William McKesson (Keith) Blalock, served in Co. F., (The Hibriten Guards) of the 26th NC Troops during the War Between the States. He was born in Caldwall County North Carolina, but this part of the county was later absorbed into Avery County.
Keith joined Union Forces in TN after medical discharge from CSA Army. Keith and his men were infamous in Watauga County, NC. His band of men reportedly raided and murdered and drove fear into the citizens of this area during the Civil War. His wife Malinda was by his side just as she was in the CSA Army. Keith's own stepfather Austin Coffey was murdered, along with Austin's brother William Coffey. Austin's other brothers were marked men but survived.
The obit says that Mr. Blalock was born in Caldwell County, NC which was later Avery County. But up above the obit, it shows that he was born in Watauga County. If the latter is correct, maybe there should be a "parenthetical" explanation of the discrepancy in the bio?
Keith joined Union Forces in TN after medical discharge from CSA Army. Keith and his men were infamous in Watauga County, NC. His band of men reportedly raided and murdered and drove fear into the citizens of this area during the Civil War. His wife Malinda was by his side just as she was in the CSA Army. Keith's own stepfather Austin Coffey was murdered, along with Austin's brother William Coffey. Austin's other brothers were marked men but survived.
The obit says that Mr. Blalock was born in Caldwell County, NC which was later Avery County. But up above the obit, it shows that he was born in Watauga County. If the latter is correct, maybe there should be a "parenthetical" explanation of the discrepancy in the bio?
William McKesson (Keith) Blalock, served in Co. F., (The Hibriten Guards) of the 26th NC Troops during the War Between the States. He was born in Caldwall County North Carolina, but this part of the county was later absorbed into Avery County.
Keith joined Union Forces in TN after medical discharge from CSA Army. Keith and his men were infamous in Watauga County, NC. His band of men reportedly raided and murdered and drove fear into the citizens of this area during the Civil War. His wife Malinda was by his side just as she was in the CSA Army. Keith's own stepfather Austin Coffey was murdered, along with Austin's brother William Coffey. Austin's other brothers were marked men but survived.
The obit says that Mr. Blalock was born in Caldwell County, NC which was later Avery County. But up above the obit, it shows that he was born in Watauga County. If the latter is correct, maybe there should be a "parenthetical" explanation of the discrepancy in the bio?
Keith joined Union Forces in TN after medical discharge from CSA Army. Keith and his men were infamous in Watauga County, NC. His band of men reportedly raided and murdered and drove fear into the citizens of this area during the Civil War. His wife Malinda was by his side just as she was in the CSA Army. Keith's own stepfather Austin Coffey was murdered, along with Austin's brother William Coffey. Austin's other brothers were marked men but survived.
The obit says that Mr. Blalock was born in Caldwell County, NC which was later Avery County. But up above the obit, it shows that he was born in Watauga County. If the latter is correct, maybe there should be a "parenthetical" explanation of the discrepancy in the bio?
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