Compiled by Perry Lynnfield Blackshear, Sr.
Published by Perry Lynnfield Blackshear, Sr.
Atlanta, Georgia
for private distribution,
1954 A. D.
Copyright 1954 by Perry Lynnfield Blackshear, Sr.
Printed and bound the United States of America
by
FOOTE AND DAVIES, INC., ATLANTA
| Index : | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z | |
| List of all names |
Alexander Blackshear,
Gen. David Blackshear
Dr. Thomas Hart Raines
Blacksheariana, pp102-183
Blacksheariana, "Jessie - Z"
Corrections to pp318-320 --by Luella Virginia Snyder
DEDICATION
This work is respectfully dedicated to all of those relatives and friends who supplied much of the information, particularly to:
Dr. Thomas Hart Raines
1878-1918
Miss Annie Laura Eve Blackshear
Athens, Ga.
Mr. David Blackshear
New Orleans, La.
And especially to my wife
Mrs. Dorothy Breitenbucher Blackshear
For her patience, understanding, devotion and
help during the three years of her
"Hobby Widowhood", those years which were consumed by
this compilation.
Intended to be a "Spread Eagle" coverage of people, events and conditions as they were found, and to supply genealogical data about those whose names were or are spelled with any of the variants of the last syllable.
With the exception of the negroes, who "took" the names of their former owners at the time of their transition from slave to free men, it will be found that there is a blood relationship existing among a vast majority of those whose names appear herein, regardless of the spelling of the last syllable. From "History of Surnames of the British Isles" by C. L. Ewen p. 376 "-sell, -sey see shaw. -shall, -see -see shaw. --Shall, -see see Shaw. -sole, -sell, -sey, -shall, -shar, -sher, -shier, -shire, -shaw, -sow as in Hensher, Kershaw, Ormshire. Often confused with -shire and variants" p.78 "Many new Sir Names were given to the families of the Scots as Mar, Lowder, Shaw et al from the lands they had in possession by a Council at Forfar in 1061, headed by Malcolm Canmore page 173, de la Schawe, meaning 'of the Schawe' (a small wood.) now Shaw" p. 256 "Modern Scottish Surnames of Scottish genealogical influence include Shaw, (sometimes local)."
After the Council at Forfar in 1061, came the Norman Conquest and the introduction of the "de la" prefix. The numerical increase in families in a relatively small country over the years created the necessity for more definitive prefixes in order to identify the many families who descended from the Schawes, Shalls, Shaws and others. As in the case of the Douglas family, where one finds the Black Douglas, et al, so with the Shaws. Some prefixes referred to the personal appearance, such as the Black Shaw, (as distinguished from the fair or ruddy Shaws). Some referred to the environment in which they lived such as Black-Schawe, Black-Shall or BlackShaw referring to their densely wooded lands. The Society of Genealogists, Harrington Gardens, London, England, considers Blackshaw to be the most used spelling in the British Isles, therefore all variants are cross indexed into Blackshaw. The earliest being of Scotland, the later and more numerous were located mostly in Cheshire. Some were found in other English Counties, in London and in Ireland. In the American Colonies and later in the United States the spelling of the name varied as numerously as in Britain, for example, the following have been documented, most of them blood kin: Blackshaw, -sha, -shar, -share, -shair, -sher, -shere, -shear, -sheare, -shir, -shire, -shier, -shiar, -shor, -shur, etc., etc.
In this collection, (negroes excepted), most of the American people named Blackshear or any variant, have descended from Robert Blackshaw, first documented as son of Thomas and Ellenor of Piscataway, N. J., 1677. The spelling of his name in land grants, deeds and other records dated during his lifetime varied between Blackshaw, 'shar, 'share, etc. No doubt the notaries, scribes, clerks and other officials spelled the name the way they heard it, leaving space for "His (R) Mark". The names of his sons, Randall, Thomas, and Alexander varied likewise and perhaps for the same reason. These variants continued until their descendants learned to write their own signatures and also to make their own choices, the most frequent choice being Blackshear.
The British pronunciation all but ignores the last syllable, making the name sound like Blackshr. Many American families are inclined to place small emphasis on the first syllable making the name sound like Blckshear, Blckshare or Blckshire, etc.
No great effort has been made in this compilation to reproduce the spelling used by any particular family, therefore some may find their names ending in some variant other than the one they use. The spelling does not in any way affect their connection with the other families who may use other variants.
As early as 1588, in England, there seems to have been much indifference about the spelling and treatment of the name. From the Principal Probate Registry, London P. C. C. Wills, 1383 to 1716, 1588 Blackshawe alias Shawe, William, Chesterfield, Derby. 52 Rutland 1639 Blacks(h)all, Oliver St. Osyth, Essex 11 Harvey 1656 Blackshawe alias Shawe, Godfrey, yeoman, Dronfield, Derby 293 Berkley. From "Surnames of the United Kingdom", by Henry Harrison, page 36, the following definition is quoted: "Blackshaw (Eng.) Dweller at Black Wood (O. E. bloec+s (c) aga)" Via V.
The genealogical data collected by Dr. Thomas Hart Raines, at around the turn of the century, which by will he left to the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va. Quotations are made with the consent of the Society.
The genealogical data collected by A. Laura E. Blackshear concerning the descendants of James Blackshear, now in her library at Athens, Ga. Quotations are made with her gracious consent.
The genealogical data collected by David Blackshear concerning the descendants of Abraham Blackshear, now in his library at New Orleans, La. Quotations are made with his gracious
The hundreds of letters received by living members of the family, without which much documentation would have been impossible. Their names are too numerous to repeat, they will be found in the citations beneath the entries to which they have contributed. The compiler is grateful for their help. The historical and genealogical collection of the State of Delaware, Mr. Leon deValinger, State Archivist and compiler of "Kent County Probate Records 1680-1800." Quotations and reproductions of land grants, surveys and deeds are made with his consent and assistance.
The genealogical research done by Mr. Thad S. Ferree, Raleigh, N. C.
The various researches made by Mrs. A. L. Veitch, Washington, D. C.
The library of the Society of Genealogists, 37 Harrington Gardens S. W. 7, London, England. Mr. W. V. B. Church, General Secretary and his staff have been uniformly helpful and courteous.
The Pfalz Archives, Domplatz 6, Speyer, Germany. Dr. Friederich Krebs, State Archivist was most helpful in the Palatinate research.
The library of Theodor von Lerber, Genealogist, Marktgasse 42, Berne, Switzerland. Mr. Hans Marti of his staff was helpful in the research concerning the deGraffenried venture.
Tax lists, land lottery records, pension lists and other Georgia records were collected by Mr. H. M. Askew, Genealogist, Decatur, Ga.
The genealogical sections of the following libraries in the United States: the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., the Newberry Memorial Library, Chicago, Ill, the New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., the Atlanta Public Library, Atlanta, Ga., the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond. The Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, N. C. The Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Ga. The office of the Register of Deeds for Kent County, at Dover, Delaware, the same for Sussex County at Georgetown, Delaware, and other County records too numerous to list. Researchers of the future will save themselves much time and money if they will review the mass of negative material which was collected in connection with this compilation. All source materials, both positive and negative will remain in the library of the compiler for a time, but they will rest, ultimately, in some public library, probably in that of the University of Georgia at Athens. Otherwise, they may rest with the State of Georgia's Department of Archives and History at Atlanta.
Searching for documentation to prove, "Family Tradition", consumes a great deal of time and a lot of money. All too frequently traditions attached to one person or family are displaced, the events having occurred in the lives of others than those to whom they are traditionally attached. Such is the tradition that the Blackshears came to America from Germany, and that they were full blooded Germans Much time and money were consumed in vain efforts to prove that this family tradition was based on facts. Another tradition that the family came from Holland was also investigated, as was the tradition that the family came from Switzerland with the de Graffenried colony and settled at New Bern, N. C. Extensive foreign correspondence and personal research made in Germany, Holland and Switzerland failed to reveal any clues, hints, probabilities or even possibilities that those countries cradled the Blackshear ancestors. Careful research among the available names included in the de Graffenried party, and among the 30,000 Palatines who came to America failed to find any name which, by reasonable transliteration or probable translation could be made into Blackshear or any variant thereof.
The Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Nassaulaan 18, Den Haagn, Nederland, stated: "We would inform you that the family name Blackshear, Blackshaare, Oomblahere, etc., does not occur in the Netherlands." --Signed W. Ph. Veere. Theodore von Lerber, Professional Genealogist, Marktgasse 42. Berne, Switzerland, stated on 23 July, 1952: "It does not seem to be the case that Blackshear was from Berne, in the records of the emigrants, the first volume starts with the years 1694-1754, there does not occur a single name that would even have any similarity. Among the thousands of names which figure in the records there are very few which went to America." (A translation from statement by Hans Marti). On 29 Aug., 1952, Dr. Friedrich Krebs, Archivist for the Pfalz. (formerly part of the Palatinate), Speyer, Germany, Domplats 6, stated: "As to your ancestor Blackshear, Blacksette or Blokshear, I have found that in 1709 a man with the name Boesshaar has emigrated from the town of Zweibricken to America. His ancestors are said to have come from Switzerland. This Boesshaar did not come to Carolina with deGraffenried, but he was found in New York City and at the Hudson for the years 1710-1712. He was a cooper".
Failing to locate any clues on the continent; it seemed advisable to do some research in Britain, this research proved to be more fruitful as the contents of this work will show. The "German" family tradition, probably is based on association and location. No foreign research on de Graffenried, John Martin Franck, (Frank), or Philip Mueller (Miller) was undertaken.
References in American historical and genealogical books are accepted. The following information is from those sources: Baron Christopher de Graffenried, a Swiss nobleman and adventurer, was granted land at the confluence of the Trent and Neuse Rivers in N. C. He was also granted expense money, the condition being that he take his colonists from the Palatines who had fled to England from their German homes. He hired three ships, two for transporting the Palatines and one for his own personal aides who came from Berne, Switzerland. John Martin Franck, a German but not from the Palatinate, came to America in 1709, on the same ship with Philip Mueller and his family, who were from the Palatinate section of Germany. Franck, then a mature scholar of 27 years of age, fell in love with Jacob Mueller's young daughter, Civilla, (sometimes listed as Sevil), she was but 17 years of age and too young for marriage, so we have a case of the old love story, "he waited for her". Among their issue was a daughter, Catherine, who married first, Hardy Bush and had issue, after the death of Bush, Catherine married James Blackshear. The location of the Franck settlement was quite near to the location of the Alexander Blackshear settlement, a few miles from New Berne, (now Newbern, N. C.) the Blackshear-Franck community was then known as "New Germany." No documentation, either foreign or American could be found which connected James Blackshear with the deGraffenried party or with the immigrant Palatines. It is documented that James Blackshear was the son of Agnes and Alexander Blackshear who came to Craven County N. C.. from Delaware between the years 1740~1747. Careful research failed to disclose any other James Blackshear contemporaneously, or in that locality. It seems to be logical to conclude that the "German" tradition was started from the tales heard about the German family connections, located at New Germany on the Trent River in Craven County, N. C., rather than from the Blackshears who moved into that county some 30 or more years after the arrival of the deGraffenried party. Catherine and her parents undoubtedly spoke the German language in their homes, their children and grandchildren would therefore have been familiar with it, and spoke it on occasion, and their stories to their descendants could very well be remembered incorrectly, giving rise to traditions which were misapplied. Research made after the S. F. Miller, "Memoirs of General David Blackshear" were printed, have definitely proven that documentation is preferable to family tradition.
Research, while incomplete, reveals three coats of arms: one illustrated, but without blazon, one with blazon, but without illustration, and one with both illustration and blazon.
The Blackshear coat of arms, used for generations by members of the family in various parts of the United States, must have been designed from a description of it, for although the essential armorial bearings and motto are the same in every illustration found, some copies of the arms show variation in technique, according to the taste of the artist who interpreted the description.
Research for the origin of the Blackshear arms was halted by the conditions surrounding the records in Scotland and Ireland. Like the Shawe and Blackshawe families, the arms probably originated in Scotland.
The illustration shown is from a line drawing made by A. Laura E. Blackshear; from the design used by relatives in Ga., La., and Fla. The blazon is hers also.
The Blackshaw coat of arms is taken from a description to be found in Burke's "General Armory". The illustration shown is from a line drawing made by A. Laura E. Blackshear. The blazon is from Burke.
The resemblance to the Blackshawe arms is so close as to suggest that an unrecorded cadency or achievement occurred. Note that the erminois becomes ermine, and the fourth trefoil becomes a stalk of oak leaves and an acorn. The vested cubit arm is omitted.
The Blackshaw arms are probably the best known of the three, because of the widespread and frequent use of the Burke books by students of genealogy, heraldry and kindred subjects. Researchers interested in families of British origin also use the Burke books extensively.
The Blackshawe coat of arms is registered in the College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, London, where the records show by whom and to whom it was granted. The College of Arms is an ancient and honorable institution. Its virility and usefulness are proven by the number of years it has functioned and by its present high standing. The illustration may be accepted as portraying, correctly, the arms which were granted to Thomas Blackshawe of Adlington in the year 1613.
