Dr. John Robinson and Eliza Blassingame
Husband Dr. John Robinson 1
Born: 26 Apr 1792 - Fauquier Co., VA
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Died: 17 Sep 1841 - Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC
Buried: - Old Stone Church, Anderson Co., SC
Father: John Robinson (Abt 1760-1818) 1 2
Mother: Elizabeth Benson (1766-1803) 1
Marriage: 3 Sep 1818 - Greenville Co., SC
Noted events in his life were:
• Military, Ensign Kentucky Militia, War Of 1812
• Occupation, Physican, Hotel Owner
Wife Eliza Blassingame 1
Born: 15 Jan 1800
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Died: 24 Jan 1886 - Anderson Co., SC
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Father: General John Blassingame (1769-1823) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Easley (1774-1834) 1
Children
1 F Elizabeth Caroline Robinson 1
Born: 1820 - SC
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Spouse: Washington Earle Holcombe (1819-1888) 1
Marr: 19 Nov 1839
2 M John Blassingame Robinson 1
Born: Abt 1824 - Pickens Co., SC
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Died: 14 Sep 1852 - Mount Ida, AR
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Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Clingman (1832-1861) 1
Marr: 5 Nov 1850
3 M William Wickliffe Robinson 1
AKA: William Wickliffe Robinson
Born: 19 Jul 1827 - Pendleton District, SC
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Died: 30 Jul 1886 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: Aug 1886 - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Elvira Caroline Hagood (1829-1905) 1
Marr: 6 May 1852
4 M Erasmus B. Robinson
Born: 12 Jun 1821
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Died: 8 Nov 1821
Buried: - Blassingame Cemetery, Greenville Co., SC
5 F Esther Benson Robinson 1
Born: 1 Apr 1829 - Pickens Co., SC
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Died: 26 Jul 1889 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: James Earle Hagood (1826-1904) 1
Marr: May 1847 - Pickens Co., SC
6 F Mary Adeline Robinson 1
Born: 1832 - SC
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Died: 12 Mar 1881 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - First Presbyterian Church, Anderson, Anderson Co., SC
7 F Jane A. Robinson 1
Born: 1834 - SC
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Died: 21 Dec 1866 - Pickens Co., SC
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Spouse: Sam Owen ( - ) 1
Spouse: Samuel Owens (1825- )
Marr: 27 Oct 1857
8 F Sarah Robinson 1
AKA: Sallie
Born: Jun 1837
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Died: 1880 - Anderson, Anderson Co., SC
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Spouse: John Partlow (1835- ) 1
Marr: 1857
9 F Ann(A) Labruce Robinson 1
Born: 17 Nov 1823
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Spouse: Alexander Sloan Briggs (1819-1891) 1
Marr: Abt 1845
10 F Minnie Robinson 1
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Spouse: James M McFall ( -1875) 1
11 F Julia V. Robinson 1
Born: 1839 - SC
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Died: After 1850 - Pickens Co., SC
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Spouse: William Lee ( - ) 1
12 F Mildred Lindsay Robinson 1
Born: 1841 - SC
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Died: After 1850 - Pickens Co., SC
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Spouse: James Madison McFall (1843-1875)
Marr: 1861
General Notes (Husband)
Ensign in Ky. Mil. An account concerning Pickensville, SC, tells that in 1825 that travelling visitors apparently stayed at Dr. Robinson's home. From the diary of Mrs. Caroline Olivia Laurens, wife of Henry Laurens, Jr., was a member of the Cooper River Ball family. she spent the summer of 1825 in Pendleton and in her journal entry of June 25, 1825 wrote, "Pickensville is a pretty little spot, and has a fine view of Paris and Piney Mountains. It is the property of Dr. John Roberson (Robinson) who has a house in it where he with his family reside. There is a shop & one or two small dwelling houses also, and an orchard a half mile square, which extends from the main str. to the Pendleton road. The Dr. offered Mr. Laurens a fine lot, if he would build upon it." When Henry Laurens was unsuccessful in obtaining lodging in Pendleton initially, the couple stayed at Dr. Robinsons. The account continues with journal entry of July 1, 1825. "Early this morning we were awoke by the bustling noises of the neighbouring people who were getting ready to go to Greenville where a Negro was to burned alive for stabbin a white man. This fellow had made an attempt to kill his master, but not succeeding, he ran away and lodged in the barn of an old farmer, who having occasion for some grain, went thither at night; not knowing anyone was there, upon his entrance (the Negro who had just awoke out of a sound sleep and thinking he was pursued by his master) instantly jumped up and killed the old man and made his escape, but after a few weeks was caught and sentenced to be burned." "This morning Mrs. Robinson hearing me say how very fond I was of green-cheese immediately set about making one, which she did by first pouring boiling water over a small bit of calf's rennet, then strained it off, and after straining the milk, warm from the cow threw in the water from the rennet, which turned it immediately, then she dipped off all the whey, and picked out the specks and hairs, after which it was put into a cheese hoop and pressed." Journal entry of July 2, 1825. "Left Pickensville breakfast and arrived at Pendleton to dinner." Journal entry of July 17, 1825. "Before I awoke this morning Mr. Laurens was by my bedside. He had slept at Pickensville, and arose an hour before day light to begin his journey for Pendleton, 16 miles, which he accomplished in tow hours. Went to church as usual; saw the vice-president Calhoun--a very ordinary looking man." Diary reprinted from the SC Historical Magazine 72: pp.164-169 & 220-223 and printed in: "Pickensville-Easley History" Forest Acres/McKissick Quest Program, Anne Sheriff, Teacher, pub. 1987-1988 "In the 1830's, Dr. John Robinson sold lots (In Pickensville, SC) which were located along a street as laid off in the original 1792 plat. But the people to whom Robinson sold the lots and the people who after the initial purchasers were, in fact, the people who truly made Pickensville into a village. If Dr. Robinson had not sold some small lots within his plantation of 1411 acres, the fourth stage of the development would have been impossible; almost certainly there would not have been a cotton gin, houses, and stores, and later a hotel and barroom. Unfortunately the research on Dr. John Robinson's Pickensville has not fully completed." "Transaction #6: Samuel A. Easley and his wife Mary sold to Dr. John Robinson 1411 acres (actually 1381 acres as the 135 acres obtained from the David Henderson tract has been reduced to 105 acres on this deed)." **Selling price: $6,000 **Deed Signed: Feg. 1, 1823/ Recorded July 23, 1823 **Reference: Pendleton District Deed Book Q/ pps. 197-98 (Comment: A mortgage from Dr. John Robinson to Samuel A. Easley was made on Feb. 1, 1823 and recorded on July 123, 1823 in Pendleton District Deed Book Q/ pps. 198-99. Robinson was indebted to Easley in