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BLACK FAMILY HISTORY
The surname Black (or Blacha, Blac, Blaec) probably referred to the dark complexions and black hair of the original owners of the name. The Domesday Book, 1066-1070, marked the beginning of official English records. It was the first recorded attempt to assess the whole community for taxation. The name Black appears several times as being large owners of taxable lands.
HENRY BLACK
Henry BLACK was born in 1737. It appears that Henry was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was listed as tithable in 1778 and in 1782. Henry received a grant for 46 acres adjacent to the property of Alexander Collier on 20 June 1772; and on 10 April, 1776, he received 155 acres of land in Botetourt County from Alexander Collier and his wife, Sarah. It is possible, even likely, that Henry's wife, Martha, was kin to the Colliers, after whom Collierstown and Colliers Creek are named. Henry may have lived in Maryland prior to moving to Black's Creek, near Collierstown, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Henry was "tithable" in 1782, being the owner of 4 horses and 15 head of cattle.
In 1799, Henry was granted a parcel of 46 acres of land "on the waters of Colliers Creek, adjoining the lands of Robert Black, Elijah Forsythe, and his own."
Henry and Martha had children: John, James, William, Joseph, Benjamin, Elizabeth, and Jane.
Henry died 1 November, 1811 and his will was proven by oath on 6 Jan 1812. He left his land to his eldest son, John Black and his heirs forever "provided that he shall maintain me and my wife, Martha Black, decently during our lives, pay lawful debts and burying expenses, and to sons, James Black and William Black, 10 pounds; son, Joseph Black, 30 pounds, and to son Bengaman (Benjamin) Black, 5 pounds, and to my two daughters, Elizabeth Banning and Jane Ruth, each 5 pounds."
Son Benjamin married Jane (Jean) CLARKE, daughter of John and Rebecca Clarke, on 19 Jan 1804, with the Rev. Daniel Blain, Pastor of Oxford Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Benjamin and Jane lived in Lexington, Rockbridge County, VA.
Benjamin Black is on the taxpayers roll for 1841.
In the 1850 Census, Benjamin, age 70, is living with his daughters, 45-year-old Jamima, 30-year-old Mary, and 21-year-old Caroline. Also in the household is 4-year-old Elizabeth Crawford who is Benjamin's granddaughter, according to his will.
Benjamin's will was probated 4 Oct 1852, and left "One negro man named Lawson to Jamima and Caroline." He also named Jamima to be appointed guardian to his granddaughter, Elizabeth Jane, and left her - among other things - one mare named Doll. Benjamin's daughter, Caroline, received one bay mare named Cate.
Benjamin and Jane are buried in Oxford Cemetery, Oxford Presbyterian Church in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
JAMES BLACK
James Black was born about 1768, probably in Virginia. He is the second oldest son of Henry and Martha Black.
On April 3, 1797, James Black, "son of Henry and Martha Black of Rockbridge County," married Nancy Martin in Amherst County, Virginia. A son, Henry, was born to them on 2 September 1804. It is likely that one, possibly more, babies were born before and after Henry, but their names are not known to me.
Possibly, James Black married a second time in 1818 to Margaret Moore. However Oren Morton's "History of Rockbridge County" notes that the James who was the son of Henry and Martha Black may not be the same James who married Margaret Moore. Or ... he may be. There is not enough evidence to prove it either way.
It doesn't appear there were any children from this second union, if indeed there was one.
In the 1810 Federal Census for Rockbridge County, James Black is listed with 10 other persons residing with the family. Two males, born between 1800 and 1810, one of whom is Henry, and two females born during the same range, appear to be the children of James and Nancy. Possibly more children came later.
In 1841, James Black is listed as a taxpayer of Rockbridge County in District 23, "Redbudin Opossum Hollow to center Buffalo bridge."
There was a James Black who died between 1832 and 1842 (and had children named Henry, Patsy, Nancy, and Polly). He lived two residences away from our Henry, per the 1830 census. Also per that census, he was 50 to 60 years old. This may or may not be the same man as Henry's father.
HENRY BLACK
Henry Black, born in 1804, married Polly Newcomer (daughter of Jacob Newcomer) in Rockbridge, Virginia, on 4 June 1824.
