  A 1910 census listing for a Lafayett R. Street in Tulare co. in 1910
shows him as a single man, age 59 (i.e. b. ca. 1851), born in AR, living in
the household of a widow, Reina Hornstra.  Certainly this man is identical
with the Richard L. Street discussed above; on the surface it would appear
that his wife Mary died 1900/1910 and he married Reina, in whose home he
was boarding in 1910.  Immediately adjacent to this household in 1910 was
that of Thomas W. Worthley, the recently widowed husband of Mary Catherine
(Street) Worthley, who (according to her death certificate) was the
daughter of Richard and Patience (Randolph) Street and thus the sister of
Richard Lafayette Street.

4.  A 1907 Tulare co. marriage record for one Thomas Alford Street (b. NV
ca. 1882, which corresponds to the Thomas listed as a son of Richard L.
Street in the 1900 census) indicates his father was L. Street and his
mother Mary Bryant. No doubt "L. Street" is "Lafayette," the name by which
Richard apparently was known.

5.  Brief correspondence with the widow of C. J. Street of Sebastopol
indicates that he was the adopted son of Richard L. Street.  Mrs. Alice
Street indicated that she had no further information on the Street family,
but she enclosed (without explanation) two sheets of paper, seemingly
rather old, on which were written in pencil a number of names and address,
apparently of her husband's relatives.  They included:  Susie Hoffman,
Artie Street, Margie Cornett, (Dot) Gussie Abbott, Grandpa Bryant.  The
recurrence of names (especially the reference to the surname Bryant)
supports the inference that the Richard who died in Sebastopol was the same
man who firs married Mary Bryant.

6.  An obituary in the Oakland Tribune for Mrs. Susie Hoffman, clearly the
same woman named in the Sebastopol Richard L. Street's obituary as his
daughter, indicates that her middle name was Patience--no doubt for her
grandmother.

ANALYSIS:  It is clear from the above records that the Richard L. Street
who was a nephew of  Zedikiah Street is the same Richard L. Street who died
in Sebastopol, CA in 1939, and that he was the same man who is referred to
as Lafayette Street in the 1863 deed, and as Lafayett R. Street in the 1910
census of Tulare co.  This establishes the fact that Zedikiah Street and
Richard Street (father of Richard Lafayette Street) were brothers.  This is
confirmed by additional evidence:

E.  Census and other records pertaining to Joseph J. Street, known from the
biographical sketch to be the son of Richard and Patience Street, indicate
that he was married at least three times, and that he had at least one
daughter who lived to maturity, Dora Street.  An autograph book which
belonged to Martha Ann Street, daughter of  Zedikiah Street, contains
several autographs from persons in Pixley, Tulare co.; one of these is
signed "your cousin, Dora Street" (dated Nov. 30. 1890).

F.  Two other autographs from this book (also dated in late 1890, when
Martha is known to have taken an extended trip throughout California) are
"your cousin M. R. Worthley" and "your cousin Maggie Worthley"; also "your
friend A. L. W."  It has already been noted that Richard Street's widow,
Patience, married A. J. Worthley and had two sons, Alfred L. and Marshall.
One of Richard and Patience's daughters, Mary Catherine, married her
step-brother, Thomas Woodson Worthley, and had a daughter Margaret, b.
1879, who is likely this "Maggie Worthley."

