All four of the presently-known Blackard family lines appear to descend from a man named Charles Blackard I who came to North Carolina from Virginia shortly before 1755 or 1756 according to research done by myself and professional genealogist, Louise Fuller, in North Carolina. His origin is as of yet, unknown, however, there is evidence that he came to North Carolina from Virginia.. The four male ancestors of these American Blackard lines: Charles II, William, Willoughby and Job Blackard, all appear to have been sons of Charles Blackard. There is evidence that Charles also may have had two daughters named Margaret (Molly) and Mary, and possibly additional sons named Thomas and Aaron.
Possible Children of Charles Blackard I and Welsh Wife
Thomas (Jackson)
William
Charles II
Willoughby
Margaret (Molly)
Job
Aaron
Mary
The earliest record of Charles Blackard in North Carolina was in 1755 or 1756
in Edgecombe County, NC where he worked as a chain carrier on a land survey
for a Samuel Williams. After appearing in Granville and Bute County tax
lists, Charles is retired from the 1770 tax lists indicating he reached the
age of 60. This means Charles Blackard was born 1706 to 1711.
Charles is not included in the first U.S. Census of 1790 and he appears to
have died shortly before that census was taken.
It doesn't appear that Charles was born in North Carolina as there are no records of his birth and the area where he first appears was not settled until after 1728. Virtually all of the families who were living around Charles Blackard were of English origin and moved down into North Carolina from Virginia following the Roanoke River into Edgecombe and Granville County.
A notable exception is Samual Williams who was from a Welsh family. One explanation of the supposed Welsh wife of Charles Blackard is that she wss from this Welsh Williams family.