Person:Gideon Blackburn (1)
Rev. Gideon Blackburn
b.27 Aug 1772 Augusta County, Virginia
d.23 Aug 1838 Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 7 Jun 1766
  1. Thomas Blackburn1767 - 1823
  2. Rev. Gideon Blackburn1772 - 1838
  3. Benjamin Blackburn1773 -
  4. John Blackburn1774 -
  5. Sarah Blackburn1776 -
  6. Leah Blackburn1778 -
  7. Edward Blackburn1778 - 1847
  8. Rachel Blackburn1780 -
  9. Samuel Blackburn1781 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 Oct 1793
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Gideon Blackburn
Alt Name Parson Blackburn
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 27 Aug 1772 Augusta County, VirginiaSteele's Tavern [later Rockbridge County]
Marriage 3 Oct 1793 Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, United Statesto Grizelle Blackburn
Death[1][2][3] 23 Aug 1838 Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois, United States

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Founder of Blackburn College

Blackburn College is named for Reverend Gideon Blackburn, a Presbyterian minister and former president of Centre College in Kentucky. Born in Virginia in 1772, Blackburn was the product of a loving, devout Scotch-Irish Presbyterian family. He lived with his paternal grandfather in Washington County until his grandfather's death. The boy was then raised by his maternal uncle, Gideon Ritchey, for whom he had been named. His uncle made sure he had a proper education and was enrolled in a series of academies until he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1792.

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Gideon is the Great Uncle of Governor Luke Pryor Blackburn

Governor Luke Pryor Blackburn

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Raised by his Tennessee Uncle Gideon Richey

"Gideon Ritchey who deeded land to her husband Robert Blackburn in the mid-1700's in Frederick Co. VA. before the Blackburns moved down to what is now Washington Co. TN"
  • Goodspeed's History of Greene County, Tennessee
Originally in Washington Co, NC became Greene Co, in 1783. Gideon Ritchey was an assessor for the 2nd district:
A History of Greene County - Ceded to Tennessee
  • Extracted by C. Hammett from "1783 Greene County, TN Tax List" by Mrs. Louise Wilson Reynolds, published April 1919, D.A.R. Magazine, reprinted in The Overmountain Men by Pat Alderman, Overmountain Press, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1970, pp. 239 and 242. All [bracketed] words are additions by C. Hammett.
Gideon appears on the 1783 Greene Co, TN Tax List with Thomas Richey (nephew)
List
http://www.tngenweb.org/records/greene/land/nc_grants_greene.html
(note includes Abednego Inman and Robert Blackburn)
  • "Gideon Blackburn had a maternal uncle called Gideon Ritchey, who, seeing the poverty of his parents and the aptitude of their son, determined to educate him, though he himself lived by manual labor."
http://books.google.com/books?id=7VpT4OY81_IC&pg=PA87
Moved to Dandridge with Gideon Blackburn in 1790S9
Gideon Blackburn "secured a military grant on the Nolichucky River"S9
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Blackburn Family in Blount County, Tennessee

  • Land Records, Territory South of French Broad-Land Grants, Transcribed by David Templin
No.454

GIDEON BLACKBURN-186 acres 3 chains-Blount County-on waters of Pistol Creek being the original improvement of ROBERT CULTON-CC JOHN MONTGOMERY and JOHN BLACKBURN Surveyed July 22, 1807

No.455

GIDEON BLACKBURN-106 acres 3 rods 6 chains-Blount County-on the waters of Pistol Creek being the original improvement of JAMES BOLES-CC JOHN BLACKBURN and JAMES BOLES Surveyed April 15, 1807

No.487

GIDEON BLACKBURN-474 ¾ acres-Blount County-on west fork of Lackies Creek-CC None Granted January 29, 1807 Assigned to THOMAS BLACKBURN November 25, 1807 Witnesses CHARLES DONOHOO and GEORGE BERRY

No.755

ROBERT GAUT-5 acres-Blount County-part of original improvement right of JOHN CRAIG-CC SAMUEL BLACKBURN and ALLEN STRAIN Surveyed March 4, 1807

  • Sevier County Library's Web site. The document is no longer on-line, but it was located in an Internet ArchiveS10.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gideon Blackburn, in Find A Grave.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gideon Blackburn, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gideon Blackburn (1772-1838), in David A. Nichols. The Tennessee Encylcopedia of History and Culture: Gideon Blackburn (1772-1838).
  4.   Tennessee Genealogical Society. Ansearchin' News. (Memphis, Tennessee: Tennessee Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 35, No. 2, 1988.

