Dear Lee, I have at least 50 William Blackburns wandering around in Western Pennsylvania in the l850s. Apparently we are an innovative group when it comes to naming our firstborn male children. My son, William John Blackburn IV swears that he's ending it if he has a boy !! Best wishes, Bill Lee R Blackburn wrote: > > Good luck! > > > > William John Blackburn III , father of William John Blackburn IV, great > > grandson of William Blackburn born Ireland 1840, resided Penn Twp, > > Westmoreland PA from at least 1870 to about 1906, wife Sarah Brinton. > > > > Researching in PA and Ireland ancestry of William Blackburn born 1840 > > Ireland. > > All right ShastaBill, no need to show off having all your Williams in a > row. It makes those of us stuck on William feel even worse. Here is my > William of woe: > > born SC abt 1809/1810 acccording to 1850 census and is listed as > 'Returning Officer' > > moved to DeKalb / Smith county Tennessee area and married Ann Hayes of > Wilson Co TN > > had 8 kids that look like his and 3 more living with him later in life > that may or may not have been his > > thought to be resting under an unmarked stone at Salem Church, Liberty, > TN with wife Ann(ie). > > One of his sons was Joseph H Blackburn - Union Col. of Fourth Tenn > Mounted Infantry > > Another son was John Henry Blackburn - sheriff of DeKalb Co TN > > Another son was my William Thomas - who left very little in the way of > public records other than an unusual 1878 divorice. > > Anyone with ties to or info on these Blackburn. Pea Ridge, Brush Creek, > Skyes (all Smith or DeKalb Co TN) were places that they called home. > > Lee Blackburn > > ==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > Okay, so I don't descend from anyone... now what? > THANKS!! To Rootsweb.com for the space.