On 1 May, 1954, The Master of Sinclair, Portcullis, at the College of Arms, wrote in part: "There is a grant of arms to Thomas Blackshawe of Adlington, Co. Chester by Sir Richard St. George, the then Norroy King of Arms, in 1613. In the grant he is described as son of William, son of Robert in one of Augustin Vincent's late 17th, century books on Cheshire, I find a short pedigree of the family. This pedigree is headed by John Blackshawe of Withington, Co., of Chester. He had a son Robert, also described as of Withington He had a son William, described of Adlington. This William married Maude Benet, and they had a son, Thomas, who had the Grant of Arms in 1613. This Thomas married twice. First Margaret, the daughter of Thomas Salesbury of Flint in Wales; and secondly Sara, the daughter of Thomas Davenport of Butley. They had a son Thomas and a daughter Anne (See Entry for a son John baptised 1608, Cit. Prestbury Parish Registers and "Visitations to Cheshire" by the Harlean Society.)
The illustration used is from a line drawing by A. Laura E. Blackshear, who used as a model the colored painting which was supplied by the College of Arms to the compiler in 1954. The blazon is by the College of Arms. A more complete blazon would be as follows: Gules, on a bend erminois, between two plates, three trefoils slipped vert. Mantling, gules doubled argent.
Crest: above the helmet resting on the escutcheon, on a wreath of the colors, a dexter cubit arm erect, vested erminois, cuffed white, the hand proper, grasping a trefoil, as in the arms.
Here follows a key to the color symbols: Argent—Silver or white, left blank. Gules—Red, vertical lines. Vert—Green, diagonal lines drawn from the dexter to the sinister side of the shield. Sable—Black, cross hatch, vertical over horizontal lines. Proper—Natural, (According to nature). Or—Gold OF Yellow, expressed by dots. Azure—Blue, horizontal lines Ermine--A white fur with black tufts. Erminois--A fur, the field or, the tufts sable.
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BLAZON OF THE BLACKSHEAR ARMS
Blackshear armorial bearings. Argent, a lion passant, on a chief gules, three mullets of the first, a fillet, or. Crest: From a wreath of the colors, a demilion rampant, naissant. Supporters: On either side a lion ramapant--all lions black with red tongues. Motto: On a scroll azure, doubled silver, VIVENS UT VINCAT. (Living to overcome.)
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BLAZON OF THE BLACKSHAW ARMS
Blackshaw armorial bearings. Gules, on a bend ermine between two plates. three trefoil slipped vert. Crest: An acorn or stalked and leaved vert. Cit. Burke, "General Armory".
Founding Families in the United States of America.
The challenges of the future are for the young couples of today. It is theirs to found families which will be able to meet and to master the intricate conditions of tomorrow.
Any young American, whether he be of high or humble birth, rich or poor, literate or illiterate, may, by the exercise of his talents and energies, become the founder of a family whose descendants shall proudly take rank with the descendants of those hardy, brave and industrious American Colonists, the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Patriots of the American Revolution, the Creators of the Constitution of the United States and other Builders of the American way of life.
Blackshears were and are among the builders of America and the American way of life.
All white Blackshears, whose lineage could be traced, came from two immigrant families. First: Thomas and Ellinor 1677. They were the ancestors of most of those whose names appear herein. Second: Randall and Alice, 1682, whose male descendants seem to have disappeared with their grandson, Nehemiah.
One comes to accept the idea that all white Blackshears are "kinfolks". The immigrant ancestors were pioneers in the real and rugged connotation. They did their parts in developing the resources and forming the pattern of the Colonial way of life in America. The imprint of their character, worth, and work was left especially in the Colonies of Delaware and North Carolina.
They contributed their sons and their substance to the cause of the American Revolution.
The northern Blackshears fought for the cause of the United States in the 1861-65 war. Their southern kin contributed their all to the cause of the Confederacy. These southerners accepted and overcame the devastations which, in those days, followed the vanquished in war. They became pioneers and builders again after 1865.
Their descendants may be found in the forefront of worth while affairs of today. They are making themselves felt in the realms of religion, education, science, medicine, business and agriculture, as well as in the social and esoteric groups.
One will search in vain for the proverbial `Horse Thief", or the victim of the hangman's noose. Not one was found.
Not all were saints by any stretch of the imagination. Included, but not identified, are two children born out of wedlock; one was accused of violating a trust,—he died of a broken heart before he could be tried; one was tried for murder,—the verdict was "justifiable homicide"; one ignorantly settled on land which had been previously granted to another; several had local reputations for possessing extensive and emphatic "cussin" vocabularies. Doubtless there were and are "hidden sins" among those of all generations, but in the overall, the family conduct watch words seem to have been discretion and forethought.
Throughout the years, one observes the many Blackshears who were preachers and teachers. In the early years agriculture was their vocation but preaching and teaching were their avocations.
One cannot fail to observe the many who joined the armed forces of their State and Nation. From Privates to Generals, they have written impressive military history. Throughout the years Blackshears have proven their patriotism in war and peace.
The vast majority seem to have loved God and their fellowman. Sundays were Church and Neighbor days.
It seems to have been characteristic that fathers, when able, gave their children a "start" when they grew up, and the children "took care" of their parents during their declining years. Profanity, murder, adultery, thieving, lying, and coveting seem to have been foreign to the history which this family has written for itself.
From the Church of England days, through the Presbyterians, the Quakers, the Baptists, the Methodists and other denominations, Blackshears have been active Churchmen.
In this history, 1677 to 1954, will be found many poor, some rich, some illiterate, many literate, A.Bs., M.As., M.Ss., Ph.Ds., M.Ds., D.D.s., D.D.Ss., L.L.Ds., etc.; some leaders and many loyal followers of the right,--all builders of the American way of life.
Ninety years ago, one said; "....the truth is, we love truth and honesty too well to cultivate the arts of dissembling; without truth and honesty, real refinement is very seldom observed."
Fifty years ago, one said; "The name Blackshear is the synonym for honesty, integrity, and uprightness, and I am proud to be descended from them."
One year ago, one said: "The Blackshears are modest people and Christians, I believe you could get more information from outside sources than you could from us."
To those characteristics their history adds an obvious innate drive or force which presages achievement in whatever direction their energies may be aimed. The descendants of the "Knights of Battle Abbey and the Barons of Runnymeade" have no nobler heritage.
Due to the great number of people mentioned and the long period of time covered, it was not feasible to arrange pedigrees in the usual genealogical order.
It will not be too difficult to find the pedigrees of those who have supplied the necessary information about the recent or living families.
Completed entries contain three generations. By following the entries backward in time, using the parents as guides, the pedigrees can be established back to Robert Blackshaw. He was the ancestor of most of those who are to be found in this compilation. The exceptions are those to be found in the Entries which are not complete.
There are many Entries which contain only a name and an address. At least one request for information was sent to each one of these who are now alive, but no response was received from them. Even these may find their pedigrees, if their private or family records go back far enough to connect with one of the older families.
There are other Entries for some who were located through research, with no parents or other connecting link shown. These are of doubtful value in establishing pedigrees, but they did live, they did bear the name, and they are therefore, included. Later researchers may find their tasks less confusing by knowing that those people were not overlooked in this work. As examples, a few of these are named here: Arent of N. J., John of Va., Daniel and Ruth of N. J., Randall and Alice of Pa., Rachael and Samuel of Ireland, Joseph of Dela., Joseph of Pa., Jacob of Pa., Thomas of Rowan Co., N. C., Elijah of Craven and Jones Counties, N. C., Thomas of Ga., and Thomas of N. J.
Each main Entry begins with the given or Christian name of one who was or is named Blackshear, (or variant). They are arranged in alphabetical sequence, the names of their spouses appear in the Entries, also in the index.
Some confusion may occur when one remembers the traditional names instead of the real or documented names, such as "Dear Aunt Angie" whose first name may have been Emily; her Entry would, therefore, begin with Emily in the E section.
Time, space and money were not available in sufficient supply to follow those whose names were changed by marriage further than to the married names of their children, and then, of course, only in those cases where by research or volunteer information the Entries could be completed.
Two pedigrees are submitted here by way of illustration, one American and one British: Edmund David, (in index) parent, Perry L. Jr., see Entry, parent, Perry L. Sr., parent, Perry Linkfield, parent, James Addison, parent, Enoch, parent, Jacob, parent, Elisha Stout, parent, Alexander, parent, Robert, parent, Thomas of Piscataway, N. J., 1677. The British pedigree is reversed; John of Withington had Robart of Withington, who had William of Adlington who had Thomas of Adlington who had John of Adlington who had Thomas, who was baptised 25 Sept., 1634, all in Cheshire.
Church of England Registers were not systematically maintained during Cromwell's revolutionary years, there is therefore a gap of some 10 to 12 years in which the best sources of information do not exist. There remain the Court trials and procedures, the records of Wills and Administrations, the inventories of Estates and other public records, during those Cromwell years when Church registers were ill kept, if at all. Those years were from about 1649, the year that Charles 1st, was beheaded, until about 1660 when the Churches began to resume the function of recording baptisms, marriages and funerals. St. Wilfreds Church, Mobberly, Cheshire, having had the closest personal study of all the Churches, in and around Chester, shows no Blackshaw entires in her Registers from 1649 to 1660.
Later researchers may like to know that the following Cheshire parish registers have been searched for the marriage of Thomas Blackshaw and his wife Ellinor . . .7. . ., with negative results: Alderly, Bebington, Bidstone, Bruera, Chelford, St. Bridget, St. Mary, St. Olave, Disley, Eastham, Frodsham, Gawsworth, Heswell, Holmes Chapel, Lymm, Marple, Martom, Prestbury, St. Mary (Stockport), Swettenham, Tarporley, Texall, Upton in Overchurch and Wallasey. There are some 40 odd other parish Churches with Registers in Cheshire, which began before 1677, the year that Thomas was first documented in America.
It is essential that the marriage of Thomas and Ellinor be documented, either in Britain or in America, before pedigrees can be extended beyond the shores of America.
Later researchers may like to know that searches were made in the Maine and New Hampshire public records and the Historical Society records, in an effort to establish an arrival earlier than 1677. Piscataway, N. J., was settled first by a group from Piscataqua, Maine, now New Hampshire. There were no Blackshaws among them, nor were there any records of Blackshaws having been among the earlier settlers of Maine and New Hampshire.
The Monnette books contain the most numerous references to the Blackahaw family: later research however, has followed the N. J. Blackshaws into Delaware, West Va., Pa., N. C., Ga., and other southern States. Monnette says that the Blackshaws arrived at Piscataway, N. J., in 1677, further that Gov. Carteret `s ship, "Philip", made many crossings carrying colonists and supplies. Gov. Carteret was an appointee of the English Crown, and while he would have welcomed colonists from any source, it may be safely assumed that his ship plied between British ports and his N. J. ports. The next step therefore, in establishing a pedigree back of Thomas and Ellinor, would be to continue the researches in England.
For the convenience of those who may wish to make a record of their own pedigrees, several pedigree pages are included in the fore part of this book.
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This book is the property of, Name ____________ Address ___________ Whose Blackshear pedigree follows:
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A. D. Blackshear, 115 Anderson Street, Houston, Texas. Cit. T. D. 1953
A. H. Blackshear, 5611 H. M. C., Houston, Texas. Cit. T. D. 1953
A. I. Blackshear, 125 East 27th Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Cit. T. D. 1953
Aaron Blackshear, 116 West Monroe Street, Jacksonville, Fla. Cit. T. D. 1953
Aaron Elias, (Called Elias) b. Greene Co., Pa. 4 June 1809 son of Elizabeth Stone and Ebenezer Blackshere No. 2. Lived Mannington, W. Va. where he d. 18 Jan 1885 bur. Rachel, Lincoln Dist. Marion, Co., W. Va.
Wife Eliza Ramer b. Greene or Fayette Co., Pa. 14 Oct. 1811 dau. of Jacob Ramer. D. Mannington, W. Va. 7 Feb.
1893 bur. beside husband. Date and place of m. not traced. Issue No. 1 Jacob Ramer m. Martin No. 2 Rebecca b. 7 Sept. 1836 in W. Va. d. age 21 never m. No. 3 John (Called Jack) m. Sanders No. 4 Francis b. 25 Jan. 1841 d. Infancy. No. 5 Benjamin Franklin m. Mapel No. 6 Elias A. No. 2 rn Gray No. 7 Margaret Ann m. Beaty. Aaron Elias occupation Planter. Owned about 100 acres of land near Mannington, W. Va. Cit. Lr. P. H. Pitzer, Mannington 1953.
Cit. Raines Misclns Papers. Lr. Mrs. V. P. Kruza, 1954. Lr. Harriett Blackshere 1906 via Raines. “Tipper Monongahala Valley” Callahan pp 504-5 Via V.
Aaron F., b. 16 Nov. 1827 son of Sarah and Frank (Francis) Blackshere m. first Nannie Dunaway of Greene Co., Pa. issue Maggie who m. a Mr. Black of Iowa, not traced. No. 2 Another dau who m. E. F. Rawson of Houston, Texas not traced. Married second of Iowa, no trace of issue. M. third Fannie Cave or Case of Greensboro, Pa. once lived in Jennings, La. no trace of issue.
