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Blackalor/Blacketer

Connection to Blackard:
This family could actually be a branch of the Blackard family that ended up with a different spelling, though phonetically similar.
This family has a family legend that claims their ancestor was a ex-soldier named John Blacketer. Our ancestor, John Blackard, shows up in Virginia in 1649 he may have been one of 300 royalist soldiers who were sent to Virginia after Cromwells victory in the English Civil War.
The Blacketer family was recorded on Aaron's Creek in Mecklenburg where John Humphries, the father of Elizabeth Humphries Blackard was living at the time.


Timeline:
1728 Nansemond Co VA - Peter Blacketer deed
1764 Lunenburg Co VA Tax List - William Blackalor
1764 Lunenburg,, VA Westley William Blacketer born
1768 Mecklenburg Co VA deed Decker to Decker adj. William Blacketer
1770 Mecklenburg Co VA deed from John Coleman of M to William Blacketor of M on South Prong of Colemans Cr and Deckers Branch
1775 Mecklenburg Co VA deed adj William Blackelor, Aaron's Creek & Deckers Branch, old Lunenburg grant
1787 Mecklenburg Co VA - appraisal of personal estate of William Blacketer
1797 Dinwiddie Co VA - John Blacketer recorded
1805 approx. date family moved to Mercer Co, KY


The William Blacketers that I have listed are:
Wm b ca 1743, m Rachael, d before 10 September 1787, Mecklenberg Co VA
Wm b ca 1771, m1 Elizabeth Allgood, m2 Margaret Lockman d before November
1822, Mercer County Virginia
Wm b ca 1795, m Elizabeth Claunch 1820, d about 1887.
-Mary Toft

ID: I114
Name: William Blacketer
RFN: 114
Change Date: 3 FEB 2002
Sex: M 1 Quality: 2
Birth: 1732 in Scotland
Death: 10 SEP 1787

Marriage 1 Rachel Mary b: 1732

Children:
Westley William Blacketer b: 1764 in Lunenburg,, VA
Jane Blacketer b: 1786 in Kentucky
Rachel Blacketer b: 1780 in Kentucky
Keziah Blacketer
Nancy Blacketer b: in Hardy Co, Virginia
Polly Ann Blacketer b: in Hardy Co, Virginia
David Blacketer b: 1775 in Hardy Co, Virginia
Elizabeth B. Blacketer b: in Hardy Co, Virginia
Henry Blacketer b: 1769 in Mecklenberg Co, Virginia
John Blacketer b: 1771 in Kentucky
Norman Blacketer b: 1782 in Kentucky
Hetty (Holly) Blacketer b: in Kentucky
James Blacketer

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I have found nothing to verify William's birth in Scotland. Also other sources name a John Blacketer as the original immigrant.

1728 Nansemond Co VA

GRANTEE Blacketer, Peter. grantee.
DATE 28 September 1728.
NOTE Location: Nansemond County.
NOTE Description: 224 acres toy ground and poqueson. Adjoining the Land of
Thomas Dyas.
NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 13, 1725-1730 (v.1 & 2 p.1-540), p.
348 (Reel 12).
NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by
the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The
collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents
1-42, reels 1-41.
SUBJECT Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Nansemond
County.
SUBJECT Nansemond County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
SUBJECT Land grants -- Virginia -- Nansemond County. aat.
ADDED ENTRY Dyas, Thomas.
ADDED ENTRY Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.

1764 Lunenburg Co VA

1764 LUNENBURG VA Tax LIST
William Black
William Blackalor
John Humphries Sr
John & James Lett

Unknown William Blackalor listed on Tax List
1764 Lunenburg VA Tax List
William Black's List
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William Blackalor -
William Blacketer was born in Mecklenberg County, the son of
William and Rachel Blacketer or Blackelor. In the tithe list for St. James
Parish for Lueneberg County for 1764 William's name appears for 1 tithe. The
Blacketer home was called Rose Hill and was in Lueneberg County until
Mecklenburg County was organized in about 1865.
Submitter: james OHagan

1768 Mecklenburg Co VA

1765-1778 John Humphries & William Blackelor/Blacketer in Aarons Creek area Mecklenburg VA

MECKLENBURG VIRGINIA DEEDS

"12 Sep 1768 from William Decker of M, to Joseph Decker of M, for 10
pds, a certain tract of land of about 100 acres in M, being part of
Henry Decker's patent for 335 [acres]. The tract is bounded by
Deckers Branch, Alexander Boyd, Richard Swopson, the old line joining
WILLIAM BLACKETER's line, 100 acres including the plantation that
Henry Decker settled. Signed - William (+ his mark) Decker. Wit -
John Coleman, Lewis Akin, William Edwards. Recorded 14 Nov 1768."
[Mecklenburg DB 2, p. 144]

1770 Mecklenburg Co VA

12 March 1770 there is a land record for William Blacketor in Mecklenburg
County Virginia. It is in Deed Book 2, page 355.

