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| Aaron Blackard |
| Alfred Benton Blackard |
| Andrew Jefferson Blackard |
| Austin Charles Blackard- died in service |
| Granville Blackard - died in service |
| Hezekiah Blackard |
| Irvin H. Blackard - died in service |
| James Blackard - died in service |
| James Alexander Blackard |
| Joel Blackard - killed in action |
| Lawrence H. Blackard |
| Thomas Washington Blackard |
| Toliver Goldstone Blackard |
| William L. Blackard |
| William Merrit Blackard - died in service |
| Willoughby Blackard - died in service |
24th Virginia
with Aaron Blackard
Williamsburg
5 May 1862
Seven Pines May
31-June 1, 1862
Fayser's Farm
Malvern Hill July
1, 1862
"Seven Days"
July 9, 1862
2nd Manassas
August 28-30, 1862
South Mountain September 14, 1862
Sharpsburg/Antiem
Alfred Benton Blackard with G Co. 29th Inf Reg. Il, Union
Battle at Grand Gulf,
Mississippi April 29, 1863
Battle at Fort Donelson,
Tennessee on 12-15 February 1862
Battle at Shiloh,
Tennessee on 06 April 1862
Battle on 29 April 1863
Battle at Woodville on 14 February 1864
Battle at Paducah,
Kentucky on 24 April 1864
Granville is one of the unknown Blackards. His line of the family may not have survived the Civil War. Solely on the basis of the 1840 census of Patrick County Va and process of elimination, I have tentatively put him on the family tree as the son of the unknown Aaron Blackard in the 1840 census and the brother of Joel Blackard.
51st Va with Granville Blackard
Mercer and Princeton (May 17-18, 1862)
Lewisburg (Aug. 28, 1862)
Kanawha Campaign (Sept. 1862)
Fayetteville (Sept. 10, 1862)
Charleston (WV) (Sept. 25, 1862)
Roanoke County Va, (Feb 19 1863)
Pikeville, KY (Apr. 15, 1863)
Hanover, VA (Jul. 1, 1863)
Notes for HEZEKIAH KI
R BLACKARD, LT:
AR, 16th Inf, Co A, 2nd Lt CSA.
COMPANY A 16TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
BLACKARD, HEZEKIAH 2Lt - Enl 27 Feb 1862 at Boston Mountain, AR. Age 19, born in AR. Elected 27 Jun 1862.
A compilation of events concerning the Arkansas Blackard family who served in the Civil War as Confederate soldiers. by Brenda Pitts
Sixteen Arkansas Infantry was assigned to the following Armies
Mar. 17, 1862 Second Brigade, First Division, Army of the West
Mar. 20, 1862 First Brigade, First Division, Army of the West
Apr. 29, 1862 First Brigade, Price's Division, Army of the West
Oct. 1, 1862 First Brigade, First Division, Price's Corps (Army of the West),
Army of West Tennessee
Jan. 7, 1863 Beall's Brigade, (Consolidated with 1st Battalion, Seventeenth,
Eighteenth, and Twenty-Third Ark Inf), Garrison, Port Hudson, La.
Jan. 31, 1863 Beall' Brigade (no longer consolidated), District of Louisiana,
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
Mar. 31, 1863 Beall's Brigade, Third Military District, Department of Mississippi
and East Louisiana
Apr. 1, 1863 Gee/Johnson Arkansas Infantry (Consolidated with Eighth Battalion
and Fifteenth Arkansas Infantry
The Sixteenth Arkansas Infantry participated in fewer then ten various type engagements during its brief career. These engagements are listed below.
March 6-8, 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark (Elkhorn Tavern, Bentonville, Leetown)
April 29- may 30 1862
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi Sept 19, 1862
Engagement, Iuka, Mississippi Oct. 3-4 1862
Battle, Corinth, Mississippi May 27- July 9, 1863
Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana (Longest siege of the Civil War) ay 27, 1863
Defense of Garrison, Port Hudson, Louisiana June 14, 1863
Engagement at Slaughter Field, Port Hudson, Louisiana June 26, 1863
26 members crossed over the parapet and engaged the Union forces digging towards
the garrison, Port Hudson, Louisiana
July 9, 1863 Surrender of Garrison, Port Hudson, Louisiana
This information was transcribed from a series of notecards in the collection
of John Irving Blackard Jr. of Roxboro NC.
I don't think these are from Nellie or Lizzie, but may have been sent to them
by someone else.