They had children:
Martha, born about 1824
Jamima, born 1825
Margaret, born 1827
Benjamin Franklin, born 1829
Martha died in 1827 at about 3 years of age and is buried in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rockbridge, VA.
Benjamin Franklin, barely one year old, died in 1830 and is buried also in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Four months after Benjamin died, the mother Polly died. She is buried with her children in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Jamima's grandson, Lucien Dewitt McDaniel, remembered two facts that she shared with him: (1) that Margaret Black Forsythe was her only living full sibling, and (2) that her mother died when she was young.
That oral family history is borne out by the above data.
Lucien also noted that his grandmother had blue eyes and smoked a clay pipe.
I should report here that the gravestones in this area of the cemetery also show a Henry Black. His stone is between Polly's and that of Benjamin and Jane/Jean Black. At first glance, it would appear that this is "our" Henry, husband of Polly, but it is not.
This Henry was born in 1805 and died in 1853. We know that records show our Henry died in 1890. I think we can be reasonably certain that the Henry buried here is the son of Benjamin and Jane. Although no Henry is listed in Benjamin's will (probated in 1852, a year before this Henry died), on a Rockbridge Co. Tax list, there is a "Henry Black, son of Benjamin," who begins on the list in 1836.
There is also another situation that has caused some confusion over the years. It comes about from a cemetery compilation that shows more children belonging to Henry and Polly, some of them listed as being born after Polly had died. An email contact with the compiler confirmed that some of those children were from the marriage of Henry and second wife Martha. A record of the true parentage of these children can be found here.
Henry and Polly are in the 1830 census for Rockbridge County, VA. Township is not listed.
After Polly died in 1831, Henry married his first cousin, Martha "Patsy" Black, daughter of Benjamin and Jane Black, in 1832.
In the approximate twenty years Henry and Martha were married, Martha gave birth to at least 10 children:
John 1833
Andrew 1834
Benjamin Franklin 1836
Mary Ann 1837
Wlliam 1839
Robert 1843
Jane 1844
Frances Jane 1847
Sarah Agnes 1848
Caroline Virginia 1851
Henry, Martha and family are listed in both the 1840 and 1850 federal censuses for Rockbridge County, VA
Martha died some time between the birth of her last children and Henry's next marriage (1851-1853).
In 1853, Henry married Isabella Forsythe. She was the daughter of James and Mary (Ewing) Forsythe, born in 1825. Her brother, Willliam Ewing Forsythe, married Margaret Black, daughter of Henry and Polly (Newcomer) Black.
Henry and Isabella had at least seven children:
Elizabeth Blanche 1855
Henry Hayse 1858
Ellen Forsythe 1860
Isabella Ada 1863
Alexander Allen 1865
Martin Ewing 1869
Abner Forest 1871
{If you have been counting, you will note that this makes AT LEAST twenty children for Henry and his three wives.]
Henry died in 1890 and is buried in Collierstown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockbridge County, VA.
More oral family history claims that Henry, on his deathbed, sent word to Jamima to please come and see him before he died. She either went and was too late to see him alive or she did not go because her sons begged her not to go, depending upon which family story you hear/believe.
Isabella, who was born July 8, 1825, died on 24 July 1897, seven years after Henry. After Isabella died, her dower (land/property left to her by Henry in his will) reverted to Henry's children and Jamima received a portion of Henry's estate, which she sold in October of 1897 to her half-brother, Abner, Henry's son with Isabella. Fannie Tribbett of Roanoke County, Virginia, also sold her undivided interest in the tract of land to Abner Black. Fannie (Frances Jane) is Jamima's half-sister from Henry's marriage to Martha/Patsy.
Henry's daughters, Jamima and Margaret, married on the same day (21 March 1848), by the same minister (Rev. Davidson), to Mathew McDaniel and William Forsythe, respectively. This William Forsythe is brother to Isabella Forsythe who, five years later will marry Henry Black, the father of the two girls.
Although some family historians believe that Henry was against Jamima marrying Mathew, a copy of the marriage bond shows that Henry DID give his permission for Mathew to marry Jamima, though apparently Jamima was of age, and also gave his permission for William to marry Margaret. It is my personal feeling that the rift between Jamima and her father was, in fact, the result of Henry marrying Isabella Forsythe. Isabella was Jamima's exact same age (twenty years younger than Henry) and could very well have been one of Jamima's girlfriends. I would suggest that no daughter would particularly enjoy seeing her father marry one of her girlfriends.
