Blackwell Family File
Thomas Blackwell
Born 1784 ~ Died 1857
Thomas was born in King William County, Virginia, in 1784. He was the son of James Blackwell, who was marred to Elizabeth Ann Crenshaw. Thomas also married an Elizabeth; Elizabeth Gibson in the Quaker Church in Bedford County, Virginia in 1805.
Thomas Blackwell & Elizabeth (Betsy) Gibson
Married July 28, 1805 in Bedford Co. Virginia
Parents: James Blackwell and Elizabeth Ann Crenshaw
Born: Feb. 14, 1784 in Kings William Co. Virginia
Died: Sept. 3, 1857 at Chapel Hill, Williamson co. Tennessee
Place of Burial: Blackwell-Smith Cemetery
Parents: William Gibson & Mary —
Born: July 28, 1785 in Virginia
Died: March 20, 1861 in Williamson Co. Tennessee
Place of Burial: Blackwell-Smith Cemetery, 1 mile west of US 431, 4 miles south of Franklin
Children
- Mary H. Blackwell b. Sept. 20, 1806, d. June 16, 1871, married Hugh L. Thompson
- William M. Blackwell b. Mar. 10, 1808, d. April 27, 1836, buried in Williamson co. Tennessee
- Anna P. Blackwell b. Sept. 23, 1809, d. 1835
- Lucinda Blackwell b. June 8, 1811, d. Jan. 27, 1880, married Thomas S. Smith on Nov. 18, 1833
- Elizabeth Blackwell b. Feb. 9, 1813, d. June 24, 1875, married William L. Neeley on Nov. 1, 1832
- John W. Blackwell b. Mar. 30, 1814 in Kentucky, d. Mar. 19, 1898, married Sarah L. Powell on Feb. 16, 1837
- Martha Blackwell b. Feb. 23, 1816, in Kentucky, d. June 26, 1897, married Robert Owen on Feb. 11, 1839
- Emaline Blackwell b. Mar. 27, 1818 in Kentucky, d. Feb. 26, 1895, married John C. Woodall on Sept. 14, 1846
- Jane Blackwell b. June 17, 1819 in Kentucky, d. Mar. 16, 1864, married William F. Carter
- Catherine P. Blackwell b. Feb. 23, 1822 in Allen Co. Kentucky, d. May 16, 1894, buried Swanson Cemetery Chapel Hill, Tennessee, married Samuel Adolphus Crutcher on Feb. 28, 1843
Source of information: Thelma Carrell Jones who used the following resources:
1810 Census Warren Co. Kentucky, 1820 Census Allen Co. Kentucky, 1830 Census Williamson Co. Tennessee, 1850 Census, Williamson Co. Tennessee, Thomas Blackwell estate settlement. Obituary for Catherine P. Blackwell Crutcher. Gravestone markings from gravestones for Thomas and Elizabeth Blackwell. Thomas and Elizabeth Blackwell marriage listed in Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VI Virginia, by Hinshaw, Bedford County.
Narrative: Catherine P. Blackwell, the youngest of Thomas and Elizabeth’s ten children was born in 1822. In 1843 she married Samuel Adolphus Crutcher. Their second son, Thomas Robert, married Louisa Sanders May and was the mother of Jessie Woodson Crutcher, mother of Vera, Wilma, and Thelma.
Submitted by Shirley Carter
James Blackwell & Elizabeth Ann Crenshaw
Married 1783
Parents: Josiah Blackwell & ?
Born: 1750 probably in Kings William Co. Virginia
Died: 1801
Place of Burial: Unknown
Elizabeth Ann Crenshaw
Parents: ?
Born: 1763
Died: ?
Place of Burial: Unknown
Children:
- Thomas Blackwell b. Feb. 14, 1784 in Kings William Co. Virginia, d. Sept. 3, 1857, buried in Williamson Co. Tennessee, married Elizabeth Gibson on July 28, 1805
- Jane Elizabeth Blackwell b. May 5, 1788 in Kings William Co. Virginia, d. Aug. 1861, buried in Sumter Co. Alabama, married Elisha Jefferson Dodson in 1815
- William Blackwell b.1787, buried in Morgan Co. Alabama
- James Crenshaw Blackwell b. 1785
Source of information: Thelma Carrell Jones who used the following resources:
“Quotes from the Memories of Wesley Clarke Dodson” who was the son of Jane Elizabeth and Elisha Jefferson Dodson, Personal letters of Wesley Clarke Dodson.