Cit. Raines Misclns Papers.
Aaron Hood, b. 1 Nov. 1868 son of Harriett Dix and Geo. W.
Blackshere of W. Va. rn. Leola Stump of Stumptown
March 1876 issue No. 1 Ruth No. 2 Ruba. No. 3 Albeit none
traced. Cit. Lr. Harriett Dix Blackshear to Raines 1907 Abb Blackshear Jr. No. 30 Tannehil,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Cit. T. D. 1953 Abraham No. 1,
chart b. Kent Co., Delaware or
Craven Co., N. C. about 1742 son of Agnes and Alexander
Blackshear. m. N. C. about 1768, name of wife not known, Issue
No. 1 or No. 2 Abraham No. 2 No. 2 or No. 1 Alexander No. 3 Sarah
all b. in N. C. between the years of (about 1769 and 1773.
Abraham No. 2 m. first Elizabeth Stanley and second Mildred Lord.
Alexander is said never to have married. Sarah was not married at
the time of her Grandmother's death 1793. The custom of making
wills was common in this family in those years, as witness the
wills of Alexander, Agnes, James and Elisha Stout. Since no will
made by this Abraham has been located one surmises that either he
and his widow died young or moved to Georgia at the time that so
many relatives were doing so, including his son Abraham No. 2.
His father Alexander willed to this Abraham, among other items
"—All my cider casks of what kind and nature soever they
be—" in the year 1786. "1787-1789 Dec. 31st to Dec.
31st tax 5 shillings on an Ordinary license, Jones Co., N.
C." At Louisville Ga. 5 Dec. 1814 one Abraham Blackshear was
granted a license to distill spirits for the term 5 Dec. 1814 to
19 Dec. 1814. Dr. Raines says one Abraham moved to Sumter Co.,
Ala. others say that one Abraham moved to Conecuh Co., Ala both
moving from Ga. From the above one wonders if both Abrahams came
to Ga. at about the same time, the older one having some
familiarity with Cider and Spirits, the younger devoting his time
mostly to farming: Certain it is that Abraham No. 1 disappeared
from the N. C. scene, either by untimely death or removal before
the Federal Census of 1800 was taken. Here follows some of the N.
C. documentation; Abraham No. 2 b. Jones Co., N. C. about 1772
son of Abraham Blackshear No. 1 whose wife's name is unknown.
Lived in Sampson Co., N. C. Washington Co., Ga. Conecuh Co., Ala.
date and place of death unknown, "Buried in the front yard
of his home grounds on the Conecuh River about 25 miles from
Brewton Ala., no marker" (Lr. E. M. Blacksher, Brewton, Ala.
a descendant). Wives No. 1 Elizabeth Stanley (believed to be the
dau. of Ann Cogdell and John Wright Stanley by David Blackshear
New Orleans, La. a descendant) marriage in Duplin Co., N. C.
(Marriage Bond 5 Nov. 1791 Abraham Blackshear and Elizabeth
Stanley) Issue No. 1 James b. N. C. 6 Oct. 1793. No. 2 David m.
Taylor and Taliaferro. No. 3 Elizabeth m. Hines. E. S. B. died
in Washington Co. Ga. about 1803. Wife No. 2 Mildred (or Malinda)
Lord of Washington Co., m. about 1805 issue No. 4 Jeptha J. m.
Mayo. No. 5 Nancy m. Parker. No. 6 John b. Washington Co., Ga. 26
Nov. 1810. No. 7 Anna b. Washington Co., Ga. 21 Feb. 1813. No. 8
Josiah Wesley m. Dixon. Some documentation follows: 1790 Federal
Census Jones Co., N. C. lists only two males in the family of
Abraham No. 1, probably himself and son Alexander, one son had
gone from home. 1791 Marriage Bond Duplin Co., N. C. 1800 listed
with family in Census of Sampson Co., (adjoins Duplin) name
spelled Blackshier age over 26, two males under 10,.one female
over 26. Three slaves listed. 1810 Not listed in Sampson Co.,
Census. 1806 participated in Ga. Land Lottery while living in
Washington County Ga. the Anderson District (later Morgan, Putnam
and Jasper Counties) he drew lot No. 220. 1814 one Abraham (could
have been his father) granted a license to distill spirits in
Washington Co., Ga. 1820 Listed in Federal Census of Conecuh Co.,
Ala. does not appear in the 1830 Census, name spelled Abram
Blackshaw in the 1820 Census. Listed as son of Abraham No. 1 by
Dr. T. H. Raines, writing about 1903. Family records indicate
that he moved from Ga. to Sumter Co., Ala. first and then to
Conecuh Co. The issue of Elizabeth Stanley spelled the name
"Blackshear," the issue of Mildred Lord spelled it
"Blacksher" their later descendants continue each
spelling. Cit. 1790 Census Jones Co., N. C. 1800 Census of
Sampson Co., N. C. 1820 Census Conecuh Co., Ala. via. V. Marriage
Bonds of Duplin Co., Department of Archives and History, Raleigh,
N. C. Land Lottery of 1806 "Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties
Ga." Raines Vol. S. p. 2. Ls. David Blackshear, New Orleans,
La. (descendant). Erasmus Manford Blacksher, Brewton, Ala.
(descendant) 1953. Agnes Lee b. Uriah, Ala., 1884, dau. of
Margarite (Maggie) McGowin and David Wesley Blacksher. Husband W.
0. Lott b. Mobile, Ala., 1883, son of Margaret Johnson and Joseph
Washington Lott (maybe James W. L.). Issue William Blacksher b.
1907 four times married no children. No. 2 Wade DuBose b. 1917
unmarried 1953. No. 3 Elizabeth b. 1919 m. Fred E. Unger No. 4
Agnes Daphne b. 1923 married J. M. Peck. Two sons b. between Wm.
and Wade d. in infancy. W. 0. Lott occupation Real Estate and
Insurance both living in Mobile, Ala., 1952. Moved to Daphne,
Ala., 1954, after living 47 years and 3 months at Church and
Rapier Streets, Mobile. Cit. Ls. W. 0. Lott, Mobile, Ala.
Albert Mitchael b. Twiggs Co. Ga. 11 Dec.
1829, son of Elizabeth C. Paul and Joseph Blackshear, lived
Macon, Ga. d. there 13 Feb. 1865 bur. Rose Hill Cemetery, wife
Marian Joppy Cotton b. Savannah, Ga. 7 July 1837 dau. of
Elizabeth Whitehurst Bullock and Charles Cotton of New York. d.
Macon 11. Oct. 1916 bur. Rose Hill. M. 13 or 19 Feb. 1862 Issue (sole) Charles Cotton Blackshear b. Ma con, Ga. 10 Dec. 1862 d. Java. 27 Oct. 1938 Bur. European Cemetery at Djokjakarta, Java. Never married. 1850 Census lists A.M.B. 20, Clerk b. in Ga., lived in the John L. Jones household. Writing in 1865 James Appleton Blackshear says “Late in the afternoon I called at Mrs. Cotton's to see Miss Harrold. I had the pleasure of seeing Cousin Marian and her delicate little boy. She has a comely face; an elegant figure and evidently a good disposition.” Charles Cotton Blackshear won scholarship to Mercer University Macon Ga. another to Johns Hopkins at Baltimore, Md. where he majored in, and received Ph.D. in Chemistry. Taught at Goucher, now Womans College of Baltimore. World Traveler & student of Ancient Asian Architecture. Writing in 1922, a newspaper man with signature d. V. wrote the following article titled.
“THE PROFESSOR FROM JOGJA”
JOGJA
Anyone who knows Jogja, knows the Grand Hotel and the professor. There is but one professor in Jogja and he lives in that hotel. Everyone sees him daily along the roadside, and points him out with somewhat respectful surprise, but no one knows him any better.
He went back to India to continue his historic architectural
studies, but he was back in Java again on account of climatic
reasons, before the end of 1917. British India just within the
scope of the monsoons could not permanently tempt him. Jogja
seemed to have for him the ideal tropical climate. Besides, he
likes the way of life here. His special studies were about
Boroboedoer and Prambanan. He spent the winter of 1920 in Siam
(Bangkok) only to return again the same year to Jogja, paying a
visit to Bali in 1921. "Did you write any articles in
American scientific periodicals or magazines?" "No,
never. But I did write a book `The Monuments of the Peoples of
India, Java and Cambodja' I have beautiful photographs to go with
it. The book discusses all the important and interesting
antiquities of those countries." Here the professor stopped
talking; and I asked who published this work. Whereupon he gave
the answer which perhaps forms the tragical side of this lonesome
life of study. "It's not printed yet. It has been in the
hands of the largest publishers in New York, London and
Australia. They all find it extremely interesting and beautiful,
but in these expensive times, they cannot afford the expense of
printing this type work nor can I carry the expenses. Therefore,
I shall just have to await more advantageous times." After
more questions, I found out that Professor Blackshear taught
himself to read Javanese. However, he does not speak a word of
Dutch. "But I see you read the telegrams regularly every
evening in the local papers!" "Yes, I usually can
follow the content of the telegrams, but not any contemplative
articles." "And what are your further plans?"
"To return in September this year to British India and
perhaps remain there forever." However, the hotel manager
informed that Mr. Blackshear has previously reached similar
decisions often. And thus for the time being Jogja keeps its
professor. d. V. For the Newspaper "De Locomotief"
Jogia, Javali 5 April 1922 Translated from the original
"Dutch" by Mr. & Mrs. J. H. K. Lutjen, Atlanta, Ga.
Feb. 22, 1954. Albert Blackshear married Lucy Poller, in
Bibb Co. Ga. 5 November 1896. Cit. Bibb Co. Marriage records via
Mrs. J. P. Sanders, Miami Springs, Fla. 1953. Aldora Blackshear, 2406 North Lincoln Ct.,
Jacksonville, Fla. Cit. T. D. Aleck Blackshear was a Minor 18 Oct. 1934,
lived in Trinity Co., Texas. Cit. Texas Wills via. Mrs. A. J.
Matthews, Atlanta, Ga. 1953. Alexander No. 1 chart b. Kent County Delaware
about 1708 son of Robert Blackshaw, (also spelled 'share, 'sher,
'shear and in other ways). Lived in Kent Co., Del., Craven and
Jones Counties N. C. d. 1786 Will filed in Jones Co., Wife Agnes
..?... (probably Stout) b. Dela. or N. J. d. Jones Co., N. C.
1793 m. about 1730 to 1735 issue No. 1 James m. Bush No. 2
Eleanor m. Bailey No. 3 Elisha Stout m. Susanna ...?... (probably
Ward) No. 4 Abraham m. ...?... No. 5 Sarah m. Clifton No. 6
Another dau. m. Fordham. Alexander's Occupation Farmer. A
Proprietary Grant to Survey dated 1734 and a Love and Affection
deed from Robert to "my son" Alexander Blackshare,
dated 1735 for "100 Acres of land whereon he now lives"
indicate that Alexander was at least 21 years of age and married
by 1734 and 1735. In 1740 a Deed for the identically described
land given to him by his father was made, the deed bearing the
names Alexander Blackshier and his wife Agnis, indicating
preparation for their move to N. C. where Alexander was
documented first in 1747. At a point about 14 miles north of
Jacksonville N. C. and about 22 miles south of Newbern on Highway
No. 171 is a marker which bears the following: "C-28 First
Post Road. The road from New England to Charleston over which
mail was first carried regularly in N. C. 1738-1739, passed near
this spot." Coast wise Sailing was also a means of
transportation much used in those years. Here follows some
chronologically arranged documentation: 1734 Grant to Survey Cit.
