GEORGE BLAIR
Here is what I have on my great great grandfather, and my great grandmother. I hope this will
help someone.Also I am looking for information on his parents.I know his father was
James Hayes or Hays BLAIR.There are alot of James BLAIRs to research.If you have
anything to add please let me know.
Angela in OK
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> .....Mother: Margaret "Peggy" BLAIR
>.....................b. 1840 in Flint District, Indian Territory, OK 1898
>.....................d. 26 AUG 1898 Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
>.....................daughter of George BLAIR and Nancy BLYTHE
>.....................married Obediah Martin BENGE
>.....................1851 Drennan roll: Flint, 641 1/2
>.....................1880 Census [CN]: Sequoyah, 149 as Margaret Benge
>.....................1890 Census [CN]: Sequoyah, 535 as Margreit Benge
>.....................1/2 SIBLINGS by George BLAIR and Sarah BLYTHE
>..............................................1. James Blair
>..............................................2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Blair
>..............................................3. Lewis Blair b: abt. 1830
>..............................................4. Catherine Blair
>..............................................5. Lucy Blair b: abt. 1835 in Cherokee Nation
>..............................................6. Amy Blair
>.....................SIBLINGS by George BLAIR and Nancy BLYTHE
>........................................1. Jonathan BLAIR b. 1842 Flint Dist, Cherokee Nation, I. T.
>........................................2. Thomas "Tom" BLAIR b. 1 JUN 1846 Flint Dist, I. T.
>........................................3. Charles BLAIR b. 1843 Flint Dist, I. T.
>........................................4. Sallie BLAIR b. 1843 Flint Dist, I. T.
>........................................5. Susannah BLAIR b. 1848 Flint Dist, I. T.
>....................................... 6. Eliza "Louisa" BLAIR b. 16 FEB 1854 Flint Dist, I. T.
>........................................7. Mary BLAIR b. 1852 Flint Dist, I. T.
>........................................8. Bettie BLAIR b. 26 MAR 1862 Sequoyah Dist, I. T.
> ..........gf. George BLAIR Cherokee Name Oo-di-qua-no-si
>.....................b. 1789 Cherokee Nation GA
> ....................d. Feb. 28,1887 of Pneumonia in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, OK
>.....................buried Blair Cemetary by his cabin that he bought from "SEQUOYAH"
>.....................wife for $ 20.00 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
>.....................son of James Hays or Hayes BLAIR (Jim) and Sarah or Sally ?
>.....................Lived Tusquilty Ck., Clay Co., NC
>.....................Henderson Rolls
>....................."Individuals that were paid by the Cherokee Nation for positions held
>............................during the Trail of Tears 1838-1839." George Blair was paid on
>............................the Richard Taylor detachment as a "Supplier of Team"
>....................."note from the Trail Of Tears Assoc.Richard Taylor's group" left NC,
>............................Sept.20 1838 and arrived in Oklahoma March 23 1839.
>............................George stayed in Nashville area when 1st wife Sarah BLYTHE BLAIR
>............................and his sister Jennie BLAIR SWEETWATER and her family all were to
>............................sick to go on. Sarah, Jennie, and husband George SWEETWATER and
>............................their 4 children died and are buried together near Nashville, TN. Hard
>............................times in the area attributed to the national depression of 1837. Malaria,
>............................cholera, smallpox frequent epidemics. George and his children with his
>............................sister-n-law Nancy arrivied in Oklahoma after the Richard Taylor group.
>
.from the book-"PEOPLE AROUND ENOLA (Faulkner Co., AR) 1830-1880"
George Blair's family came from Alabama.
>
Cherokee Almanac
Government of the Cherokee Nation 1855 page 21
Executive - John Ross, Principal Chief
James Brown, Joseph Vann, A. Campbell, Executive Council
David Vann, Treasurer
Flint District - W. A. Duncan, Sam'l Chambers - Committee
George. Chambers, John Keith, George Blair - Council
>....................2 Cherokee marriages who were 1/2 sisters by their father Jonathan BLYTHE.
>..........................1. Sarah BLYTHE b.1791
>..................................died on the "Trail of Tears" 1838 near Nashville, TN (6 children)
>..........................2. Nancy Ann BLYTHE b. abt 1806 Cherokee Nation (9 children)
>.....................SIBLINGS 1. James BLAIR
>........................................2. Samuel BLAIR
>........................................3. Margaret "Juda" BLAIR m. William Richard Henson
>........................................4. Jenny BLAIR m. George SWEETWATER
>..............................................(they had 4 children and all died at the same time as
>...............................................Sarah BLYTHE BLAIR on the "Trail of Tears".)
>........................................5. Joel Dyer BLAIR
>........................................6. Anne Blair(1792-1854)
>..............................................married Joseph Terrell (cousin to William Terrell Lewis)
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