G.  It has previously been noted that Richard Street's widow Patience,
together with her children, were deeded land by Joseph Street, described as
Richard's brother.  The June, 1965 issue of "Los Tulares" (bulletin of the
Tulare County Historical Society) has an article on the Yokohl Valley, in
which two early settlers, Joe and Jim Street, are mentioned.  "Neither ever
married," it states, "and they raised sheep, cattle and hogs together for
several years.  After some difference of opinion, Joe moved to a ranch at
Milo where he died many years ago."  In a letter to this writer, the author
of that article, Annie R. Mitchell, indicated that she had interviewed Rev.
E. R. Connelly, who had performed the funeral service for Jim Street;
according to him, Jim and Joe were brothers who had a "falling out" many
years before.  The death certificates for both brothers have been
inspected; no information about their parentage is given, but it might be
noted that the informant on James Street's certificate was one T. W.
Street--very likely Thomas Wright Street, a son of Richard and Patience
Street, and thus presumed to be James Street's nephew.  The death
certificates also give no information as to birthplace or date of birth.
Joseph, who died in 1910, is said to have been "76 years and 10 months" of
age; James, who died in 1919, is said to have been born in 1841.  Both
these men have been located on the Great Register for Tulare co. in 1867,
and there it indicates that Joseph Street, age 24, was born in TN, and
James Monroe Street, age 27, was born in TN.  both also appear in the 1900
census, where Joseph is said to have been born in May 1833, and James in
Sept. 1842 (though various other records suggest a slightly earlier birth
date for him; probably the Great Register which suggests a birth date of
1839/40 is most trustworthy, since he himself would have given that
information when he registered).  In both cases, the census indicates their
father was born in Virginia, their mother in North Carolina--thus
consistent with the pattern shown in the census for both  Zedikiah and John
Street.

ANALYSIS:  This rather complicated argument can be summarized as follows:
(1) The various records pertaining to Richard Lafayette Street and his
family demonstrate that Zedikiah Street was a brother of the Richard Street
who died in Tulare co. in 1863.   (2)  The Tulare co. deed proves that
Joseph Street was a brother of Richard Street.  (3)  The Tulare co.
historical information indicates that James Monroe Street was a brother of
Joseph Street, and this is confirmed by the fact that the informant on
James' death certificate was apparently a son of Joseph's Street's brother
Richard.  When this information is collated, it suggests a Street family
with at least the following members:

i.  Richard Street, b. NC (?) ca. 1814/15, mar. Patience Randolph.

ii.  John Street, b. NC 12 Jan. 1816, mar. Martha Ann Robinson/Roberson.

iii.   Zedikiah Street, b. TN 11 Dec. 1828, mar. Caroline Hash.

iv.  Joseph Street, b. ca. May 1833, never married.

v.  James Monroe Street, b. TN ca. Sept. 1839, never married.

Furthermore, census records for four of these brothers (excluding Richard,
who died too early for the censuses which asked for this information)
indicate that their father was born in Virginia, their mother in North
Carolina; and the birthplaces of the sons would suggest that a migration
from North Carolina to Tennessee took place some time between 1816 and
1828.  Both Richard and  Zedikiah have been connected to Arkansas, the
latter specifically to Madison county.

IV.  MADISON COUNTY, ARKANSAS.  Records in early Madison co. AR are sparse,
but they prove the presence of this Street family in the 1850's.  Richard
Street supposedly moved to AR when his son Joseph was three (he was b. Dec.
1846), but he does not appear there in the 1850 census of that state, so
apparently had not yet arrived by that date.  Both Richard and  Zedikiah
left AR about 1860, and thus do not appear there in the census of that year
(neither have they been found in California; the census seems to have
missed them because they were en route at the time it was taken).  Yet
there are significant Madison co. records:

A.  Tax records exist for Madison co., and they show the following Street
entries:  Richard appears first in 1852; and Richard, Jo[seph] and Tom in
1853.  The listing for a particular year would indicate that the individual
was taxed in the county the previous fall.  In the 1853 listing, the three
are consecutive, which usually indicates that they went to the courthouse
together to be assessed.  In 1853, Joseph is not assessed a poll tax; this
indicates that was 55 years of age or older, and thus exempt (so he obviousl
y could not be the Joseph who appears in Tulare co., whom we have
demonstrated is the brother of  Zedikiah, Richard, James  and John).  The
same three names appear in 1854; in 1855 and 1856, Richard does not appear,
but the others do, as does William Street.  Subsequent years are not
available on microfilm and have not been inspected.

