6 October 1880 married in Iredell County∼
Teen Blackburn was born a slave on the plantation of the Hampton and Cowles families in Yadkin County, North Carolina. According to family accounts, he was the son of Fannie Blackburn, a Cherokee Indian, and Augustus Blackburn, a white plantation owner.
Blackburn was the "body servant" of his father, Col. John Augustus Blackburn of Company F, 21st North Carolina Regiment. Blackburn's brother, Wiley Blackburn, is listed in Co. B, 38th North Carolina Regiment roster also as a "body servant".
In 1880, Blackburn married Lucy Carson – the daughter of Robert Carson, an uncle of Kit Carson – and had 10 children
In 1883, he became a contract mail carrier, supervising other carriers, black and white. He worked for 60 years, carrying the mail on foot and later by horse from Jonesville to Hamptonville, a distance of more than 10 miles (16 km) every other day. He worked other jobs around the county and on his 75-acre (300,000 m2) farm, tending tobacco, to help give each of his children a formal education.
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Teen Blackburn was born a slave on the plantation of the Hampton and Cowles families in Yadkin County, North Carolina. According to family accounts, he was the son of Fannie Blackburn, a Cherokee Indian, and Augustus Blackburn, a white plantation owner.
Blackburn was the "body servant" of his father, Col. John Augustus Blackburn of Company F, 21st North Carolina Regiment. Blackburn's brother, Wiley Blackburn, is listed in Co. B, 38th North Carolina Regiment roster also as a "body servant".
In 1880, Blackburn married Lucy Carson – the daughter of Robert Carson, an uncle of Kit Carson – and had 10 children
In 1883, he became a contract mail carrier, supervising other carriers, black and white. He worked for 60 years, carrying the mail on foot and later by horse from Jonesville to Hamptonville, a distance of more than 10 miles (16 km) every other day. He worked other jobs around the county and on his 75-acre (300,000 m2) farm, tending tobacco, to help give each of his children a formal education.
Information above is From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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6 October 1880 married in Iredell County∼
Teen Blackburn was born a slave on the plantation of the Hampton and Cowles families in Yadkin County, North Carolina. According to family accounts, he was the son of Fannie Blackburn, a Cherokee Indian, and Augustus Blackburn, a white plantation owner.
Blackburn was the "body servant" of his father, Col. John Augustus Blackburn of Company F, 21st North Carolina Regiment. Blackburn's brother, Wiley Blackburn, is listed in Co. B, 38th North Carolina Regiment roster also as a "body servant".
In 1880, Blackburn married Lucy Carson – the daughter of Robert Carson, an uncle of Kit Carson – and had 10 children
In 1883, he became a contract mail carrier, supervising other carriers, black and white. He worked for 60 years, carrying the mail on foot and later by horse from Jonesville to Hamptonville, a distance of more than 10 miles (16 km) every other day. He worked other jobs around the county and on his 75-acre (300,000 m2) farm, tending tobacco, to help give each of his children a formal education.
Information above is From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Teen Blackburn was born a slave on the plantation of the Hampton and Cowles families in Yadkin County, North Carolina. According to family accounts, he was the son of Fannie Blackburn, a Cherokee Indian, and Augustus Blackburn, a white plantation owner.
Blackburn was the "body servant" of his father, Col. John Augustus Blackburn of Company F, 21st North Carolina Regiment. Blackburn's brother, Wiley Blackburn, is listed in Co. B, 38th North Carolina Regiment roster also as a "body servant".
In 1880, Blackburn married Lucy Carson – the daughter of Robert Carson, an uncle of Kit Carson – and had 10 children
In 1883, he became a contract mail carrier, supervising other carriers, black and white. He worked for 60 years, carrying the mail on foot and later by horse from Jonesville to Hamptonville, a distance of more than 10 miles (16 km) every other day. He worked other jobs around the county and on his 75-acre (300,000 m2) farm, tending tobacco, to help give each of his children a formal education.
Information above is From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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