the sum of $4804.00, $2000 of which Samuel A. Easley "stands bound as security for the said John Robinson to John McClunahan of Greenville Dist." to be paid on Jan. 1, 1828. $1500 was to be paid by Jan. 1, 1824; $1000 to be paid by Jan. 1, 1825; $1000 to be paid by Jan. 1, 1826; $1000 to be paid by Jan. 1, 1827; and $304 to be paid by Jan. 1, 1828. This mortgage may explain why Dr. John Robinson did not sell any lots within the confines of the village area designated on the 1792 plat before the 1830's.) John Robinson was Postmaster at Pickensville from 1823-1835. Source: "Pickensville-Easley History" Forest Acres/McKissick Quest Program, Anne Sheriff, Teacher, pub. 1987-1988 ************************************************************************** *************************************** Letter from W.H.D. Gaillard: "Dr. Robert Maxwell commenced practicing on Beaverdam (Pickens District) in the fall of 1841, but he was not the first licensed physician who lived and practiced in that District. Dr. John Robinson moved from Greenville and settled at Old Pickensville in 1823, before the District of Pendleton was divided, and lived there after it was divided, he having moved to Pendleton in 1828, where he lived a few years and moved back to Pickensville, where he lived and practiced in 1835. I know, having stayed at his house in that year." "You are no doubt aware that Pickensville was once the Court House of Washington County, which consisted of Pendleton and Greenville. That was before 1800, as the first courts after Washington County was divided was held Pendleton and Greenville in 1800." The above letter "alludes to Dr. John Robinson as being the first practicing physician that settled in Pickens County. Mr. Gaillard is correct in his statement, and since Dr. Robinson was the first physician in the County, and an early settler of the same, some of our older citizens who may have known Dr. Robinson, would relish a short sketch of his life, & c. He was a native of Virginia, borned (sic) and raised in the county in which the first and second battles of Manasses, in the late war was fought. His mother was buried at the 'Sudley' or 'Stone Church' near that battle-field." ************************************************************************** ***************************************
General Notes (Wife)
After she was widowed, she ran a boarding house in Anderson, SC. For a time, she had a "photographic artist" as a boarder. One descendant has seen a photo of her "a demure lady wearing a white cap", but photo cannot be found now. Source: Lila Niemann Garner Genweb posting ******************** "Anderson Journal, 14th instant. Mrs. Eliza Robinson, relict of the late Dr. John Robinson, died Wednesday night. She would have been 86 years old tomorrow. Dr. Robinson died in Pendleton about 40 years ago and Mrs. Robinson moved to Anderson and opened a boarding house. She leaves a large number of descendants." (No stone found for Mrs. Eliza Robinson.) Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday January 21, 1886 *******************
Notes (Marriage)
Married on Thursday last by the Rev. Lewis Rector, Doctor John Robertson (sic) to Miss Eliza Blassingame, daughter of General John Blassingame, all of Greenville District. Source: Old Pendleton District Newsletter republication of "Miller's Weekly Messenger", Pendleton, SC, September 9, 1818, issue. Newsletter - Vol. 16, No. 9, November, 2002
General Notes for Child John Blassingame Robinson
married an "Alabama lady" Source: "History of Old Pendleton District & Genealogy of Leading Families", Southern Historical Press, 1978.
Dr. John Blassingame ROBINSON Died At his residence, in Mount Ida, Montgomery county, on the 14th September last, Dr. John Blasingame Robinson, in the 28th year of his age."
After nine years search for proof that his parents were Dr. John Robinson and Eliza Blassingame, I found the following: The Whig, Little Rock [Arkansas], Dec. 16, 1852 DIED Leaves have their time to fall, and flowers To wither, at the North wind's breath; But all, thou hast all seasons For thine own, Oh Death!
"Died, at his residence, in Mount Ida, Montgomery county, on the 14th September last, Dr. John Blassingame Robinson, in the 28th year of his age.
"Dr. R. was the eldest son of Dr. John Robinson, of Pendleton district, S.C., long and favorably known as one of the most able and skillful physicians of his age. He acquired his profession in the State of S.C., and some few years ago removed to Arkansas, where he married the daughter of Dr. A.B. Clingman; and at the time of his death, was engaged in an active and lucrative business.
"He was an open-hearted, generous, high minded young man, and bid fair to become an ornament to his profession, and a most useful citizen. A wise Providence has, however, removed him from the scene of his labor and usefulness, and thus left many friends in the State of his adoption to mourn his loss. E.L.H.
"Mount Ida, Dec. 6, '52. "Gaz. & Democrat, True Democrat, and Arkadelphia Standard, please copy" [The True Democrat did copy the obit word for word; the Gazette & Democrat copied only the paragraph quoted first, above; no copies of the Arkadelphia Standard exist.]
Submitted by LNiemannG@navix.net While Dr. Robinson had only one child, Mary Jane, he has a large number of descendants in Clark and Pike counties and the surrounding territory. Mary Jane married Jesse M. Garner and reared a large family in Clark County. Several of her children, including two daughters who lived in Pike County (Delight), had large families.
General Notes for Child Esther Benson Robinson
"Mrs. Esther B. Hagood, wife of James E. Hagood, died at her summer home in Pickens the 26th ult. at the age of 60 years. Interred at Hagood burying ground 5 miles north of Pickens." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", July 1890
General Notes for Child Mary Adeline Robinson
unmarried
General Notes for Child Minnie Robinson
Charter member of the Pickens Presbyterian Church.
Julius E. Boggs "boarded in 1879 at the residence of Mrs. James M. McFall, who still lived in the dwelling at the rear of W.T. McFall's store" (Lot No. 27, Pickens). Source: "Pickens: The Town and the First Baptist Church" by Jane Buroughs Morris, 1991
Dr. William Thomas Field and Eliza Jane Blassingame
Husband Dr. William Thomas Field 1
Born: 11 Dec 1836 - SC
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Died: 11 Dec 1904 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Fields Family Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC
Father: Joseph Anderson Field (1803-1842) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Easley Blassingame (1804-1878) 1
Marriage: 5 Oct 1859
Noted events in his life were:
• Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860
Wife Eliza Jane Blassingame 1
Born: 9 Nov 1842 - Anderson Co., SC
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Died: 1 Aug 1923 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Fields Family Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC
Father: Carr Blassingame (1822-1846) 1
Mother:
Noted events in her life were:
• Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860
Notes (Marriage)
Married his first cousin. Source: "The Blassingame Families" by W. Doak Blassingame, The University Press, Wolfe City, TX, 1973.Were first cousins.
