Person:William Blackburn (22)

This William is probably neither the Lt. William BLACKBURN who died at the Battle of King's Mountain nor the brother of Arthur and George as stated in many sources. More research is needed to straighten out the various Williams.

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

• H-594: Arthur, George & William Blackburn of Fairfax County, 242 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. On Mulberry Run, adj. William Wilson, Margaret & Wm. Blackburn her son. 3 Jan. 1755. Deed not signed. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 82]. (Note: Mulberry Run was actually in Frederick County, not Fairfax, verified in other records).

NOTE: This item seems to identify two different Williams: one is brother of Arthur and George and the other is son of Margaret Blackburn.

Records in Virginia

• H-551: William Stephenson of Frederick County, 288 acres in Frederick County. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. Where he lives on Mulberry Run Branch of Shannandoah, adj. William Blackburn, William Wilson, George Eager. 8 Nov. 1754. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 80].

• M-249: John Blackburn of Frederick County, 200 acres on Bulberry Run of Ceedar Creek in said County. Surv. Mr. Robert Rutherford. Adj. Samuel Blackburn, William Stephenson, William Blackburn, Daniel Currey. 9 Feb. 1764. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 156].

Notes

From "Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine", Volumes 1-2, edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, pg. 263-264:

Some Descendants of Lieutenants William Blackburn, compiled by Annie Noble Sims, Savannah, Ga.

Lieutenant William Blackburn of Washington County, Virginia, was killed in the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th, 1780, see page 304 in "King's Mountain and its Heroes", by Lyman C. Draper.

The widow of Lieutenant William Blackburn, Elizabeth (Black) Blackburn, her brother, Capt. Joseph Black, and John Blackburn were granted letters of administration on the estate of Lieutenant William Blackburn, November 24th, 1780, they together with Samuel Newell and John Davis gave bond in the sum of eight thousand pounds, see Court Minutes of Washington County, Book 1, Page 97, at Abingdon.

The final settlement of the estate of William Blackburn did not take place until December 20th, 1796, see Will Book 2, page 105, Abingdon, Virginia. This settlement is very important, because not only were Lieutenant William Blackburn's daughters mentioned, but the names of their husbands were given also.

The heirs mentioned in the final settlement were as follows:

"A daughter, Mary Blackburn, who had married Samuel Vance.

A daughter, Jean Blackburn, who had married Joseph Cusick.

A daughter, Elizabeth Blackburn, who had married John Lusk.

A daughter, Margaret Blackburn, who had married David Evans.

Two daughters, Patsy and Sally Blackburn (evidently unmarried at the time) and the widow Mrs. Elizabeth Blackburn".

The authority for that statement that Elizabeth Blackburn wife of Lieutenant William Blackburn was the sister of Captain Joseph Black is to be found on pages 221 and 223 of Rev. Samuel Rutherford Houston's "Genealogy of the Houston Family", published by the Elm Street Printing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882.

1. ↑ AFN: 1HHP-C2S, in Ancestral File.