According to the census, 33 year old Mathew McDaniel and his bride of two years, 26 year old Jamima, are living in Rockbrige County in 1850, with their one-year-old son, Henry A., no doubt named for Jamima's father. Also in Rockbridge in 1850 are William Forsythe, age 22, his bride of two years, 23 year old Margaret, their infant daughter, Mary A., and two children whose relationship is unknown at this time: 10-year-old James Reynolds and 9-year-old Mary Reynolds. Also living nearby is 60-year old Mary Forsythe (born in Tennessee), and her daughters: Jane, age 26, and Isabella, just turning 25, who, in three years, will marry her neighbor Henry Black.
Jemima Black McDaniel
More information about Jamima and Mathew can be found on the McDaniel surname link on the home page.
You might be interested in this genealogy website:
A Black Family Homepage by Murray Pletsch, Ontario
Hopping Bunny Productions
Copyright ©2009
Judith Stevens
All Rights Reserved
Henry BLACK was born in 1737. It appears that Henry was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was listed as tithable in 1778 and in 1782. Henry received a grant for 46 acres adjacent to the property of Alexander Collier on 20 June 1772; and on 10 April, 1776, he received 155 acres of land in Botetourt County from Alexander Collier and his wife, Sarah. It is possible, even likely, that Henry's wife, Martha, was kin to the Colliers, after whom Collierstown and Colliers Creek are named. Henry may have lived in Maryland prior to moving to Black's Creek, near Collierstown, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Henry was "tithable" in 1782, being the owner of 4 horses and 15 head of cattle.
In 1799, Henry was granted a parcel of 46 acres of land "on the waters of Colliers Creek, adjoining the lands of Robert Black, Elijah Forsythe, and his own."
Henry and Martha had children: John, James, William, Joseph, Benjamin, Elizabeth, and Jane.
Henry died 1 November, 1811 and his will was proven by oath on 6 Jan 1812. He left his land to his eldest son, John Black and his heirs forever "provided that he shall maintain me and my wife, Martha Black, decently during our lives, pay lawful debts and burying expenses, and to sons, James Black and William Black, 10 pounds; son, Joseph Black, 30 pounds, and to son Bengaman (Benjamin) Black, 5 pounds, and to my two daughters, Elizabeth Banning and Jane Ruth, each 5 pounds."
Son Benjamin married Jane (Jean) CLARKE, daughter of John and Rebecca Clarke, on 19 Jan 1804, with the Rev. Daniel Blain, Pastor of Oxford Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Benjamin and Jane lived in Lexington, Rockbridge County, VA.
Benjamin Black is on the taxpayers roll for 1841.
In the 1850 Census, Benjamin, age 70, is living with his daughters, 45-year-old Jamima, 30-year-old Mary, and 21-year-old Caroline. Also in the household is 4-year-old Elizabeth Crawford who is Benjamin's granddaughter, according to his will.
Benjamin's will was probated 4 Oct 1852, and left "One negro man named Lawson to Jamima and Caroline." He also named Jamima to be appointed guardian to his granddaughter, Elizabeth Jane, and left her - among other things - one mare named Doll. Benjamin's daughter, Caroline, received one bay mare named Cate.
Benjamin and Jane are buried in Oxford Cemetery, Oxford Presbyterian Church in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
JAMES BLACK
James Black was born about 1768, probably in Virginia. He is the second oldest son of Henry and Martha Black.
On April 3, 1797, James Black, "son of Henry and Martha Black of Rockbridge County," married Nancy Martin in Amherst County, Virginia. A son, Henry, was born to them on 2 September 1804. It is likely that one, possibly more, babies were born before and after Henry, but their names are not known to me.
Possibly, James Black married a second time in 1818 to Margaret Moore. However Oren Morton's "History of Rockbridge County" notes that the James who was the son of Henry and Martha Black may not be the same James who married Margaret Moore. Or ... he may be. There is not enough evidence to prove it either way.
It doesn't appear there were any children from this second union, if indeed there was one.
