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CLAN BLACKSTOCK
1. WILLIAM
BLACKSTOCK
(1710/20-1798)
2. JAMES
BLACKSTOCK, SR.
(b. c1759; d. 1830/40?)
3. JAMES
BLACKSTOCK, JR
(b. 2 May 1789, d.13 Apr 1852)
4. ASHLEY
BLACKSTOCK
(b. 12 Mar 1809, Jackson County, GA; d. post 1872)
5. WILLIAM
CRAWFORD BLACKSTOCK
(b Feb 1834; d
1902/3?)
6. WILLIAM PARKS
“Bud” BLACKSTOCK
(b 13 Jan 1853; d
2 Aug1914)
7. FRANKLIN ASBURY
BLACKSTOCK
(b 25 Aug 1881; d
19 Oct 1957)
8. JACK BERNARD
BLACKSTOCK
(b 24 Nov 1906; d
22 Nov 1977)
9. JACK NALER
BLACKSTOCK
(b 26 Jan 1932)
Extracts from;
Clan Blackstock, A Scotch-Irish Family; Helen Ring Womack; Henington
Publishing Co. Wolfe City, TX; 1992
1. WILLIAM
BLACKSTOCK
(1710/20-1798)
(Pennsylvania to
South Carolina)
William Blackstock
appeared on Tax lists of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1751,1753
and 1763 (some early tax records of the county are lost); he was
probably born in Ireland; d. 14 Dec 1798; his will was dated 19 Sep
1788, and offered for probate on 2 Jan 1799, Union County, SC)
mar (1st)
Mary Irwin, according to the historian, Lyman C. Draper; she was
a daughter of William Irwin and wife, "Ellender.
(2nd) Euphamie "Fannie", her maiden name not known; (The
Draper
Papers include a letter written in 1873 by a great
grandson, Nehemiah
Blackstock, which notes this marriage)
Although much is
lacking in tracing the movements of William, much is actually preserved
because of the Revolutionary War, "Battle of Blackstocks,” which was
fought on his plantation in Union County, SC. Often shown as
"Blackstocks Hill," the locale was the site of a fiercely fought battle
on 20 Nov 1780, when General Sumter's men defeated Tarleton's cavalry.
An avid historian,
Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891), carried on voluminous correspondence
with descendants of Revolutionary War participants during his tenure as
corresponding secretary of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. Much
of his work has been published as the Draper Papers, and this chapter
will contain many references to that material. A letter addressed to
Draper dated 30 Oct 1872 from Isaac Tinsley, of Cross Anchor,
Spartanburg County, SC, mentioned the battle:
The Battle was
fought in Union County So C on Tiger River on the West Side. The British
formed in a flat near the River. Sumpter on the hill. During the action
my Father [Golding Tinsley] and a small squad moved down the hill and
took Trees near the Enemy and finaly suceded in Killing their leader,
Maj. Money, which Ended the Battle. The Enemy left in haste leaving all
their Knapsacks on the River bank.
William Blackstock
and Mary Irwin's children are believed to be:
i. William
Blackstock, Jr., Revolutionary War Soldier
* mar (1st) ?
Miss Babo (per Nehemiah Blackstock)
* (2nd) ?Mary
Yarb(o)rough (per DAR Records)
ii. Margaret
Blackstock (1755-1835/37); married William Beard
iii. JAMES
BLACKSTOCK, Revolutionary War Soldier; served 126 days (1780-81) in
Captain
Young's Co., Col. Brandon's Regiment
iv. John
Blackstock (d. 1785), Revolutionary War Soldier; served under Capt. J.
Irwin,
Militia (1779-1780)
v. (?) Son (name
not known); husband of Sally?; see below
vi. Mary
Blackstock; m. Robert Beard (per Nehemiah); she m. John Beard
(1765¬1826), per South Carolina Roster of Revolutionary War Patriots, by
Bobby Moss. If this is correct then Mary Blackstock, daughter of William
and Mary, was born .1 Oct 1771, SC; d. 1853, Williamson County, TN;
since Mary Erwin Blackstock would have been age 50 in 1771, it appears
doubtful that Mary could have been her daughter. One Mary Beard, age 90,
was living in the James B. Beard household in 1860, Calhoun County, AL
(census). Her birthplace was given as Pennsylvania. Assuming she mi2ht
be Mary Blackstock, widow of Robert Beard, her age would indicate she
was born 1770 when Mary Irwin Blackstock was age 49 -- again, an
unlikely age for childbearing.