Elizabeth Blassingame
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Wife Elizabeth Blassingame 1
Born: 1827 - Anderson Co., SC
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Father: John G. E. Blassingame (Abt 1841- ) 1
Mother: Sarah Maria Sloan (1812-1883) 1
Elizabeth Ann Blassingame
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Wife Elizabeth Ann Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Samuel Easley Blassingame (1799-Bef 1811) 1
Mother: Sarah Maria Sloan (1812-1883) 1
Rueben Clayton and Elizabeth Clayton Blassingame
Husband Rueben Clayton 1
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Marriage: 1849
Wife Elizabeth Clayton Blassingame 1
Born: Abt 1830 - Greenville, SC
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Father: William Blassingame (1801-1845) 1
Mother: Mary Berry Prince (1813-1841) 1
Joseph Anderson Field and Elizabeth Easley Blassingame
Husband Joseph Anderson Field 1
Born: 16 Jan 1803
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Died: 3 Mar 1842 - Estatoe, Pickens Co., SC
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Father: Jeremiah Field (1768-1854) 1
Mother: Asalanta Robins ( - ) 1
Marriage: 1829 - Brushy Creek, Anderson County, SC
Wife Elizabeth Easley Blassingame 1
AKA: Besty
Born: 29 Oct 1804 - Anderson Co., SC
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Died: 3 May 1878 - Pickens Co., SC
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Father: Thomas Blassingame (1771-1859) 1
Mother: Ann Nancy Easley (1776-1810) 1
Noted events in her life were:
• Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860
Children
1 M John Mccafee Field 1
Born: 17 Aug 1830 - SC
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Died: 17 Oct 1875 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Easley Family Cemetery Pickens Co., SC
2 M Robert Samuel Easley Field 1
Born: 10 Mar 1835
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Died: 9 May 1847 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Easley Family Cemetery Pickens Co., SC
3 M Dr. William Thomas Field 1
Born: 11 Dec 1836 - SC
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Died: 11 Dec 1904 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Fields Family Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Eliza Jane Blassingame (1842-1923) 1
Marr: 5 Oct 1859
General Notes for Child John Mccafee Field
Unmarried - NI
Elizabeth Paul Blassingame
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Wife Elizabeth Paul Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: William Easley Blassingame (1798-1841) 1
Mother: Eliza Paul Townes (1802-1857)
Emmala Butler Blassingame
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Wife Emmala Butler Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Samuel Easley Blassingame (1799-Bef 1811) 1
Mother: Sarah Maria Sloan (1812-1883) 1
Gerald Dean Blassingame and Mary Johnson
Husband Gerald Dean Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Thomas George Blassingame (1877-1946) 1
Mother: Ida Bell Jameson (1890-1974) 1
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Wife Mary Johnson (details suppressed for this person)
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1 M Richard Blassingame 1
Born: 1953 - Shawnee, OK
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Died: Nov 1967
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2 M Gerald Dean Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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3 F Susan Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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4 M Larry Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Gerald Dean Blassingame and Ozeeta Richardson
Husband Gerald Dean Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Thomas George Blassingame (1877-1946) 1
Mother: Ida Bell Jameson (1890-1974) 1
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Other Spouse: Mary Johnson
Wife Ozeeta Richardson (details suppressed for this person)
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1 F Tina Ann Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Gerald Dean Blassingame
Husband Gerald Dean Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Gerald Dean Blassingame
Mother: Mary Johnson
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Ida Blassingame
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Wife Ida Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Wynn Gowan Blassingame (1839-1929) 1
Mother: Margaret Susanna Anthony (1844-1887) 1
James Blassingame
Husband James Blassingame 1
Born: Abt 1836 - Pickens Co., SC
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Died: Abt 1856
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Father: Robert Easley Blassingame (1801-1882) 1
Mother: Nancy Bowen (1805-Bef 1850) 1
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General Notes (Husband)
"He is said to have been the youngest son by Nancy. Never married. After the other three boys had died of typhoid fever, Robert Easley Blassingame told the doctor he would give him everything h3 had if he would save James; but James also died ca. 1856." Source: "The Blassingame Families" by W. Doak Blassingame, The University Press, Wolfe City, Texas, 1973.
James Blassingame
Husband James Blassingame 1
Born: 10 May 1808 - Anderson Co., SC
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Died: Bef 1811
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Father: Thomas Blassingame (1771-1859) 1
Mother: Ann Nancy Easley (1776-1810) 1
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James Blassingame
Husband James Blassingame 1
Born: 25 Jan 1810 - Greenville, SC
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Died: 1856
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Father: James P. Blassingame (1760-1821) 1
Mother: Mary Gowen (1776-1856) 1
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James Anthony Blassingame
Husband James Anthony Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Jefferson Carl Blassingame
Mother: Frances Marie Johnson
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James Harrison Blassingame and Sarah Marett
Husband James Harrison Blassingame 1
Born: 12 Jan 1828 - Spartanburg, SC
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Died: 3 Feb 1893
Buried: - Chapel Hill Cemetery Dequeen, AR
Father: Thomas Blassingame (1771-1859) 1
Mother: Sarah Edmonson (1789- ) 1
Marriage: 7 Sep 1851
Other Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Merrit ( - )
Wife Sarah Marett 1
Born: 29 Dec 1829
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Died: 7 Feb 1893
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James Harrison Blassingame and Sarah Elizabeth Merrit
Husband James Harrison Blassingame 1
Born: 12 Jan 1828 - Spartanburg, SC
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Died: 3 Feb 1893
Buried: - Chapel Hill Cemetery Dequeen, AR
Father: Thomas Blassingame (1771-1859) 1
Mother: Sarah Edmonson (1789- ) 1
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Other Spouse: Sarah Marett (1829-1893) 1 - 7 Sep 1851
Wife Sarah Elizabeth Merrit
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James P. Blassingame and Mary Gowen
Husband James P. Blassingame 1
Born: 1760 - Beaufort, SC
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Died: 23 Jun 1821 - Greenville, SC
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Father: William Blassingame ( -Bef 1785) 1
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Marriage: 1795 - SC
Wife Mary Gowen 1
Born: 1776 - Spartanburg, SC
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Died: 1856 - Greenville, SC
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1 F Lettie Blassingame 1
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2 F Elizabeth Blassingame 1
Born: 1796 - Greenville, SC
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Died: 1850
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Spouse: Martin Adams ( - ) 1
3 F Permelia Blassingame 1
Born: 6 Jun 1797 - Greenville, SC
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Died: 16 Sep 1835
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Spouse: George Miller ( - ) 1
4 M William Blassingame 1
Born: 1801 - Greenville, SC
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Died: 28 Nov 1845 - Greenville, SC
Buried: - Marion, AL
Spouse: Mary Berry Prince (1813-1841) 1
Marr: 1829 - Greenville, SC
5 M John G. Blassingame 1
Born: Abt 1805 - Greenville, SC
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Died: 1834
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6 M Winn Blassingame 1
Born: 18 Feb 1808 - Greenville, SC
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Died: 16 Nov 1852
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7 M James Blassingame 1
Born: 25 Jan 1810 - Greenville, SC
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Died: 1856
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8 F Mary Benson Blassingame 1
Born: 25 Jan 1812 - Greenville, SC
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Died: 10 Jul 1855
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Spouse: William Hornbuckle (Abt 1808- ) 1
Marr: 1832 - Marion, AL
James W. Blassingame
Husband James W. Blassingame 1
Born: Abt 1832 - Greenville, SC
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Father: William Blassingame (1801-1845) 1
Mother: Mary Berry Prince (1813-1841) 1
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James Westfield Blassingame and Ella McCord
Husband James Westfield Blassingame 1
Born: 6 May 1886 - Liberty, Pickens Co., SC
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Died: 21 Feb 1965 - Los Angeles, CA
Buried: - Arlington National Cemetery, DC