Property Warrants and Survey, Kent Co., Dela. Hall of Records,
Dover B/1-No. 1 1735 Deed from Robert Blackshaw, 100 Acres,
Little Creek Hundred, to "My Son Alexander Blackshare,"
consideration "The natural love I bear him". Cit. Deed
Book L Vol. 1 p. 123 Kent Co., Dela Court House, Dover Dela. 1740
Deed to Estate of Robert Carter, the identically described land
he got from his father. This deed is signed by his wife Agnes
consideration 60 pounds. Cit. Deed Book M. Vol.1 page 108 etc.,
Kent Co. Court House. Cit. R. of D. Jones Co., Book 1 p. 559 1793 Will of Agnes
Blackshear probated Aug. term Jones Co., Court 1793 made 6
July 1793 Cit. N. C. Historical Com. Record Book C p. 78 Jones Co.,
Records. This Indenture made the eleventh day of February Ann Dom
One Thousand Seven hundred thirty five Between Robert
Blackshare of Kent County Planter of the one part &
Alexander Blackshare of the County aforesaid on the other
part Witnesseth that the said Robert Blackshare as well for
the natural love and affection which he beareth towards
Alexander Blacksheare Son of the said Robert Blackshare and
for divers other good causes and consideration him hereunto
moving for himself his heirs Executors, Administrators &
Assigns doth covenant and grant to & with the said
Alexander Blackshare his heirs and assigns by these presents
that he the said Alexander shall have and enjoy. The western
part of a tract of land whereon he now Liveth called
Blackshare Range Beginning at a corner marked White Oak
standing by the north side of the run of main or middle
Branch of the head of Dover River Alias Jones Creek a small
distance above Robert Blackshare present dwelling plantation
and running thence by a line of marked trees south three
degrees east one hundred thirty and two perches to a small
corner White Oak standing in one of the original lines of the
said Blackshare Range then south eighty four degrees west
about one hundred and forty perches to one of the original
corners of the said tract then by another line thereof north
sixteen degrees west ninety two perches to a corner White Oak
standing by a small branch then down the said small Branch
fourteen perches to a Chestnut White Oak standing by the said
main branch then down the same main branch to the place of
beginning containing one hundred acres and also all and
singular houses, buildings, barns, stables, yards, back
slides(?) orchards, gardens, meadows, pastures, swamps,
Savanas etc. etc. etc .............. his Sealed and Delivered in presence of Joseph Cowel, Thomas
Nixon, Jo. Meconekin. Acknowledged in open Court of Common
Pleas held at Dover Town in and for the County of Kent on
Delaware the eleventh day of February one thousand seven
hundred and thirty five. A true copy Test Benjamin Turner I, Robert A. Saulsbury, Recorder of Deeds, in and for Kent
County, State of Delaware, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true Abstract of Deed, of Robert
Blackshare to Alexander Blackshare as recorded in Deed Book
L, Vol. 1, Page 123. etc. In Witness Whereof, I Have hereunto set my hand and
official seal of office at Dover, this 9th. day of September
A.D. 1953 Robert A. Saulsbury Recorder of Deeds in and for Kent
County, State of Delaware This Indenture made the twelfth day of February in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & forty,
Between Alexander Blackshier & Agnis his wife of Little
Creek Hundred in the County of Kent on Delaware of the one
part and Jane Carter & James Carbin Joynt Executors of
the Last Will & Testament of Robert Carter of Dover
Hundred in the County aforesaid: of this other part
Witnesseth that whereas Robert Carter in his life time did
purchase of the said Alexander Blackshier for the
consideration of the sum of fifty pounds current money of
this government to the said Alexander secured One hundred
acres of land situate lying & being in Dover hundred in
the County aforesaid: Beginning at a corner White Oak
standing on the north side of the main or middle branch of
the head of Dover River otherwise called Jones' Creek, being
a comer Tree of the land of Thomas Williams & running
from thence by a line of marked trees south three degrees
east one hundred & thirty two perches to a small corner
White Oak standing in one of the lines of a larger tract of
land called Blackshier Range part whereof the above mentioned
land is, thence running south eighty four degrees west one
hundred & forty perches to one of the original corners of
the aforesaid, Blackshier Range thence by another line of
said tract of land north sixteen degrees west ninety two
perches to corner White Oak standing by a small branch,
thence down the said branch, fourteen perches to corner
Chestnut White Oak standing by the side of the aforesaid
branch of Dover River, thence down the said branch to this
place of beginning, containing by estimation one hundred
acres of land be the same more or less. And before the said
land was actually conveyed the said Robert Died leaving the
aforesaid persons Executors of his Last Will & Testament;
Now this Indenture Witnesseth that the said Alexander
Blackshier & Agnis his wife in & for the
consideration above mentioned hath granted bargained aliened
enfeoffed confirmed & by these presents Doth grant
bargain alien enfeoff & confirm unto the said Jane Carter
& James Carbin their heirs & assigns the aforesaid
tract of land & all & singular the houses, barns,
stables, orchards, gardens, meadows, pastures, wood &
underwood, ways, water, watercourses, etc. etc. etc Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of us) Robt.
Bassill--John Hart his Kent County SS: Be it remembered that on the fourteenth day of May Anno
Dom Seventeen hundred forty & one Alexander Blackshier
& Agnis his wife parties to the within deed came unto the
Court of Common Pleas & acknowledged the laws unto Jane
Carter & James Carbin the other parties and the lands
& premises within mentioned to be the right, property
& estate of the said Jane & James according to the
Report & Effect of the said Deed, at the same time the
aforesaid Agnis being secretly examined out of the hearing of
the said husband did declare that she freely &
voluntarily became a parties to the same without being
induced thereto by the means of any threats or fear of her
said husband, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
the Publick Seal of the County. Samuel Chew Proton A true copy I, Robert A. Saulsbury, Recorder of Deeds, in and for Kent
County, State of Delaware, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true Abstract of Deed, of Alexander
Blackshier & Agnis his wife, to Jane Carter & James
Carbin Joynt Executor of the Last Will & Testament of
Robert Carter as recorded in Deed Book M, Vol. 1, Page 108
etc. State of No' Carolina I give and bequeath unto my son Elisha Blackshear one
Negro Boy, Joe (Slave) part on amt--what I owe him and for
other good causes; also one Negro woman named Amey, to him
and his heirs forever, after my wife's death - - I lend to my son Abraham Blackshear one hundred acres of
land on the So. side of Trent River including the Houses and
plantation whereon I now live; also one hundred acres joining
the afores'd land and river; also Ten acres on the N. side of
s'd river; the latter being part of a tract patented by
Nehemiah Randal, during his natural life, and after his
death, I give and bequeath all the lands I lend to my son
Abraham, unto his son Alexander Blackshear, to him and his
heirs lawfully begotten of his body forever; reserving my
wife's life as aforesaid-I lend unto my son Abraham
Blackshear (Immediately after my wife's death) my negro boy
Buck during his natural life, and after his death, I then
give the afores'd negro boy, Buck, unto my Grandson Alexander
Blackshear (son of my son Abraham afores'd) to him and his
heirs lawfully begotten of his body forever. I give and
bequeath unto my son Abraham Blackshear, all my cider casks
of what kind or nature soever they be, immediately after my
wife's death - I lend unto my son Elisha Blackshear (after my wife's
death) and until his son Jacob shall arrive to the age of
twenty-one, Eighty-Two acres of Land on the So. side of Trent
River whereon my son Abraham Blackshear now lives; also Fifty
acres lying on the. No. side of Trent River patented by John
Wallin--Which said Lands I give and bequeath to my Grandson
Jacob Blackshear son of my son Elisha afores'd after my
wife's death, and then as soon as he shall arrive at the age
of Twenty-one to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his
body forever - My will and desire is that all my household
and kitchen furniture, not herein before given, be equally
divided between my Daughter Eleanor Baily, Sarah Clifton, and
my Grand Daughter Susanna Fordham, immediately after my
wife's death, by my sons, James, Elisha, and Abraham
Blackshear, to. them share and share alike as equally as may
be. I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter, Susanna
Fordham, one negro girl named Curchey, to her and her heirs
lawfully begotten of her body forever; but in case said
Susanna should die without any legal heir, then and in that
case, I give s'd negro girl Curchey, and her part of my
household and kitchen furniture, to my Grand Daughter, Mary
Clifton in the same manner as they are given to my Daughter
Susanna. Also my will and desire is that my son Abraham Blackshear
pay unto my Daughter Eleanor Baily yearly, the value of five
pounds in produce, to commence from the time he shall take
possession; or so long as my Daughter shall live in the
house, or continue a widow, and no longer. My will and desire
is that all my flock of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. and
all my other personal estate not herein before specified and
particularly given, or mentioned, to be equally divided
between my Daughter Eleanor, Sarah, and Grand-Daughter
Susanna Fordham, and in manner and form before mentioned, to
them and their heirs forever I hereby nominate, constitute
and appoint my son Elisha Blackshear & my friend Nathan
Bryan esq. my Executors to this My Last Will & Testament,
hereby Disannulling all others by me heretofore made. In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal
the day and year first within written. his Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared for and as his Last
Will and Testament in presence of us who have hereunto set
our names as witnesses Harget--John T. Bryan--Benjamin
Pickren Then was the foregoing Last Will and Testament of
Alexander Blackshear Dec'd duly proved in open court
agreeable to Law by oath of Frederick Harget, one of the
subscribing witnesses, and ordered to be registered at the
same time Elisha Blackshear one of the Executors herein named
qualified agreeable to Law, orders that Letters issue
accordingly Attest John Lent Bryan Cr. Cr. chart Witness present John Gilbert State of North Carolina. Jones County Court August term
1793 Then was the aforegoing last Will & Testament of Agnes
Blackshear dec's. duly proved by the oath of John Gilbert the
subscribing evidence and ordered to be recorded at the same
time Administration on the estate of the said Agnes
Blackshear dec'd. was granted to Elisha Blackshear, with the
Will annexed, who entered into Bond and Qualified agreeable
to law. Ordered that letters testamentary ...?...
accordingly. Attest Len Bryan C. C. Cit. Jones Co. Records, Wills
1760-1842 Vol. 1. p. 11 Department of Archives & History,
Raleigh, N. C. Alexander No. 2 chart b. Jones Co., N. C. 4
Dec. 1772 son of Susannah and Elisha Stout Blackshear. Lived
Laurens Co., Ga. where he probably d. between 1820-1830. Wife Ann
Allison b. 1767 lived Laurens Co., Ga. and Henry Co., Ala. where
she d. probably between 1830-1840. Place and date of m. was
probably in Ga. about 1797 issue No. 1 Elijah b. Nov. 1798 No. 2
Nancy b. Aug. 1800 No. 3 Maria b. March 1802 No. 4 Lovica b. May
1805 No. 5 Alexander m. Jeannette Ann Allison (see entry) No. 6
William Royal b. 1810 m. Huldah Harden (see entry) No. 7 Sally b.
1813. All issue b. Laurens Co., Ga. This Alexander was probably
the first of the N. C. Blackshears to leave home, his uncle James
Blackshear speaks of owning cattle in Georgia. (See Will of J.
B.) This Alexander was probably employed to drive the cattle to
Ga. before 1790. James Blackshear does not mention a son named
Alexander, Abraham's son named Alexander moved to Alabama and
never m. "Aleck" mentioned as son of Elisha Stout
Blackshear in Family Chart made by James Appleton Blackshear
about 1865 after visiting his Grandfather Enoch, who was Grandson
to Elisha Stout via Jacob, and who dictated the information found
in the chart. Several other sons of Elisha Stout left home before
his Will was made, he speaks of some of his dau. as having
"received their proportionate share of my estate" No
doubt it was his custom to give property to his children when
they either m. or moved on to seek their fortunes elsewhere. The
will of Alexander Blackshear No. 1 mentions "Grandsons"
Jacob and Alexander, his widow Agnes carried out the purpose of
the bequest by making deeds to Jacob and Alexander later, the
Alexander mentioned was undoubtedly the son of Abraham. The 1820
Census of Laurens Co., Ga. lists 3 males and 3 females young
enough to be the children of this Alexander and Ann, 3 slaves
also appear. Cit. 1820 Census, Laurens Co., Ga. Raines Vol. 5. p.
1. Register of Deeds records, Jones Co., N. C. Court House Book 1
p.559 via F. Lr. Mrs. Verda Tolle of Hugo, Okla. (Descendant) Alexander Blackshear No. 3 living Henry Co.,
Ala. 1830 no family listed, age between 50-60 years, 2 Male
Slaves. listed above John Sweny and below David Ward. This
Alexander could have been the son of Abraham No.1 and the brother
of Abraham No.2 who settled in Conecuh and Sumter Counties Ala.
Dr. Thos. Hart Raines says that an Alexander so related never
married. David Blackshear, New Orleans, La. concurs. Another
Alexander occurs in the same county and in the same Census, this
one with Family, which see. Cit. 1830 Census Henry Co., Ala.
Raines Vol. S. p. 1. Lr. David Blackshear New Orleans La. 1953. Alexander No. 4 b. Laurens Co., Ga. 3 April
1808 son of Ann Allison and Alexander Blackshear No.2. Lived in
Henry Co., Ala. and in Pennington, Trinity Co., Texas, where he
d. and was bur. Wife Jeannette Ann Allison b. 15 March 1811,
place of birth and parents unknown. Place and date of m. unknown,
issue No. 1 Nancy Ann b. 31 Aug. 1831 No. 2 William Newton m.
Elizabeth ...?... and had issue. No.3 John Houston b. July 1837
d. while in the Army of the Confederate States of America. No. 4
James Monroe m. and had issue. No. 5 Mary Ann b. Jan. 1841 No. 6
Margaret Sara Ann b. Mar. 1843 No.7 Catherine Victoria Ann b.
March 1845 No. 8 Elizabeth J. Ann b. May 1847 No.9 Daniel
Alexander m. Adams and Tucker. All of the above were b. in Henry
Co., Ala. The following were b. after the move to Texas. No. 10
Celestia Ann m. Stokes. No. 11 Kenneth Royal m. and had issue.
This Alexander is listed as Alexandria Blackshear in the Henry
Co., Ala. Census of 1850, all issue named except the last two.
