Name: John "The Miller" BLAIR
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Birth: 12 Apr 1749 Lancaster Co. PA
Death: 17 Dec 1819 Jonesboro, Washington Co. TN
Birth: 28 Apr 1750
Occupation: Owned a mill on Big Limestone Creek was an early commissioner
Residence: Moved from Washington Co. Tn to Loudon about 1790 (then Roane) Soon after Blair's Ferry was established
Military: Revolutionary War Veteran Received land grants in Washington Co. on Big Limestone Creek in Leesburg
Military: listed in the DAR Patriot Index, pg 63
Father: Hugh BLAIR (1706-1783)
Mother: Mary DAWSON (-1828)
Other Spouses: Hannah CARUTHERS
Marriage: 9 Feb 1771 Guilford Co NC
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Spouse:  Jane GAMBLE
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Birth: 6 Oct 1749 Rowan Co. NC
Death: 13 May 1793 Blairsville, Washington Co. TN (later changed to Loudon Co. Tn)
Father: James GAMBLE

Children:
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1 M: Hugh (sometimes refered to Lame Hugh) BLAIR
Birth: 3 Jan 1774 Guilford Co NC
Death: 18 Jan 1841 Loudon Co. TN
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2 M: William R BLAIR
Birth: 1 Aug 1775 Guilford Co NC
Death: 18 Mar 1843 Roane now Loudon Co. TN
Spouse: Sarah SIMMONS
Marriage: 18 Dec 1803 Roane now Loudon Co. TN
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3 M: Samuel BLAIR
Birth: 5 Sep 1775 Washington Co. North Carolina (now Tennessee)
Death: 10 Oct 1854 Roane later  Loudon Co. Tennessee
Spouse: Ann RODGERS
Marriage: 18 Aug 1803 Roane now Loudon Co. TN
Spouse: Cynthia Earnest AXLEY
Marriage: 30 Jul 1844 Monroe Co. TN
Spouse: Fannie TALLEY
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4 M: James BLAIR
Birth: 8 Jan 1777 Gilford Co NC
Death: 6 Nov 1826 Roane then Loudon Co. TN
Spouse: Jane (Jenny) CARMICHAEL
Marriage: 1799 Mifflin Pennsylvania
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5 M: Thomas BLAIR
Birth: 6 Jun 1780 Tennessee
Death: 28 Oct 1868 Georgetown, Hamilton Co. TN
Spouse: Hannah STONE
Marriage: abt 1800 Washington Co. Tennessee
Spouse: Jane CARSON
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6 M: John BLAIR
Birth: 20 Apr 1783 North Carolina
Death: aft 1850 Cherokee Co. AL
Spouse: Margaret (Peggy) McCALL
Marriage: 22 Jan 1811 Washington Co. Tennessee
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7 F: Jane (Jean) BLAIR
Birth: 6 Oct 1787 North Carolina
Death: 5 Aug 1850 Carmichael Twp. Cherokee Co. TX
Spouse: Archibald CARMICHAEL
Marriage: ca 1805 Tennessee
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8 F: Mary Ann Dawson BLAIR (Died as Child)
Birth: 2 Jul 1789
Death: 1802
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2nd wife of John (the Miller) Blair
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Marriage: 26 Nov 1793 Washington Co. TN
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Spouse: Hannah CARUTHERS
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Birth: abt 1772 Mecklenburg Co. NC
Death: aft Nov 1819
Father: James CARUTHERS
Mother: Jane FLEMING

Children:
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1 F: Elizabeth (Betsy) BLAIR
Birth: 18 Oct 1793 Tennessee
Death: 31 Jan 1861 Decatur Co. Iowa
Spouse: Thomas BIDDLE JR.
Marriage: 23 Jun 1815 Washington Co. TN
Spouse: McCormick ZION
Marriage: 8 Nov 1836
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2 F: Martha (Patsy) BLAIR
Birth: 10 May 1797 Tennessee
Death: 1849 Jackson Co. Missouri
Spouse: William CARMICHAEL
Marriage: 24 Aug 1815
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3 F: Mary (Polly) BLAIR
Birth: 29 Nov 1799
Death: 11 Aug 1879
Spouse: Sever TADLOCK
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4 F: Rachel BLAIR
Birth: 10 Jul 1802 Washington Co. Tennessee
Death: 10 Mar 1871 Decatur Co. IA
Spouse: Hugh VANCE
Marriage: 18 Aug 1829 Washington Co. TN
 

