Gail, Pleasant W. Blackburn and Mary A. Macon's marriage is listed in Washington County, marriage records Book C, page 477. Belle Blackburn applied for her widow's pension November 12, 1930. There was a Belle Blackburn that enrolled in the Confederate Home December 18, 1936. I have always assumed that this was Belle married to James Austin Cameron Blackburn, but I've never sent for the records. I don't have any information on the parents of Mary Macon or Belle Petross Harris. Maybe "Harris" was not her maiden name. I don't doubt that your grandfather and family knew there was marriage to a Blackburn. Figuring out to whom is hard, there were so many Blackburn's in Benton County. I am still trying to sort them all out. I'm going to send for Belle's Confederate Home application and Pleasant W. Blackburns Pension Application (he applied in 1904). I've been needing to do this anyway. Susan

Susan, I have been going back through my files and looking at the loose ends that I have and came to your letters from 1998!!!! 5 years old! Now I am hoping and praying that you have made some headway on your genealogy and thet you still have the same email address!!! Did you ever "send for Belle's Confederate Home application and Pleasant W. Blackburns Pension Application (he applied in 1904)." as you stated below? I really am thinking about sending for it if you haven't. Please let me know if you are still out there and are researching. Thanks, Gail Lies Jonesboro, AR nglies@nex.net STate40 wrote: >Gail, > > Pleasant W. Blackburn and Mary A. Macon's marriage is listed in Washington >County, marriage records Book C, page 477. > >Belle Blackburn applied for her widow's pension November 12, 1930. > >There was a Belle Blackburn that enrolled in the Confederate Home December 18, >1936. I have always assumed that this was Belle married to James Austin >Cameron Blackburn, but I've never sent for the records. > >I don't have any information on the parents of Mary Macon or Belle Petross >Harris. Maybe "Harris" was not her maiden name. > >I don't doubt that your grandfather and family knew there was marriage to a >Blackburn. Figuring out to whom is hard, there were so many Blackburn's in >Benton County. I am still trying to sort them all out. > >I'm going to send for Belle's Confederate Home application and Pleasant W. >Blackburns Pension Application (he applied in 1904). I've been needing to do >this anyway. > >Susan > > >==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe: BLACKBURN-L-request@rootsweb.com or >BLACKBURN-D-request@rootsweb.com > >Kay Griffin Snow, listowner at: kgs@u-n-i.net > > > > > > >