B.  "Madison County Musings," the publication of the Madison County
Genealogical Society, published a list of cemetery inscriptions from the
Lower Camp Ground Cemetery in Madison county (VI:2, p. 81).  Included in
this listing are two Street graves, Margaret Street (b. 15 Oct. 1792, d. 11
Nov. 1854) and Thomas Street (b. 25 July 1827, d. 19 Feb. 1859).

C.  A federal land patent for Joseph Street was registered in Madison co.
for 40 acres in Section 29, Township 17N, Range 24W, dated Feb. 1, 1860.
This is a bit puzzling, since Joseph has not been located in the 1860
census; but perhaps the land was quickly sold and Joseph left the county
(or perhaps he is in the 1860 census, but I've not found him!).

ANALYSIS:  The connection of the California Street families to Madison co.
AR is based on the newspaper notice of  Zedikiah's marriage, which states
he was "from Madison co. AR."  This is supported by the appearance in
Madison co. tax records of Richard Street, just at the time when the Tulare
co. Richard Street is said to have located in Arkansas.  It we assume as
our hypothesis that these Street listings in AR are in fact the California
family, the following observations can be made:  Joseph Street was
significantly older than Richard Street (b. 1797 or earlier, compared to
Richard's 1814 birth date), and is quite possibly the father of the five
known Street brothers.  The Margaret Street buried in Madison co. is of the
correct age to be the mother of these boys; and the Thomas Street buried
there is the correct age to be a brother, who would fit nicely between
Zedikiah and Joseph.  William Street appears first on the tax list in 1855;
often this suggests that a man has turned 21.  If that is the case here,
William would be born ca. 1833/34 and could be another brother between
Joseph and James.

V.  TENNESSEE RECORDS.  While all the evidence has pointed to the Street
family coming from Tennessee (via AR), the only tie to a specific place in
TN has so far been statements in records of the children of John Street
that they were born in Putnam co. TN.  Putnam co. was formed in 1854 from
portions of White, Jackson, Overton and Dekalb counties, all located in
central TN.  A search of records in those counties reveals the following:

A.  Richard Street married Patience Randolph in White co. TN 25 Feb. 1846.
Certainly this is the Richard who later moved to Tulare co. CA.  In the
same county is the marriage record of John Street and Martha Robison 15
Apr. 1852, undoubtedly the John who settled in Modoc co. CA.  The fact that
these two brothers married in White co. suggests very strongly that this is
the county in which their parents were living around 1850.

B.  The 1850 census of White co. shows the following listing:

Richard Street age 34      b. NC
Patience  age 25      b. TN
Joseph  age 4      b. TN
Chisum age 3      b. TN
Margarett age 10/12  b. TN

(It might be noted that adjacent to this family is the household of John
Robinson, including a daughter Martha Ann Robinson, 18 years old--precisely
the right age to be the Martha Ann Robinson who married John Street of
Modoc co.)

C.  Some distance away, but still in White co., we find the following family:

Joseph Street age 68 b. VA
Margaret age 55 b. NC
John  age 33 b. NC
Hannah age 24 b. TN
Zachariah age 21 b. TN
Thomas age 20 b. TN
Joseph  age 19 b. TN
William age 15 b. TN
James M. age 12 b. TN

D.  Joseph Street, with a consistent family configuration, is also found in
the 1840 census of White co. and the 1830 census of adjacent Warren co. TN.
These earlier records suggest an older daughter b. ca. 1815/20; White co.
marriage records show a Frances Street who married Jonas Deitz in 1840.

