32. Thomas Blackard
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1798 Born in NC according to 1850 census.
1822 Thomas Blackard & Elcy Sutphin married on 20 August 1822 in Grayson County, Virgnia.
1830 Thomas Blackard is recorded in the Montgomery County Census
1831-1839 Thomas Blackard is listed on the Floyd County, VA tax lists
1840-1850 Thomas Blackard on Patrick County, VA tax lists
1850 census Patrick County VA pg353 Southern District
1851-1853,1855 Thomas Balckard on Patrick County, VA tax lists
1860 land grant in Patrick/Henry Counties
1860 Ararat Districtt, Patrick Co. VA
1870 census for the Mayo River District, Patrick Co. VA
1880 death in Patrick County VaIn 1850 Thomas Blackard settled on Russell Creek a few miles south of Taylorsville, renamed Stuart in honor of J. E. B. Stuart after the Civil War. In 1860 Thomas received a land grant on Bull Mountain, which runs for several miles north of Taylorsville/Stuart. In the 1860 census he was in the Arrarat District miles to the west of Taylorsville/Stuart. In the 1870 census Thomas was in the Mayo River District south of Stuart. There is no evidence that Thomas (or his father or brothers) ever lived right in Stuart. He certainly was not a settler in Stuart, because there was a settlement there originally called Patrick Courthouse before Thomas was even born. Thomas's son Tobias did live in Stuart (Mayo Magisterial District) in 1880. Most of Thomas's other children remained to the south of town, not far from the North Carolina boundary. Willoughby B. and William lived at the opposite end of the county, to the northwest, "on top of the mountain," as they say in those parts. W. G. Blackard, grandson of William, also lived on the mountain until he was in his 40s and moved to Stuart. - Charles Harris
Acc. to local descendants, Willoughby I, d. ca 1834, married Susannah (Susan) Owens.
Thomas (said to be their son), b. ca 1798; d. in Patrick Co. 4 Jan 1880, age 81, with parents given as William and Susan; info by son Tobias C (source: Barbara Baughan, Stuart Historical Museum Blackard file)LAND, DEED & ESTATE RECORDS
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1860 Received the following land grant or patent (listed in History of Patrick and Henry Counties Virginia, by V. G. and L. G. Pedigo, 1933 [1990], Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., P.:
1 Aug 1860 Bk 117/p 270 30 acres on Gilbert's Knob of Bull Mountain (source:Charles Harris)http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/lonn.gateway?authority=0005-80580&conf=010000++++++++++++++
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.Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD
Blackard, Thomas. grantee.
1 August 1860.
Location: Patrick County.
Description: 30 acres on Gilberts Knob of Bull Mountain.
Source: Land Office Grants No. 117, 1858-1861, p. 270 (Reel 183).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.
A family photo has her name as Alise Sutphin Wood.
Virginia Reynols has Alise Sutphin as her name.
The name "Alise" was used by Joseph B. Blackard according to his granddaughter, Alda Shelor Stanley.
FTM CD has her name as Alsey EllenderThe name "Alise" was used by Joseph B. Blackard, according to his granddaughter, Alda Shelor Stanley.
The names Ellen, Eleanor, Ellender, Arlsey, etc. are all thought to refer to the same person. (Charles Harris)
BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE
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Born in 1798 in Rockingham, Co NC to the Revolutionary War veteran, Willoughby Blackard from Bute Co, NC and Susan Owen from Kentucky.