Father: David Westfield Blassingame (1847-1918) 1
Mother: Mary Matilda Rankin (1846-1904) 1
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Wife Ella McCord 1
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Harvey Woodruff and Jane Blassingame
Husband Harvey Woodruff 1
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Marriage: 15 Nov 1832 - Pickens District, SC
Wife Jane Blassingame 1
AKA: Jenny
Born: Abt 1814 - SC
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Father: Thomas Blassingame (1771-1859) 1
Mother: Sarah Edmonson (1789- ) 1
Jefferson Carl Blassingame and Frances Marie Johnson
Husband Jefferson Carl Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Thomas George Blassingame (1877-1946) 1
Mother: Ida Bell Jameson (1890-1974) 1
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1 M James Anthony Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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2 M Donald Wayne Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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3 M Steven Jefferson Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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4 F Cynthia Ann Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Wayne Melvin Lamb and Jimmie Blassingame
Husband Wayne Melvin Lamb 1
Born: 1 Apr 1902 - Talent Co., OR
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Died: 17 Feb 1962 - Albuquerque, NM
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Father: Joseph Lamb
Mother: Estella Bell Taylor
Marriage: 14 Jan 1933 - Raton, NM
Wife Jimmie Blassingame 1
Born: 2 Oct 1913
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Died: 20 Jan 1989 - Pasadena, CA
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Father: Thomas George Blassingame (1877-1946) 1
Mother: Ida Bell Jameson (1890-1974) 1
Other Spouse: Casey Murrell
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1 F Barbara Louise Lamb (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Lawrence Frederick Eades (living)
2 F Rosemary Lamb (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Richard Eugene Nay (living)
3 F Jacqueline Sue Lamb (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Buckley Dwayne Boyer (living)
Casey Murrell and Jimmie Blassingame
Husband Casey Murrell (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Jimmie Blassingame 1
Born: 2 Oct 1913
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Died: 20 Jan 1989 - Pasadena, CA
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Father: Thomas George Blassingame (1877-1946) 1
Mother: Ida Bell Jameson (1890-1974) 1
Other Spouse: Wayne Melvin Lamb (1902-1962) 1 - 14 Jan 1933 - Raton, NM
Joe Randal Blassingame
Husband Joe Randal Blassingame 1
Born: 7 Jan 1953 - Shawnee, OK
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Died: 1997 - Seminole, OK
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Father: Robert Lowell Blassingame (1924-1988) 1
Mother: Louise Audrey Shorney
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John Blassingame and Rachel Westfield
Husband John Blassingame
Born: 1735 - Virginia Or Maryland
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Wife Rachel Westfield
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1 M General John Blassingame 1
AKA: General John Blassingame
Born: 19 May 1769
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Died: 12 Nov 1823 - Greenville Co., SC
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Spouse: Elizabeth Easley (1774-1834) 1
Marr: 23 Mar 1794 - Anderson County, SC
2 M Thomas Blassingame 1
Born: 11 Jun 1771 - Union Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 10 Nov 1859 - Sugar Creek, Union Co., SC
Buried: - Blassingame Cemetery Powderville, Anderson Co., SC
Spouse: Sarah Edmonson (1789- ) 1
Spouse: Ann Nancy Easley (1776-1810) 1
Marr: 15 Nov 1796
General Notes (Husband)
Lineage from this John Blassingame down through James Earle Hagood was submitted by Benjamin Adger Hagood for his application to the Sons of the American Revolution.
General Notes for Child General John Blassingame
Was Revolutionary Soldier. Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.com'~scroots/sc01376.htm
"General John Blassingame of Greenville County, a planter, served in the South Caroline Militia during the War of 1812 and never lived in Union County, South Carolina. (as some sources site) He married Elizbeth Easley, daughter of Robert Easley, whose will was recorded in Anderson County, South Carolina. (Anderson County probate roll #196, original at South Carolin Archives) From the Easley estates papers a signature of then Major John Blassingame was obtained. His signature does not end with a 'Jr.' Major John's signature does not match the signature of John Jr. who witnessed the will of John dl. 1809. These two, different, recorded signatures were filed only two years apart." "General John died intestate in 1823 in Greenville County, South Carolina. His grave has been marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution: BRANDON'S REG., SC TROOPS, REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY BOY SOLDIER; GENERAL IN S C MILITIA; B. 1769: D. 11-12-1823" ("The Presence of the Past; Epitaphs of 18th and 19th Century Pioneers in Greenville County, South Carolina and their Descendants, compiled by Mrs. Beverly T. Whitmire and others. Gateway Press. 1976) A signature comparison proves that he was not the John Blassingame Jr. who was in Brandon's Regiment. We have not found any proof that General John served in the Revolutionary War." "Who were the parents of General John Blassingame of Greenville County, Thomas of Pickens County, or James of Greenville County?" "During our research we discovered various Johns, Thomas, Williams and Phillip Blassingames. From the many documents that were studied we were able to determine which of them died in South Carolina and which removed from the state. By doing this we believe that we have proved that the only place General John and his brother Thomas could fit into the Blassingame Family line is as children of William of Cheraw District who died ca. 1782." Source: The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, Spring 1998, p. 72-76 ************************************************************************** *************************************** A conflicting report on the fatherhood of John Blassingame is as follows: "According to Addie Evans Wynn, author of 'Souther Lineages,' 'Lloyd has same crest as Blassingame and Jouet'. this notation was located by the writer in her notes in the Evans Memorial Library in Aberdeen, Mississippi, and she further comments that this reference was found in the Newberry Library in Chicago. Three times the writer has been to the Newberry Library seeking this reference, but its location remains a mystery." "It is possible that the missing reference is located in 'The Cleveland Genealogy', printed in 1899 by the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, Hartford, Connecticut, according to Mrs. Jerry Cleveland Whitmrie, formerly of Charleston, South Carolina, but its definite location there could not be pin-pointed by the writer. The reference is said to read as follows:" " 'The crest of the Blassingames, a pelican in her piety; French Huguenots, same as Jouett of the Island of Rhe, France. Left France for religious motives in the autumn of 1686 for Plymouth, England. Descended from the noble family of Jouett of the Province of Anjou; Feudal Lords of the Seitneuries of La Souleage and Piedonault. Jouetts and de Graffiereids (Huguenots) left the Isle of Rhe on the west coast of France, opposite La Rochelle and north of Bordeaux, went to Plymouht, England, then to Leiden, Holland, then to Narragansett, Rhode Island, then to Virginia, and then to South Carolina. The name was first spelled 'Blessingham' and 'Blassingham'. This is not a Huguenot name and the conclusion is that they were Huguenot refugees and must have abjured their French name, as did others, for protection against persecution. Patriot John Blassingame married first Obedience Westfield and second Rachel Westfield. His son, General John Blassingame married Elizabeth Easley.' " "I has not been possible to reconcile the date 1686 in the reference with the fact that John Blassinghame was in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, in 1677." "It is a well known fact that some Huguenots, fearing the rise of a papist King, gave up their French names and took Anglicized ones. The 'Noir' family became the 'Black' family. The 'Girardin' family became the 'Sheridin' family. The 'Jourdans' became the 'Jordans'.......................If, indeed, any of the Jouets of the Ile de Rd)France) abjured their name to become 'Blassingham', origin of such a change is lost in history, but reason for such a change is apparent." "In 1971, while in France, the writer visited the Ile de Re, formerly spelled Rhe, hoping to find some connection with the Blassingame family, but was unsuccessful........................Captain John Hayne Blassingame, visited the island many years ago according to Wynn, although she casts some doubt on the story. Mrs. Hattie C. Schroder of Greenville, South Carolina, in a letter to the writer stated emphatically that he did visit there and 'all the cousins in Spartanburg knew it to be a fact.' " "Several alleged coats-of-arms of the Blassingame family have been broadcast by two and perhaps three firms in the United States, but in no case has the writer seen any authentic data produced to show that they were of ancient origin from Blassingame family records. They have apparently been made up by modern day heraldic artists, or taken from non-authentic sources."
