This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SNE.2ACIB/613.705.1 Message Board Post: My g-g-grandfather is George W. Blackburn, born in Ashe County, NC in 1844. I don't know anything prior to that except that his father was born in NC and his mother in VA. His first wife was Caroline Green and gave birth to two sons, William and Roby. George's second wife, Rhoda Delia Howell is my connection with one of his sons, Loren, who was my grandmothers father.