1816-1822 Wythe co - no blackards listed
1822 Wythe co - John Strange list-William Blakert 1wp 0 horses
1824 Wyth Co - George W Davis -William Blackard 1wp, 2 horses
1825 Wyth Co - George W Davis -William Blackert 1wp
1826 Wyth Co - George W Davis - William Blackert 1wp 1 horse
1827 Wyth Co - George W Davis -William Blackert 1wp 3 horse
1828 Wyth Co - George W Davis -William Blackert 1wp 1 horse
1829 Wyth Co - George W Davis - William Blackert 1wp 1 horse
1830 Wythe County VA Census pg 313
1830 Wyth Co - George W Davis - William Blackert 1wp 2 horse
1831 Jos W Davis Dist - William Blackard 1wp 1 horse
1831 Wythe County VA Land deed for William Blackard 152 acres on Cripple Creek
1832/33 no Blackards in Wythe tax rolls
1833 jan 14 Wm & Mary BLackard mortgage on 2 tracts of land to mathew aiken
1833 aug 3 wm blackard in custody of dep sherrif bc of debts and conveyed both tracts to dept sherrif.
1834/35/36 Thomas Sanders list: William and Charles Blackard 1wp, no horses, no slaves
1838 William and Charles Blackard 1wp, no horses, no slaves
1839 William, Charles, Joel Blackard 1wp, 1 horse each
1840 William 2wp 1 horse each, Charles 1wp 1 horses each, Joel Blackard 1wp
1840 Wythe County VA Census pg 86
1840 Married Mary Baugh (2nd wife)
1850 Wythe County VA Census pg 295 68th District
1860 Smythe Co, VA William living in home of son Miles D BlackardWilliams Land joined the lands of Martin Miller, John Stanger and John Sipple(?) in Wythe Co.
Jan 14. 1833 Wm & Mary Blackard mortgage on 2 tracts of land to mathew aiken
because he owed $200 to WIlliam McKee and Shepard Brown two local merchants.
The land was desc as the 151 ac as above (1831) plus 38 1/2 ac for which no deed was made.Aug 3, 1833 wm blackard was in custody of dep sherrif bc of debts and conveyed both tracts to dept sheriff.
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CHURCH RECORDS
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1854, Zion Lutheran Church membership roll, on Cripple Creek in SW part of Wythe Co, Virginia*********************************************************************************
US AND STATE CENSUS RECORDS
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1840 SUTPHIN DANIEL Wythe County VA 090 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule
1860 SUTPHIN DANIEL Carroll County VA 852 Dry Spur P.O. Federal Population Schedule
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MARRIAGE RECORDS - Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
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WILLOBY CRISENBURY m. ELIZABETH HANDY 18 September 1834 Smyth Co.
36. Charles Blackard
The identity of this probable son of Willoughby Blackard is undocumented and comes only from proximity and census data analysis.
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1820 in household of Susannah Blackert in Wythe Co, Va US Census
1822 Wythe co - John Strange list-Charles Blakert 1wp 0 horses
1823 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Charles Blackert 2wp, 2 horses
1824 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Charles Blackert 1wp
1825 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Charles Blackert 1wp 1 horse
1826 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Charles Blackert 1wp 1horse
1828 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Charles Blackert 1wp 0 horse
1834/35/36 Thomas Sanders list: William and Charles Blackard 1wp, no horses, no slaves
1837 Charles Blackard 1 horse
1838 William and Charles Blackard 1wp, no horses, no slaves
1839 William, Charles, Joel Blackard 1wp, 1 horse each
1840 William 2wp 1 horse each, Charles 1wp 1 horses each, Joel Blackard 1wp
1840 Wythe Co Va - married widow Susan Hounshell
1848 Wythe Co Va - adm estate of Susanna Blackard dec'd
1850 Smythe Co Va U.S. Census with new family
1860 Washington Co Va U.S. Census
1870 Estill Co., Ky US Census
1880 widow Phebe Blackard in Clark Co., KY US CensusEvidence of Charles being the son of Willoughby is Charles, Aaron, William and Willoughby all appearing in the Wythe County, VA tax lists.
The identity of this son is undocumented and comes only from proximity and census data analysis.