"FAMILY NO. 5: JOHN BLASSINGAME was born 19 May 1769 and was raised on the Pee Dee River in South Carolina. He is referred to as John, Junior, and once in Mrs. Wynn's notes for 'Southern Lineages' he is called John Haroldswayne Blassingame; another time he is called John H. Blassingame. He is best known as General John Blassingame, brigadier of Militia in the War of 1812." "His mother was Obedience Westfield. He was in the Revolutionary War as in the files of the Historical Commission of South Carolina there is a record which shows John Blassingham(sic) was paid for 31 days duty as a private of foot in Captain Joseph Hughes' Company, and for 21 days as a horseman in the same company, Brandon's Regiment, in 1782. The account was collected by John Blasingame 'for my son'." "Another account in the name of John Blassinghame, Junior, called for payment for 42 days duty between 22 June 1781 and 1 January 1782 as a horseman in Captain John Putnam's Company, Colonel Brandon's Regiment. Payment was also made to John Blasingame 'for my son'. Many of the troops in Brandon's regiment resided in the vicinity of Union District." "John Blasingame, Junior, was granted 'a plantation or tract of land containing Three hundred acres situate on the Waters of Fair Forest and branch called Salley's Creek, bounding on the Widow Littlefield's land, and on all other sides on vacant land' on 21 January 1785." "In the files of Mrs. William B. Harrison of Fort Worth, presently owned by her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Paddock, is a letter to Mrs. Harrison from Willie Wyatt, Montgomery, Alabama, which states that John Blassingame in 1787 came to the upper part of South Carolina from Marion, South Carolina, or as she calls it, the Piedmont. In this letter he is referred to as John H. Blassingame. She gives no source for her information." "On 23 March 1794 he married Elizabeth Easley, born 21 March 1774 in Virginia, died 26 April 1834. She was the daughter of Robert (Robin) Easley and Elizabeth Coleman, the former a Revolutionary soldier, in whose will the Blassingames are prominently mentioned as recorded in Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1806." "Reynolds and Faunt in 'Biographical Directory of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, 1776-1964' state that he was Senator from Union District, 1800-1804. He was a planter at 'Tanglewood' plantation, Union District near Greenville, South Carolina. He was in the South Carolina Militia, a Major, and later a Brigadier General of the 4th Brigade, 1815. This same reference states he was a justice of the peace and a county court judge. It is evidently in error when it states he was sheriff of Union District, commissioned in 1787, and tax collector 1784088, as he would have been only 15 to 18 years of age at the time. Probably this refers to his father." "From Mrs. Wynn's notes in the Evans Memorial Library we learn that he kept a tavern and Theodosia Burr Alston, wife of Governor Joseph Alston, the wife of Governor Joseph Alston, the seventeenth governor of South Carolina, 1812-1814, spent one summer at his place. She was a daughter of Aaron Burr and was lost at sea aboard a ship bound from Charleston to New York." "Also in Mrs. Wynn's notes in an anecdote related by Mr. Andrew Hamilton of Easley, South Carolina: 'In South Carolina...militia companies held encampments at certain muster grounds. There was one near Easley at old Pickensville. At one of the encampments General John Blassingame was entertaining some prominent official, and his brother got drunk and laid down on the side of the road. His name was Thomas Blassingame. General Blassingame and his friend passed and he asked the General who the man was and he pretended he did not know. Poor Thomas overheard him and raised hiself up and exclaimed 'Why, don't you know your own brother Tommie?'" "John Blassingame was a large slave holder as indicated in the 1810 census of Greenville County, South Carolina, when he had thirty-four listed. In this census he had two sons and five daughters in addition to his wife. In 1815 General John Blassingame bought a slave named Jacob for $550 from Edward P. Bacon of Charlotte County, Virginia. This is recorded in Hunnicutt's 'The Sale of a Slave'." "He died in Greenville District, South Carolina, on 30 November 1823, the event being recorded in 'The Charleston Courier' for 2 January 1824, his age being give as 54. He is buried in Greenville, South Carolina, his gravestone inscribed as follows: 'John Blasingahm, Jr./Pvt./Brandon's Regt./S.C. Troops/Rev. War 1823/American Rev./Boy Soldier/Gen. S.C. Militia/ 1769-1823/Married Elizabeth/Easley 1818.' " "An oil portrait of General John Blassingame hangs in the dining room of the home of Mrs. W.B. Paddock in Fort Worth, Texas. It measures approximately 24 by 28 inches and is in an excellent state of preservation. According to Mrs. Paddock, she had it appraised by someone from the Metropolitan Museum who declared it may have been painted by either Peale or Stuart, both famous American artists. The painting is unsigned, but from the skin tones and technique of the artist this appraisal was made. This opinion was concurred in, according to Mrs. Paddock, by the curator of the Fort Worth Art Museum." "During the Civil War the painting was in Gonzales, Texas, in Mrs. Paddock's grandmother's home (Mrs. William Easley Blassingame, nee Eliza Paul Townes) and was used as a fire screen in front of their fireplace! The painting had a hole in the tip of the nose, but was restored in Colorado Springs by an artist there." "Mrs. Caro C. Powell, nee Cleveland, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, a descendant of General John Blassingame, is of the opinion that the painting may have been done by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840). she bases her opinion on the fact that an oil portrait of Joel Roberts Poinsett, next door neighbour of the General, now hanging in the Council Chamber of the Charleston, South Carolina, City Hall, is attributed to this man, according to an article in the magazine, 'Antiques', for November 1970. Poinsett who lived 1779-1851, was a planter, diplomat, scientist and United States minister to Mexico from 1825 to 1830, and is best remembered as the man who introduced into this country from Mexico the poinsettia. Although the painting of the General is unsigned, it was not uncommon in the early days of the Republic for traveling artists to do portraits of people in payment for their board and lodging, but not sign them." "His estate papers contain a copy of the printed advertisement of his estate sale and is signed by William Easley Blassingame and E.B. Benson, dated 12 January 1824. It notes that he lived three miles from the Court House. (Data on children of General John Blassingame from Wynn, from files of Mrs. W.B. Paddock, Fort Worth, Texas, latter data being copied from Bible of Esther Blassingame Benson; also from data on Easley family by Mrs. Thomas S. Cameron, San Diego, California, and "Carpenter-Wier Family of Upper South Carolina" by Henry Bacon McKoy.)
************************************************************************** *************************************** "Election was held in Pickensville on January 5, 1811 for a Colonel to command the Regiment of Cavalry. Major John Blassingame was elected. Source: "Miller's Weekly Messenger", Pendleton,SC. Abstracted by G. Anne Sheriff and published in Old Pendleton District Newsletter, Vol. 16, no. 6, June, 2002. ************************************************************************** *************************************** John Blassingame (Rev. Hero) Source: www.scgenealogy.com/pickens/history/keowee_records_history. htm ************************************************************************** *************************************** According to this web site the following information exists: Actual obituary believed to be in the Greenville Mountaineer newspaper the first or second issue in December. Also his wife Elizabeth who died 26 April 1834 supposedly has her eulogy published in the Greenville Mountaineer. Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/SCGREENV/2000-09/0968869831 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "Among the sturdy patriots mentioned by Prof. Lyman G. Draper in his "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes" who assisted in establishing American Independence were my ancestors the Blassingames. 'On Sugar Creek, Union District SC, lived a number of determined Whigs named Blassingames, one of whom was arrested.' Tradition has it that John Blassingame, my ancestor, was thrice hanged, to induce him to turn traitor, and left as dead, but was cut down and revived by his wife. When the British officer in charge heard of it he said, 'That man is Blassin-game!' Captain Anthony Allen's diary state that the American Army took up ground on the Blassingame's plantation and camped there for some days. (pp. 76-505) Source: Application of Harry C. Hagood II to the "Sons of the American Revolution", June 1, 1998 ************************************************************************** *************************************** Other information in addition to that above was extracted from the application for same of Benjamin Adger Hagood: (1924) After the arrest of John Blassingame, "the army took up ground on John Blassingame's plantation, & remained there for some days." "Records on file in office of South Carolina Historical Commission, Columbia, S.C. show that John Blassingame served 42 days in 1781 as horseman in Capt. John Putnam's W.(?) Brandon's Regiment. Also 31 days in 1781 in Capt. Joseph Hughes Co. Col. Thomas Brandon's Regiment S.C. Militia.
