Miriam, Here is another Blackburn family who were in Missouri for a short time. Alfred is a brother to my ancestor William. William's descendants were also in Mo. before going on to Texas. I'm trying to find a specific location of where in Mo. they were. "1860" for Clay Co., Twp. 3, North Range, 5 east, Xenia Post Office, Illinois on pg. 430, dwl. 269, family 269: Alfred Blackburn, age 30, male, farmer, born KY Mary, age 30, female, born IND Sarah J., age 10, female, born IND Elizabeth F., age 5, female, born MO William, age 3, male, born MO Nathaniel, age 1/12, male, born ILL "1870" for Laclede Co., Lebanon Twp., Misssouri, pg. 21, dwl. 147, family 147: Blackburn, Alfred, age 41, male, Teamer, born KY Mary, age 40, female, keeping house, born IND Sarah J., age 20, female, born MO (1860 info is Indiana - GM) Elizabeth, age 15, female, born MO William P., age 13, male, born MO Nathaniel, age 10, male, born ILL Nancy A., age 8, female, born ILL Minerva, age 2, female, born ILL "1880" for Newton Co., Neosho Twp, Missouri, page 30, dwl. 292, family 296: Blackburn, Alford, male, age 51, farmer, born KY, father b: Va., mother b: Va. Mary, female, age 51, wife, keeping house, b: Ind., father b: Va., mother b: Ind. William P., male, age 23, son, single, wks on farm, b: Mo, fath. b: Ky., moth. b: Ind. Nathaniel, male, age 19, son, single, " " " , b: Ill., fath. b: Ky, moth. b: Ind. Nancy A., female, age 17, daugh., s., at home, b: Ill., fath. b: Ky, moth. b: Ind. Minerva A., fem., age 12, daugh., s., at home, att. sch., b: Ill., fath. b: Ky, moth. b: Ind. Bethel, Frederick, male, age 2, born: Mo., father b: unknown, mother b: unknown (I have often thought that Frederick Bethel could possibly be Elizabeth F. Blackburn's son, but could not find any information. Seems odd that it stated that the birthplace for the mother was unknown, if he was Elizabeth's son? - GM) Sam [email protected] wrote: > Kay, > Would it help if we made lists of identified Blackburn lines in Arkansas > and MO? > The Washington/Benton Co. Blackburns were mainly from the Ambrose Blackburn > line. There was a line in Pope Co. who came from Lincoln Co. NC. There is > another line that descends from LeRoy Blackburn of TN. This line also > crosses over into MO. > In MO. descendants of Benjamin/Mary Blackburn of Washington'Greene and > Jefferson Cos in TN settled in Moniteau, Cole, Miller Co.s. > Some Blackburns from the Richard Blackburn line of Va settled in Calloway > Co. MO. and some of the James/Jane Blackburn line who settled in Harrison > Co. KY made it to Monroe , Marion, Ralls , Shelby Co.s in MO. Blackburns in > Cole Co. from TN . Blackburns from Malta Bend (co?) MO from PA. Some in > Laclede Co. from IL don't know where before that. Some of the ambrose > Blackburn line in Wright Co. MO. Of course, it looks like everybody paused > in the western counties before leaping off to OK and TX. > Ain't this fun! > Miriam B. > > ==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > Research: What I'm doing, when I don't know what I'm doing. > [email protected] -- Samuel N. Blackburn 6706 South 6th Street, Fort Smith, AR 72908 501-649-9436 home page http://www.ipa.net/~sblackburn Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.