ANALYSIS:  We had previously concluded that Richard, John, Zedikiah, Joseph
and James M. Street were all brothers, who had lived in TN, possibly the
area that later became Putnam co. (which would have included White co. in
1850).  The Madison co. AR records suggested possible additional brothers
William and Thomas, and our hypothesis was that the Joseph Street there may
have been their father, the Margaret Street their mother.  Here, in this
1850 census record, we have a listing that includes all these names except
Richard (but there is a corresponding Richard Street nearby in his own
household) and Zedikiah (but Zachariah could easily be a census taker's
error).  This census record strongly supports our hypothesis.  The Margaret
Street here was born ca. 1794/95--close enough to the 1792 date shown in
the Madison co. cemetery, given the margin of error on census records; the
Thomas Street here was born ca. 1829/30, again quite close to the Madison
county cemetery Thomas.  The brother William here is shown as b. 1834/35,
exactly what we suggested for the William who apparently turns 21 in 1855
in Madison co.  The dates for John and Zachariah/Zedikiah also match
closely the known dates for those brothers.  While this evidence is
circumstantial, it must be regarded as convincing that this is, in fact,
the same family that appears both in Madison co. AR and in California.

VI.  NORTH CAROLINA RECORDS.  We have ascertained that the two oldest sons
of this family, Richard and John, were born in North Carolina, so we would
expect to find a Joseph Street with this family configuration in that state
in 1820 (and perhaps 1810).  A search reveals:

A.  The only Joseph Street listed as head of a household in the 1820 census
of North Carolina is found in Orange co.; he is not listed there in 1830.
The 1820 listing shows Joseph and his wife both aged 26-45 (i.e., born
1775-94) with two sons and a daughter under five years of age.  This is
exactly consistent with the family of the White co. Joseph and Margaret
Street.

B.  Orange co. NC marriage records reveal the marriage of Joseph Street and
Peggy Carmichael on 26 Sept. 1813.  "Peggy," of course, is a common
nickname for Margaret.  Since the eldest son of our Joseph and Margaret
Street was born ca. 1814/15, this 1813 marriage is just what we would
expect for them.

C.  An Orange co. NC will, written in 1816 and proved in 1819, for Thomas
Carmichael names his wife Mary, sons Archibald and John Henry Carmichael,
and daughters Margaret Street, Jane Isely, and Nancy Smith.

D.  The 1820 census noted above lists, on the same page as Joseph Street,
one John H. Comical.  The 1840 census for White co. TN lists, on the same
page as Joseph Street, John H. Commichel.  Obviously the family of this
Joseph Street has a continuing close geographical connection with this John
Carmichael (in various spellings), supporting the idea that Joseph's wife
was the sister of John H. Carmichael.

E.  Correspondence with a Carmichael genealogist, Dr. Louis Johnson Jr.,
indicates that John H. Carmichael later moved to California, settling and
later dying in Sonoma co. CA.  It is known that John Street, when he came
to California in 1870, settled briefly in Sonoma co. before moving on to
Modoc co. (he appears on the Great Register there in Sept. 1871).  One of
John H. Carmichael's daughters, Mary Ann, married a William C. Johnson and
settled in Tulare co. CA, the same county as several of the Street family.

F.  The 1810 census of Orange co. NC is difficult to read; no Joseph Street
was found, but there is a John Street, Esq. and an R. Street (who
apparently has at least two other adult males living in his household,
possibly brothers).

ANALYSIS:  It seems likely that Joseph and Margaret "Peggy" (Carmichael)
Street of Orange co. NC are the same Joseph and Margaret Street that later
appear in White co. TN and Madison co. AR.  The strongest piece of evidence
here is the continued association with the Carmichael family in NC, TN, and
possibly in CA.  This is supported by consistent family configurations
shown through the various censuses.

