Talk:Gideon Blackburn

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 06:49, 10 November 2007 (UTC) There are several inaccuracies in this article. First, Gideon Blackburn was not an orphan. He was the son of Robert and Margaret Blackburn. Robert Blackburn was a Revolutionary War patriot. He qualified for inclusion in First Families of Tennessee by virtue of paying tax in 1778. (First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and their Present Day descendants, page 88.) He was involved in a 1780/1781 court case in Washington County, NC, (now Tennessee) and served on a Washington County, NC, (now Tennessee), jury in 1784. (Source: Washington County Minute Book 1778-1809, Roll # 129, Washington County Tennessee). He received several land grants in Washington County in the 1780's. (Source: North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931, Ancestry.com). In 1788 he was ordered to be overseer of the road from Embree Mill to Isaac Wilson ford in Washington County. (Source: Washington County Minute Book 1778-1809, Roll # 129, Washington County Tennessee.) Robert Blackburn was the son of Benjamin Blackburn. Robert was named in Benjamin's will, dated April 10, 1786. (Source: Washington County Will Book 1, page 22). He and his wife Margaret sold their land in Washington County in 1789.(Source: Washington County Tennessee Deed Book 1, page 266 and Deed Book 4, page 77). At this point it is thought that he moved to the Nashville area in middle Tennessee where some of his children were living. There is no positive information on the date of his death, but it likely occurred between 1795 and 1814. Therefore, based on this research, it can be stated without reservation that Gideon Blackburn was not an orphan, but that his parents died after he became an adult. Robert Blackburn was the nephew of Samuel Blackburn of Bath and Augusta Counties, Virginia, and his children were named in a court case involving Samuel Blackburn's estate (Source: Augusta County Chancery Causes: Ann Blackburn vs Exr of Samuel Blackburn, Library of Virginia, case # 543). Gideon Blackburn did not marry his niece. His wife, Grizelle Blackburn, (1774-1862), was his cousin, the daughter of John Blackburn and Janet Oneal Matthews. John and Robert Blackburn were brothers, sons of Benjamin and Mary Blackburn. (Source: The Benjamin Blackburn Family and notes on Blackburns in America, W A Challacombe, 1942.)

Jim L. Wilson Johnson City, TN 23 September 2018 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stonecountynative (talk • contribs) 23:44, 23 September 2018 (UTC)