General Notes for Child Thomas Blassingame
Buys land in Pendleton District (Anderson County) on branch ofSaludafrom James Lindsay in 1796. Will dated 1833 in Anderson County.
John Blassingame
Husband John Blassingame (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Wynn Gowan Blassingame (1839-1929) 1
Mother: Margaret Susanna Anthony (1844-1887) 1
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General John Blassingame and Elizabeth Easley
Husband General John Blassingame 1
AKA: General John Blassingame
Born: 19 May 1769
Christened:
Died: 12 Nov 1823 - Greenville Co., SC
Buried:
Father: John Blassingame (1735-1809)
Mother: Rachel Westfield ( - )
Marriage: 23 Mar 1794 - Anderson County, SC
Wife Elizabeth Easley 1
Born: 21 Mar 1774 - Virginia
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Died: 26 Apr 1834
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Father: Robert Easley (Abt 1746- ) 1
Mother: Catherine Benson ( - ) 1
Children
1 F Ester Blassingame 1
Born: 15 Jan 1795 - Spartanburg, SC
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Died: 1869
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Spouse: Col Enoch Berry Benson (1789-1860) 1
Marr: 11 Apr 1812
2 F Mary (Polly) Blassingame
Born: 24 Apr 1797
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Died: 4 Jan 1884
Buried:
Spouse: Joseph Cleveland ( - )
Marr: 9 Aug 1814
3 F Eliza Blassingame 1
Born: 15 Jan 1800
Christened:
Died: 24 Jan 1886 - Anderson Co., SC
Buried:
Spouse: Dr. John Robinson (1792-1841) 1
Marr: 3 Sep 1818 - Greenville Co., SC
4 M William Easley Blassingame 1
Born: 28 May 1798 - SC
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Died: 7 Sep 1841 - Perry, AL
Buried: - Marion Cemetery, Marion, Alabama
Spouse: Eliza Towns ( - ) 1
Marr: 21 Apr 1818
Spouse: Eliza Paul Townes (1802-1857)
Marr: 21 Apr 1818
5 M Samuel Easley Blassingame 1
AKA: John Westfield M. Blassingame
Born: 20 May 1799 - Anderson Co., SC
Christened:
Died: Bef 1811 - Anderson Co., SC
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Spouse: Mary Bowen (1802-1824) 1
Marr: 1818
Spouse: Malinda Ann Holder ( - ) 1
Spouse: Sarah Maria Sloan (1812-1883) 1
Marr: 16 Jan 1827
6 F Mary Blassingame 1
Born: - SC
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Died: 4 Jan 1884 - SC
Buried:
Spouse: Jess Cleveland ( - ) 1
7 F Nancy Easley Blassingame 1
AKA: Nancy Ann Easley Blassingame
Born: 15 Jan 1805 - SC
Christened:
Died: 3 Dec 1872 - Anderson Co., SC
Buried:
Spouse: Thomas Major Sloan (1799-1849) 1
Marr: 23 Sep 1823 - Pickens District, SC
8 F Caroline Blassingame 1
Born: 1800 - SC
Christened:
Died: 1850
Buried:
Spouse: William E Wickliff (1794-1878) 1
Marr: 1819
Spouse: William E. Wickliffe ( - )
Marr: 1819
General Notes (Husband)
Was Revolutionary Soldier. Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.com'~scroots/sc01376.htm
"General John Blassingame of Greenville County, a planter, served in the South Caroline Militia during the War of 1812 and never lived in Union County, South Carolina. (as some sources site) He married Elizbeth Easley, daughter of Robert Easley, whose will was recorded in Anderson County, South Carolina. (Anderson County probate roll #196, original at South Carolin Archives) From the Easley estates papers a signature of then Major John Blassingame was obtained. His signature does not end with a 'Jr.' Major John's signature does not match the signature of John Jr. who witnessed the will of John dl. 1809. These two, different, recorded signatures were filed only two years apart." "General John died intestate in 1823 in Greenville County, South Carolina. His grave has been marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution: BRANDON'S REG., SC TROOPS, REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY BOY SOLDIER; GENERAL IN S C MILITIA; B. 1769: D. 11-12-1823" ("The Presence of the Past; Epitaphs of 18th and 19th Century Pioneers in Greenville County, South Carolina and their Descendants, compiled by Mrs. Beverly T. Whitmire and others. Gateway Press. 1976) A signature comparison proves that he was not the John Blassingame Jr. who was in Brandon's Regiment. We have not found any proof that General John served in the Revolutionary War." "Who were the parents of General John Blassingame of Greenville County, Thomas of Pickens County, or James of Greenville County?" "During our research we discovered various Johns, Thomas, Williams and Phillip Blassingames. From the many documents that were studied we were able to determine which of them died in South Carolina and which removed from the state. By doing this we believe that we have proved that the only place General John and his brother Thomas could fit into the Blassingame Family line is as children of William of Cheraw District who died ca. 1782." Source: The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, Spring 1998, p. 72-76 ************************************************************************** *************************************** A conflicting report on the fatherhood of John Blassingame is as follows: "According to Addie Evans Wynn, author of 'Souther Lineages,' 'Lloyd has same crest as Blassingame and Jouet'. this notation was located by the writer in her notes in the Evans Memorial Library in Aberdeen, Mississippi, and she further comments that this reference was found in the Newberry Library in Chicago. Three times the writer has been to the Newberry Library seeking this reference, but its location remains a mystery." "It is possible that the missing reference is located in 'The Cleveland Genealogy', printed in 1899 by the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, Hartford, Connecticut, according to Mrs. Jerry Cleveland Whitmrie, formerly of Charleston, South Carolina, but its definite location there could not be pin-pointed by the writer. The reference is said to read as follows:" " 'The crest of the Blassingames, a pelican in her piety; French Huguenots, same as Jouett of the Island of Rhe, France. Left France for religious motives in the autumn of 1686 for Plymouth, England. Descended from the noble family of Jouett of the Province of Anjou; Feudal Lords of the Seitneuries of La Souleage and Piedonault. Jouetts and de Graffiereids (Huguenots) left the Isle of Rhe on the west coast of France, opposite La Rochelle and north of Bordeaux, went to Plymouht, England, then to Leiden, Holland, then to Narragansett, Rhode Island, then to Virginia, and then to South Carolina. The name was first spelled 'Blessingham' and 'Blassingham'. This is not a Huguenot name and the conclusion is that they were Huguenot refugees and must have abjured their French name, as did others, for protection against persecution. Patriot John Blassingame married first Obedience Westfield and second Rachel Westfield. His son, General John Blassingame married Elizabeth Easley.' " "I has not been possible to reconcile the date 1686 in the reference with the fact that John Blassinghame was in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, in 1677." "It is a well known fact that some Huguenots, fearing the rise of a papist King, gave up their French names and took Anglicized ones. The 'Noir' family became the 'Black' family. The 'Girardin' family became the 'Sheridin' family. The 'Jourdans' became the 'Jordans'.......................If, indeed, any of the Jouets of the Ile de Rd)France) abjured their name to become 'Blassingham', origin of such a change is lost in history, but reason for such a change is apparent." "In 1971, while in France, the writer visited the Ile de Re, formerly spelled Rhe, hoping to find some connection with the Blassingame family, but was unsuccessful........................Captain John Hayne Blassingame, visited the island many years ago according to Wynn, although she casts some doubt on the story. Mrs. Hattie C. Schroder of Greenville, South Carolina, in a letter to the writer stated emphatically that he did visit there and 'all the cousins in Spartanburg knew it to be a fact.' " "Several alleged coats-of-arms of the Blassingame family have been broadcast by two and perhaps three firms in the United States, but in no case has the writer seen any authentic data produced to show that they were of ancient origin from Blassingame family records. They have apparently been made up by modern day heraldic artists, or taken from non-authentic sources."
