In a message dated 1/21/00 9:45:46 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:<< I'm from the Benjamin & Mary (Hartley) Blackburn Family of Nicolas Co. KY & Brown, Monroe Cos. IN and I've decided I must be the lone survivor of the clan!!! >> When was your Benjamin born?? In my "old" combined Blackburn data base [information from various sources most not proven, just my working file] I had Benjamin Franklin b 6/7/1798 Augusta Bracken Co KY d 11/4/1874 Ellisville Nicholas Co KY married Mary Hartley 12/4/1819 In my current data base "verified data" I do not have him with a wife so this tells me I have not found proof on the above. If we can prove my Benjamin Franklin and yours are the same person then he would be an older brother to my direct line and one of 10 know children of Benjamin and Elizabeth [Kennedy] from VA died Pendleton Co KY 1843 & 1850 All this has been proven and we have records of the Blackburn cemetery in Pendleton Co KY where Elizabeth and Benjamin are buried. Several members of this family did move to IN My direct Alanson (younger brother to Benjamin) moved to Kirkland Township, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana and died there after 1860 His son John Kannada died in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana. My dad was born in Madison Co in 1918 If we can connect you have a VERY LARGE family of cousins and we would love to share the information we have on the family with you. Let me know what you think, Barbara Guinn