Irvin Hence Blackard
Camp Stephens July 27, 1861
This goes to Certify that Irvin H. Blackard a private, was enlisted by
me on the 29th day of May 1861 in my Company of the Johnson County Rifle
Company #26, 3rd Regiment of Infantry of Arkansas Volunteers.That he served as a private in my company from 29th day of May 1861 to 28th
day of July 1861.The said Blackard was born in the state of North Carolina, 29 years of age,
six feet high, dark complection, dark hair and blue eyes and is husky
discharged by reason of a certificate of the regimental sergeon as disability.----------
Irvin H. BlackardI further certify that the sum of $21.26 is due him on account of his per
month pay for 1 mo and 28 days 21.26 the further sum for cloting allowance
of %5.41 and a bounty for 1 mo and 28 days $5.32. A total of $31.99Signed by A.D. King captain commanding Co #26 3rd Regimeng Arkansas Valley
The above is a copy of my grandfathers discharge.
He died on Aug 10, 1851 13 days after he was discharged. Cause of death
unknown.Place of burial unknown.
James appears to belong to a lost line of the Blackard family that settled in Mecklenburg County NC which is on the South Carolina border. Three other Blackards in consecutive generations appear to have been recorded in that county, none of which we can fit into the family tree at present.
The Moore's Roster (card index file) at the NC State Archives records his military service:
James Blackard Co I Rgt 37
enlisted 3/11/62 Mecklenburg County NC
rank: private
killed 5/3/63 at Chancelersville
wounded at Shepherdstown
Vol 3 - pg 39
He is also named in "Mecklenberg County, NC - Military, 1861 Soldiers of the Civil War, page 47 "
Jas. Blackard of Thirty Seventh Regiment Company I killed
James Alexander Blackard (1827-1878) by Kes Truelove
Joel is one of the unknown Blackards. His line of the family may not have survived the Civil War. Solely on the basis of the 1840 census of Patrick County Va and process of elimination, I have tentatively put him on the family tree as the son of the unknown Aaron Blackard in the 1840 census and the brother of Granville Blackard.
A Study of Capt Joel Blackard by Jim Blackard
7th Va with Joel
Blackard
July 18, 1861 Blackburn’s Ford
July 21,1861 Bull Run battlefield
Yorktown
Battle of Williamsburg
May 5, 1862
Battle of Seven Pines
May 31-June 1, 1862
Kernstown, Va., March 23, 1862
White Oak Swamp
June 30, 1862
Malvern Hill
Gaine's Mill
June 27, 1862
Fayser's Farm
Laurence Blackard served in the C.S.A for a North Carolina unit.After the Civil War, the family migrated to Johnson Co., AR.(bgp) Thefamily lived in the mountains about 15 miles north of Clarksville, AR. He farmed and raised apples, cattle, and hogs on the open range.(source Cheryl Blackard Holtz)
The Moore's Roster (card index file) at the NC State Archives records his military service:
L.H. Blackard Co A Rgt 50
enlisted 3/13/62 Person County NC
rank: private
Vol 3 - pg 426
The work "North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster" by Weymouth T Jordan, Jr" also records his military service:
Co. A, 50th N.C. Troops -1-Private Lawrence H. Blackard age 26, farmer and born in Person Co, NC
This information was transcribed from a series of notecards in the collection of John Irving Blackard Jr. of Roxboro NC. I don't think these are from Nellie or Lizzie, but may have been sent to them by someone else.
Lawrence Huggins (Larry) Blackard
Hurdle Mills NCA farmer 26 years old 5 ft adn 8 in high.
Enlisted March 13, 1862 as pvt in Company A, 50th Reg't North Carolina
Infantry (State Troops) by J.C. Vanhook for 3 years, or end of war.On Oct 31, 1862. on Company muster roll, he was present, but sick. (cause
unknown)On Dec 10, 1863 on Company Muster roll he was sick in Hospital in Wilmington
NC (cause unknown)On Dec 12, 1863 he was admitted to CSA General Military Hospital #4
Wilmington NC.----------
L.H. Blackard - continuedand on Dec 29, 1863 he received a 30 day furlough (cause pluritis)
On April 26, 1864 he was admitted to CSA General Military Hospital #4
Wilmington NC. and returned to duty May 3, 1864. (cause dysenteria 6 hrs -
nical [?])He was paroled on May 9, 1865 at Greensboro North Carolina after he signed
an obedient document compiled by General Joseph C. Johnston Commander of
Confederate Army and Major General W. T. Sherman Commander of United States
Army in North Carolina.He and wife are buried in Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville Arkansas.