In the 1810 Federal Census for Rockbridge County, James Black is listed with 10 other persons residing with the family. Two males, born between 1800 and 1810, one of whom is Henry, and two females born during the same range, appear to be the children of James and Nancy. Possibly more children came later.
In 1841, James Black is listed as a taxpayer of Rockbridge County in District 23, "Redbudin Opossum Hollow to center Buffalo bridge."
There was a James Black who died between 1832 and 1842 (and had children named Henry, Patsy, Nancy, and Polly). He lived two residences away from our Henry, per the 1830 census. Also per that census, he was 50 to 60 years old. This may or may not be the same man as Henry's father.
HENRY BLACK
Henry Black, born in 1804, married Polly Newcomer (daughter of Jacob Newcomer) in Rockbridge, Virginia, on 4 June 1824.
They had children:
Martha, born about 1824
Jamima, born 1825
Margaret, born 1827
Benjamin Franklin, born 1829
Martha died in 1827 at about 3 years of age and is buried in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rockbridge, VA.
Benjamin Franklin, barely one year old, died in 1830 and is buried also in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Four months after Benjamin died, the mother Polly died. She is buried with her children in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Jamima's grandson, Lucien Dewitt McDaniel, remembered two facts that she shared with him: (1) that Margaret Black Forsythe was her only living full sibling, and (2) that her mother died when she was young.
That oral family history is borne out by the above data.
Lucien also noted that his grandmother had blue eyes and smoked a clay pipe.
I should report here that the gravestones in this area of the cemetery also show a Henry Black. His stone is between Polly's and that of Benjamin and Jane/Jean Black. At first glance, it would appear that this is "our" Henry, husband of Polly, but it is not.
This Henry was born in 1805 and died in 1853. We know that records show our Henry died in 1890. I think we can be reasonably certain that the Henry buried here is the son of Benjamin and Jane. Although no Henry is listed in Benjamin's will (probated in 1852, a year before this Henry died), on a Rockbridge Co. Tax list, there is a "Henry Black, son of Benjamin," who begins on the list in 1836.
There is also another situation that has caused some confusion over the years. It comes about from a cemetery compilation that shows more children belonging to Henry and Polly, some of them listed as being born after Polly had died. An email contact with the compiler confirmed that some of those children were from the marriage of Henry and second wife Martha. A record of the true parentage of these children can be found here.
Henry and Polly are in the 1830 census for Rockbridge County, VA. Township is not listed.
After Polly died in 1831, Henry married his first cousin, Martha "Patsy" Black, daughter of Benjamin and Jane Black, in 1832.
In the approximate twenty years Henry and Martha were married, Martha gave birth to at least 10 children:
John 1833
Andrew 1834
Benjamin Franklin 1836
Mary Ann 1837
Wlliam 1839
Robert 1843
Jane 1844
Frances Jane 1847
Sarah Agnes 1848
Caroline Virginia 1851
Henry, Martha and family are listed in both the 1840 and 1850 federal censuses for Rockbridge County, VA
Martha died some time between the birth of her last children and Henry's next marriage (1851-1853).
In 1853, Henry married Isabella Forsythe. She was the daughter of James and Mary (Ewing) Forsythe, born in 1825. Her brother, Willliam Ewing Forsythe, married Margaret Black, daughter of Henry and Polly (Newcomer) Black.
Henry and Isabella had at least seven children:
Elizabeth Blanche 1855
Henry Hayse 1858
Ellen Forsythe 1860
Isabella Ada 1863
Alexander Allen 1865
Martin Ewing 1869
Abner Forest 1871
{If you have been counting, you will note that this makes AT LEAST twenty children for Henry and his three wives.]
Henry died in 1890 and is buried in Collierstown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockbridge County, VA.
More oral family history claims that Henry, on his deathbed, sent word to Jamima to please come and see him before he died. She either went and was too late to see him alive or she did not go because her sons begged her not to go, depending upon which family story you hear/believe.
Isabella, who was born July 8, 1825, died on 24 July 1897, seven years after Henry. After Isabella died, her dower (land/property left to her by Henry in his will) reverted to Henry's children and Jamima received a portion of Henry's estate, which she sold in October of 1897 to her half-brother, Abner, Henry's son with Isabella. Fannie Tribbett of Roanoke County, Virginia, also sold her undivided interest in the tract of land to Abner Black. Fannie (Frances Jane) is Jamima's half-sister from Henry's marriage to Martha/Patsy.
