This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blackwell, Freeman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QBC.2ACI/2334 Message Board Post: I have finally broken through the brick wall with my William M. Blackwell--thanks to my new cousin, Jim. I am now looking for any information about William's father, Benjamin and mother Elizabeth Freeman Blackwell. Benjamin was born about 1774 in Fauquier, Virginia and died in 1824 in Madison County, Kentucky. He served in the War of 1812. Eleanor "Nelly" Freeman was born in 1780 in Fauquier, Virginia and died in 1869 in Madison County, Kentucky. They were married January 22, 1799 in Fauquire, Virginia. Can someone please tell me if Fauquire, Virginia both city and county?