1. Jesse BLACKBURN was born in 1800 in , , Mississippi.1 He appeared in the census in 1850
in , Angelina County, Texas.2
Jesse was shown as being 50 years of age on the 1850 US Census of Angelina County,
Texas and being born in Mississippi.
He died after 1861 in Homer, Angelina County, Texas.3
Jesse emigrated to Texas in October 1841 and received 640 acres in Nacogdoches
County as Head Of Family. Certificate was issued 7 Jul 1845 and he was on the
1845 Tax Roll.
Jesse BLACKBURN and Mary Ann (Polly) EVANS were married on 24 Nov 1827 in
, Hinds County, Mississippi.4,5 Linda Harris assured me in an email
dated 10/25/2003 that she had personally seen a copy of the marriage record and
also graciously provided a copy to me.
Dub Brown provided Polly's last name as EVANS by virtue of a marriage certificate
in Marie Kitchen's possession.
Jesse BLACKBURN and Mary Ann (Polly) EVANS had the following children:
+2 | i. | Malinda BLACKBURN. |
3 | ii. | Sally
BLACKBURN was born in 1840 in , , Louisiana.2 She appeared in the census in 1850 in , Angelina County,
Texas.2
Sally was shown as 10 years of age on the 1850 US Census of Angelina County, Texas and being born in Louisiana. There was an S.C. Blackburn married to a H.A. Brown on 25 Nov 1877 in Angelina County, Texas. Could this possibly be Sally Blackburn? Sally may have been known as "Delilah". |
Jesse BLACKBURN
and Mary SLAUGHTER were married before 1842 in , Angelina County, Texas.3 Mary SLAUGHTER6 (daughter of William Webb SLAUGHTER
and Nancy J. MOORE) was born about 1817 in , , Mississippi.3 She lived in , Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana in 1824.7 She lived in , Sabine County, Texas
in 1834.7 Jesse BLACKBURN
and Mary SLAUGHTER had the following children:
4 | i. | Lafayett BLACKBURN was born in 1842 in
, Nacogdoches Territory, Republic of Texas.8
He appeared in the census in 1850 in , Angelina County, Texas.2
Lafayett was shown as 8 years of age on the 1850 US Census of Angelina County, Texas and being born in Texas. He served in the military. |
+5 | ii. | Nancy BLACKBURN. |
+6 | iii. | Margaret BLACKBURN. |
+7 | iv. | Jesse B. BLACKBURN. |
Jesse BLACKBURN and
Sarah BRANTLEY were married on 2 Oct 1856 in , Angelina County, Texas.9 Sarah BRANTLEY
(daughter of James BRANTLEY and Sarah BYNUM) was born in 1826 in , Green County,
Alabama.10
In the 1870 U.S. Census of Angelina County, Texas, Sarah is shown with her step-daughter,
Maggie 23, son Jackson 12, and daughter Carolina 9.
She appeared in the census in 1870 in , Angelina County, Texas.11 Jesse BLACKBURN and Sarah BRANTLEY had the following
children:
+8 | i. | Andrew "Jack" Jackson BLACKBURN. |
+9 | ii. | Sarah Carolina BLACKBURN. |