2. JAMES
BLACKSTOCK, SR.
(b. cl759; d. 1830/40?); married NANCY (nee WILSON?); census data would
indicate she was born between 1760 and 1770.
This man was
accepted as the Revolutionary Soldier by DAR (#580595) but documentation
consisted mainly of affidavits. After a lengthy review of available
data, Brent H. Holcomb. C.G. of Columbia, SC, agreed with the assumption
that James who moved from Greenville. SC to Han County, GA was the RS.
The James
Blackstock who fought in the Revolutionary War served 126 days duty as a
horseman (Dec 1780 to May 1781) in Capt. Wm. Young's Co., Col. Brandon's
Reg't. (SC Archives, "Audited Acct. of James Blackstock," AA 522-B, pp.
1kkk¬3kkk). On 23 Mar 1786 he signed three documents (by mark) attesting
that he received (1) "Discount in the purchase of 229 Acres of Land
granted to Wm. Blackstock;" (2) "Discount in the purchase of 300 Acres
of Land granted to Moses Childs;" and (3) "Discount in the purchase of
165 Acres of Land granted to Burrel Bobon [Bobo?]." These documents were
signed on the same day (and by the same "mark") as his acceptance of
money due his brother, John Blackstock for his Revolutionary service.
All "marks" consisted of the letter "J." It is not known when James of
Hall first appeared of record. Herbert Blackstock believes the census
for counties listed below ail pertain to the James Blackstock of Hail
County:
1800
Greenville District, SC.
1810 (Was in Jackson County, GA by 1808; there is no census
available for GA that year)
1820 Hall County, GA, pg. 132 A
1830 DeKaIb County. GA, pg. 39
It should be
pointed out that Greenville County records also show that one James.
Blackstock of that county signed with an "X," not a "J." as shown on
documents pertaining to Revolutionary War service. However, the county
clerk may not have copied the "mark" exactly as signed by an individual.
Deed records in
Greenville show that James owned land on the north side of Saluda river
by 1788 (DB B/13). In several land transactions in Greenville (up to
1797) his land bordered William Kelley, Henry Langford, George Goodwin,
Labourn Oakley. Ambrose Blackburn, John Hinson. Young Askew and Jonathan
Pennell.
It is assumed that
James Blackstock, Sr. died in DeKalb between 1830 and 1840. No further
record. Census data for the counties cited above would indicate he was
the father of seven sons and one daughter. Herbert Blackstock has long
believed that the following are his children, but proof eludes:
i. JOHN BLACKSTOCK
(b. c1786); m. ANNY/AMY WHORTON, 1809, Jackson County, GA; to St. Clair,
AL by 1820
ii. ?MARY
BLACKSTOCK (b. cI789); m. SAMUEL DAVIS of Abbeville, SC; to Lafayette
.County , MS
iii. JAMES
BLACKSTOCK, JR. (1789-1852); mar (1st) 1808, Jackson County, SUSANA
HIGGINS; m. (2nd) 1842, DeKalb County, JANE BARKLEY
iv. WILLIAM
BLACKSTOCK (1791-1853); m. 1811, Jackson County, HANNAH WRIGHT; to
Forsyth County, GA
v. ?RICHARD
BLACKSTOCK (cI794-1827); m. 1817, Jackson County, CASSANDRA WRIGHT; died
Hall or Jackson Coso
vi. DA.1'.UEL
BLACKSTOCK (1795-1861); m. 1815, Jackson County, MARTHA "PATSEY" WRIGHT;
died in Hall County
vii. KENDRED
BLACKSTOCK (1800-1876); m. (1st) 1820, Jackson County, MARY LANGSTON; m.