    Page 51
    p. 2 The will of Josias MARTIN, Territory South of the River Ohio, Knox County, 22 May l795 ...to wife, Agness Martin, 20 acres of clear land on my Nine Mile place where I now live... a good comfortable home to be built by John COWAN for her to live in; to son James Martin, that part of my Nine Mile plantation lying west of the spring branch and at his death to his children and heirs; to son Joseph Martin, and my son-in-law John Cowan, the other part of my Nine Mile plantation lying east of
    the spring branch; to grandson, Joseph's son, "Josiah Martain, if he continues in a helpless condition"; to son Richard, bond on Thomas HART, decd, payable by Joseph Hart, for 200 A of land on Clinch River...son, Samuel Martin, decd...land on Limestone next to grandson, Josiah HUTTON..."Mr. Gideon Ritchey informed me he had obtained judgement of Court for 39 pounds Pennsylvania money & paid me $31 in part at that time, & I allow the said debt of Richey & the sum of money which James MONTGOMERY borrowed of me, which was lodged in the hands of William Hutton, equally divided amongst all my children...I also allow my granddaughter, Abigal Martin, her
    flax Ground and her Bording free Yearly of that part of the Land left to John Cowan."
    Page 52
    p. 8 The perishable estate of George [sic], decd, to be sold after legal publication &also part of the sawmill on Nails Creek. A Bill of Sale from James MARTIN to Revd
    Gideon Blackburn was proved by Robert HOUSTON, a subscribing witness.
    James McNUTT was allowed to build a pub1ick grist and sawmill on his own land
    on Pistol Creek. A Bill of Sale from John ERVIN to William Ervin was proved by James BERRY, a witness. Matthew WALLACE proved an account against James COCHRAN.
    Matthew HOUSTON proved an account against the estate of John LYLE, decd.
    John HOUSTON proved an account against estate of John LYLE, decd, "$13.15
    specia also 1212 dollars old currency." Matthew WALLACE was allowed to build a public mill on his own land on Baker's Creek.
    Note About the County Formations Blount County, Greene County, Territory South of the River Ohio. Knox County was formed from Greene and Hawkins in 1792, and in 1795 Blount County was created from Knox.

    Source Url: http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1988-2.pdf

  5.   Sevier County Genealogy and History, Land Records, Territory South of French Broad-Land Grants, Transcribed by David Templin, in Genealogy Trails.
  6.   Tennessee Genealogical Society. Ansearchin' News. (Memphis, Tennessee: Tennessee Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 46, No. 2, Page 10, 12,, Summer 1999.

    Jefferson County Court Minutes, April 1838, W.P.A. Transcription by Ellen W. Wilson, 16 Oct 1939, Microfilm Ref. 2007, V. 16. Available at Memphis / Shelby County Public Library, Peabody & McLean

  7.   William G. McLoughlin. Cherokee Ghost Dance. (Mercer University Press)
    Pages 365-384, 01 Jun 1984.

    The Mystery of Parson Blackburn's Whiskey, 1809-1810
    Gideon Blackburn, AKA Parson Blackburn

  8.   James Parton. Life of Andrew Jackson. (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1888)
    Vol. 2, Page 338, 595, 1888.

    Page 338 - Mrs. Andrew Jackson styles her letter's to Gideon Blackburn as "Parson Blackburn"
    Page 595 - Parson Blackburn mentioned by Rachel Jackson

  9.   Challacombe, W. A. The Benjamin Blackburn family and notes on Blackburns in America. (Carlinville, Ill.: W.A. Challacombe, 1942).
  10.   Some Blount County Land Grants and also, .pdf file, in Sevier County, Tennessee, Genealogy & History.
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