I have included some information on Blackwell's from Franklin County,
GA to Hickman and Perry Counties of TN. Maybe it will be helpful to someone
who looks here for information on early GA Blackwell families... Also see
below for links to other Blackwell Researchers.
BLACKWELL SURNAME DISTRIBUTION IN THE U.S. (Provided by Hamrick Software)
From FRANKLIN COUNTY, GEORGIA MARRIAGES (Dec. 1805 - Dec. 1850):
Jesse Blackwell married Sarah Wilkins on April 26, 1810, Asa Allen, J.I.C. - (source Vol. 1 Pg. 43).
Joel Blackwell married Judah Ann Edwards on 27 Dec. 1831, Job Hammond, M.G. J.P. (source Vol. 3 Pg.93).
Ann Blackwell married Thomas H. McIna (?) on 4 Jan. 1815. W.F. Bagwell, J.P. (source Vol. 1 Pg. 96).
Elizabeth Blackwell married Wm. T. Crow on 23 Feb. 1826. Z. Chandler, J.P. (License: 1751-01/02-38).
Hensley Blackwell married Elizabeth Sewell on March 9, 1837. Noah Looney, J.I.C. (source Vol. 4 Pg. 1).
Jediah Blackwell married Nancy Henderson 20 Feb. 1817. John Duncan, J.P. (Vol. 1, Pg. 110).
Lucy Blackwell married Francis Sewell on 31 Jan. 1833. Job Hammond, J.P. (Vol. 3 Pg. 118).
Nancy Blackwell married Daniel J. (?) Manley on 26 Sept. 1839. Thomas H. Murdock, J.P. (Vol. 4 Pg. 63).
Russell Blackwell married Elizabeth Smith on 20 Oct. 1842. R.A.R. Neal, J.I.C. (Vol. 4, pp.155-156).
From HISTORY OF FRANKLIN CO., GEORGIA by Franklin Co. Historical Society:
Among those lists of Persons living in Franklin Co., Georgia who Registered to Draw in the Lottery of 1805:
P - Registrant Received Land
B - Registrant Received NO Land
(Two letters denote two draws, one letter denotes one draw)
(Pg. 90):
Blackwell, Ambrose BB
Blackwell, Jesse - BB
Blackwell, John - BB
Blackwell , John - BB
Blackwell, Wm. - BB
Blackwell, Wm. Sr. - BB
(pg. 164) - William Blackwell - name taken from original minutes of Franklin Co. Inferior Court Records
(pg. 481) - Jackson Manley m. 9-26-1839 Nancy Blackwell, dau. of William b. 1764, Va., d. 1-6-1843 and Jerusha Cockburn Blackwell b. 1777 d. 4-10-1844.
Their children:
1. Amanda Melvina b. 10-8-1840, married 2-23-1867 Ellison H. Crowe.
2. William Asa b. 10-12-1843, married 1-12-1869 Mary E. (Mollie) Morris;
3. Mary Jane b. 12-29-1846, married 1-7-1869 Thomas S. Westbrook;
4. Joseph Americus b. 11-14-1849, married 10-12-1876 Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Burruss;
5. James Adolphus b. 11-14-1849, (twin to Joseph), married 1st 10-17-1876 Frances Mosely, 2nd Mary Herndon.
6. Martha Carolina b. 3-2-1853, married 10-12-1876 John C. Peteet.
7. Emma Elizabeth b. 1-21-1858, unmarried.
The Blackwell family came to Wilkes Co., Ga. in 1784 with George Matthews (later Gov. of Ga.); these men had been Rev. soldiers in Va. Joseph Blackwell b. Va., d. 1806, Ga., married Sally Chandler Banks, dau. of Thomas Banks and Sarah Chandler in Va. She was b. 6-14-1784 Va.