(2nd), 1829, Fayette County, ELIZABETH COOK
viii. JOSEPH
BLACKSTOCK (cl802/04-->; name of wife not known; no further record after
1830, Hall County
3. JAMES
BLACKSTOCK, JR
(b. 2 May 1789, SC; pby Greenville Dist; d.13 Apr 1852, Cobb County,
GA); buried Powder Springs Cemetery.
m.
(Ist) 7 Dec 1808, Jackson County, GA
SUSANAH IDGGINS
(b. between 1780-1790, pby SC; d. 17 Nov 1831, per Bible), "Mother of
Nine Sons and Two Daughters"
(2nd) 10 May 1842, DeKalb County, GA
JANE BARKLEY (b. c1799~ SC; death date unknown)
In the book
entitled The First Hundred Years, "A Short History of Cobb County, in
Georgia," by Temple, a listing of "Pioneer Families" notes the
following:
Wilson F.
Blackstock was from DeKalb. He seems not to have drawn land in Cobb
himself, but James F. Blackstock, Jr., of Heard's District, DeKalb,
listed as a soldier, drew land in the 20th district 2nd section. This
family must have come from the upper counties down to DeKalb; there was
a Blackstock District in Hall County and mention is made of the name in
Jackson County.
This is the only
record that shows James Blackstock, Jr. with a middle initial; his
tombstone shows "James Blackstock, Esq." It is very possible, however,
that he was named James Franklin Blackstock since so many of his
descendants were named Franklin. The Bible of Wilson Franklin
Blackstock, son of James, Jf., gives names and dates for all James,
Jr.'s children, plus death dates for James and Susanah. The notation
following date of James' death shows: "Father of 9 sons and 3 Daughters
Age 63 year and 21 days." [Note above that when Susanah died the Bible
entry stated she was mother of two daughters]. The Bible was owned by
Daniel Blackstock of Chico, CA in 1989; he descends from Wilson Franklin
Blackstock.
James Blackstock.
Jr. does not appear on any 1850 census, so far as is known, even though
he signed a document in Cobb County in Nov of that year. Correspondence
from the county clerk of Leon County, FL, where Jane appeared in 1850,
notes there were no deeds in that county in the Blackstock name between
1845 and 1855. Jane appeared to be a resident of Marietta, GA when she
signed the affidavit cited above regarding her late husband's service in
the War of 1812. All but one of James, Jr.'s children were born to
Susanah:
i. ASHLEY
BLACKSTOCK
(1809-1871)
ii. John Henry
Blackstock (1810-1850)
iii. Wilson
Franklin Blackstock (1812-1860)
iv. Leusindy
Blackstock (1813-____)
v. Thomas
Blackstock (1816-____)
vi. Kindrid
Blackstock (1817-1880)
vii. James M.
Blackstock (1819-1860?)
viii. Jesse
Blackstock (1821-1851)
iv. Daniel D.
Blackstock (1823-____)
v. William Berry
Blackstock (1825-1846)
vi. Malindy
Blackstock (1828-1837)
vii. Deborah Ann
Blackstock (1843-1854)
Only seven of the
above twelve children are known to have had issue. Malindy and Deborah
Ann, obviously, died too young to have had children. No data on Leusindy
and Thomas has been found other than their dates of birth in the
Blackstock Bible. The Bible notes that William Berry died "in Servis in
Mexico Matamoras in October 1846 - Aged 21 years and 3 months." No
children were mentioned, whereas the number of children born to Willson
F. are noted in the Bible record.
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CONSTRUCTION]
4. ASHLEY
BLACKSTOCK
(b. 12 Mar 1809, Jackson County, GA; d. post 1872, pby.
Van Zandt County, TX); married before 1830 census, NANCY ; (b. c1810;
d. 1870's?); her
maiden name unknown. Ashley's birthdate is shown as 1801 in numerous
published materials; the date in the Blackstock Bible, however, is 1802.
Census data usually indicates the 1801 birthdate is correct.