Property value $2,000.00. Occupation Farming. Listed as
Alexandria Blockshear in the 1840 Census, same Co., with 4 slaves
(Males) and 3 female slaves. Listed as Alexander Blockshear 1830
Census, same Co., with Female between 60 and 70 years of age,
probably his mother or his mother in law. The 1850 Census lists
the birth place of Jeannette as "N (1) C.,, Mrs. Verda Tolle
writes; "My Grandfather Alexander Blackshear kept a record,
the book is a loose leaf, leather bound record. It is 150 years
old and is so mutilated that I thought it best not to send it to
you. It only goes back to my Great Grandfather. My Grandfather
made the book and kept it during his life time, then my Father
continued it as long as he lived." Cit. Federal Census
Records, Henry Co., Ala. 1830-40-50. Ls. Mrs. Yerda Tolle and
Mrs. C. B. Echols descendants 1954. Alexander LaFayette b. Obion, Co., Tenn. 1
Aug. 1856 son of Mary ...?... and Jacob Blackshir. Lived in Clay
Co., Ark. D. there, bur. Mars Hill Cemetery near Crockett, Ark.
Wife Ada Burton b. Ark. clan. of Robert Burton of Ark. d. Ark.
bur. beside husband. Place and date of m. not known, issue (the
order of births not known) No.1
Robert Bascom. No. 2 Ernest d. in infancy. No. 3 Audrey No. 4 Norman Burton No. 5 Fred. No. 1, No. 4, and No. 5 are said to be living but whereabouts not known, letters to Chico, Calif were returned for “better Address.” A. L. B. Occupation Farming and Lumber Milling. “A. L. Blackshare, of Boydsville, another prominent and much respected citizen of Clay County, Ark., was born in Tennessee, in 1856, and came to Clay County, Ark., in 1880. He followed agricultural pursuits for two years, and in 1885 bought out the stock of Mrs. Ella Blackshare, widow of R. B. Blackshare, and began business in Boydsville. This he continued for two years, and then sold out to J. S. Blackshare, after which he purchased the stock of W. S. Blackshare & Co., and is now engaged in that business, under the firm title of A. L. Blackshare. Aside from this he is also occupied in milling and manufacturing, under the business title of Blackshare and Blackshare. In 1886 he was elected to the position of treasurer of the county and was re-elected in 1888. Miss Ada Berton, a native of Arkansas, and the daughter of Robert Berton became his wife, and to them were born two children, one now living; Robert Bascom. The other child, Ernest, died at the age of one year. Mr. Blackshare is a member of the Masonic fraternity.” From Biographical & Historical Memoirs of NE Ark, 1889, The Goodspeed Pub. Co. Cit. Jacob’s Bible via P. L. Blackshire. Bellefonte, Ark. L. Mrs. C. H. Metcalf, Sarasota, Fla. History of Ark. 1890 Clay Co. by Hempstead. Lr. B. I. Blackshare, Little flock, Ark. 1954
Alice Blackshear, 3310 Clinton Street, Houston, Texas. Cit. T. D. 1953.
Alice or Ann dau. of Judith Moore and Jacob Blackshear m. John Platt. Cit. Raines Vol. S. p. 36. Alice Delota, b. 18 Dec. 1880 dau. of Malinda McLendon and William Wesley Blackshear. Husband E. C. Hall of Pratt City Ala. M. 19 Nov. 1903 D. Dothan, Ala. 1953. Issue not traced. Cit. Raines Vol. S. p. 28. Death Notice Dothan Newspaper. Allie, b. Henry Co., Ala., 1 Jan. 1877, dau. of Amanda Davis and Judson Blackshear. Living 1954. Has lived in Birmingham, Ala.. Husband, Walter W. Zorn, b. Barbour Co., Ala., 28 Sept. 1871, son of Nancy Caroline Zorn (cousin of husband) and Dennis Harrison Zorn, Zornville (now Shorterville) Henry Co., Ala. d. Haleburg, 28 Oct. 1947, bur. Haleburg. m. Haleburg, 1 Sept. 1898. Issue—none. Cit. Lr. Mrs. R. H. Mouring, Columbia, Ala., 1954. Alma Gertrude, b. Pulaski Co., 29 Jan. 1888, dau. of Carrie Reeves and John Marmaduke Blackshear. d. Cochran, Ga., 1920. bur. there. Hus. Turner Cranford, b. Cochran, Ga., son of Miss Edmondson and G. W. Cranford. M. at Cochran, Ga. Issue No. 1, Helen Beam, m. Mr. Merk, N. Y., No. 2 Alma Marion, m. Charlie Simmons, Atlanta, Ga. No. 3 Marian Adele. T. C. Occupation Farmer, Member Evergreen Baptist Church. AGBC was a teacher. JMB was member of the Boiling Springs Methodist Church, Lovett, Ga. Cit. Lr. Mrs. W. B. Jessup, Macon, Ga. 1953. Amanda M. b. Pulaski Co., Ga. 15 March 1825 dau. of Mary Vinson and John Blackshear. Lived in Lowndes, Terrell, Randolph, Webster and Thomas Counties in Ga. d. in Thomas Co., 16 Jul. 1913 bur. Harmony Church Yard, located about 2 miles East of Barwick, Ga. Her grave stone gives dates of b. and d. and “At Rest.” Husband John Everett (Sometimes spelled Everitt) b. Ga. 30 Aug. 1822 d. Thomas Co., 22 Dec. 1898 bur. Harmony Church Yard, grave stone gives dates of b. and d. and “Weep not, he is at rest.” Place and date of m. not known, issue No. 1 Mary Ann. No. 2 Peyton b. 18 Dec. 1852 d. 23 Sept. 1872, grave beside his Parents, stone gives dates of b. and d. and “Death Loves a Shining Mark.” No. 3 Nancy b. 1855. No. 4 Jeannette b. 1.859. No. 5 John Jr. b. 1861. No. 6 Amanda Bell b. 27 Oct. 1862 m. George Thomas Nesmith. No. 7 William b. 1866. Only No. 6 is traced further, see below. J. E. Occupation, Farming. He was obviously very kind and attentive to the needs of his Father-in-Law during his declining years, records show that he moved to Thomas Co., at the same time and that he attended to business and tax matters for John Blackshear. Issue No. 6 Amanda m. George T. Nesmith who was b. 9 Oct. 1858 d. 14 Jan. 1938 Occupation Farming. Place and date of m. not given, Issue No. 1 Amanda Pearl b. 1881 m. Mathis
Amanda Elizabeth b. 13 Feb. 1830 dau. of Isabella Dobson and Ezekiel Blackshear. M. James Lawrence. D. Ozark Co., Mo. Cit. Raines Vol. S. p. 44.
Amma b. March 1873 dau. of Susannah Sykes and Joseph Blackshear m. Walter McClellan Apl. 1895.
Andrew Blackshire, 521 Waco Street, Houston, Texas. Cit. T. D. 1953.
Angelina Raines b. Thomas Co., Ga. 31 Jan. 1842 dau. of Emily G. Raines and Gen'l Thomas E. Blackshear of Thomas Co., Ga. and Navasota, Texas. Lived in Thomas Co., Ga. and Grimes Co., Texas. d. there 1 May 1919. Husband Dr. Thos. E. Foster b. Ga. 7 Feb. 1839 son of Charlotte Pinckard and Robert B. S. Foster who was b. in Forsyth, Ga. and lived in Washington Co., Texas. M. in Texas 10 June 1865 (Maybe 26 July 1866) issue none. Anna Louise b. Henry Co., Ala. 10 Sept. 1878
dan. of Mary Caroline Love and Jesse Emmett Blackshear. Husband
George Penuel b. Shorterville, Ala. 2 Nov. 1872 son of Maggie
Bruce and Calvin Penuel of Columbia, Ala. Lived in Henry Co.,
Ala., where he d., bur. Haleburg, Ala. Will filed in Henry Co. M.
Henry Co., 1896 issue No. 1 Annie Earle b. 2 Oct. 1897 m. S. H.
Moore at Miami, Fla. 1942. No. 2 Virgil Ealon b. 22 June 1900 m.
Hosie L. Howard at Hilton, Ga. 4 Aug. 1916. No. 3 George Monford
b. 10 Aug.1909 m. Nancy Gamble at Abbeville, Ala. 30 Sept.1932.
No. 4 Jack Hill b. 2 Aug. 1912 m. Wilma Windham at Dothan, Ala.
12 Oct. 1937. No.5 Henry b. 2 Aug. 1912 m. Maggie Lee Creel at
Dothan, Ala. 20 Nov. 1937. No. 6 Helen Olivia b. 31 May 1915 m.
Russell Thompson at Miami 10 Feb.1942. G. P. Occupation Farming.
Member Camp Springs Church. Issue 1 and 2 b. at Haleburg, all
others b. at Columbia, Ala. Cit. Lr. Mrs. J. T. Blackshear,
Athens, Ala. Anna M. Blackshear, 1702 West Erie Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa. Cit. T. D. 1953. Anne Elizabeth b. Thomas Co., Ga. 1839 dau.
of Harriett Jones and James Joseph Blackshear No. 1. Husband
Cap't. Henry Mortimer Sapp d. Atlanta, Ga. M. Thomas Co., Ga. 6
July 1865 issue No. 1 Elizabeth no trace. No. 2 Olivia Goodwin m.
Dr. Wm. G. Elkin of Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 1895 and had two sons, Wm.
G. Jr. and Henry. No. 3 Harriett d. young. No. 4 Henry Mortimer
d. young. Cit. Thomas Co., Marriages Book 1 p. 23. Harley Familv
Records via Miss Carol Harley, Waycross, Ga. 1954. Raines Vol. J.
p. 10.
Dr. Thomas
Hart Raines chart
b. "Springwood" 22 June 1878 lived Savannah, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga. on active duty during World War I in many stations
d. at Fort Riley, Kansas 24 May 1918 while in the service of the
U.S. Government. His Blackshear lineage was through his
grandmother Ann Emily Blackshear who m. Lucien H. Raines. Edward
Blackshear who m. Emily G. Mitchell. James Blackshear of Jones
Co., N. C. who m. Katherine Franck Bush a widow with two sons.
Alexander of Kent Co., Dela. and Craven Co., N. C. and his wife
Agnes sur-name not known. Robert of Sussex and Kent Counties
Delaware and his wife whose name is not known. He was a
Genealogist as well as a public spirited citizen and Doctor. His
other lineage was traced back through the Mitchell Family to the
Saxon Kings of England, His immigrant ancestor was Christopher
Branch of Arrowbattock and Kingsland, Henrico County Va. arriving
March 1619/20. Item 3 of his Will "I bequeth to the Va.
Historical Society all my books, pamphlets and manuscripts
relating to Genealogy, Heraldry and Kindred Subjects." The
two books he wrote in long hand covered No. 1 all that he could
learn about James Blackshear and his descendants No. 2 all that
he could learn about Elisha Stout Blackshear and his descendants,
the No. 2 book also contains all that he could learn about the
descendants of Abraham Blackshear. These three sons of Alexander
and Agnes Blackshear headed up the three main branches of the
Southern Blackshear Families. Including this too slight reference
to Dr. Raines is in appreciation of the work he did and for the
records he left, without which the collecting of the data
included herewith would have been very much more difficult. In a letter dated May 24, 1902 (No. 252 Courtland Ave., an
old residential Street in Atlanta, Ga.) Dr. Raines wrote to
Mrs. R. B. Hollingsworth at Fresno, Calif. as follows: My
dear Mrs. Hollingsworth,--I thank you most heartily for your
very kind and interesting letter. It is certainly a pleasure
to know you, even if our acquaintance be through the post
entirely, and I assure you, my branch of the house is noted
for its love of kindred, no matter how distant the connection
be. . . . I believe I wrote you that I am engaged in writing
a history of the family. You would be astonished to know the
vast amount of information I have gathered about them, and am
yet not half through. The name Blackshear is the synonym for
honesty, integrity and uprightness, and I am proud to be
descended from them. And Madam, believe me, I am sincerely your kinsman, Thomas Hart Raines. Cit. Lr. above via David Blackshear, New Orleans, La.
1954. Annie, dau. of Nancy Crawford or Mattie
Churchwell and John G. Blackshear. Hus. Augustus (Gus)
Barrantine. Living in upper part of Twiggs Co., Ga. 1953. M.
Macon, Ga., 16 Dec. 1906. Issue No. 1 Earl, No. 2 Willis who
married Agness Sapp. Cit. Lr. Mrs. J. P. Sanders, Miami, Springs,
1953. Annie Blackshere, 2934 Marburg Street, Dallas, Texas. Cit.
T. D. 1953. Annie A. born Henry Co., Ala. 28 Jan. 1869
dau. of Elizabeth Allen and Moses Blackshear No. 2 of Henry Co.,
Ala. died in Haleburg 28 Feb. 1935 buried there. Married A. L.
Stephenson b. Barbour Co., Ala. 20 July 1868. Lived in Haleburg,
Ala. where he died. Marriage at Haleburg 21 Jan. 1869. Issue No.
1 S. A. b. 5 Jan. 1901 m. Idus Savell Haleburg, Ala. No. 2 Byddie
b. 16 Nov. 1902 died date not known. No. 3 Ora D. b. 27 Dec. 1903
mar. Wiley S. Williams Haleburg 1 March 1930. No. 4 Andrew Allen
b. 26 May 1906 m. Inez Carmichael Dothan, Ala. No. 5 Vola Lee b.
