This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blackburn, Hereford, Peebles, McPike Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SNE.2ACIB/1157 Message Board Post: I would like to exchange notes with any Blackburn researcher who has information on any of the following: Christopher Blackburn: in VA as early as 1667, Rappahannock, then Essex County. Will filed 1693. Wife: Abigail (surname unk). his son: Elias Blackburn d. <1770> Elias son: Christopher Blackburn: Sargent in French & Indian War, Adjutant in Revolutionary War. Father of 10 children. Christophers son: Thomas D. Blackburn b. <Caroline Co. VA>, m. Katherine Shipp Thier son: Christopher b. 1806, was a farmer and merchant in Boone Co., KY, d. 1888. m. Jeanette Smith, dau of Jonathan Smith and Elizabeth McPike (dau of Capt James McPike & Martha Mountain). dau of Christopher & Jeanette: Kate Blackburn b. 25 Sept 1833 Florence, KY, d. 19 apr 1904 Covington, KY. m. 1st Blair Patterson Hereford dau of Kate & Blair: Ann Marie Hereford b. 13 Nov 1853 Covington, KY, d. 13 aug 1911 Victoria BC, Canada. m. John William Peebles 28 Sept 1875. Thank you, Laura LnLinder@hotmail.com