JOHN BLACK, eldest son of Benjamin Blair and Rachel (Berry) Black was born December 1828 Jackson County, Alabama. His mother died when he was about 12, and he was reared by his father and stepmother, Jane Little. He came with the family to Freestone County in 1851 where he married Amanda Elizabeth Weaver. He bought a farm at Mt. Zion, five miles east of Fairfield. John Black along with Rev. Timothy Green and Elisha Hobbs, was one of the first trustees of the Methodist Church at MT. Zion, buying land from Mary Holder to build the first church. John died June 22, 1860 and is buried at the old Mt. Zion Cemetery. After John's death, Amanda took her children to live with her parents at Normangee, Texas. Amanda lived with Johnnie in her later years. They operated a general store in Shannon, Texas., Clay County. She died at the home of one of her children in Shannon, Texas1.
John died at age 32, said to have fallen from a horse. Mattie Bea Prather Medford told me that she remembered Aunt Rachel telling her that John Black sold his property for Confederate money and lost everything.2
John Black's gravestone was the first permanent grave stone in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas3.
1. "History of Freestone County, Texas", Freestone County Historical Commission, Vol. 1, First Edition, 1978
2. Edna Campbell Scott
3. Docent, Freestone County Historical Society Museum, Fairfield, Texas
JOHN BLACK, eldest son of Benjamin Blair and Rachel (Berry) Black was born December 1828 Jackson County, Alabama. His mother died when he was about 12, and he was reared by his father and stepmother, Jane Little. He came with the family to Freestone County in 1851 where he married Amanda Elizabeth Weaver. He bought a farm at Mt. Zion, five miles east of Fairfield. John Black along with Rev. Timothy Green and Elisha Hobbs, was one of the first trustees of the Methodist Church at MT. Zion, buying land from Mary Holder to build the first church. John died June 22, 1860 and is buried at the old Mt. Zion Cemetery. After John's death, Amanda took her children to live with her parents at Normangee, Texas. Amanda lived with Johnnie in her later years. They operated a general store in Shannon, Texas., Clay County. She died at the home of one of her children in Shannon, Texas1.
John died at age 32, said to have fallen from a horse. Mattie Bea Prather Medford told me that she remembered Aunt Rachel telling her that John Black sold his property for Confederate money and lost everything.2
John Black's gravestone was the first permanent grave stone in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas3.
1. "History of Freestone County, Texas", Freestone County Historical Commission, Vol. 1, First Edition, 1978
2. Edna Campbell Scott
3. Docent, Freestone County Historical Society Museum, Fairfield, Texas
Family Members
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William Anderson "Dick" Black
1834–1909
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Lieut James Alexander Black
1836–1877
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Mary Jane Black Barnett
1843–1890
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Alleston Marion "Tobe" Black
1848–1923
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Martha Melissa Black Adkins
1850–1931
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Wiley Black
1853–1918
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Benjamin Franklin Black
1856–1885
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Margaret A. "Maggie" Black Ham
1862–1946
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William Aaron Black
unknown–1875
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