Henry's daughters, Jamima and Margaret, married on the same day (21 March 1848), by the same minister (Rev. Davidson), to Mathew McDaniel and William Forsythe, respectively. This William Forsythe is brother to Isabella Forsythe who, five years later will marry Henry Black, the father of the two girls.
Although some family historians believe that Henry was against Jamima marrying Mathew, a copy of the marriage bond shows that Henry DID give his permission for Mathew to marry Jamima, though apparently Jamima was of age, and also gave his permission for William to marry Margaret. It is my personal feeling that the rift between Jamima and her father was, in fact, the result of Henry marrying Isabella Forsythe. Isabella was Jamima's exact same age (twenty years younger than Henry) and could very well have been one of Jamima's girlfriends. I would suggest that no daughter would particularly enjoy seeing her father marry one of her girlfriends.
According to the census, 33 year old Mathew McDaniel and his bride of two years, 26 year old Jamima, are living in Rockbrige County in 1850, with their one-year-old son, Henry A., no doubt named for Jamima's father. Also in Rockbridge in 1850 are William Forsythe, age 22, his bride of two years, 23 year old Margaret, their infant daughter, Mary A., and two children whose relationship is unknown at this time: 10-year-old James Reynolds and 9-year-old Mary Reynolds. Also living nearby is 60-year old Mary Forsythe (born in Tennessee), and her daughters: Jane, age 26, and Isabella, just turning 25, who, in three years, will marry her neighbor Henry Black.
Jemima Black McDaniel
More information about Jamima and Mathew can be found on the McDaniel surname link on the home page.
You might be interested in this genealogy website:
A Black Family Homepage by Murray Pletsch, Ontario
Hopping Bunny Productions
Copyright ©2009
Judith Stevens
All Rights Reserved
JAMES BLACK
On April 3, 1797, James Black, "son of Henry and Martha Black of Rockbridge County," married Nancy Martin in Amherst County, Virginia. A son, Henry, was born to them on 2 September 1804. It is likely that one, possibly more, babies were born before and after Henry, but their names are not known to me.
Possibly, James Black married a second time in 1818 to Margaret Moore. However Oren Morton's "History of Rockbridge County" notes that the James who was the son of Henry and Martha Black may not be the same James who married Margaret Moore. Or ... he may be. There is not enough evidence to prove it either way.
It doesn't appear there were any children from this second union, if indeed there was one.
In the 1810 Federal Census for Rockbridge County, James Black is listed with 10 other persons residing with the family. Two males, born between 1800 and 1810, one of whom is Henry, and two females born during the same range, appear to be the children of James and Nancy. Possibly more children came later.
In 1841, James Black is listed as a taxpayer of Rockbridge County in District 23, "Redbudin Opossum Hollow to center Buffalo bridge."
There was a James Black who died between 1832 and 1842 (and had children named Henry, Patsy, Nancy, and Polly). He lived two residences away from our Henry, per the 1830 census. Also per that census, he was 50 to 60 years old. This may or may not be the same man as Henry's father.
HENRY BLACK
Henry Black, born in 1804, married Polly Newcomer (daughter of Jacob Newcomer) in Rockbridge, Virginia, on 4 June 1824.
They had children:
Martha, born about 1824
Jamima, born 1825
Margaret, born 1827
Benjamin Franklin, born 1829
Martha died in 1827 at about 3 years of age and is buried in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rockbridge, VA.
Benjamin Franklin, barely one year old, died in 1830 and is buried also in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Four months after Benjamin died, the mother Polly died. She is buried with her children in Oxford Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Jamima's grandson, Lucien Dewitt McDaniel, remembered two facts that she shared with him: (1) that Margaret Black Forsythe was her only living full sibling, and (2) that her mother died when she was young.
That oral family history is borne out by the above data.
Lucien also noted that his grandmother had blue eyes and smoked a clay pipe.
I should report here that the gravestones in this area of the cemetery also show a Henry Black. His stone is between Polly's and that of Benjamin and Jane/Jean Black. At first glance, it would appear that this is "our" Henry, husband of Polly, but it is not.
