Person ID: I27738 |  Last Modified: 5 Feb 2025
Robert Blackburn
1742 - 1809 (Age 67)
Birth
1742
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
9 Feb 1809
Father
Benjamin Blackburn b. 1713, Ireland
Relationship
natural
Mother
Mary Davis b. 1721, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
1737
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Family
Margaret Richie
Married
Abt 1765
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Children
1. Gideon Blackburn b. 27 Aug 1772, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Benjamin Blackburn
1713 - 1791 (Age 78)
Birth
1713
Ireland
Died
1791
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Mary Davis
1721 - 1791 (Age 70)
Birth
1721
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Died
1791
Blount County, Tennessee, USA
Family
Benjamin Blackburn & Mary Davis
Married
1737
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Children
1. Benjamin Blackburn, Jr b. 1738, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
2. John B Blackburn b. 27 Jan 1741, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
3. Robert Blackburn b. 1742, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
4. Andrew Blackburn b. 1744, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
5. James Blackburn b. 1746, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
6. Elizabeth Blackburn b. 23 Jan 1749, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
7. Archibald Blackburn b. 1751, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
8. George Blackburn b. 1753, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
9. William Blackburn b. 1755, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
10. Ann 'Nancy' Blackburn b. 1757, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
11. Samuel Blackburn b. 2 Jun 1759, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Margaret Richie
- unknown
Died
unknown
Family
Robert Blackburn b. 1742, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Married
Abt 1765
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Children
1. Gideon Blackburn b. 27 Aug 1772, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Grizelle Blackburn
1774 - 1862 (Age 87)
Birth
27 Oct 1774
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Died
25 Jul 1862
Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
Buried
Carlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
Father
John B Blackburn b. 27 Jan 1741, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Relationship
natural
Mother
Janet Mathews b. 29 Sep 1747, Warren County, Virginia, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
2 Apr 1765
Wincester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Family
Gideon Blackburn b. 27 Aug 1772, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Married
2 Oct 1793
Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
John B Blackburn
1741 - 1808 (Age 67)
Birth
27 Jan 1741
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
9 Feb 1808
Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Buried
Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Father
Benjamin Blackburn b. 1713, Ireland
Mother
Mary Davis b. 1721, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Married
1737
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Janet Mathews
1747 - 1818 (Age 71)
Birth
29 Sep 1747
Warren County, Virginia, USA
Died
29 Sep 1818
Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Buried
Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Father
Alexander Mathes b. Bef 1708, Ireland
Mother
Grizella ?? b. Est 1708, Ireland
Family
John B Blackburn & Janet Mathews
Married
2 Apr 1765
Wincester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Children
1. Alexander Blackburn b. 1 Jan 1766, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
2. Benjamin Blackburn b. 8 Mar 1767, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
3. Mary (Polly) Blackburn b. 14 Nov 1768, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
4. Andrew Blackburn b. 13 Dec 1770, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
5. William Blackburn b. 7 Oct 1772, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
6. Grizelle Blackburn b. 27 Oct 1774, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
7. George Blackburn b. 26 May 1776, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
8. John Blackburn, Jr b. 24 Mar 1778, Washington County, Virginia, USA
9. Edward Blackburn b. 3 Jun 1780, Washington County, Virginia, USA
10. Jane (Jenny) Blackburn b. 3 Jun 1780, Washington County, Virginia, USA
11. James Blackburn b. 2 Oct 1782, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA
12. Nancy Blackburn b. 7 Apr 1785, Washington County, Virginia, USA
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He is credited with founding Blackburn College, but, though he tried to create a seminary in Macoupin County, Illinois, it didn't open until 2 decades after his death, whereupon it was named Blackburn Seminary (later College) after him.
See articles about him on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Blackburn and The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, at http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=96.
Two more detailed biographies can be found at JSTOR.org:
Gideon Blackburn: A Contemporary's Perspective, by Lester Lamon in the Journal of Presbyterian History, Vol. 62, No. 4( Winter 1894) pp. 3654-367, at http://www.jstor.org/stable/23328651
Gideon Blackburn, the Founder of Blackburn University, Carlinville, Illinois, by Thomas Binaker, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Oct., 1924), pp. 398-410, at https://www.jstor.org/stable/40186876
1. Gideon Blackburn (ID:I27738)
(current person)(Age 65) b. 27 Aug 1772, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA d. 23 Aug 1838, Carlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA(Age 65)
Grizelle Blackburn (ID:I25329)(Age 87) b. 27 Oct 1774, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA d. 25 Jul 1862, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA(Age 87)
– Cultural missionary to the Cherokee Nation. Founded schools for Cherokee boys in Bradley Co (1804) and Hamilton Co (1806). But resigned and closed both schools because of accusations of whiskey trading.
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[S207] Tennessee Marriages to 1825, by Dodd, Jordan S
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Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individ;
Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G;
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Page: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee; Page: 119; NARA Roll: M33_125; Image: 133
1820 United States Federal Census 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee; Page: 119; NARA Roll: M33_125; Image: 133
Text: Gideon Blackburn (August 27, 1772-August 23, 1838) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, educator and missionary to Cherokee and Creek nations, and college president. He raised funds for new colleges and founded numerous congregations and churches in areas of new western settlement in Tennessee and Kentucky...
Text: John Blackburn, second son of Benjamin and Mary Blackburn was born Dec 25, 1740, probably in Chester County, Pa. On Feb. 9, 1764 he received a land grant from Lord Fairfax on Mulberry Run in Frederick Co., Va. April 2, 1765 he married Jane (Janet) Mathews. Janet was born April 23, 1747, died Sept. 29 1818. She and her husband were buried in the old cemetery at Dandridge, Tenn.
Their children were:
Alexander - - born Jan. 14, 1776; Killed at Babson's Ferry below Dandridge by the Indians, and is said to have been the first man buried in the Dandridge cemetery.
Benjamin - - born march 8, 1767; died at 18 years of age. (1785).
Mary - - - - born Nov. 1st 1768; Married James Moyers Nov.3 1789.
Andrew - - born Dec. 13, 1770; married, 1st Margaret Samples, 2nd Catherine McGirk.
William - - - - born Oct. 7, 1772; married Amy Samples; 2nd__.
Grizelle - - - born Oct 27, 1774; Married her 1st cousin, Gideon Blackburn.
George - - - born May 26, 1776; married Martha Neely.
John - - - - - born Mch 24, 1778; Elizabeth