The descendents of Thomas Washington Blackard still live in Person and Caswell Counties in North Carolina. Many still attend Mt. Zion Church where he is buried. Mt. Zion was once the Hargis Meeting House and is located near Flat River and Hurdle's Mill where we know that both Job Blackard and Charles Blackard II once lived. This community appears to be where all of the Blackard family lived at some time in the 1780s.
The Moore's Roster (card index file) at the NC State Archives records his military service:
T.W. Blackard Co A Rgt 50
enlisted 5/6/63 in Person County NC
rank: 3d corporal
Vol 3 - pg 426
His obituary was written by his daughter Ann Blackard Whitfield who was a Person County historian.
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OBITUARY: THOMAS WASHINGTON BLACKARD 1828-1915 November 30, 1865 he was happily married to Mis Sarah Find Teer of Alamance
Co. To this union 7 children were born. 4 girls and 3 boys all of whom
with the widow survive. He joined the Methodist Church at Mt. Zion in
young manhood and was a faithful member always until the Master called
him to join the church triumphant. He had been a great suffer for quite
a while with Cancer and troubles due to old age. For five days before
he died his condition was such that he could not take any nourishment
whatever. He was conscious until almost the last. He thanked all for their
kindness to him. |
I visited the cemetery at Mt. Zion and transcribed his headstone.
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HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION Thomas W. Blackard |
This information was transcribed from a series of notecards in the collection of John Irving Blackard Jr. of Roxboro NC. I don't think these are from Nellie or Lizzie, but may have been sent to them by someone else.
Lizzie Moore Holeman's grandfather
Thomas Washington Blackard - Person Co NCEnlisted in the army April 30, 1862 or May 6 1862
by J.C. Vanhook for 3 years or end of war.Served as a pvt adn 3rd Corpl, Co A, 50th Reg't North Carolina Infantry
(State Troops).He was paroled on May 9, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina After he signed
an obedient document, compiled by General Joseph E. Johnston Commander of
Confederate Army and Major General W. T. Sherman Commander of United States
Army in North Carolina.
This information was transcribed from a series of notecards in the collection
of John Irving Blackard Jr. of Roxboro NC.
I don't think these are from Nellie or Lizzie, but may have been sent to them
by someone else.
Toliver Goldstone Blackard
Nov 1819
was married (1) Mary Penn (2) Jane GrayHe served in Company B. 10th Arkansas Militia
Confederate States Army
Jacket #44 C.S.A
place of burial unknownHe had one son that know of Hezekiah Blackard
Feb 9, 1843 - Jan 30,1913He married 1-30-1867
Isabella Wilson
They had 7 childrenJohn Oscar married Emma Walton
Ellen no
Ora John Bell
ALice Henry Lewis
Noel Stella Tolbert
Nettie Charles Bell
Pearl Paul McKennon
1864 Letter from William Merritt Blackard "Dear Wife and Children"
This information was transcribed from a series of notecards in the collection
of John Irving Blackard Jr. of Roxboro NC.
I don't think these are from Nellie or Lizzie, but may have been sent to them
by someone else.
William Merritt Blackard
b. April 15, 1822 d. Jand 11, 1865married Rachel Bell
Mar. 15, 1831 d. Sept 20, 1908
7 children
Susan E. Born Sept. 30 1849
married John Price. 2 children
_. H. (Tom) born june 5, 1851
married Tennie Watts. 4 children
Tom died after 1938 (1942)
Martha J. (Mattie) Aug 4 1853
never married
W.D. (Bill) Mar 30, 1856
married a sister of Tennie Wats
_.V. (John) Feb 15, 1858
marrid Nestie Babb. 9 children
_.G. (Tolliver) Goldstone
Mar 31, 1862, Jan 8, 1944
Married Dellah Donnel
no children
Mary B. (Moly) Mar 11, 1863
married S.S. Park.
11 children----------
William Merritt was in Gordons Cavalry (Civil War)He was captured )ct. 24, 1864
in Mound City, Kansas, transfered from Mound City to Gratiot
Military Prision in St. Louis Mo from St. Louis to Alton, ILL Nov 19, 1864,
from Alton Prision to Rock Island, Ill. Dec 7 1864 where he died Jan 11,
1865. He was buried in our Confederate Cemetery in Rock Island, ILL. His
grave is # 1767. His cause of death. Pneumonia.His wife Rachael is buried in S.S. Parl Lot, Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville,
Arkansas----------
Mary B. (Moly)
Mar 11, 1863
married Mr. S.S. Park. 11 Ch.
