Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameAlexander BLACKBURN 
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62Birth Date15 Jan 1766
Birth PlaceFrederick County, Virginia
Death Date1786 Age: 19
Death PlaceDandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Memokilled by Indians
Burial PlaceDandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee
OccupationReverend
FatherJohn M. BLACKBURN , 366 (1741-1808)
MotherJanet O’Neal MATHEWS , 367 (1747-1818)
Notes for Alexander BLACKBURN
Some times known as Rev. Alexander Blackburn.
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Alexander Blackburn (1766 - cir 1786); named after his maternal grandfather, Alexander Mathews; killed by Indians near the large island below Dandridge, Tenn., about 1786. Said to have been the first man buried in the old cemetery in Dandridge.
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Alexander Blackburn was killed at Babson’s Ferry below Dandridge by the Indians, and is said to have been the first man buried in the Dandridge cemetery. From the “Blackburns in America” p. 35.
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Alexander Blackburn (1766 - cir 1786); named after his maternal grandfather, Alexander Mathews; killed by Indians near the large island below Dandridge, Tenn., about 1786. Said to have been the first man buried in the old cemetery in Dandridge.
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Alexander Blackburn was killed at Babson’s Ferry below Dandridge by the Indians, and is said to have been the first man buried in the Dandridge cemetery. From the “Blackburns in America” p. 35.
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