Samuel Blackburn

Samuel married Margaret Patterson on 21 Dec 1797 in Rutherford Co, North Carolina. Margaret was born about 1780 in South Carolina; died after 1801 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Fletcher Blackburn was born in 1801 in North Carolina; died on 26 Jul 1878 in Collin Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 1814, Harrison Co, Kentucky

Notes:

"Information submitted to Ancestry.com by Michael Johnson
also by Gary Romines

"Footsteps of the Past section of Grant Co. News 5 Oct 2000: " The James and Jane Rankin Blackburn family is believed to have moved from VA to NC, residing in Rutherford Co., NC by 1782. By 1791 the family migrated to then Bourbon, now Harrison Co., KY where by 1801 they were residing on 110 acres on the south side of the South Fork of the Licking River....James died in 1810 in Harrison Co."

"Michael A. Smoke wrote, "We believe 1779 to be the date this family arrived in NC from VA ... It appears that James & Jane moved to Harrison Co., KY about 1791 as their last child James was born there 14 Mar 1791."

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=janemac40&id=I01621
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regarding his parents, some researchers have that this James who married Rankin was the son of Edward Blackburn and Mildred Ann Christy, stating that Edward was born Nov 1729 in Virginia, son of William Blackburn, b 17 Sep 1653, Newcastle on the Tyne, Yorkshire, England.
William Blackburn would have been 76 at the birth of Edward - though not impossible, enough to question. He would be a contemporary of Archibald and quite possibly another line entirely as he is from England and Archibald is believed to be Irish.

Also, (from Vicki Piper via email 27 Sep 2011) "DNA testing has established a common ancestor between ... a descendant of Benjamin and Mary Blackburn and a descendant of James B. and Jane Rankin Blackburn......"

my response: "Benjamin Blackburn - do you mean Immigrant b 1718? If so, the relationship calculator shows that Benjamin Blackburn as uncle to James Blackburn/Rankin - common ancestor would be Archibald."

I think the evidence is much more likely that James is the son of John, not Edward.


Birth:
my basis for estimating James' b.d.:

If John/Logan didn't marry until 1751 and he died in 1755 -- that certainly narrows down when James and Mary were born. He mentioned Mary first -- so, she was 1st born? That puts it perhaps Mary b 1752 and John 1754 -- very young that he would think thinking of their schooling; but that's nice.
John's son Samuel was born 19 Oct 1771 (according to the Rootsweb crowd),
which is leaves John becoming a father at 17. I haven't come across that very often. If he were oldest, would seem to fit a little better. Maybe John mentioned the girl first then everything else to the older, John.
Wonder where everybody got 1745?
(this was my response in email to a communication with Vicki Piper (pipervic@sbcglobal.net) Sep 27 2011.)

Death:
"Both Michael Johnson and Gary Romines give his date of death as 1814."
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=janemac40&id=I01621

James married Jane Rankin about 1770 in Frederick Co, Virginia. Jane was born about 1752; died after 1772 in of, Frederick Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]