By 1819, he had moved to Maury County, Tennessee where he married Nancy Elizabeth Churchwell. Together they had eleven children, all born in Tennesse.
They remained in Tennessee until about 1850 when they moved to Bell County, Tx. Many of their children came to Texas with them.
The log cabin he lived in has been restored and is located in a park in Killeen, Texas.
The Texas Historic Commission has placed a historic marker at the cabin with the following text.
"John Churchill Gaines Blackburn (1832-1912)was born in Tennessee and came to Tx in 1853. He and his wife Mary Ann Chambers Blackburn (1831-1908)first stopped with other family members in Williamson Co. and then moved on to Bell Co. in 1854. Blackburn's father John Porter Blackburn (1786-1855), had previously staked claims in Texas, including land in this country in Palo Alto Community (then about 4 mi. NE). There John C.G. Blackburn established a 30 acre farm. He enlisted in the confederate state militia in 1861 when the Civil War began. Blackburn built this log cabin structure in 1863, according to family tradition, just before enlisting in the Calvary. He was then assigned to frontier duty along the Rio Grande for the duation of the war."
By 1819, he had moved to Maury County, Tennessee where he married Nancy Elizabeth Churchwell. Together they had eleven children, all born in Tennesse.
They remained in Tennessee until about 1850 when they moved to Bell County, Tx. Many of their children came to Texas with them.
The log cabin he lived in has been restored and is located in a park in Killeen, Texas.
The Texas Historic Commission has placed a historic marker at the cabin with the following text.
"John Churchill Gaines Blackburn (1832-1912)was born in Tennessee and came to Tx in 1853. He and his wife Mary Ann Chambers Blackburn (1831-1908)first stopped with other family members in Williamson Co. and then moved on to Bell Co. in 1854. Blackburn's father John Porter Blackburn (1786-1855), had previously staked claims in Texas, including land in this country in Palo Alto Community (then about 4 mi. NE). There John C.G. Blackburn established a 30 acre farm. He enlisted in the confederate state militia in 1861 when the Civil War began. Blackburn built this log cabin structure in 1863, according to family tradition, just before enlisting in the Calvary. He was then assigned to frontier duty along the Rio Grande for the duation of the war."
Family Members
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Francis Omsby Blackburn Chalk
1821–1875
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Rowena Churchwell Blackburn
1822–1840
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Velerie Ann Blackburn McClanahan
1824–1902
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Elias Halbert Blackburn
1826–1827
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John Henry Blackburn
1827–1911
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Elizabeth Jones Blackburn Polk
1828–1906
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Ellen Dexter Blackburn Hensley
1832–1901
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John Gaines Churchwell Blackburn
1832–1912
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William Lewis Hogan "W.L.H." Blackburn
1834–1898
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Merriweather Whitley "WHIT" Blackburn
1836–1923
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