This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLACKMON/BLACKMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GJB.2ACE/308.371 Message Board Post: MANY BLACKMAN/BLACKMON FAMILY CAME TO MS FROM SC. THIS IS MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY. HOPE IT MAY HELP MY BLACKMAN/BLACKMON LINE STARTING IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY MS MY G G GRANDFATHER IS MY STARTING POINT JOHN ALLEN OR ALEXANDER BLACKMAN. NAME CHANGED FROM BLACKMON?? IN MS JOHN ALLEN OR ALEXANDER BLACKMAN BR 6-18-1818 IN SC WHERE?? D 3-10-1883 BURIED BEASON CEM LAUDERDALE COUNTY SERVED AS A PRIVATE WITH COMPANY 'I' 37TH MS INFANTRY COMPANY. ENLISTED SPRING OF 1863 CAPTURED 14 DECEMBER 1864 RELEASED WHEN THE WAR ENDED. HAVE COPY OF MUSTER REPORT 1864 LISTING INFORMATION. MARRIED SARAH JANE REEVES B 12-16-1822 IN SC D 8-26-1907 BURIED NEXT TO HUSBAND BEASONS CEM LAUDERDALE COUNTY MS THEY WERE MARRIED IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY MS 14 DEC 1843 JOHN A WAS 25 SARAH WAS 20. A COPY OF THE MARRIAGE FROM MS ARCHIVES STATES THE DATE AND AGES. IN 1844 JOHN A BLACKMAN WAS ELECTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY. HAVE COPY OF SARAH APPLICATION FOR PENSION FOR JOHNS CIVIL WAR SERVICE. APPLIED SEPT 1903. STATED IN APPLICATION SHE HAD FIVE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. LIVING WITH ONE DAUGHTER AT TIME OF APPLICATION. CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE. TAKEN FROM LAUDERDALE COUNTY CENSUS RECORDS. HENRITTA I, (AUNT NANNIE) "PUSS" BR 10-1844 D SINGLE WILLIAM SYLVESTER BLACKMAN BR 9-12-1846 MS D 6-4-1922 D 6-4-1922 BURIED BENMOR CEM BETWEEN RICHTON & BEAMONT TX WILLIAM SERVED IN THE CSA WITH CAPTAINS BERRY'S COMPANY RESERVES ON ROLLS 4-20-1864 AGE ON ROLLS 16. MARRIED SARAH? ANNIE SEVELLA McALLISTER BR 4-6-1863 D 9-7-95 MARRIAGE DATE 12-11-1879 IN MS (LAUDERDALE COUNTY?) FAMILY WAS MOVING BY COVERED WAGON TO BROWNWOOD TEXAS TO JOIN HER TWO BROTHERS. SHE DIED ENROUTE AND IS BURIED IN LIMESTONE COUNTY TEXAS SOMEWHERE NEAR CORCICANNA TEXAS, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF REV. JOHN MARTIN McAllister B 11-25-1816 D 1-17-1901 BURIED POSSUM TROT NOW PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH ABOVE SUQUALENA MS ESTABLISHED BY HIM AND ORGANIZED BY HIM. ELIZABETH BLACKMAN BR 1849 HAS NO INFORMATION ON HER AT THIS TIME. JAMES T BLACKMAN BR 1850 IN MS MARRIED FANNIE ELLIS FROM MOBILE AL FAMILY MAY BE AROUND GULF SHORES AL. NO MORE INFORMATION I HAVE. ANDREW (ANDER) BLACKMAN/BLACKMON BR 8-3-1852 D 7-25-1928 LISTED 1910 LAUDERDALE CENSUS PAGE 144 BEAT 3 WEST. MARRIED AMANDA PRUDENCE EVANS 8-30-1883 SHE WAS BR 9-30-1852 D 2-17-1910. 1900 CENSUS SHOWS 8 CHILDREN 7 ALIVE. ANDER CHANGED THE SPELLING OF THE NAME FROM BLACKMAN TO BLACKMON STATING THAT IS THE CORRECT SPELLING. ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY CONTINUED TO SPELL IT AS BLACKMAN. ANDER'S BRANCH IS NOW BLACKMON. IRA DAVID BLACKMAN BR 3-4-1854 LAUDERDALE COUNTY MS D 7-25-1936 LAUDERDALE MY GR GRANDFATHER COUNTY MS. LISTED IN 1880 CENSUS LAUDERDALE COUNTY MS MARRIED ABBIE CANZORIA PACE (ALBENA) 1-30-1878. SHE WAS BR 10-26-1853 D 12-14-1922. HER FATHER WAS A.T; PACE HER MOTHER WAS MARY COOK. ABBIE WAS FOUND DEAD HEART ATTACK. BOTH BURIED OLD SUQUELENA MS NEAR MEREDIAN MS. CHILDREN THEODSIA L. BLACKMAN BR 1856 NO INFORMATION MARY G BLACKMAN BR 1858 NO INFORMATION JOHN THOMAS BLACKMAN 12-14-1859 NO INFORMATION HENRY??? BR 1866 NO INFORMATION. JAMES BARNET BLACKMAN THIS IS MY LINE MY GRANDFATHER WAS SON OF IRA DAVID BLACKMAN JAMES BARNET BLACKMAN BR 5-3-1884 D 2-15-1928 KILLED IN RR ACCIDENT IN EAST ST LOUIS IL BURIED AT SUQUELENA MS NEAR MEREDIAN MS. MY GRANDFATHER MARRIED ELLA MAE BIGLANE BR 12-8-1888 D 5-2-1973 IN EAST ST LOUIS ILL BURIED NEXT TO DAUGHTER IN VALAHALL CEM BELLEVILLE IL. MY FATHER WAS CLAUDE BARNET BLACKMAN BR 5-16-1908 D 5-2-1973 IN ST LOUIS MO IN MISSOURI PACIFIC HOSPITAL RESULT OF HEART ATTACK. I AM SEEKING INFORMATION TO GO TO TRACE MY FAMILY INTO SC AND NC OR EVEN BEYOND. GENE BLACKMAN 8547 WYNDHURST DR JACKSONVILLE FL 32244-7430