Hello, Is there anyone on the list that can straighten me out on the early Blackman family in Saline County? Is the William Stephen Blackman who married Elizabeth Jernigan the father of all the Saline County Blackmans or was it him and his brothers who came to Saline County. I particularly am interested to find out if David James Blackman, the above William's son is also the brother of John B. Blackman, the father of the W. S. Blackman who wrote the Boy of Battle Ford? Speaking of the latter, does anyone know where the original photo is located of W. S. Blackman either as an adult in later life, or particularly the soldier photo from his book? There's also a Stephen Blackman who shows up in the legal records in the mid 1830s. Is this another brother? Is so, what happens to him? In the 1840 Census there was only Bennet B, David, John B. and Mary. Sincerely, Jon Musgrave IllinoisHistory.com