John B Blackburn: Robin's Roots

1741 - 1808 (67 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

John B Blackburn was born on 27 Jan 1741 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Benjamin J Blackburn and Mary ??); died on 9 Feb 1808 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Possessions: 9 Feb 1764, Frederick County, Virginia, USA; Land grand from Lord Fairfax on Mulberry Run
Residence: 1769, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; The Benjamin Blackburn Family book says the south side of Augusta County or over the line into Rockbridge County.
Residence: 1773, Washington County, Virginia, USA; The Benjamin Blackburn Family book: on Beaver Creek between the present location of Abingdon and Bristol
Residence: Betw 1778 and 1882, Washington County, Virginia, USA; Served on county jury in May 1778, June 1779, May 1781, Aug 1782, and Nov 1782. Elder in the Singing Springs Presy. Church at Abington, Washington Co in 1782
Military: Sep 1780, Battle of King's Mountain, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Civil: Nov 1780, Washington County, Virginia, USA; Administrator of the estate of Lt.Wm Blackburn
Residence: Abt 1783, Long Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; On the property he was granted in 1787(sic) that was in Greene County at the time
Civil: 1784, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Appointed Justice of the Peace by John Sevier, Governor of the State of Franklin
Possessions: 1787, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Military grant of 400 acres on Long Creek in Greene County, where Chillicothe says he was already living
Residence: 1800, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Will: 27 Aug 1805, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Challacombe's Blackburn Family In Amerca provides this location but says Dec 25, 1740. It also put his parents in Frederick Co, VA when all of their children were born.

Buried:
GRid=31113476; No headstone. There is a monument (dated 1930) "In Memory Of The Revolutional Soldiers Buried Here." John Blackburn is one of the five names.

John married Janet Mathews on 2 Apr 1765 in Wincester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA. Janet (daughter of Alexander Mathes and Grizella ??) was born on 29 Sep 1747 in Warren County, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Sep 1818 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Alexander Blackburn was born on 1 Jan 1766 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died in 1786 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Benjamin Blackburn was born on 8 Mar 1767 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died in 1785 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Mary (Polly) Blackburn was born on 14 Nov 1768 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1846 in White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Christopher Moyers Cemetery, White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Andrew Blackburn was born on 13 Dec 1770 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Aug 1844 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
William Blackburn was born on 7 Oct 1772 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA; died on 14 May 1856 in Maury County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Blackburn Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee, USA.
Grizelle Blackburn was born on 27 Oct 1774 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jul 1862 in Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Carlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA.
George Blackburn was born on 26 May 1776 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died after 1838 in Tennessee, USA.
John Blackburn, Jr was born on 24 Mar 1778 in Washington County, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Feb 1868; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Edward Blackburn was born on 3 Jun 1780 in Washington County, Virginia, USA; died in 1853 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Jane (Jenny) Blackburn was born on 3 Jun 1780 in Washington County, Virginia, USA.
James Blackburn was born on 2 Oct 1782 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA; died on 13 Nov 1860 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Westminister Presbyterian Church Cemetery, White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Nancy Blackburn was born on 7 Apr 1785 in Washington County, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Apr 1851 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA.

Generation: 2

Benjamin J Blackburn was born in 1713 in Ireland; died in 1791 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Possessions: 1 Sep 1753, Frederick County, Virginia, USA; 181 acres near Mulberry Run
Residence: 1759, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Civil: 23 Oct 1765, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Military: Abt 1776, Virginia, USA; Rank of Sergeant, service unit and date not specified
Residence: 1786, Halifax County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Died:
His will says that he lived in "The State of Franklin, County of Washington" See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Franklin

Benjamin married Mary ?? in 1737 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1721 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1791 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary ?? was born in 1721 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1791 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA.

Children:

Benjamin Blackburn, Jr was born in 1738 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 24 Sep 1834.
1. John B Blackburn was born on 27 Jan 1741 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Feb 1808 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Robert Blackburn was born in 1742 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Feb 1709.
Andrew Blackburn was born in 1744 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
James Blackburn was born in 1746 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elizabeth Blackburn was born in 1749 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA.
Archibald Blackburn was born in 1751 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1823 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA.
George Blackburn was born in 1753 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA.
William Blackburn was born in 1755 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA.
Ann 'Nancy' Blackburn was born in 1757 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
General Samuel Blackburn was born on 2 Jun 1759 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Mar 1835 in Bath County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Staunton, Staunton City County, Virginia, USA.


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