This Henry was born in 1805 and died in 1853. We know that records show our Henry died in 1890. I think we can be reasonably certain that the Henry buried here is the son of Benjamin and Jane. Although no Henry is listed in Benjamin's will (probated in 1852, a year before this Henry died), on a Rockbridge Co. Tax list, there is a "Henry Black, son of Benjamin," who begins on the list in 1836.
There is also another situation that has caused some confusion over the years. It comes about from a cemetery compilation that shows more children belonging to Henry and Polly, some of them listed as being born after Polly had died. An email contact with the compiler confirmed that some of those children were from the marriage of Henry and second wife Martha. A record of the true parentage of these children can be found here.
Henry and Polly are in the 1830 census for Rockbridge County, VA. Township is not listed.
After Polly died in 1831, Henry married his first cousin, Martha "Patsy" Black, daughter of Benjamin and Jane Black, in 1832.
In the approximate twenty years Henry and Martha were married, Martha gave birth to at least 10 children:
John 1833
Andrew 1834
Benjamin Franklin 1836
Mary Ann 1837
Wlliam 1839
Robert 1843
Jane 1844
Frances Jane 1847
Sarah Agnes 1848
Caroline Virginia 1851
Henry, Martha and family are listed in both the 1840 and 1850 federal censuses for Rockbridge County, VA
Martha died some time between the birth of her last children and Henry's next marriage (1851-1853).
In 1853, Henry married Isabella Forsythe. She was the daughter of James and Mary (Ewing) Forsythe, born in 1825. Her brother, Willliam Ewing Forsythe, married Margaret Black, daughter of Henry and Polly (Newcomer) Black.
Henry and Isabella had at least seven children:
Elizabeth Blanche 1855
Henry Hayse 1858
Ellen Forsythe 1860
Isabella Ada 1863
Alexander Allen 1865
Martin Ewing 1869
Abner Forest 1871
{If you have been counting, you will note that this makes AT LEAST twenty children for Henry and his three wives.]
Henry died in 1890 and is buried in Collierstown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockbridge County, VA.
More oral family history claims that Henry, on his deathbed, sent word to Jamima to please come and see him before he died. She either went and was too late to see him alive or she did not go because her sons begged her not to go, depending upon which family story you hear/believe.
Isabella, who was born July 8, 1825, died on 24 July 1897, seven years after Henry. After Isabella died, her dower (land/property left to her by Henry in his will) reverted to Henry's children and Jamima received a portion of Henry's estate, which she sold in October of 1897 to her half-brother, Abner, Henry's son with Isabella. Fannie Tribbett of Roanoke County, Virginia, also sold her undivided interest in the tract of land to Abner Black. Fannie (Frances Jane) is Jamima's half-sister from Henry's marriage to Martha/Patsy.
Henry's daughters, Jamima and Margaret, married on the same day (21 March 1848), by the same minister (Rev. Davidson), to Mathew McDaniel and William Forsythe, respectively. This William Forsythe is brother to Isabella Forsythe who, five years later will marry Henry Black, the father of the two girls.
Although some family historians believe that Henry was against Jamima marrying Mathew, a copy of the marriage bond shows that Henry DID give his permission for Mathew to marry Jamima, though apparently Jamima was of age, and also gave his permission for William to marry Margaret. It is my personal feeling that the rift between Jamima and her father was, in fact, the result of Henry marrying Isabella Forsythe. Isabella was Jamima's exact same age (twenty years younger than Henry) and could very well have been one of Jamima's girlfriends. I would suggest that no daughter would particularly enjoy seeing her father marry one of her girlfriends.
According to the census, 33 year old Mathew McDaniel and his bride of two years, 26 year old Jamima, are living in Rockbrige County in 1850, with their one-year-old son, Henry A., no doubt named for Jamima's father. Also in Rockbridge in 1850 are William Forsythe, age 22, his bride of two years, 23 year old Margaret, their infant daughter, Mary A., and two children whose relationship is unknown at this time: 10-year-old James Reynolds and 9-year-old Mary Reynolds. Also living nearby is 60-year old Mary Forsythe (born in Tennessee), and her daughters: Jane, age 26, and Isabella, just turning 25, who, in three years, will marry her neighbor Henry Black.
Jemima Black McDaniel
You might be interested in this genealogy website: A Black Family Homepage by Murray Pletsch, Ontario