"FAMILY NO. 5: JOHN BLASSINGAME was born 19 May 1769 and was raised on the Pee Dee River in South Carolina. He is referred to as John, Junior, and once in Mrs. Wynn's notes for 'Southern Lineages' he is called John Haroldswayne Blassingame; another time he is called John H. Blassingame. He is best known as General John Blassingame, brigadier of Militia in the War of 1812." "His mother was Obedience Westfield. He was in the Revolutionary War as in the files of the Historical Commission of South Carolina there is a record which shows John Blassingham(sic) was paid for 31 days duty as a private of foot in Captain Joseph Hughes' Company, and for 21 days as a horseman in the same company, Brandon's Regiment, in 1782. The account was collected by John Blasingame 'for my son'." "Another account in the name of John Blassinghame, Junior, called for payment for 42 days duty between 22 June 1781 and 1 January 1782 as a horseman in Captain John Putnam's Company, Colonel Brandon's Regiment. Payment was also made to John Blasingame 'for my son'. Many of the troops in Brandon's regiment resided in the vicinity of Union District." "John Blasingame, Junior, was granted 'a plantation or tract of land containing Three hundred acres situate on the Waters of Fair Forest and branch called Salley's Creek, bounding on the Widow Littlefield's land, and on all other sides on vacant land' on 21 January 1785." "In the files of Mrs. William B. Harrison of Fort Worth, presently owned by her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Paddock, is a letter to Mrs. Harrison from Willie Wyatt, Montgomery, Alabama, which states that John Blassingame in 1787 came to the upper part of South Carolina from Marion, South Carolina, or as she calls it, the Piedmont. In this letter he is referred to as John H. Blassingame. She gives no source for her information." "On 23 March 1794 he married Elizabeth Easley, born 21 March 1774 in Virginia, died 26 April 1834. She was the daughter of Robert (Robin) Easley and Elizabeth Coleman, the former a Revolutionary soldier, in whose will the Blassingames are prominently mentioned as recorded in Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1806." "Reynolds and Faunt in 'Biographical Directory of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, 1776-1964' state that he was Senator from Union District, 1800-1804. He was a planter at 'Tanglewood' plantation, Union District near Greenville, South Carolina. He was in the South Carolina Militia, a Major, and later a Brigadier General of the 4th Brigade, 1815. This same reference states he was a justice of the peace and a county court judge. It is evidently in error when it states he was sheriff of Union District, commissioned in 1787, and tax collector 1784088, as he would have been only 15 to 18 years of age at the time. Probably this refers to his father." "From Mrs. Wynn's notes in the Evans Memorial Library we learn that he kept a tavern and Theodosia Burr Alston, wife of Governor Joseph Alston, the wife of Governor Joseph Alston, the seventeenth governor of South Carolina, 1812-1814, spent one summer at his place. She was a daughter of Aaron Burr and was lost at sea aboard a ship bound from Charleston to New York." "Also in Mrs. Wynn's notes in an anecdote related by Mr. Andrew Hamilton of Easley, South Carolina: 'In South Carolina...militia companies held encampments at certain muster grounds. There was one near Easley at old Pickensville. At one of the encampments General John Blassingame was entertaining some prominent official, and his brother got drunk and laid down on the side of the road. His name was Thomas Blassingame. General Blassingame and his friend passed and he asked the General who the man was and he pretended he did not know. Poor Thomas overheard him and raised hiself up and exclaimed 'Why, don't you know your own brother Tommie?'" "John Blassingame was a large slave holder as indicated in the 1810 census of Greenville County, South Carolina, when he had thirty-four listed. In this census he had two sons and five daughters in addition to his wife. In 1815 General John Blassingame bought a slave named Jacob for $550 from Edward P. Bacon of Charlotte County, Virginia. This is recorded in Hunnicutt's 'The Sale of a Slave'." "He died in Greenville District, South Carolina, on 30 November 1823, the event being recorded in 'The Charleston Courier' for 2 January 1824, his age being give as 54. He is buried in Greenville, South Carolina, his gravestone inscribed as follows: 'John Blasingahm, Jr./Pvt./Brandon's Regt./S.C. Troops/Rev. War 1823/American Rev./Boy Soldier/Gen. S.C. Militia/ 1769-1823/Married Elizabeth/Easley 1818.' " "An oil portrait of General John Blassingame hangs in the dining room of the home of Mrs. W.B. Paddock in Fort Worth, Texas. It measures approximately 24 by 28 inches and is in an excellent state of preservation. According to Mrs. Paddock, she had it appraised by someone from the Metropolitan Museum who declared it may have been painted by either Peale or Stuart, both famous American artists. The painting is unsigned, but from the skin tones and technique of the artist this appraisal was made. This opinion was concurred in, according to Mrs. Paddock, by the curator of the Fort Worth Art Museum." "During the Civil War the painting was in Gonzales, Texas, in Mrs. Paddock's grandmother's home (Mrs. William Easley Blassingame, nee Eliza Paul Townes) and was used as a fire screen in front of their fireplace! The painting had a hole in the tip of the nose, but was restored in Colorado Springs by an artist there." "Mrs. Caro C. Powell, nee Cleveland, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, a descendant of General John Blassingame, is of the opinion that the painting may have been done by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840). she bases her opinion on the fact that an oil portrait of Joel Roberts Poinsett, next door neighbour of the General, now hanging in the Council Chamber of the Charleston, South Carolina, City Hall, is attributed to this man, according to an article in the magazine, 'Antiques', for November 1970. Poinsett who lived 1779-1851, was a planter, diplomat, scientist and United States minister to Mexico from 1825 to 1830, and is best remembered as the man who introduced into this country from Mexico the poinsettia. Although the painting of the General is unsigned, it was not uncommon in the early days of the Republic for traveling artists to do portraits of people in payment for their board and lodging, but not sign them." "His estate papers contain a copy of the printed advertisement of his estate sale and is signed by William Easley Blassingame and E.B. Benson, dated 12 January 1824. It notes that he lived three miles from the Court House. (Data on children of General John Blassingame from Wynn, from files of Mrs. W.B. Paddock, Fort Worth, Texas, latter data being copied from Bible of Esther Blassingame Benson; also from data on Easley family by Mrs. Thomas S. Cameron, San Diego, California, and "Carpenter-Wier Family of Upper South Carolina" by Henry Bacon McKoy.)
