{"id":1712,"date":"2023-04-22T11:37:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T16:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/marshall\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2023-04-22T11:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T16:37:11","slug":"blair-family-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/marshall\/blair-family-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Blair Family Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hugh Blair & Mary Dawson<\/span><\/p>\n

Contributed by Dick Wood<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hugh Blair<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Born Ireland <\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Birth date:  ca. 1721-1725<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Death place:  Surry Co., NC<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Date of death:  before August 1783<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Mary Dawson<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Born Ireland<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Birthdate:  ?<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Death place:  Unknown<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Date of death:  Unknown<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Hugh Blair & Mary Dawson W<\/i>ere married <\/i>Date and place unknown, probably Ireland.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
Hugh Blair                                                                       Mary Dawson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Father:  John Blair                                                           Father:  Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n
Mother:  Martha Blythe                                                    Mother:  Unknown <\/span><\/p>\n
The Hugh Blair & Mary Dawson family group record is taken almost totally from<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
John Blair of Guilford County, North Carolina and some of his Descendants <\/u><\/em>Copyright 1979 by Bean and Lucy (Echels) Blair, Lamesa, Texas.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
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Notes:<\/strong>  James Blair & Sarah Cunningham had one daughter, Mary Blair, who m.<\/span><\/p>\n
             John Endsley.  They are both buried at Round Hill Cemetery, Marshall<\/span><\/p>\n
             County, Tennessee. <\/span><\/p>\n
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             Sarah Cunningham (Blair) married 2nd<\/sup>, John L. Lowry.  He died in<\/span><\/p>\n
             Abbeville County, SC around 1806.  Sarah Cunningham, twice widowed,<\/span><\/p>\n
             Accompanied her extended family to Tennessee.  Sarah Cunningham<\/span><\/p>\n
             ( 7 Feb 1750-10 Nov 1837) is buried at Round Hill Cemetery.<\/span><\/p>\n
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             Mattie Blair who married William Cunningham may have lived for a time<\/span><\/p>\n
             And possibly died in nearby Bedford County, Tennessee where her<\/span><\/p>\n
             Husband, William made application for his RW pension.  The “Blair book”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
             wrongfully identified this William Cunningham as another William Cunningham<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
             in Blount County TN.  For correct identification, see William Cunningham RW<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
             pension application # S.3249 filed in Bedford County TN 9 May 1833.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
             Mary Blair and her husband James Leeper (28 Aug 1743-14 Apr 1811)<\/span><\/p>\n
             are both buried at Round Hill Cemetery.  James Leeper is reported to<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
              have been the first person buried at Round Hill Cemetery.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
             Jane Blair married first James Endsley.  He died before Aug 1777 in<\/span><\/p>\n
             Surry County, North Carolina.  She married second, John C. Cummings<\/span><\/p>\n
             before 9 Feb 1779 in Surry County, North Carolina.  Twice widowed when<\/span><\/p>\n
             she accompanied her extended Endsley\/Cummings\/Lowry family to TN.<\/span><\/p>\n
             She is buried at Round Hill Cemetery.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Hugh Blair & Mary Dawson Contributed by Dick Wood     Hugh Blair Born Ireland  Birth date:  ca. 1721-1725 Death place:  Surry Co., NC Date of death:  before August 1783 Mary Dawson Born Ireland Birthdate:  ? Death place:  Unknown Date of death:  Unknown           Hugh Blair & Mary Dawson Were married Date and place unknown, probably Ireland. Hugh Blair                                     …<\/p>\n
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