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Notes for John "The Miller" BLAIR
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Blair History from the files of Lucy Steele, Loudon Tennessee
JOHN BLAIR
John Blair, sixth child of Hugh Blair and his wife Mary Dawson, was born Apr. 28, 1750 in Lancaster Co. Pa.  He was married in Guildford Co. N.C. Feb. 9, 1771 to his first wife, Jean Gamble who was born in Guilford Co. N. C. Oct. 6, 1749. This couple settled in Washington County, Tennessee (then North Carolina) and during the Revolution, John was a soldier and fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. (Patriot Index, D.A.R. page 63). John was appointed one of the five Commissioners to survey ninety lots of land for a village to be called Leesburg, which was located about six mines south of Jonesboro. John's farm, mill and home were at Leesburg, which became a thriving community(now extinct), and the fact that he owned land and the mill are evidenced in his will which was probated at the January session of Court in Washington Co. in 1820.  He wills" land the mill"- there is no doubt but that he was a farmer and miller. On May 13, 1793 his first wife Jean Gamble died, leaving him with eight children, the eldest being nineteen and the youngest four. On Nov. 26, 1793 he was married to Hannah Carruthers of Abington Va.  Their marriage license record of Washington Co. N.C. is in the records of Greene Co. Tenn. At Greenville.  Most likely they were from that part of Washington Co. which was cut off to form Green Co. but were issued by John Sevier, Clerk of Washington Co.  John and Hannah's , marriage bond (Book 1787-1840) reads: John Blair to Hannah Carruthers, Nov. 26, 1793, Territory U.S.A., South Ohio River, Washington Co. Rites by Robert Martin.
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From Asearching Geneglocial magazine transcribed from Will book A Washington Co. Tn Will extracts
A-126 John Blair; 21 nov 1819 weak state of body; wife Hannah; the two girls Polly and Rachel Blair to have as much out of the estate as will make them equal to those that are married and gone; Rest to be divided in six equal parts; son Hugh and Thomas to share 1 part; son Samuel one part; son John 1 1/2 parts; grandson Josiah to have 1/2 part; the fifth part to be equally divided among my 5 daughters and the 6th part to wife; until Mr. Nelson's time is out with the mill Executors William Carmule; son John and Wife Hannah; signed John Blair (no mark) wittness John Starin; Joseph Nelson; John Robinson; proved Jan 1820.
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Three sons founded Blairs Ferry Loudon Co. TN abt 1790
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Guilford County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages

    Blair, John               Gamble, Jane              9 Feb 1771
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A John Blair was a member of the Regulators in 1765 - 1771in Guilford CO. NC  his name appears on petitions signed by the group Regulators were a group of men who were opposed to British rule. I believe that this John is our John as we know him to be in Guilford Co. in 1771 when he married Jane Gamble.
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This info is from the Wilson Family Genealogy Book  "You Take it From Here".
Blair Genealogy Section III Principle sorce of this informaiton is an article written
by Reb. James Hugh Blair Hall and published in The Blair Magazine for Nov.,
1926, Vol. I, pp. 43, 45.  See also the Presbyterian Advocate, a magazine
published in Nashville, Tenn. Feb 1, 1912.
Born 1750 (?). Judge John J. Blair of Loudon County, Tenn. said he was born
in South Carolina.
Died, 1819.  His will, probated Jan. 1820, is recorded in Washington County,
Tenn., Will Book 1, p. 126. (See Following miscellaneous notes.)

Married (1) Jane Gamble, Feb. 9, Guilford Co., N.C.
Married (2) Hannah Carruthers of Staunton, Va., Nov. 26, 1793, Washington
County., Territory of the U.S. South of the River Ohio. (Now Tenn.)

John served as a private in the battle of King's Mountain according to
several descendants who became members of DAR on basis of his record.  (DAR
application of Mrs. May Weatherly Cannon, Natl. No. 146,264; History of
Tennessee, East Tenn. Edition, pp. 1081, 825, 826, 1082, 1262,  Goodspeed
Publishing Co., Nashville Tenn. 1887, History of Roane County, Tenn., by
Emma
Wells; King's Mountain Men, p. 150 by Kate White.)
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From: TBGreen3 <TBGreen3@prodigy.net>

John Blair is called John "The Miller" because he owned a mill on Big Limestone Creek.  He came to America in about 1746 with his parents, Hugh Blair and his wife Mary Dawson.  One of their daughters, Jane Blair was born at sea on the way to America on August 20, 1746, and she married John
Cummings, Jr.  John "The Miller" Blair married Jean Gamble February 9, 1771 in Guilford County, North Carolina, and he fought in the American Revolution at the Battle of King's Mountain, for which he received a land grant inTennessee where his family moved to claim the land.  I visited the site ofwhere Blair's Ferry launched in Loudon County, Tennessee and enjoyed  visiting the Steekee Cemetery there.
Hugh Blair was born about 1718 in Galloway, Scotland, and he married Mary Dawson in about 1738 in Ireland where some of his first children were born. John "The Miller" Blair was born April 28, 1749 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania about three years after his parents arrived in America.
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JOHN BLAIR
WASHINGTON COUNTY
LIEUTENANT
$96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$484.17 AMOUNT RECEIVED
APRIL 8, 1811 PENSION STARTED
$108.80 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$241.47 AMOUNT RECEIVED
APRIL 24, 1816 PENSION STARTED
DIED JULY 13, 1818
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