I have other Blackburns in Missouri!! I've come up against a brick wall tracking down info on my great-great-grandfather Jacob Newton Blackburn, but here's where I come from: Robin Blackburn Jerkins, b. 12 Oct. 1972, Austin, Texas. Husband: D.R. Jerkins Father: Robert Owen Blackburn, b. 14 Nov. 1940, Edgerton, Missouri.Wife: Velma Ann Butler Blackburn, b. 2 Oct. 1940, San Marcos, Texas Grandfather: Frank Owen Blackburn, b. 30 May 1914, Edgerton, Missouri. Wife: Edna Helen Logston (divorced) and Roxie (don't know last name). Frank died in October or November of this year. Great-Grandfather: Burton Blackburn, b. 22 March 1880, Platte City, Missouri.Wife: Jessie Anderson (born 5 April 1885, died 8 May 1959 in St. Joseph, Missouri). Burton died 18 Nov. 1973 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Great-Great-Grandfather: Jacob Newton Blackburn. Don't know where or when he was born, Wife: Perana Piercess Ward. Family word-of-mouth has Jacob Newton being from North Carolina and Perana being from Kentucky. Apparently they moved to Missouri by train in 1872 and lived in Platte County. Spent about three hours doing research on the Web in North Carolina and couldn't find ANYTHING on this Jacob Newton scoundrel. If anyone has any clues on a Jacob Newton Blackburn born in the first half of the 1800s, please CLUE ME IN! Thanks! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com