24 Mar. 1909 m. Rudolph Davis Haleburg, Ala. No.6 James Franklin
b. Headland, Ala. 31 Dec. 1911 m. Bernice Hicks Dothan, Ala. A.
L. S. married first the sister of Annie L. named Ida Lillian
Blackshear which see. Farmer and member of the Missionary Baptist
Church. The date of his death was not given, he was the son of
Ernest Council Stephenson. All of the children were born in
Haleburg, Ala. except the last. Lr. Mrs. R. H. Mouring, Columbia,
Ala. Mrs. D. W. Hollis, Headland, Ala. Annie Catherine b. Hugo, Okla. 14 July 1908
dau. of Annie Marcella Tucker and Daniel A. Blackshear. Living,
Hugo 1954. Husband Max Echols b. Bonham, Texas, 11 Oct. 1901 son of Elizabeth Bodine and Dr. W. T. Echols of Hugo. M. at Bonham 11 Aug. 1935 issue, none. M. E. Occupation Assistant Fire Chief. Member of the Baptist Church. A. C. B. E. Occupation, Secretary.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. A. C. B. Echols 1954.
Annie Elizabeth, b. Wayne Co., Tenn. 26 Jan. 1904 dau. of Alice Wilson Bolton and John Morgan Blackshear. Living Waynesboro, Tenn. 1954. Husband Harold Z. Clayton b. Collinwood, Tenn. 17 April 1910 son of Callie Lindsay and John Zenith Clayton of Wayne Co., Tenn. M. Corinth, Miss. 20 Nov. 1931 issue No. 1 John Harold b. Waynesboro 6 May 1933 not m.
A. E. B. C. Occupation School Teacher before m. H. Z. C. Occupation Construction. Issue No. 1 is an engineering student (3rd year) at the University of Tenn. Also in R. 0. T. C. at the University.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. Cecil Ricketts, Route 1, Waynesboro, Tenn. 1954.
Annie Laura Eve Blackshear, b. Augusta, Ga. 30 Oct. 1875 dau. of Katherine McCallum Baker and James Everard Blackshear No. 1. Living Athens, Ga. 1954 never married. A biographical sketch presented at the testimonial dinner given to Laura Blackshear February, 1945, in Athens, Ga. as “The Woman of the Years.” Not only all Athens but people from all over the State came and sent messages appropriate to the occasion.
ANNIE LAURA EVE BLACKSHEAR In “Who’s Who in Art” published by the American Federation of Arts, Annie Laura Eve Blackshear, born Oct. 30th, 1875, is listed as “Painter, Illustrator, Lecturer, Teacher, Writer.” Also for years she was radio commentator over W.S.B. on art topics for the Georgia State College of Agriculture, and she wrote and produced plays and pageants for this institution and for the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs. Laura Blackshear’s ability to be so versatile may be explained by her boundless energy, her keen acquisitive mind, her rare talent and skill, and a personal charm and force that makes possible anything she attempts. Painter and Teacher. After graduation from the Tubman High School in Augusta, Ga. Laura Blackshear continued her education at Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens where she won the highest art award. She then went to New York and became a pupil of Twachtman, Chase, Gifford, Breckenridge, Garber and others in the schools: Woman’s Art School, Cooper Union, Art Students League, New York School of Art, and later studied in Summer School of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the University of Ga. in Athens.
Fortified with several certificates, awards and diplomas from Georgia and New York, she began her singularly active career as Art Director for Piedmont College, Demorest, Ga. serving there seven years, then she became Director of Art and Music at Nacoochee Institute, Sautee, Ga. and at Jones Normal School at Eclectic, Alabama. She returned to Athens to become General Secretary of the Y.W.C.A., before being elected some twenty years ago to the position of Illustrator of the Ga. Agricultural Extension Service, an office she formerly combined with that of Instructor in Poster Design in the Summer School of the University of Ga.
She is a member of the Southern States Art League, was several times president of the Ga. Art Teachers Association, Vice-President of the Association of Georgia Artists, several times president of the Athens Art Association, and was Auditor and Georgia Sponsor of the Southeastern Arts Association. She is also a member of the Writer’s Club of Columbia University in New York.
In addition to her full schedule of professional work for the Ga. Extension Service, Laura Blackshear, in odd hours has continued her creative painting, which has been shown in the traveling exhibits of the Southern States Art League, the Association of Ga. Artists, in the Southeastern Arts Association, and in several independent exhibits. She has painted portraits of note: that of Dr. Spence for Piedment College, Gov. Hoke Smith, Mr. Lever, Congressman, and Mr. Walter Brown for the Georgia State College of Agriculture, also Judge T. F. Green, Law School, University of Ga.
One of Miss Blackshear’s paintings “Mammy and Her Pickaninnies” shown in an exhibit at Houston, Texas, attracted the attention of the French critic Clement Morro who reviewed it with a reproduction of the painting in Sept. 30th, 1930 issue of “La Revue Moderne,” Paris, France. To quote from the translation of this review:
“This artist represented at the Houston Exposition by the group of which we have a reproduction here, is not only a skillful painter, a portraitist apt at seizing and portraying the psychological expression in a face, but is also one of the leaders of the artistic movement in the State of Georgia.”
Illustrator, Writer, Lecturer. As Illustrator for the Ex tension Service of the University of Georgia, Laura Blackshear has pioneered in the field of visual instruction for the agricultural development of her state. Her illustrated charts supplied to all the specialists in the Extension Service have been used and are continuously used in every county in the state, and her illustrated bulletin of 48 pages published by the Extension Service has been used by numerous State Universities to initiate this type of visual aid in Extension work. Requests for this bulletin have come from foreign countries interested in adopting this plan of visual education.
Miss Blackshear’s full time occupation as Illustrator for the Ga. Extension Service is often so augmented by the 4 H-Club Institutes, Farmers and Women’s Conferences held at the University that she has to employ a number of assistants to meet the extra demands made upon her department. Since she also plans and paints the settings for the Agricultural Extension exhibits for the annual State Fairs held in Atlanta, again she must call in extra aid in the painting of huge murals as background for the various exhibits.
Besides the previously mentioned bulletin, Miss Blackshear has written numerous articles for publication, such as “Professional Education in the Arts for Teaching and Vocations,” published Sept. 1936 in Proceedings of Western Arts Association “Delineation and Aid in Education.” “Re-discovering Principles of Classic Greek Design,” “Classroom Practice in Design,” published by Georgia Education Association, “Wealth in Ga. Clay,” magazine section of Atlanta Journal March 1, 1931, “The Framing and Placing of Pictures,” Southern Ruralist, “Charts for Visual Instruction” 1924 Blackboard Magazine.
It is characteristic of Laura Blackshear that she is a perennial student, her intellectural curiosity is never satisfied and whenever “something new is added “to the demands of her job, such as putting on pageants and plays, giving radio talks and writing specialized articles, she enrolls in such courses at the University of Ga. as will supply for her the necessary information for the new task. She took courses in pottery to better write on the wealth in Georgia Clay; she studied Journalism at the University in Athens and also by correspondence at Columbia University, New York, together with courses in play writing and pageants, which enabled her to write and produce pageants for the Ga. State College of Agriculture, of such beauty and distinction that they were in demand for repeat performances given in Savannah for the Ga. Education Association and in Atlanta for the National Education Association.
In addition to her radio broadcasts and teaching lectures mentioned, Laura Blackshear has given numerous art and historical lectures to the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Ga. Federation of Women’s Clubs, the Garden Clubs of America, and to various other organizations
Clement Morro’s review aptly sums up her activities when he says: Thru her writings, thru her teachings, thru her official career, as well as thru her attention to and interest in exhibitions in the Southern States, Annie Laura Eve Blackshear has become one of the most conspicuous figures in American Art circles.
But this biography would be but a colorless photograph unless, like a true portrait painter I show the soul that animates the picture. Laura Blackshear’s vivid personality expresses itself in her honesty with herself and others, in her loyalty to her friends and to every obligation. She is a great lover of beauty in nature and in character and she especially loves people, as shown both by her warm hospitality and by her devoted unselfish service to those in need or in sorrow. She exceeds the Golden Rule by loving her neighbor more than herself; her deep religious faith supplies the power of her life and “the light which cannot be hid.”
Released Nov. 3, 1952 for inclusion and publication in the Blackshear family record book now being assembled by Perry L. Blackshear of Atlanta, Ga. Written and delivered by:
Signature Floyd Blackshear Rogers (F.B.R.) (Mrs. Jonathan Clark Rogers
Cit. Interviews with A. Laura E. Blackshear, Athens, Ga. Ls. Mrs. J. C. Rogers, Dahlonega, Ga. Records and Minutes of the Organizations mentioned.
Annie Louise b. Thomas Co., Ga. 5 March 1882 dau. of Harriett Elizabeth Mitchell and James Mitchell Blackshear. Living Thomasville, Ga. 1954. Husband Henry (Harry) Wyche b. Jesup, Ga. 17 March 1888 son of Matilda Burrowes and Thomas Littleton Wyche. M. Macon, Ga. 14 Aug. 1914 issue, none. H. W. Occupation Railroad Engineer. Cit. Ls. Henry Wyche, Thomasville, Ga. Family Records via Miss Carol Harley, Waycross, Ga. Family Records via W. E. Blackshear, Navasota, Texas via Mrs. Y. M. Holsten, Houston, Texas.
Annie Ware, b. Dublin, Ga. 21 Aug. 1887 dau. of Evelyn H. Ware and Richard William Blackshear. d. Thomaston, Ga. 1951 bur. Dublin, Ga. m. Wm. H. Norris b. Wrightsville, Ga. d. Thomaston, Ga. at age 59 bur. Dublin, Ga. m. Wrightsville, Ga. 23 Aug. 1918. No issue.
Cit. L. Mrs. 0. W. Deal, Atlanta, Ga. 1953.
Archibald Baker, b. Augusta, Ga. 30 Oct. 1875 son of Katherine Me. Baker and James Everard Blackshear No. 1 d. Augusta 27 March 1929. Wife Lucy Reece Allen no issue. Occupation Lawyer. A. B. University of Ga. L. L. B. Lumpkin Law School, University of Ga. Athens. Editorial from the Augusta Chronicle at the time of his death “The death of Mr. Archibald Blackshear, City Attorney, which occurred yesterday afternoon is a distinct loss to the City, a distress to a large circle of friends and a sorrow to the numerous members of his family. He was always active in civic affairs, having served notably as Chairman of the Red Cross Chapter, in Augusta during the world war. There are many instances of his service as a lawyer with out a penny in which he took a deep and determined interest in his clients. He served city Council as attorney with an unusual degree of courage and fidelity. There never was a breath of suspicion upon his integrity nor a charge against his ability nor an intimation of unworthiness. His character was without reproach. He bore his failing forces with a rare courage. To those who saw him struggling against au ever-encroaching weakness of body that even affected his speech and walk, he showed the courage of one who stood four-square, and took the blow without flinching and without complaint. He never said one word to distress his family or discourage his friends. Such courage is rare and may well serve as an example to those who are inclined to deplore their condition and bemoan their fate. The passing of such a splendid man is like the falling of a great tree upon the mountain—it leaves a vacancy in the sky.” Excerpt from news article in the Augusta Herald (Newspaper) 28 March 1929 “As the president of the Board of Directors of the Associated Charities, now the Family Welfare Association, Mr. Blackshear fathered the Juvenile Court in Richmond Co., Realizing the need of a Court here where children would be treated, not as criminals, but as potential citizens in whom the opportunity for good still flourished, he induced the Board of Directors to urge the Grand Jury to recommend a juvenile court for this County. This was done, and the result was the establishment of the present Family Relations Court which irons out difficulties in the lives of children too young to face trial in the larger courts.”
Cit. Family Records via A. Laura E. Blackshear (Sister) Athens, Ga. 1953.
Arent Blackshaw, mentioned as “adjoining” property owner in a deed to lots in Newark, N. J. 20 Dec. 1695.
Cit. Penn. and N. J. Archives via F.
Argie, b. Henry Co., Ala., 28 Mar. 1862, dau. of Elizabeth Allen and Moses Blackshear. d. Houston Co. Ala. June 1939, bur. Greenwood, Fla. Hus. J. B. Boone, b. Abbeville, Ala. 25 Oct. 1861, son of Margaret Addams and John Boone, d. Greenwood, Fla. 7 May 1916, bur. there m. Henry Co. Ala. 8 Apr. 1886. Issue No. 1, Bobbie C. b. Abbeville, 14 Jan. 1887, m. First W. B. Jarvis, Kinsey, Ala., 12 Feb. 1905 and Second W. E. Anderson, Plant City, Fla., No. 2, Abbie L. Boone, b. Henry Co. 9 Dec. 1888, d. Henry Co., 17 May 1899, No. 3 Emma Lee, b. Abbeville, 24 Aug. 1890, m. James M. Newton, Kinsey, Ala. 7 Apr. 1907.
JBB Occupation—Farming—Member of the Baptist Church.
Cit.—Lr. Mrs. Jim Newton, Star Route, Gordon, Ala.