************************************************************************** *************************************** "Election was held in Pickensville on January 5, 1811 for a Colonel to command the Regiment of Cavalry. Major John Blassingame was elected. Source: "Miller's Weekly Messenger", Pendleton,SC. Abstracted by G. Anne Sheriff and published in Old Pendleton District Newsletter, Vol. 16, no. 6, June, 2002. ************************************************************************** *************************************** John Blassingame (Rev. Hero) Source: www.scgenealogy.com/pickens/history/keowee_records_history. htm ************************************************************************** *************************************** According to this web site the following information exists: Actual obituary believed to be in the Greenville Mountaineer newspaper the first or second issue in December. Also his wife Elizabeth who died 26 April 1834 supposedly has her eulogy published in the Greenville Mountaineer. Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/SCGREENV/2000-09/0968869831 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "Among the sturdy patriots mentioned by Prof. Lyman G. Draper in his "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes" who assisted in establishing American Independence were my ancestors the Blassingames. 'On Sugar Creek, Union District SC, lived a number of determined Whigs named Blassingames, one of whom was arrested.' Tradition has it that John Blassingame, my ancestor, was thrice hanged, to induce him to turn traitor, and left as dead, but was cut down and revived by his wife. When the British officer in charge heard of it he said, 'That man is Blassin-game!' Captain Anthony Allen's diary state that the American Army took up ground on the Blassingame's plantation and camped there for some days. (pp. 76-505) Source: Application of Harry C. Hagood II to the "Sons of the American Revolution", June 1, 1998 ************************************************************************** *************************************** Other information in addition to that above was extracted from the application for same of Benjamin Adger Hagood: (1924) After the arrest of John Blassingame, "the army took up ground on John Blassingame's plantation, & remained there for some days." "Records on file in office of South Carolina Historical Commission, Columbia, S.C. show that John Blassingame served 42 days in 1781 as horseman in Capt. John Putnam's W.(?) Brandon's Regiment. Also 31 days in 1781 in Capt. Joseph Hughes Co. Col. Thomas Brandon's Regiment S.C. Militia.
General Notes for Child Eliza Blassingame
After she was widowed, she ran a boarding house in Anderson, SC. For a time, she had a "photographic artist" as a boarder. One descendant has seen a photo of her "a demure lady wearing a white cap", but photo cannot be found now. Source: Lila Niemann Garner Genweb posting ******************** "Anderson Journal, 14th instant. Mrs. Eliza Robinson, relict of the late Dr. John Robinson, died Wednesday night. She would have been 86 years old tomorrow. Dr. Robinson died in Pendleton about 40 years ago and Mrs. Robinson moved to Anderson and opened a boarding house. She leaves a large number of descendants." (No stone found for Mrs. Eliza Robinson.) Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday January 21, 1886 *******************
General Notes for Child William Easley Blassingame
"William Easley Blassingame was born in Greenville County, South Carolina, on 28 May 1798. His mother was Elizabeth Easley Blassingame and his father General John Blassingame, a private soldier in the Revolution and also in the War of 1812. His grandfather was Major John Blassingame and his grandmother a Miss Westfield, the former a soldier in the Revolution, buried at Old Stone Church near Seneca, South Carolina." "He was educated in South Carolina, graduating from South Carolina College in 1817. About 1830 he moved to Perry County, Alabama, where he became an influential citizen, a member of the State Legislature in 1838, one of the founders of the Marion Female Seminary in 1834 and of Judson College in 1838. He was a Democrat and a Baptist." "He married Eliza Paul Townes on 21 April 1818 according to a notice in 'The Pendleton Messenger' of 6 May 1818. She was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on 9 March 1802 and died at Marion, Alabama on 11 October 1857. She was the daughter of Major Samuel A. Townes who wrote a history of Marion, Alabama." "William Easley died in Perry County, Alabama, on 7 September 1841. (History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory Owen; Volume II; published 1921)." "In the 1830 census of Greenville County, South Carolina, he is referred to as Colonel, having 31 slaves. In 1840 he is in Perry County, Alabama, with 44 slaves." "Dr. Jewett, the first President of the Judson College, said of him: 'Colonel William Easley Blassingame, in his fine person, lofty spirit, and courtesy of manner, was a splendid representative of his native state, South Carolina, in chivalry; his death removed one of the most gallant defenders and earnest advocates of the Judson.' (From 'The Marion Standard', no date in the records of Mrs. W.B. Paddock, Fort Worth, Texas.)" His will is recorded in Marion, Alabama, and is in Wynn on page 300. He owned many negroes and much land, including all the present northwest section of Marion." Source: "The Blassingame Families" by W. Doak Blassingame, The University Press, Wolfe City, Texas, 1973. "An inventory of his estate, taken just after his death, shows that he owned 34 slaves, nine mules, one yoke of oxen, 11 cows and 7 hoggs." "Granted honorary degree from the University of Alabama in 1838." Source: "Heritage of Perry County" by W. Stuart Harris as shown on webpage: www.rootsweb.com/~alperry/biob8.htm
General Notes for Child Samuel Easley Blassingame
"John Westfield M. Blassingame was born in Greenville County, South Carolina, between 1800 and 1810 according to the 1830 census of this county. He was living then with his mother, between 50 and 60 years old, with twenty-eight slaves. he is sometimes erroneously referred to as 'John Westfield A. Blassingame', but newspaper notices and his will refer to him as 'John Westfield M. Blassingame.' He was a planter." "He married Sarah Maria Sloan, eldest daughter of Captain David Sloan of Greenville District 'on Tuesday last' according to a notice in 'The Pendleton Messenger' of 17 January 1827. This date would be 16 January 1827." "An oil portrait believed by the writer to be this man is owned by Mrs. Stijepo Bjelovucic of Huntington, New York. She was formerly Harriet Towers, her mother being one of eight children of John B. Cleveland, a direct descendant of General John Blassingame. In a letter dated 30 May 1919 from Mr. Cleveland to Mrs. Martha B. Harrison now owned by Mrs. Mary Paddock of Fort Worth, he refers to the oil portrait as being of 'either William or Thomas Blassingame, son of General John Blassingame, who married Sarh Sloan' (emphasis added). The painting is of a handsome young man, appearing in his late twenties or early thirties, in civilian clothes of the period of 1820-1830. He has short dark hair and blue eyes, is quite distinguished looking, and is wearing a lace jabot or 'ruffled shirt'. The portrait is not signed, but possibly could have been done by the artist who painted the portrait of General John Blassingame now owned by Mrs. Mary Paddock. The writer believes that Mr. Cleveland was mistaken in stating that the portrait was that of 'William or Thomas' as William married Eliza Paul Townes and the General had no son named Thomas. In the postscript to his letter, Mr. Cleveland concedes that the portrait may indeed by John, and further describes it as being that of a young man with a ruffled shirt." "He died in Marion, Alabama, in 1836 and his will is recorded in Greenville County, South Carolina in Volume 1, 178701840, Section B, page 11. (Wynn, page 305) His widow married Major John Bomar on 6 December 1842 according to 'The Pendleton Messenger'."
General Notes for Child Nancy Easley Blassingame
Born 15 January 1799 or 5 January 1805.
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Father: William Easley Blassingame (1798-1841) 1
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