Their children were:
1. James Y. Blackwell;
2. Samuel D. Blackwell;
3. Thomas P. Blackwell;
4. Claudia Blackwell;
5. William Blackwell married Jerusha Cockburn. (see below)
6. George F. Blackwell
7. Isabella Blackwell
8. Banks Blackwell
9. Sally Blackwell
10. Ralph Blackwell
11. Parks Blackwell.
William Blackwell (#5 above) married Jerusha Cockburn (daughter of George Cockburn b. Va. 1746 and Elizabeth Sneider of Va.) George was a Rev. Soldier granted land in Franklin Co. Children of George and Elizabeth Cockburn were:
1. Jerusha married William Blackwell;
2. Rachel;
3. Melissa;
4. Archibald;
5. George Jr.;
6. John;
7. Jonah;
8. Russell m. a Carroll;
9. Jeremiah;
10. Clark m. a Carroll;
11. Janie.
William Blackwell and Jerusha Cockburn had these children:
1. Hensley Blackwell married Elizabeth 3-9-1837.
2. Lucy Blackwell married Frances (Levi) Sewell.
3. Nancy Blackwell married Jackson Manley *(see above)
4. Betsy Blackwell married Thompson Crow
5. James Blackwell married June Wilkins
6. Sarah Blackwell married John Harbour(Harbur/Harber). Their son Hamilton Harbour married Hasseltine Malone. Their son William Brown Harbour married Mary Gorda Wright, whose daughter Lynne Psyche married Rufus Carl Pittman. Rufus Carl Pittman and Lynne Psyche Harbour were the grandparents of Judy Martin.
7. Joel Blackwell married Judith Ann Edwards and had these children: (1) J.. Clint Blackwell mar. Ida Bagwell; (2) Bud Blackwell married Laney Allen; (3) Lisa Blackwell married John Cromer
8. Russell Blackwell married Elizabeth Smith
(Page 524) - Levi Francis Sewell (b. 1812), son of John Sewell (b. 1777), who married Mary Richmond
The following information was provided by fellow researcher Peter Preston of Mathews, VA. His wife Sally is the GGGG granddaughter of John Blackwell and Clement Wilkins.
"The John Blackwell family, along with those of his brothers William, Ambrose, and Jesse, arrived in Franklin Co. from Abbeville Co. SC in the latter part of 1797. John Blackwell purchased 200 ac. on Little's Creek, adjacent to Clement Wilkins, on 3 Oct. 1797 (an 1802 deed of another family indicates 'adjacent to John Blackwell, Clement Wilkins, (and others)' which established the proximity of the Wilkins and Blackwell properties."
"John Blackwell's two oldest sons, Joseph (b. 1785, S.C.) and Jesse (b. 1786, S.C.) married two Wilkin's daughters, Mary and Sarah, who may have been twins born in 1791, according to Wilkins family records ("Amazing Grace", J T Witherspoon, 1980), or Sarah may have been born in 1792, and Mary in 1790 according to later census records. THe marriage of Jesse and Sarah was recorded 26 April 1810. A court record of the marriage and Mary (called Polly) has not yet been found."
"On 3 Dec. 1805 Clement Wilkins sold 100 ac. to Samuel Daily for $150, and made final disposition of his property by selling 500 ac. on Oct. 5, 1810 to John Mayfield Sr. for $1200, immediately thereafter moving to Hickman Co., TN. He was accompanied by his children and their families, including John Wimms (Weems), who was married to Clement's daughter Nancy, and possibly Abner Brown (ref Brown's Bend on the Duck River) whose daughters Nancy and Levana married Clement's sons Thomas and Clement Jr."
"Joseph Blackwell, married to Mary Wilkins, named a son (b. TN 1826) Clement Cude Blackwell in honor of his materal grandfather and apparently John Cude. Jesse Blackwell, married to Sarah Wilkins, named a son (b. GA 1812) Wilkins, in honor of his maternal grandfather. These names persisted in the Blackwell lines for several generations."