Arthur Lee, b. Greene Co., Ark. 2 May 1871 son of Emily S. Cox and Wm. Sam’l Blackshare. Lived Phoenix, Ariz. d. there 23 Jan. 1948. Wife Jennie Wheeler m. at Boydsville, Ark. date unknown Issue Lenne (M) who was a Teacher lived at Phoenix and d. June 1952, never married.
Cit. Mrs. E. M. Blackshear, Boydsville, Ark. from Family Bible.
Augustus Troy, b. Attoyac, Texas 24 July 1903 son of Emma Stephens and Wm. Royal Blackshear No. 3. Living Dallas, Texas 1954. Wife Janie Florey b. Overton, Texas 24 Nov. 1907 dau. of Alma Alford and J. R. Florey of Mt. Pleasant, Texas. M. at Mt. Pleasant 16 June 1931 issue No. 1 Alma Elizabeth b. Dallas, 4 June 1936. No. 2 Augustus Troy, Jr. b. Dallas, 5 July 1942.
ATB Occupation Atty at Law. Member First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas.
JFB Occupation Teaching.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. A. T. Blackshear 1954.
Ava Senora, born Nacogdoches, Tex. 1 Aug. 1884 daughter of Fannie Muckleroy and James Munroe Blacksher married Mark Lafayette Stroud, Merchant 4 May 1910. Issue No. 1 Willie Golda born Nacogdoches 26 June 1911 married Edgar H. (Buddy) Moorer born Nacogdoches 27 Aug. 1909 son of Ida Hall and E. D. Moorer.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. B. A. Trawick, Odessa, Texas 1953.
Barbara McCorvey, b. Mobile, Ala. 7 April 1904 dau. of Maysie Packer and John Jeptha Blacksher. Living Mobile 1953. Husband Stratford Eyre White-Spunner b. Nashville, Tenn. 3 Dec. 1900 son of Frances Reade Henry and Charles Thomas Nicolson White-Spunner. Living Mobile, 1953. M. at Mobile, 3 Oct. 1925 issue (3) all b. Mobile. No. 1 Jeptha Blacksher b. 9 March 1927 m. Peggy Ann Barks at Mobile 14 Oct. 1950. No. 2 Stratford Eyre Jr. b. 10 July 1929. No. 3 Darner Sandys b. 8 Aug. 1934. Members Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile. SEWS Occupation, Banking. Issue No. 1 Member 2nd. Marine Div. World War 2. Occupation Forces, Japan. No. 2 Ensign U. S. Navy (1953). No. 3 Student Ala. Polytechnic Inst. Auburn, Ala. 1953.
Cit. Ls. W. 0. Lott, Mobile, 1953. S. E. White-Spunner, Mobile 1954.
Ben B. Blackshear, 923 Broad Street, Albany, Ga. Cit. T. D. 1953.
Benjamin Franklin, b. Marion Co., W. Va. 1 March 1844 son of Eliza Ramer and Aaron Elias Blackshere. Lived in Mannington, W. Va. where he d. March 1913 bur. Blackshere Farms Cemetery. Wife Luella Mapel b. Greene Co., Pa. dau. of Buhana Tayloe and Andrew Jackson Mapel. D. Mannington Aug. 1927 bur. beside husband. M. place and date unknown issue Harry Franklin m. Koen.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. V. P. Kruza 1954 and P. H. Pitzer, Mannington 1953.
Bertha Blackshere, 1129 East 41st Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Cit. T. D. 1953.
Bertha Lavinia, b. Henry Co., Tenn. 15 Oct. 1885 dau. of Mary Anna Manley and Jos. Green Blackshear. Lived in Henry Co. Husband James Duane Crutchfield b. Weakley Co., Tenn. 16 April 1886. Son of Arminta S. Thomason and James M. Crutchfield of Henry Co., Tenn. d. Henry Co., Tenn. 12 March 1954 bur. there, will filed in Henry County. m. Weakley Co., Tenn. 18 April 1909 issue No. 1 Willadyne b. 24 Dec. 1910 m. Rupert Moore 5 Nov. 1932. No. 2 Carl b. 11 Dec. 1913 m. Annie Atkins, Henry Co., 21 Nov. 1936. No. 3 Wilma
Duleen b. 21 March 1932 m. Joe Atkins 15 Nov. 1947. Issue No. 1 First Husband d. she m. Ben Purvis 31 Aug. 1952. Issue No. 2 has one son Edward Duane b. 18 July 1940. All births were in Henry Co., Tenn. Mr. Crutchfield Sr. was a Farmer and a member of the Baptist Church.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. J. D. Crutchfield, McKenzie, Tenn. 1954. Lr. (1925) Jos. G. Blackshear via Mrs. Cecil Bicketts, Waynesville, Tenn. Lr. Mrs. H. C. Roney, Gleason, Tenn. Raines Vol. 5. p. 45.
Bertie, b. Columbia, Ala., 26 Sept. 1889, dau. of Ella White, and John Christopher Blackshear No. 1, Living, Columbia, Ala., 1953. Hus. Audrey Culpepper, b. Abbeville, Ala., 27 April 1886, son of Caroline Bodiford and John H. Culpepper. M. May 1909. issue No. 1, Eva Mae, b. Dothan, Ala., 7 Dec. 1909, m. E. C. Beasley, Fort Gaines, Ga., 6 May 1929, No. 2, Murray, b. Dothan, Ala., 29 Apr. 1911, m. Ida Kirkland, Columbia, Ala., 21 Apr. 1931, No. 3 Bussel, b. Columbia, Ala., 1 March 1913, d. Columbia, July 1, 1914, No. 4 Daissie, b. Enterprise, Coffee Co., 1 May 1917, m. B. J. White, Fort Gaines, Ga., 21 April 1934, No. 5, Flossie, b. Columbia, Ala., Henry Co., 7 May 1919, m. Elmer Moore, Haleburg, Ala., 21 Jan. 1935.
“I have not lived with Audry Culpepper since July 13, 1921, he has another family somewhere in Texas. Don’t remember dates of his parents’ death but they were born and died in Henry Co. My Children’s present address. Eva Mae Culpepper is Mrs. E. C. Beasley, Columbia, fit. 2, Ala. Murray is M. B. Culpepper, Columbia, Rt. 2, Ala. Daissie is Mrs. R. J. White, Abbeville, fit. 3, Ala. Flossie is Mrs. Elmer Moore, Blakely, fit. 4, Ga. Do you know Albert Blackshear? Is he your Father? I would like to get a record book.”
Cit. Ls. Mrs. R. H. Mouring, Columbia, Ala., Mrs. Bertie Blackshear Culpepper, Columbia, Ala. 1953.
Bessie Rosalie, b. McComb, Miss. 6 Aug. 1892 dau. of Lydiah McIntosh, Natchez, Miss. and Eugene Blackshear. Hus. Fabian Breaux, b. W. Baton Rouge, La., 30 Sept. 1888, son of Marie Elizabeth Tuillier and Joseph Luke Breaux. M. McComb, Miss., 14 Oct. 1913. Issue No. 1, Eugene, b. 9 Oct. 1914, m. Mary Agnes Foster, St. Bernard, La. 11 Dec. 1938, No. 2 Arthur, b. 3 Dec. 1915, m. Yvonne Rolland, N.O., La., 2 May 1940, No. 3 Katherine, b. 11 Nov. 1918, m. Herbert J. Vince New Orleans, La. 13 July 1937. All children born in New Orleans, La. FB Occupation— Carpenter. Member of Catholic Church. EB member of Episcopal Church.
Cit. Interview Mrs. M. A. B. Graybill, Atlanta, Ga. 1952, Lr. Mrs. Fabian Breaux, New Orleans, La. 1952.
Betty Jean, b. Atlanta, Ga., 17 May 1928, dau. of Lilla McKinnon and Thomas Elijah Blackshear. Hus. Johnny Clark, m. Augusta, Ga. 24 Jan. 1948.
Issue—None.
Cit. Lr. Thomas Elijah Blackshear (her father 1953) Edison, Ga.
Betty Lee, b. 18 Feb. 1926 dau. of Frances Pauline Emler of Kansas and James Franklin Blacksher No. 2 of Nacogdoches, Texas. M. E. B. Lewis son of Alta Bernice Stiles and Edgar Bertha Lewis at Lutke Memorial Methodist Church Houston, Texas 27 Aug. 1947 issue Becky Jane b. 13 July 1949. No. 2 Brenda June b. 12 June 1951.
Cit. L. Mrs. R. A. Trawick, Odessa, Texas 1953.
Blanche Melvina, b. Delhi, Okla. 24 June 1903 dau. of Susan D. Brannen and George Luther Blackshear. Living Floyd, N. Mex. 1954. Husband Charles P. Durham b. Lakeview, Texas 4 Oct. 1892 son of Mary Frances Roberts and Wm. Durham. Living Floyd 1954. M. Baileyboro, Texas 26 Dec. 1926 issue No. 1 Charley Beth b. Baileyboro 30 Sept. 1927 m. Allen Ziegenfuss at Portales, N. Mex. 25 Dec. 1947. No. 2 Fannie Sue b. Pettitt, Tex. 18 March 1930 m. Don Hammontreet at Clovis, N. Mex. 24 Aug. 1952. No. 3 Glenda Ray b. 6 May 1932 m. Kenneth Tipton at Clovis 10 July 1951. No. 4 George Wilson b. 24 March 1934. No. 5 Marshall Darrel b. 31 May 1936. No. 6 Dana Lee b. 26 May 1938. No. 7 Jerry Lynn b. 3 April 1940. CDD Occupation Farming. Member of the Methodist Church. Issue No. 4 George Wilson “Now serving in the U. S. Army at Camp Claybanks, New Era, Mich. Issue No. 3 Glenda and K. T. have one son David Glenn. Issue No. 2 Fannie S. and D. H. have one dau. Linda Kay. (1954). All issue b. at Pettitt, Texas except No. 1.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. Blanche M. B. Durham, Floyd, N. Mex. 1954.
Boyce W. Blackshear, 3503 Crutcher Street, Dallas, Texas. Cit. T. D. 1953.
Bryant Byrd b. Henry Co., Ala. 1858 son of Nancy Kirkland Scott and Randolph (Randall) Blackshear. M. Delia Hales nothing known of issue.
“Bryant moved to Texas years ago and d. there or in La. or Ark.”
Cit. Lr. Mrs. R. H. Mouring, Columbia, Ala. 1952.
Burette, b. Dexter, Mo. 9 Nov. 1905, son of Mary Jane Weaver and Luther Blackshare. Living, St. Clare Shore, Mich. Married. Issue No. 1, Standly Blackshare.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. W. E. Ott, Route 2. Bigelow, Ark.
Callie, Ola b. Hill Co., Texas 21 May 1873 dau. of Mary Elizabeth Ince and Simeon Marshall Blackshear. Lived Beck ham Co., Okla. Inola and Claremore, Okla. Living Clare more 1954. Husband No. 1 Harry Lee French b. in Mo. son of Rufus French of Rio Vista, Texas. D. Beckham Co., Okla. 7 Jan. 1903 bur. Delhi, Okla. m. Hill Co., 18 Dec. 1893 issue No. 1 Ola Lee b. Hill Co., 11 Oct. 1894 m. C. F. Belt at Sayre, Okla. 14 Mar. 1908. No. 2 George Dewey b. Johnson Co., Texas 22 June 1898 m. Eunice Cox at McAdoo, Texas. Husband No. 2, H. H. Yocham of Claremore, Okla. H. L. F. Occupation Farming. Mr. Yocham’s Occupation not given.
Cit. Lr. Mrs. H. H. (Callie Ola) Yocham, Claremore, Okla. 1954.
Caroline Elizabeth, b. Atlanta, Ga., 8 March 1916, dau. of Dorothy Breitenbucher and Perry L. Blackshear. Husband, William Adams Flinn, b. Atlanta, Ga., 11 May 1912, son of Annie Emery, Kirkwood, Ga., and Rev. Dr. Richard Orme Flinn, Atlanta, Ga. Living, Atlanta, Ga. m. First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga., 20 April 1940. Issue No. 1, William Adams Jr., b. Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., 30 Jan. 1941, No. 2 David Lynnfield, b. Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., 4 Aug. 1943, No. 3 Richard Orme III, b. Vereen hospital, Moultie, Ga., 24 Oct. 1947, No. 4 Perry Blackshear, b. Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., 19 Dec. 1953.
WAF—Occupation, College Professor. Both families are members of the Presbyterian Church. WAF has lived in California, Boston, Mass., New York City, Atlanta, Ga., and Moultrie, Ga.
CEBF graduated Spring Street (Public) School, 1928 First Honor Student. Graduate North Avenue Presbyterian (Private) School, 1934 and was May Queen at graduation. President of Freshman, Junior and Senior Classes. Won cup for best all round Junior. P1 Sigma Kappa Honor Society. Business Manager School Paper ‘‘Napsonian.’’ Alternate Captain of Varsity Basketball Team. Elected “Napsonia” an honor for the Senior who most nearly exemplified the School Ideal of Nobility Ability-Play and Service. Editor-in-Chief of School “Annual.” Won Scholarship to Agnes Scott College. Graduated Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. A.B. 1938—Phi Beta Kappa. Honored member of many campus activities. Member Mortar Board, Honorary Society for Leadership Activities.