This is what I have: Charles Blackard, date of birth or death unknown, the father of Martha Jane Blackard Earles, married Suzanne (Susan) Steffy Sutphin Hounshell on Nov. 12, 1840. The wedding was performed by the Reverand Jacob Sherrer. (most likely in Marion, VA.) Rev. Sherrer was a Lutheran minister in Marion. Suzanne was born in 1811, place unknown and date of death also unknown. Charles had a second wife named Phoebe. Suzanne had a first husband named Jackson (Jacob) Hounshell.The Smyth County Census for Charles Blackard lists: Phoebe 26, Charles (Austin) 10 and Jane (Martha Jane) 10 years of age. The Wythe County records (1790 to 1850) show the marriage of Jacob Hounshell and Suzanne Steffy on Feb. 24, 1833. They had one son Jeff Houshell who in 1861 joined Co. D. 45th VA Infantry. They lived in the Black Lick area of Wyth County, VA Wythe County Court Record Book 2A page 139 lists the marriage bond of Charles Blackard with Henry Sprinle, surety. This was dated Oct. 17, 1840 for marriage to Susan Hounshell widow of Jackson Hounshell. The marriage was Nov. 12, 1840. I am scaning the pictures now, so hopefully I can send them in a few minutes. So it looks like my Charles did marry Phoebe. I didn't know they moved to KY though.
156. Austin Charles (Charles) Blackard (Twin)
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1850 BLANCKARD CHARLES Wythe County VA 326 68th District
age 9 living in home of Daniel Sutphin and Jane Blackard
This is Austin Charles Blackard, born 1841.
The identity of this forgotten probable son of Willoughby Blackard is undocumented and comes only from proximity and census data analysis.
FAMILY LEGENDS
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In his own lineage chart, HD "Doug" Blackard, the nephew of the Kate Blackard from whom we know of Charles Blackard records the sons of Charles Blackard I and the "Welsh Girl" as Thomas, Willoughby, Jobe, AARON and Charles. HD wrote that he had contacted a descendent of this Aaron Blackard living in Burlingtion, NC.
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.Perhaps this is a confusion of the little-known son of Willoughby Blackard named Aaron.BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE
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1820 in household of Susannah Blackert in Wythe Co, Va US Census
1822 Wythe co - John Strange list-Aaron Blakert 1wp 0 horses
1824 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Aaron Blackard 1wp 2 horses
1825 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Aaron Blackert 1wp
1826 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Aaron Blackert 1wp 1 hors
1828 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Aaron Blackert 1wp 1 horse
1829 Wyth Co - George W Davis -Aaron Blackert 1wp 1 horse
1836 Aaron C. Blackard m. Mary Harrison Caswell NC
1839 Aaron Blkard on Patrick County, VA tax lists
1840 Aaron Blackard in Patrick Co VA Census.
1840-1841 Aaron Blkard on Patrick County, VA tax lists
167. Joel Blackard [unverified]
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1850 VA BLACKARD JOEL Montgomery County VA 059 VA Blacksburg 41st District Federal Census
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TAX RECORDS
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1839 Wythe Co - William, Charles, Joel Blackard 1wp, 1 horse each
1840 Wythe Co - William 2wp 1 horse each, Charles 1wp 1 horses each, Joel Blackard 1wp*********************************************************************************
COURT RECORDS
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MILITARY RECORDS
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Joel Blackard first fought in the US-Mexican War (1846-1848).
The USGS lists Blackard Hollow on Yellow Creek in Tishomingo County Mississippi
at 34.908ºN 88.165ºW. Could this be where Jeremiah Blackard settled in 1837?According to Henry Beavers, Jeremiah was very "substantial" in TN and continued to be very successful in MS. (source:Wanda Blackard Letters)
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1815 Witnessed the will of Money Ganaway in Maury County, Tennessee on March 24, 1815.