"12 Mar 1770 from John Coleman of M, to WILLIAM BLACKETOR of M, for 10
pds., a certain tract of land of about 100 acres in M on the South
Prong of Colemans Cr and bounded by Deckers Branch, Coleman, the old
line, Miller, Decker. Signed - John Coleman. Wit - Henry Speed. The
deed was acknowledged by John Coleman and Susanah, his wife. Recorded
12 Mar 1770." [Mecklenburg DB 2, p. 355]

1775 Mecklenburg Co VA

"11 Sep 1775 from James Coleman and John Coleman of M, to Mathew
Marable of M, for 510 pds, 5 parcels of land in M, contiguous and
adjoining in 1 solid, straight line; 174 acres is part of a larger
tract of 274 acres patented for James Coleman on 20 Sep 1745; 380
acres was patented to said James Coleman on 10 Jun 1761; 30 acres is
part of a tract of 30 acres granted to said John Coleman on 6 Apr
1769; part of a tract of land patented for Andrew Krugg and sold to
said John Coleman by Christopher Lewis by M deed; the residue, 50
acres, which said John Coleman bought of Stephen Mallett by his
Lunenburg County deed. The whole 800 acres, supposed to be that
quantity, is bounded by Adrew Krugg, the road that leads from
Mecklenburg Court house to Mathew Marable's, A BRANCH OF ALLENS CR,
James Coleman, Mallett, Ann Pugh, Henry Jackson, Willemore, THE SOUTH
FORK OF ALLENS CR, WILLIAM BLACKELOR's dividing corner, Deckers
branch, Richard Swepson, the north fork of the Cr. Signed - James
Coleman, John Coleman. Wit - none. The deed was acknowledged by
James and John Coleman, and Clary, the wife of James, and Susanah, the
wife of Joh. Recorded 11 Sep 1775." [Mecklenburg DB 4, p. 460]

1778 Mecklenburg Co VA

"28 Sep 1778 from Joseph Decker of M, to John Colthorp (Calthorp) of
M, for 100 pds, about 100 acres in M, being part of Henry Decker's
patent for 335 acres, bounded by a sycamore on deckers branch, it
being Alexander Boyd's corner tree, thence to Richard Swepson, WILLIAM
BLACKETOR, 100 acres, including the plantation that Henry Decker
settled on. Signed - Joseph (X his mark) Decker. Wit - Thomas
Nowell, John Nowell, John (+ his mark) Wilkins, James Hamner. Anne
Decker, wife of the sd Joseph, relinquished her right of dower.
Recorded 10 May 1779."

1787 Mecklenburg Co VA

10 September 1787, an appraisal of personal estate of William Blacketer in
Mecklenburg County Virginia. It is in Ct Order Book 1, page 100.

William (1)'s birth date is assumed, but the approximate death date is recorded in Ct. Order Book 1, page 100 - Mecklenberg Co., filed 10 Sept 1787, which names Rachel as administrator of Wm. (1)' estate. -Mary Toft

1797 Dinwiddie Co VA

A John Blacketer was recorded in Dinwiddie Co VA in 1797.

1806 Mecklenburg Co VA?

8 August 1806 there is a land record spelling the names two ways:
Blacketer, Blackketter. It is in Deed Book 1, page 41 & 42.

1820 Mercer County, KY

1820 Federal Census of Mercer County, Kentucky.
There listed are John Blacketer, William Blacketer, David Blacketer, and
John B. Lockman, whose was then married to Holly Blacketer. In John
Blacketer's household there are listed 1 m under 10, 1 age 10-16, 1 age
16-18, 1 age 45 and older, 1 f age 16-26, 2 age 26-45,1 age 45 and older,
and 2 foreigners not naturalized. In John Lockman's household the oldest
male and female fit John's and Holly's ages, but they have one foreigner
not naturalized listed. So my question about that is: are those foreigners
not naturalized included in the males and females list? (I know John B.
Lockman was born in Mercer County Kentucky.) Also it makes me think that
there was a recent immigration.

1830 Mercer County, KY

The 1830 Federal Census spells my ancestor's name as John Blackater.