WAF. Graduate Darlington School for Boys (Private) Rome, Ga. 1929. Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. 1933, B.S. K.A. Social Fraternity. Masters in B.A. Harvard School of Business Administration. Candidate for Ph.D. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Assistant Professor of Dept. of Industrial Management, Ga. Institute of Technology. Deacon and later an Elder in North Ave. Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga.
Armed Forces Record: Serial No. 0-305634, Res. Com. 1 June 1933, 2nd Lt. Active Duty 9 March 1941 as 1st Lt., Infantry School, Weapons Section, Fort Benning, Ga. 4 Jan. 1942, Commissioned Captain at Ft. Benning. Dec. 1942 Com. Major assigned to 59th Bat. 12th Replacement Depot, Camp Sutton, N. C., June 1943. Aug. 1943, As signed to Infantry Replacement Training Corps, Camp Wheeler, Ga. July 1945, transferred to Camp Roberts, thence to Fort Ord for overseas assignment. At the end of the war was released from active duty Oct. 1945, Lt. Col. Dec. 1945 A.U.S. Now assigned to active Reserve as Asst. Chief of Staff, G-2, 81st Infantry Division, Atlanta, Ga. (1954).
Cit. Family records via Mrs. P. L. Blackshear (Mother), Atlanta, Ga. School records. Interview W. A. Flinn, Atlanta, Ga. 1954.
Flinn, Richard Orme b. Milledgeville, Ga. 8 Aug. 1870 son of Maru Elizabeth Orme and Rev. William Flinn lived and died in Atlanta, Ga. d. 25 March 1948 bur. West View Cemetery, Will filed in Fulton Co., Ga. Wife Anna (Annie) Emery b. Oxford, Ga. 19 Jan. 1877 dau. of Elizabeth Flournoy Branham and Henry Faison Emery. M. at Kirkwood, Ga. 8 March 1898 issue No. 1 Emery (M) b. Kirkwood DeKalb Co., Ga. 23 Nov. 1899 m. Ella Cannon Hill and Mary Lou Wood. Child of first m. Emery Jr. No. 2 Mary Orme b. Nov. 1901 d. in infancy. No. 3 Richard Orme No. 2 b. Atlanta Fulton Co., Ga. 23 April 1907 unmarried 1954. No. 4 Elizabeth Flournoy b. Atlanta, Ga. 17 Jan. 1909 m. Ralph Glenn Eckert 1935 had two sons and a daughter. No. 5 William Adams m. Blackshear (Caroline Elizabeth) which see.
R. 0. Flinn was a distinguished Presbyterian Preacher, Pastor of North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga. from the day of its organization until the date of his voluntary retirement. A. E. Flinn a devoted wife and mother, living 1954.
Cit. Family Records via Wm. A. Flinn. Memory of Annie Emery Flinn.
Caroline Frances, b. Pulaski, Co., Ga. Oct. 1892 dau. of Charlotte Reeves and Everard Hamilton Blackshear No. 2. Husband Charles E. Rogers, place and date of rn. not known. Issue No. 1 Arthur Hamilton. No. 2 James. No. 3 Charles Pirkie no other trace. Said to live in Winterhaven, Fla. but mail was returned by the P. M. Marked “un known.”
Cit. Lr. W. C. Matthews, Lovett, Ga. 1954.
Further research in the N. C. area failed to
disclose any other trace of this Abraham Blackshear.
Research in Georgia is incomplete because of the
disappearance of records from many of the older counties,
some by fire, some by war and some by indifferent
handling. Cit. Wills of Alexander and of Agnes
Blackshear, Dept of Archives and History, State of N. C.
Raleigh, N. C.
1785 Jones Co., Census. 1790 Federal Census of Jones CO.,
N. C. Raines Vol. S p. 1.
April 14
May I bring forth this professorial anonymity, this incognito, and introduce Professor Charles C. Blackshear to you? For truly an ex-university professor who lives year after year in this city, studying town and environment, remains a somewhat peculiar character. Moreover, one sees immediately that this man is an old or ex professor, a learned man, with all the queer characteristics innate in this type human being, characteristics which one usually reads about rather than meets in daily experience. Typical traits distinguish him from the ordinary man. He is slim, and therefore appears taller than he actually is. He walks around day and night dressed in a heavy brown colbert suit which possesses the least possible tropical allurement. Although this is not official, it has been vowed that the wardrobe of this man consists of not much more than this one suit! I should not omit mentioning the stark black bow tie adorning the sagging collar of his formal shirt; the eternally brown hat; and the umbrella of undefinable color. This last item of inventory disproves the libelous tales circulated about professors that they suffer from absent-mindedness, manifested by the fact that they usually forget their umbrellas everywhere they go. If there is ever an article that the professor does not leave behind him wherever he goes, it is his faithful umbrella. For it serves him as a pajong against rain and sun, depending on how the monsoon dictates. In the evening for all security, he carries it clutched under his arm—that is in the early evening. At a later hour it dangles loosely with the handle hooked over his arm. By the way that he carries his umbrella during the day, the early or late evening, a manner of dressing up is expressed which in a way is rather a conventional necessity since his brown suit remains other wise unchanged!
Professor Blackshear is always alone. Only once did I see him speaking with the hotel manager. Just once did he really laugh, when a jovial hotel guest played and danced the part of a Javanese bridgegroom. But then, I must admit that times are such that none of us feels much like laughing.
In the morning and the evening he goes for long walks. The purpose of these long walks is unknown to me. They usually take him along the main roads. When it’s dark he often carries a letter. Neither do I know whether he intends to drop it into a mailbox.
This is all that the good old town of Jogja knows about its American scholar—this unknown person, well in his fifties, grey haired and unobtrusively bespecticaled—this professor of the Grand Hotel.
Although he never seemed to attract conversation, once I dared to interview the professor. No sooner had we begun talking than the mysterious atmosphere dropped, although much strangeness remained. For mysteriousness after all is only that which is unattainable to us. Professor Blackshear, who does not have any secrets, proved him self an amiable conversationalist. He has retained a genuine American accent.
I shall now share our discussion with you. After all it’s about time that we start to know this professor from mid-Java. Charles C. Blackshear adds to his signature a “Ph. D.”, a doctor of philosophy, which he obtained from Johns Hopkins University. He was born in Macon, Georgia and taught chemistry at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. He switched from philosophy to chemistry and from chemistry to architecture. However, he took up architecture only as a hobby, while chemistry was a necessity for earning his daily bread. Besides, he argues that chemistry and its study of atoms and molecular structure has a lot in common with ancient architecture and its basic constituent principles.
During his vacations he had already made short trips to British India and studied not only the architectural designs of the temples of Buddha, but also the structural arts of other schools. He visited British India for the first time in 1904, but since then until 1916, when he gave up teaching at the university, he made as many as five summer trips there.
“Did you retire?” I asked.
Retirement with pension proved not to exist at his college, but he had some money of his own.
“Millionaire?“ inquired I immediately with a somewhat American accent. That, however, was not the case either. Just moderate means, a calm life and only allowing him self short trips was the answer. Besides he had never married and thus had no children of his own to care for; only a few far away friends.
But he never feels lonesome. On his summer trip in 1908 he crossed for the first time from India to Java. He came back in 1917 to study our ancient history and stayed for five months. During this time he used Jogja as his head quarters and traveled from here all over the island.
*PAJONG-A parasol made of banana leaves.
Cit. 1850 Census Bibb Co. Ga. via V. Gravestones Rose Hill
Cemetery Macon, Ga. Interviews with Mrs. J. G. McHenry, Madison,
Ga., Mrs. M. A. B. Graybil, Atlanta, Ga. 1953.
Ls. Mrs. Emmett Morris, Little Rock, Ark. via V. 1953 Miss
Elizabeth Harrold, Macon, Ga. 1954, Raines Vol. S. p.31 Diary
James Appleton Blackshear 1865-67.
Robert R. Blackshare (SEAL)
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State of Delaware Kent County SS:
Alexander A. Blackshier (Seal)
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Agnes Blackshier (Seal)
Test John Housman, Recorder
State of Delaware Kent County SS:
In Witness Whereof, I Have hereunto set my hand and official
Seal of office at Dover, this 9th. day of September A.D.
1953.
Robert A. Saulsbury Recorder of Deeds in and for Kent County,
State of Delaware
In the name of God Amen.
I, Alexander Blackshear of Jones County and aforesaid
Planter, being weak in Body but of Perfect sound mind and
Memory (Blessed be God) do therefore this third day of
October in the year of our Lord 1785 make and Publish this my
Last Will and Testament in manner and form following
Vizt
First, I lend unto my Beloved Wife, Agnes Blackshear all my
estate both real and personal of what kind or nature soever
it be, during her natural Life-I give and bequeath unto my
beloved son James Blackshear one Large Bible and one pair of
Brass-headed 'Hand Irons, immediately after my wife's death I
lend to my Daughter Eleanor Baily my small dwelling house
(the cellar excepted) also one acre of land adjoining the
same during her natural life or widowhood and no longer; Nor
is my said Daughter Eleanor to rent, lease or let the said
House and Land to any Person or Persons, in any manner or
condition whatever - -
Alexander A. Blackshear (Seal)
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Recorded in Book A. No. 1 and Page (61) Sixty-one Attest. J.
F. Bryan C.C. \
State of North Carolina 1786--Jones County Court September
Term. Will of Agnes
Blackshear
This my Will and Desire in the Name of God. After my Desc.,
(Maybe Dept.). That after all just Debts is paid, I give unto
Elisha Blackshear, my son, one Stone Jug for the service he
hath done. To my son Abraham Blackshear one barrel of Vinegar
and my Garden and to my Granddaughter Agnes, Elisha
Blackshear's Daughter I give eight barrels of Corn that will
be due at gathering time from John Gilbert Jr. and my pockits
and Silver Clasps, and to my two daughters and
Grand-daughter, that is Elender Baley, Sarah Clifton and
Susana McKinsey I give all my waring clothes and all other
things belonging to me except what is above mentioned
according to my husband Alexander Blackshears Will and my
will and desire is that Ellender Baley, Sarah Clifton and
Susana McKenzie should have my shear of the crop after made,
all, both clothes and Corn equally to be divided among them,
except two barrels of Corn out of my part, I give to Sarah
Blackshear, My Granddaughter for sarvic Done by her for me.
Given Under my hand & seal this sixth day of July 1793
her Agnes B. Blackshear (Seal) mark
Issue No. 3
Miss Audrey Blackshare, Little Rock, Ark. Cit. Newspaper Article appearing in Arkansas Gazette, 27 September
1953.
BUSINESS WOMEN TO HAVE TEA
Miss Audrey Blackshare has been appointed chairman of the “National Hand of Friendship” tea to be held by the Little Rock chapter of the American Business Women’s Association today from 3 to 5 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Mollie Goodwin.
This tea climaxes the fall membership drive. Chapters throughout the United States will have teas today, the same as the Little Rock group.
The American Business Women's Association has grown rapidly, nationally, in four years, to where it now has 56 chapters, with members in 32 states. It is designed to work with other organizations, since the ABW’s group is a professional, educational association, devoted to the individual member’s needs and desires. Each chapter is limited to 100 members. It is nonunion, nonsectarian and non political.
The national convention, which will be held October 2425, will convene in Ft. Worth, Tex.
Business women are invited to attend the tea this afternoon.
Miss Nora Milligan is president of the Little Rock chapter, assisted by Mrs. Darace LaFollette, vice president; Miss Annette Ward, recording secretary; Mrs. Ruth Dexter, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Vivian Smith, treasurer. Mrs. Mildred Heihn is publicity chairman.
Alsanda dau. of Eusebia Jefferies and Thomas Blackshere of Big Bend, W. Va. Husband J. P. Knight. Place and date of m. unknown issue 6 Children not traced.
Cit. Lr. Harriett Dix Blackshear to Raines 1907.
No. 2 Ellis Peyton (Male) b. 1883 m. Bailey. No. 3 Nora Frances b. 1885 m. Nesmith No. 4 Mattie Belle b. 22 June 1888 m. Cary William Booker at Boston, Ga. 2 Oct. 1910 and had No. 1 Alice Ruth m. Gray. No. 2 George Thomas m. Pope No. 3 John Howard m. Shepherd. No. 4 James Ellis m. Savage. C. W. B. Occupation Farming (1954)
Cit. Raines Vol. S. p. 37 Thomas Co., Ga. Census 1880 The Gravestones mentioned above, (Found by P. L. B. and D. B. B. while searching for the Stone of John Blackshear). Bible of John Blackshear (Father) Ls. Mrs. C. W. Booker Boston, Ga. (Located through the good offices of Mr. Rogers the Preacher at Harmony Grove Church and resulting in the disclosure of the location of the Bible of John Blackshear and the photographs of the vital records, see John Blackshear).
Cit. L. Mrs. B. H. Mouring, Columbia, Ala. 1953.
Cit. 1860 Census Grimes Co., Texas. via V. Raines Vol. J. p. 8. Harley Family Records via Miss Carol Harley, Way cross, Ga. 1954. “Texas and Texans” by Frank Johnson p. 2611.
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