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p.15. Will of Money Ganoway. 24 March 1815. Wife Denesslla?; seven youngest children: Gregory, James, William, Jane, Mary, Patsy and Edmund; two oldest children not named already given their parts; son James and wife named as executors. Signed: Money X Ganaway. Witnesses: Ebenezer RIce, Jeremiah Blackard, and Susannah X Lancaster. (source: Maury County Tennessee Wills & Settlements 1807-1824 and 1820 Census compiled by Garrett & Lightfoot pg20)-Fall 1980, p 176 - Franklin county TN wills, 1808-1847
page 67 -Margaret Jones: will proven in May term of court in 1827 by oaths of B.B. Knight & Jeremiah Blackard, witnesses. Recorded 12 August 1828.-1834 TN Jeremiah Blackard character witness for Daniel O'REAR Rev War Pension
FRANKLIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSIONS
http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/revwar.htm
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MAURY COUNTY TENN
On November 28, 1817 the County Court of Maury County "Ordered by court that Wm Adams oversees the keeping in repair the publick road from Thomas Green esquire Spring Branch to Wm. Kendrick field on said road and that all the hands who formerly worked on said road under Nathaniel Gholston together with Thomas Shane, Jeremiah Blackard & Wm. Cook work thereon under his direction."FRANKLIN COUNTY, TENN COURT MINUTES FOR THE PERIOD 1832-34
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p27 Joseph Klapper assu & C vs. Jeremiah Blachard, Wm Arear, B and F[P?] E Dechard. Action in Debt. Judgement for plaintiff in amount of $123.50 plus costs.
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p226 Jeremiah Blackard ordered to give lists of hands to work on road.
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p108 Jeremiah Blackard gave deed of trust.
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p120 Jeremiah Blackard bought 130 acres on Dec. 1, 1832.
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p125 The following Justices are appointed to take list of taxable property and polls for Franklin County for the year, 1833... "Do Captain Knight's company Jeremiah Blackard Esqr"
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p169 Jeremiah Blackard ordered to be juror at next turn of circuit court
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p197 Jeremiah Blackard ordered to allot hands to work on road state road.
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p217 Jeremiah Blackard ordered appointed as judge of election
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p290 Jeremiah Blackard appointed as one of commissioners of the school tract of land near Mays old place
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p325 Jeremiah Blackard ordered to be juror at next term of circuit court and James Oliver appointed as constable of jury
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It appears that there are no Blackard wills recorded in Franklin County.-Franklin Tn Deed Book
D-273 - 27 July 1841 - William Henderson, Sheriff to Booker Forster... Samuel Simpson vs Jeremiah Blackard....SE1/4S29T3R1, $115.00. S/ W. Henderson, Sheriff. Recorded 17 Sep 1841 HB.
Deed book D was transcribed by the Tippah County Historical and Genealogical Society and published in their newsletter.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mscivilw/deeds.htm-Ordered by the court that Wm. Adams oversee the keeping in repair the publick road from THomas Gill esquire Spring branch to Wm. Kendrick field on said road and Nathaniel Gholston together with Thomas Shane, Jeremiah Blackard, & Wm Allen work thereon under his direction. (4. Wm Adams Isd. W.B. Nov 28 1817) (source;Transcriptions of the County Archives of Tennessee; Maury County Wills and Minutes Vol I Book B 1810-1825 pg229)
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Source: NC State Archives CR078.801.6
