Wednesday, April 23, 2014

History of Blackwells

 

La Vern did a lot of research on the Blackburn family which she sent to Aileen Wade in the early 90’s.

Letter to Aileen from La Vern (Grandpa Wade’s brother Verney Franklin Wade’s daughter)

The history of our  Blackwell family was published in The Tennessee Geneological Magazine Summer 1987.

Map of Virginia in 1700s

Map of Virginia 1770

These documents include, maps,wills, census records, marriage records, property records, etc. for Blackwells, Pomfrets, and Luttrels.. (They are large files.)

Blackwell Historical Documents – Part 1

Blackwell Historical Documents – Part 2

Blackwell Historical Documents – Part 3

W.L.Gann’s Geneology Site Links to Blackwells

Descendants of William Blackwell

 

Blackwells That Served in the Civil War

Charles Fleming Blackwell was held prisoner during the civil war.  Here is a questionnaire that he completed when he was 80 years old.

Civil War Questionnaire

 

CharlesFBlackwell

 

 

 

Another cousin Chip Stokes created a web site detailing the history of his relatives that fought in the Civil War.

The Granville Rangers

 

Pomfret Blackwell Frazier  and Ransom Purfoy Frazier were brothers and our cousins that fought in the Civil War.  This ancestry.com chart illustrates how we are related.

ransom frazier_edited-1

 

This is how Chip Stokes is related.

Ransom Purfoy Frazier (1840 - 1923)

is your 1st cousin 5x removed

Mary Ann Blackwell (1815 - )

mother of Ransom Purfoy Frazier

Pomfret Blackwell (1769 - 1828)

father of Mary Ann Blackwell

Phoebe Blackwell (1812 - 1860)

daughter of Pomfret Blackwell

Martha Anne Currin (1834 - 1917)

daughter of Phoebe Blackwell

Phebe Lucy Daniel (1862 - 1946)

daughter of Martha Anne Currin

Valeria Lee Moss (1890 - 1968)

daughter of Phebe Lucy Daniel

Phebe Teresa Wheeler Lewis (1918 - 1977)

daughter of Valeria Lee Moss

Joyce Elaine Lewis (1948 – )

daughter of Phebe Teresa Wheeler Lewis

Chip Stokes – son of Joyce

 

 

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