Ashley Blackstock
was found on the following census records:
1830 1840 1850
1860 1870
DeKalb County, GA,
pg. 38
Coweta County, GA,
7th District; pg. 358
Coweta County, GA,
#31. 19th Div., pg. 285
Carroll County,
GA, pg. 378
Van Zandt County,
TX, # 639/743, Post Office: Canton~ pg. 201
Ashley was shown
as Captain in Coweta County, Militia from 1832 to 1836. He appears to
have been quite a land "speculator" in GA as he bought and sold
innumerable tracts in the counties of Coweta and Carroll; he also sold
land in Dawson County, GA, but it appears this may have been for one
Sarah Stephens, through a power of attorney 'she granted Ashley in March
of 1868. He is listed in grantor deeds of Coweta from 1835 through 1853,
selling land in the 5th and 6th Districts of that county. He appeared on
listings of "School Tax Returns" from 1845 through 1854 in the 742nd
School District; shown in Georgia Militia of Cedar Creek. He appeared on
the Van Zandt County, TX "Ad Valorem Income & Salary Tax Roll" by 1867.
(Karl records) When the 1870 census was made, a grandson, "Willie
Thomas" Blackstock (age 16) was living in his household.
Records of Roy and
Ruby Karl show that ., A. " Blackstock appeared on the tax lists of Van
Zandt County, TX for the last time in 1872; it is assumed his death
occurred sometime around that date.
Numerous trails
have been followed to no avail by the compilers in an effort to find the
maiden name of Ashley's wife, Nancy. Earlier published material showing
her name as Jossey are incorrect. Since so many descendants have carried
the name "Parks, If research on that name has been done. There was a man
named Joshua Parks in Gwinnett County, GA in 1830, a name given to
Ashley and Nancy's youngest son; however, no connection to that family
has been found. Other family names of NeWton, Berry, Franklin and Wilson
appear to have been used by Blackstock families prior to the date of
Ashley's birth.
Ashley and Nancy
had six sons who served the Confederate States Army and only one of
those sons died during the war. That son was James N. "Jim." Blackstock,
a CSA Chaplain.
Children of Ashley
and Nancy Blackstock: (11)
Daughter (name
unknown)
James Newton
Blackstock
John Henrv
Blackstock
William Crawford
Blackstock
Thomas Newton
Blackstock
Millv C.
Blackstock
Lucinda Blackstock
Berry Bennit
Blackstock
Lewis R.
Blackstock
Sarah Lula
Blackstock
Parks Joshua
Blackstock
(Shown as "Joshua
Parks" in early records; he obviously reversed his name in adulthood)
(1825/30-->
(1829-1862) (1832-post 1880) (1834-1904?) (1836-1927) (1838/39-post
1880) (1840-_) (1841-1932) (1842-1904) (1844/45--> (1849-1931)
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CONSTRUCTION]
5. WILLIAM
CRAWFORD BLACKSTOCK
(b Feb 1834; d
1902/3?)
William Crawford
Blackstock; enlisted 1 Jan 1862, Oxford, AL. Served in Co. A., 27th
Reg't, Alabama Infantry; "detailed as Black Smith" in Capt. Maddox's
Co., Oxford Rifles, Alabama Vols. Was on a rnuster-in-roll at a camp
near Nashvi11e, TN on 6 Jan 1862; in Jan of 1865 he was on "extra duty"
at Dernopolis, AL, and was paroled in May, of that year at Greensboro,
NC, "in accordance with the terms of Military Convention entered into on
the 26th day of April, 1865, between General Joseph E. Johnston,
Commanding Confederate Army & Major General W. T. Sherman, Commanding
United States Army in N.C." (Signature by mark)
6. WILLIAM PARKS
“Bud” BLACKSTOCK
(b 13 Jan 1853; d
2 Aug1914)
7. FRANKLIN ASBURY
BLACKSTOCK
(b 25 Aug 1881; d
19 Oct 1957)
8. JACK BERNARD
BLACKSTOCK
(b 24 Nov 1906; d
22 Nov 1977)
9. JACK NALER
BLACKSTOCK
(b 26 Jan 1932)
