Cordelia Antoinette (King) Blackburn (1826)

Born 1826 in Ball Ground, Murray, Georgia, United States

Wife of Benjamin F. Blackburn — married 12 Sep 1848 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Biography

Cordelia's first husband was a Robertson. Apparently she had two children by Mr. Robertson - William (William James?) and Elizabeth. These two children appear on the 1850 census record ages 6 and 4. So William was born about 1844 and Elizabeth about 1846. Cordelia and Benjamin Blackburn married in 1848. In the census record for 1860, these two children are again given with the last name of Robertson. (In 1850 they were listed as Blackburns.) Apparently, Cordelia's first husband passed away and she married a second time to Benjamin Franklin Blackburn.

In the Extract of the Rejected Applications of the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee that was filed by Ben Blackburn - son of Benjamin Franklin Blackburn and Cordelia Antoinette King, Ben listed his father as Ben Blackburn, his mother as Antilet King, his grandfather as Billy Blackburn, and Antilet's father as Harry King. Ben Blackburn listed the English and Indian names of his grandparents on both his paternal and maternal side. On his father's side, he lists "Billy Blackburn." On his mother's side, he lists "Harris Skinner" and says "and a full blood Cherokee Indian, and "Harry King." So Cordelia Antoinette Blackburn's father was HARRY KING who was married to the daughter of HARRIS SKINNER.

Cordelia was the daughter of a full blooded Eastern Cherokee Indian named Harry King. In ancestry.com, you can find the letters Cordelia signed to receive funds from the Government for Ben's death.

You will find attached to her son Benjamin Freeman Blackburn letters from an attorney which Ben listed when Cordelia died. It listed Ben's father as Billy Blackburn. The William Blackburn listed on findagrave as Ben's father is the only William Blackburn that I could find that fit the records as Ben's father. The letter listed a lot of the children, (Siblings of Benjamin Freeman Blackburn) by their Indian name as well as white man's name. It is listed in the Guidion Cherokee Indian roll number listing, added years later by pen, not typed.

Sources

• 1848 Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942"
  Original data: Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1290745
  Ancestry Record 60000 #499624 (accessed 16 March 2024)
  Cordelia M Robertson marriage to Benjamin Blackburn on 14 Sep 1848 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

• 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Beat 6, Marion, Alabama; Roll: 10; Page: 120a; Line Number: 14
  Ancestry Record 8054 #16102352 (accessed 16 March 2024)
  Cordelia A Blackburn (24) in Beat 6, Marion, Alabama, USA. Born in Georgia.

• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Romulus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Roll: M653_25; Page: 613; Family History Library Film: 803025
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #12747115 (accessed 16 March 2024)
  C N Blackburn (33) in Romulus, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Born in Georgia.

• 1866 Census: "Alabama, U.S., State Census, 1820-1866"
  Original data: Alabama State Census, 1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives & History. Rolls M2004.0008-M2004.0012, M2004.0036-M2004.0050, and M2008.0124
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1576 #484243 (accessed 16 March 2024)
  Antonette Blackburn in Tuscaloosa.

• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Hickmans, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Roll: M593_43; Page: 427B
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #12982233 (accessed 16 March 2024)
  Antionette Blackburn (44), Keeping House, in Hickmans, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Born in Georgia.

• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1880; Census Place: Dodsons, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Roll: 34; Page: 609b; Enumeration District: 155
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #6482184 (accessed 16 March 2024)
  Antionette Blackburn (54), widowed, Housekeeper, head of household in Dodsons, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Born in Georgia.