Re: George Blair--trail of tears
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Re: George Blair--trail of tears
Sharon Horton 1/03/03
I don't know what happened to Margaret "Juda" BLAIR m. William Richard Henson.
You might look for Juda BLAIR.Here is what I have on George BLAIRand his
daughter Margaret BLAIR BENGE.
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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