Should have read. .....at the Newberry County (SC) Library..... roscoe bedenbaugh ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bedenbaugh" <roscoeb1@comcast.net> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Which Blairs at Bush River? >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 >