Person County Will, Inventories, Sales of Estates, Taxables
1797-1901 pg 282-283
August Term 1814
pg 233 August Term 1814
Buyers at Estate Sale
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Jeremiah Blackard 1 coulter 80c 1 mattock $1.37 1/2
1 weeding hoe 25c 1 Pot $2 2 Duch Ovens $3
1 __ wedge 60c 1 Set heavy forks $3
1 Pewter Dish $1.1 Pewter Dish $1.1
1 pr Pot Hooks 36c 1 Candle Mould 15c
1 M___ S___ $2 1 Large Pail 77c
1 Pot ___ $1.94 1 Smoothing Iron $1.4
1 Barrel of Hay 31c 1 Diper 63c
1 Counterpen $4
1 Box Tools $1.5 1 Blanket $1.61
1 Pitcher 5c 1 Goard Pot $1.17 1 plate 13c
1 qu Bottle & funnel 25c 1 Peeler B__ %3.51
1 Drawing Pump 27c 1 ___ Saw $3.25
1 Bay Horse $ 8.21 1 Stirrup Iron
3 Sheep ____ $4.55 5 Cheers $25
1 Syth & Cradle $2.7 2 ___ forks 35c
1 Jack Plain $1 1 Whelstors 15c
Rye in Straw $5 1 Jack Auger 61c
one Shackle fol__ 20c 1 Box Lumber 20c
1 Barrel Vinegar
450 Fodder 86c
2 Hrd _________ 1 Barrel 55c
1 $1 20 _____________
Lot of Aubuys
1 Pr Looth Drawers
5 1/2 Gal Brandy $1.1-LAND RECORDS
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Aug 1981 NCSFP 136 Jeremiah Blackard and Jane Blackard (his wife) of Franklin Co. TN 3 March 1834 appoint Augustine Van Hooks of Person Co, NC attorney to the land on the waters of Double Creeks in Person Co., NC adj the lands of John Moore, John Wisdon and others, for merely the propery of Asa Hargis, dec'd which descended to the sd Jerry Blackard and Jane Blackard.-Tennessee Land Grants, Volume I by Barbara, Byron, and Samuel Sistler, Nashville, TN 1998 (DBW)
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Carroll Blackard Hardin Co, 1850, 41 a, West dist, bk 14, p 74 g#10527
James M Blackard Hardeman Co, 1850, 43.75 a. West dist bk -, p -, g#10400
Jeremiah Blackard Franklin Co, 1831, 50 a, Mountain dist, bk c, p 605, g#1967
g#= grant number-1834 Gene & Jane Blackard, grantee Augustin Vanhook
Power of Atty L-170-1834 Jane & Jeremiah Blackard by A. Vanhook to Lydia & Martha Hargis: Deed L-244 79 acres on Double Creek & South Hyco
-1850 Jane & Jeremiah Blackard to Ransom O'Briant
Deed R-186 80 acres on Double Creek-1852 Jane & Jeremiah Blackard grant Thomas Glenn Power of Atty R-261
40. Thomas William (William) Blackard
"Jobe's (Blackard) second son was Thomas William Blackard, a carpenter by trade. On Nov 5 1818 he married Sally, Sarah, or Mary Farmer whose father died Sept. 1829. Their bondsmand was Wm. Hargis. THEY MOVED TO TENNESSEE, THEN BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA WHERE THEY DIED. Their son, T.W. Blackard wrote to B.F. Webb in Mississippi." - Lizzie Holeman
BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE
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1819 Person County NC Tax List
1820 Person County NC US Census
1824 witness of sale of horse in Person NC
1819 letter to Jeremiah Blackard in Franklin NC
1819 Person Co NC tax list
1821- 1827 Person Co NC tax lists
1830 Person County NC US Census
1833-1834 Person NC tax lists
1835 wife Sarah Farmer Blackard died 1835-1840 placed children in home of Susan Phillips and dissappeared
1836 Person NC tax list
1838 Person NC tax list
1850 sons Thos. W & Lawrence in home of Susan Phillips in Person NC censusThe siblings of this family lost both parents as children, Mary Farmer having died in 1835 and Thomas William Blackard disappearing (written notes in the family lore; possible death date 1/11/1865). Toliver Goldstone being 16 years old at the time may have taken the parental role as much as possible. William Merritt being next at 14 would have helped considerably. Perhaps their Mother's brother Daniel Farmer, Jr. was the mentor which brought the siblings here to Johnson Co., AR for he was here and died here during the Civil War, murdered by Union soldiers along with his 15 year old son. In 1842 Toliver Goldstone Blackard was coroner in Newton Co., AR. at age 23, but was soon living