I have not been following this Blair discussion to closely. But when I was at the Newberry County (SC) I discovered they have a copy of the book T.W. (Bill) mentions below. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE BLAIRS. I believe it is copyrighted 2007. It is a nice thick hardback book with Blair family informatioin and pictures. The lib number there is SC R 929.1 BLA. Before anyone asks, I'm sorry, but I won't be able to get any info from this book to pass on, but wanted to make you aware of it's existence here. Roscoe Bedenbaugh Newberry, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Blair" <the.blairs@hotmail.com> To: "Bush List" <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Which Blairs at Bush River? OK, it looks like I have caused a bit of confusion with the Blair’s in Newberry and Fairfield County’s of SC. I’ll try to see if I can help clear up any of the confusion. The two Blair’s that I know of that are buried in the Bush River Quaker Cemetery in Newberry County are John J. Blair (b-10/15/1799, d-7/21/1848) and George Blair (b-11/22/1831, d-2/27/1832). This George Blair is the son of this John J. Blair. This John J. Blair was married to Sabella Alewine Blair (b-1807, d-1/25/1884, bur-Chapels Methodist Church cemetery, Newberry County, SC). This John J. Blair operated a water powered mill in Newberry. Their children were: *George Blair (b-11/22/1831, d-2/27/1832). *James Patrick Blair (b-5/26/1834, d-11/19/1917, bur-Silverstreet Lutheran cemetery, Newberry County, SC) *Thomas Strait Blair (b-8/18/1836, d-1/15/1913) *Rebecca Jane Blair Thompson (b-1/1/1838, d-7/24/1912, bur-Chapels Methodist Church cemetery, Newberry County, SC) *Mattie C. Blair Werts (b-11/13/1842, d-5/24/1911) This John J. Blair’s father was James Blair (b-abt 1744, d-7/13/1816, bur-Kings Creek ARP Church Cemetery, Newberry). This John J. Blair had siblings named: Mary, Martha, Margaret, William, James, and George. There is still a little debate on John’s father’s connections, but either his brother or father was named William Blair (d-abt 1814 In Newberry County, SC). This William is my direct ancestor and is the oldest known ancestor I currently have. We believe that this William came to America from Ireland in about 1785. He was here in 1786 because he bought land in 1786 in Newberry District. We believe, but can’t prove yet that he came via ship from Larne Ireland. Very Likely James came with him or shortly thereafter. William’s son is named David. And David had two sons named William and John J. Blair. So my direct ancestor John J Blair (b-3/1800) had a cousin that was in Newberry that was 3 months older than he, that was also named John J. Blair. So basically, all of the Blair’s in Newberry in the early 1800’s are related closely and I know most of the connections. But across the river in Fairfield County there are 2 or 3 distinct lines of Blair’s that have not been able to be tied together, or directly tied to the Newberry Blair’s. We have all participated in the Blair DNA project and we know that the Fairfield Blair’s and the Newberry Blair’s are linked, but we just don’t know how yet. From what I can tell, I believe that the link will be found about 2 or 3 generations earlier in Ireland. >From all of the research we have done, the John J. Blair in the Quaker >Cemetery is the only Quaker we have found in the Blair family. And I am >only assuming that he was a Quaker because he (and at least one son) is >buried in the cemetery. I am assuming (and again remember what assuming >gets you) that this John made a split from the rest of the family and it >likely was over slavery. This John’s father had a plantation in Newberry, >and several of the Blair’s were slave owners. Most of the early Newberry >Blair’s were Presbyterian’s. My father and I wrote a book on our Blair ancestors, called SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE BLAIRS. Much of this info is included in the book, if anyone is interested. I know that we are not supposed to use this list server to sell things, but if anyone is interested in more info on the book, please send me your email and I’ll get you more info off this list. I hope I’m not breaking any rules by mentioning it here. But I hope this will clear up some of the confusion. Maybe I just created some more. At any rate, I’m glad to share what info I have. Take Care! Thomas William (Bill) Blair Jr. Deland, FL * > From: jrussell2@charter.net > To: hhimrey@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:59:26 -0500 > CC: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Which Blairs at Bush River? > > Thank you Harriet and I will forward this on to the list...I checked the > other old lists, also, that are in the "Historic Bush River Quaker > Cemetery" book. You are correct, the names under discussion should be > George and JOHN Blair. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harriet Imrey > To: Judith Russell > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:09 PM > Subject: Which Blairs at Bush River? > > > The recent thread at the Bush River site refers to missing markers for men > named George Blair and James Blair. This old list (apparently copied from > George Leland Summer, a book not accurate enough for me to have ordered a > copy) says that the Blair markers there as of 1932 were for George Blair > and John Blair. ........ > Harriet > > http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/JAY/2004-02/1077980805 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message