My Blackwell ancestors begin with Jesse Blackwell, born abt. 1786, in S.C.
, who was the son of Joseph and Sarah Wells Blackwell of Virginia. Jesse Blackwell
married Sarah Wilkins in Franklin Co., GA in 1810. I have conflicting
information (at this time) on who Sarah Wilkins parents were: one source
lists John Wilkins and Mary Anthony Wilkins of Dutch descent as her parents,
and another source lists her parents as Clement Wilkins and Clarissa Dicker
(who also settled Hickman Co., TN during the same period).
Jesse and Sarah Wilkins Blackwell settled in Hickman Co., Tenn. around
1816 . (It is said that there were three other Blackwell families that
made this trip from GA to Hickman Co., TN at this time). Jesse was said
to have settled in Blackwell's Hollow (or Blackwelltown) on the southside of
the river in 1818, just as soon as it was abandoned by the Indians. According
to "The History of Hickman Co., Tn.", (page 258) "he was a man of ability in business
matters. He wrote title papers in land trades for his neighbors, was their
legal advisor, and was considered by early settlers as an authority on
questions of law. He erected a gristmill on the lower end of his fine body
of land. It was located north of his residence, one mile."
Jesse and Sarah Wilkins Blackwell had the following children:
1. Polly Blackwell;
2. Joseph Blackwell (born Jan. 16, 1811);
3. Wilkins B. Blacwell (born Oct. 30, 1812, Ga.), married abt. 1835 to Nancy
(maiden name unknwon).
4. Elizabeth Blackwell (born Sept. 22, 1814);
5. David Jackson Blackwell (b. Jan. 8, 1816 in Hickman Co., TN; d. Apr. 15, 1891
in Perry Co., TN), married Mary Rice on Jan. 20, 1842 in Perry Co., TN
(she was the daughter of William and Sarah Dailey Rice). David Jackson,
or "Davy Jack" as he was sometimes known, was preacher and representative of
the Christian Church of Hickman County (according to "History of Hickman Co.
, TN" page 258),
6. Robert Blackwell (born Aug. 28, 1818);
7. Seaborn Blackwell (born Jan. 4, 1820, Tenn.);
8. William Blackwell (born Jan. 27, 1823 in Tenn.), married Nancy (Unknown);
9. John H. Blackwell (b. Jan. 8, 1826, in Tenn.).
Blackwell families found in 1830 Hickman Co., Tenn. Census:
BLACKWELL, James 0001-20001
BLACKWELL, John 0100000001-000000001
BLACKWELL, John H. 110001-11101
BLACKWELL, Jessee 2122001-001001
BLACKWELL, Jesse 101001-00001001
Blackwell families found in 1840 Hickman Co., Tenn. Census:
Blackwell, Jesse 12001-21001
Blackwell, Jesse, Sr. 0021201-0010101
Blackwell, William 0001-
Blackwell, Joseph 11300001-00101001
Blackwell, Andrew J. 00001-10001
Blackwell, Richard 01001-20001
Have attempted to connect my Thomas Jefferson BLACKWELL (1838-1872?) with this line, but have not done so yet. Searching, Mary.
John C. Roberts, b 1795 in what was to become Roane co, TN, married
2/1/1816) ELIZABETH BLACKWELL.
She was the dau of DAVID BLACKWELL, a slave owner and prosperous
farmer. She was mentioned in her father's will dated 1842.
From Chris Bailey, a descendant:
David Blackwell m Sarah Harris. Elizabeth was born 10 sep 1796 in Surry
Co., NC. Her father, David Blackwell, was a pensioner for service in
the VA line during the Revolutionary War.
John C. Roberts and Elizabeth Blackwell had 16 children born in Roane Co, TN. (note two copies of the bible record state the twins were born five days apart.
If you are researching Blackwells, and are a descendant of the line that went through Franklin Co., GA and on to middle TN, let me know and I'll add you as a link on this page as a Blackwell Researcher...
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