in Clarksville, AR and participating in a major way in forming the young settlement with his leadership. Not far from Toliver Goldstone Blackard's home on the outskirts of Clarksville, AR, William Merritt Blackard owned land in the Mt. Olive Community and started raising a family there, just a short distance from his older brother. Five of the ten siblings, Toliver Goldstone, William Merritt, Lucy Tapley, Irvin Hince, and Laurence H. raised their families here in Johnson Co., AR and three, Toliver Goldstone, Lucy Tapley, and Laurence are buried here in the Oakland Cem., in Clarksville, AR. There were two of the Johnson Co. five lost in the Civil War, William Merritt being buried at the Alton, IL prison camp, and Irvin Hince having disappeared at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, MO on Aug 10 1861. Thomas Washington Blackard and Laurence H. Blackard were both living in the household of Susan Farmer Phillips (their Mother's sister) in the 1850 Person Co., NC census and they both served in the CSA from North Carolina. Laurence later married his Aunt Susan Phillips' stepdaughter Martha Phillips and then, after serving in the Civil War from NC, moved to Johnson Co., AR before the 1870 census. There are many, many descendants of these five siblings scattered along the Arkansas River Valley in Johnson Co., AR today. (notes by: Brenda Park Pitts)
The older children of Thomas William Blackard came to AR with their Mothers brothers. The ones who stayed in NC, at least Thomas Washington and Laurence were living with their mother's sister in 1850. I have the census image. I've seen one family report that Thomas William died in 1865 in Person Co., NC. Source:Brenda Gail Pitts
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1824 Deed Book G Page 116-9
Henry P. Womack (in debt to Thomas Sneed for $75 for security for rent of land where William Cocke decd formally lived) to William Street, for 25 cents, in trust, all interest in land which he obtained by his
wife Frances Womack, the daughter of Capt. Wm. Cocke decd; she was entitled to land in Western Country purchased of William Shappard decd of Orange Co. by said Cocke.
Wit: WM BLACKARD, D. Sneed. Proved by oath Dudley Sneed.
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BIBLE RECORD
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Elizabeth Blackard b. Sept 25, 1833
m. John Monroe Nicholson on Sept 1, 1853
Children:
Mary Catherine b. Oct 13, 1854
Thomas Arleno b. July 31, 1856
Green Alexander b. Oct 14, 1857
Sarah Jane b. Aug 20, 1859
Nancy Margaret b. Dec 3, 1860
Betty Josephine b. Feb 3, 1862
John William b. Sep 12, 1864
Frances Adelaide b. May 3, 1866
Alson Franklin b. Dec 3, 1867
Baby Nicholson b. Sep 24, 1871
I got all this from an old handwritten Nicholson bible that belongs to my grandfather. The writing is
either from Green A. or his daughter -- not my grandfather.
-Eddie Deese
41. Nancy Blackard
John and Nancy first settled in the mid-western part of Lawrence County. on the waters of Shoal Creek before 1828. A deed for 80 acres on Shoal Creek is dated May 13, 1828, between William Clayton and M.H. Buchanan. William had several entries for land on Knob, Spring, and Brushy Creeks.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/g/Randall-B-Hughes/FILE/0008text.txt
CHURCH: He attended the Flat River Baptist Church in Person Co., NC.
DEATH: Death assumed between 1850 & 1860. Being on 1850 but not on 1860 TN census. Wife is listed in 1860.
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1800 Person Co., NC pg. 192;
1810 Person Co., NC pg. 127;
1820 Person Co., NC pg. 456;
1830 Lawrence Co., TN pg. 306;
1840 Lawrence Co., TN pg. 127
1850 Lawrence Co., TN pg. 171;
Frances Snow Blackard appears to have been named after Frances (Self) Snow of Franklin County. The Self family were neighbors and possibly more with the Blackards before our ancestors moved to Caswell County NC.