VII.  THE STREET GENEALOGY.  While a secondary source must always be
treated with great caution, it is important to note some information in The
Street Genealogy by Mrs. Mary A. Street (1895).  This book includes a
section on a Street family of New Kent and Hanover cos. VA, descendants of
John and Hannah (Waddy) Street.  According to this book, this John Street
had a son Joseph, b. 17 Dec. 1737, who after the Revolution "went to North
Carolina and m. SALLIE TATE; afterward removed to Tennessee.  He was living
when Gen. Jackson was elected president... Mr. Street lived to be 98 years
old, and his wife to be 96.  Both d. in Tennessee."  This genealogy goes on
to list their children as follows:

1.  John Tate Street.

2.  Richard Street ("m.; no issue").

3.  Joseph Montfort Street ("m., and in his old age emigrated to Oregon").

4.  William Street ("m. and moved to Williamson co., Tenn., then to
Robertson co., Tenn., and d. there").

5.  Frances, m. Alexander Vincent ("moved to Williamson co., Tenn., and d.
there").

6.  Sarah, m. Charley Shanks ("moved to Williamson co., Tenn., thence to
Bedford co., d. and left a family").

7.  Mary, m. Mr Brackin ("never left North Carolina")

8.  Hannah, m. (1) Mr. Tate; (2) Mr. Waggoner ("moved to Williamson co.,
Tenn; had two children").

This information is cited because much of it can be confirmed by census
records showing a very similar migration pattern as that of our Joseph
Street; this leads to the suggestion that our Joseph who married Margaret
Carmichael may well be the son of Joseph and Sarah (Tate) Street described
in this book.  For example, the 1820 census of Orange co. NC in which we
found a Joseph Street believed to be "our" Joseph also includes Alexander
Vincent, an Isaac Brackin, and Volluntine [Valentine] Waggoner.  Orange
county marriage records, in addition to the one for Joseph Street and Peggy
Carmichael, include Isaac Brackin and Susannah Street (bondsman Charlie
Shanks), Richard Street and Elizabeth Liner, William Street and Nelly Shaw,
Uriah Tate and Hannah Street (bondsman Joseph Street), Zephaniah Tate and
Hannah Tate (bondsman William Street), and Valentine Waggoner and Hannah
Tate.  These families all turn up later in the various central Tennessee
counties named in the Street genealogy: John Tate Street in Bedford co. in
1830; Richard Street in Bedford co. in 1830 (with a man and woman in his
household in their 90's and 80's respectively, probably his elderly parents
Joseph and Sarah) and in Marshall co. in 1840; William Street in Williamson
co. in 1830, then in Robertson co. in 1840-60; Frances and Alexander
Vincent in Bedford co. in 1830, then Williamson co. in 1840-50; Charles and
Sarah Shanks in Bedford co. in 1830; Hannah and Valentine Waggoner in
Williamson co. 1830-60 (and buried in a family cemetery in Nolensville,
TN).  It might also be noted that in the Tate family of which Sarah (Tate)
Street was a part, the name "Zedikiah" appears a number of times; and the
William Street who appears in Williamson co. TN had a son named Zedikiah.
While not conclusive, this certainly points to our Joseph Street who
married Margaret Carmichael and had a son Zedikiah being part of this
family as well.

ANALYSIS:  While positive proof is lacking, it seems a good working
hypothesis to assume that our Joseph Street was the son of Joseph and
Sarah/Sallie (Tate) Street.  Mrs. Street's reference to this Joseph as
"Joseph Montfort Street," however, must be treated with skepticism.  There
was a man name Joseph Montfort Street who was a frontier military man of
some prominence, and seems to have been a cousin of this line of Streets;
it seems more likely that Mrs. Street has confused the two.  The genuine
Joseph Montfort Street was descended from the Montfort family of Virginia
(hence the name), but our Joseph's line was not; and Joseph Montfort Street
the military man was a contemporary of this Joseph, so it is not likely
that the one was named for the other.  It should also be noted that Mrs.
Street has this Joseph going to Oregon "in his old age."  This is possible,
though no record of him has been found there.  He is last known with
certainty to be in Madison co. AR in early 1860.  Since most of his
children migrated west about that time, the possibility of his doing so
cannot be dismissed.
 

Richard O. Johnson
P. O. Box 235
Grass Valley CA 95945
530-273-9066
e-mail: [email protected]

Revised Sept. 20, 1998