James Blackstone and Priscilla [Unk]

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Husband James Blackstone ^{1 2}

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            AKA: James B. Blackston 3
           Born:  - Maryland
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Wife Priscilla [Unk] ²

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Children

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1 F Sarah Blackstone ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Sarah Blackston 3 4
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         Spouse: James Hurst (      -      ) 1 2 4

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2 F [Unk] Blackstone

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         Spouse: Thomas Hurst (      -      ) 1

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3 F [Unk] Blackstone

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         Spouse: Judge Boyd Mercer (      -      ) 1

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4 M James Blackstone, Jr. ^{5 6}

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           Born: 4 Jun 1780 7
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           Died: 16 Jul 1809 7
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         Spouse: Sarah Rogers (Abt 1784-1856) 8 9 10
           Marr: 13 Oct 1803 7

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General Notes: Husband - James Blackstone

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He was a native of Maryland, and must have located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1784, as in that year he is recorded as "appraiser of damages." He located on the land called "The Summit," in Tyrone township, which later belonged to William and Presley Moore. April 18, 1798, James Blackstone was appointed a justice of the peace. His family consisted of one son and three [another source: four] daughters.

He came to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, from the eastern shore of Maryland shortly after Col. William Crawford and his comrades found their way into Yohogania County, Virginia, as the region was then called. He was married before he left Maryland, and brought his family and some negroes with him, and settled in what is now Tyrone township, on a farm later owned by Ebenezer Moore.

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 786.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 140.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 162.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 381.

5 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 545, 786.

6 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 16.

7 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 545.

8 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 405, 545.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1038.

10 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 23.