Since Charles Blackard posted the marriage bond for Frances Self/Spencer Snow. Frances may have been very close to his family and a familiar face in his household. Louise Fuller thinks she was the niece of Charles wife (a Self woman).
Perhaps she was a close friend/cousin/neighbor of Job Blackard as a boy in Bute Co and he named his daughter, Frances Snow Blackard, after this FRANCES SNOW (Frances Self's married name). -andy
"My great-hrandmother was Frances Snow Blackard (Frankey). She was born 28 July 1798 in Person Co. NC, m. 24 Jun 1819 in Maury Co. TN to Zachariah Berry Allen of Virginia, Her father was Job (e) Blackard, b. 16 Dec. 1766. He married Jean Hargis on 31 Jan 1792 in Person Co. NC. I am unsure of his death date. Job's father was William Blackard. That is the sum total of my knowledge on this line. I know that my mother told me her ancestry was "Scotch-Irish" and that certainly jibes with your story of their roots, and is just what I suspected. I have a very good book outlining the history of the Scotch-Irish, and by following the migration pattern there, I am sure that more than one of these lines is from that group of immigrants.
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I suspect that the middle name of Frankey (Snow) is a family name, but have no evidence yet, but my instincts. I do have a bit more on the Hargis line, but little else.
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You asked if I know where they settled specifically, and when. I am not positive, but they were certainly there before 1832, and Jeremiah was born there. His daughter, my grandmother, was born in Broughton, but that is the only town I have surre knowledge of. I remember Dahlgren being mentioned by family, and also Carmi in White Co., but no others. Certainly a large number of families seem to have pulled up the Tennesse and Kentucky roots and migrated to southern Illinois."This was sent to me by Barbara Stockwell on July 8, 1999. source: Kes Truelove
43. Washington Radford Blackard
According to Wanda (Mrs. Charles) Blackard, knowledge of the full name of Washington Radford
Blackard probably came from her father-in-laws research.He may have been named after the Radford family of Edgecombe(Nash) NC. There was a George Washington Radford born abt 1810 in Nash who moved to Warren/Franklin NC.
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20 Feb 1820 Person County Deed Book F Page 111-3
WASHINGTON BLACKARD (who purchased sorrel horse of Thomas Clayton withThomas V. Hargis security for $58) to Asa Hargis, for 25 cents, intrust, the same sorrel horse, bay mare & saddle.
Wit: Edmd D. Stanfield.On May 24, 1822 Person County Deed Book
This sorrel horse exchanged for a bay mare Ned to be placed on deed oftrust; Thomas B. Hargis to pay $18 in swap of horses.1822 Washington Blackard to Asa Hargis
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Chattel F-111
Indenture made Feb 20, 1872
Washington Blackard purchased a sorrel hourse on a credit of 6 months. Thomas Hargis became his security for the sum of $58.Notes from Ansearchin" -1966 Vol 13, No 1
p 40 Haywood county Sept 11,1832 -Washington Blackard was a purchaser from the estate of Stephen Booth deceased
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p. 73 June 20, 1834 W.R. Blackard purchaser from the estate of Matthew Parker
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1978 Fall, p 147 querry
Need info George Overton b about 1825 TN, m Eveline Blackard b ca 1830 TN, living White Co. Ill by 1850
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1980 spring, p 78 index to 1840 census HARDEMAN COUNTY TN PAGE 299 - Radford F. Blackard
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Fall 1980, p 176 - Franklin county TN wills, 1808-1847
page 67 -Margaret Jones: will proven in May term of court in 1827 by oaths of B.B. Knight & Jeremiah Blackard, witnesses. Recorded 12 August 1828.
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Summer 1984, p 70
Obits from the Daily Appeal 1855 Memphis TN
Eliza Blocker 23 October , p 3 col 2
(source: Millie Starr)