The son of Calvin Black and Flora Bunting MacQueen.
William and his siblings were born at the family plantation "Wakulla" which was located near the station of that name.
"Of the children of these parents, William Black, the oldest, studied law, and was graduated in that profession from the Dick and Dillard Law School, at Greensboro, N. C, and was licensed by the Supreme Court of the State at the January term, 1881, and duly admitted to the Bar. He located at Maxton, N. C, and practiced in the Courts of the
surrounding counties for several years, standing high in the esteem of men as a conscientious, Christian lawyer of ability ; but his soul yearned for a higher and holier calling, and after twelve years of practice, he turned away from earthly courts and a large and lucrative practice, to
bear aloft the banner of the cross. He was living at Maxton, N. C, when on the thirteenth day of January, 1893, he was licensed by Fayetteville Presbytery to preach the Gospel. At this time, and for the last nineteen years, he has been general evangelist of the Presbyterian Synod
of North Carolina, and is widely known and universally beloved, and has been instrumental in winning many souls for Christ. Every year he has been unanimously elected to this high position, and though offered much larger salaries in many other places, so great is his love toward his
own State and people that he has persistently refused to leave this work.
Rev. William Black married Miss Maggie S. Freeland, a lovely Christian lady of Concord, N. C, and a graduate of Greensboro Female College. She is a woman of winning sweetness, and of many rare qualities. She prepared her sons for college at Davidson, N. C, teaching them not only the Math, but the Latin and the Greek."
Credit: Above from the The MacQueens of Oueensdale book.
Rev. Dr. William Black was the husband of Margaret Susan Friezland.
Their Children:
Willie Black 1883-1883
Frederick LeRoy Black 1884–1965
Clarence Linwood Black 1886–1945
William Ernest Black 1888–1959
Arthur Friezland Black 1891–1920
Little Willie Black, their first child, died at Red Springs, NC, in infancy, and is buried at Philadelphus Church, near that place.
Record from Bible of CALVIN BLACK. (C. BLACK A.D. 1858)
On flyleaf FAMILY RECORD MARRIAGES
ANGUS BLACK was married to MARGARET BLACK Jan. 10th 1811. A.D.
CATHERINE BLACK was married to HUGH BROWN Oct. 31st 1832
SARAH BLACK was married to DANIEL McNEILL Dec. 26th 1839
MARY A. BLACK was married to ALX. McPHERSON June 29th 1854
CALVIN BLACK was married to FLORA B. McQUEEN the 12th of April AD 1855
WILLIAM BLACK was married to MAGGIE S. FREELAND February 24, 1881.
JOHN MARCY BLACK was married to NORA HULL Oct 18th 1899 Noon
WILLIAM EUGENE BLACK to AGNES LEE (Burnette) DICKERSON August 30, 1941, Alexander Va.
LILLIAN McQUEEN was married to J. PLUMMER WIGGINS Oct 3rd 1900
MARY ELIZABETH BLACK to CARLISLE THURMAN HALL October 19, 1946 Shelby N.C. 4:00 P.M. Rev. WALTER L. BROWN
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page 2 Records from the Bible of CALVIN BLACK
BIRTHS
WILLIAM BLACK was born July 1st 1856
JOHN MARCY BLACK was born July 17th 1858
MARGARET BLACK was born November 10th 1860
MAGGIE S. FREELAND was born March 28, 1825
FLORA BUNTING McQUEEN was born March 28, 1825
LILLIAN McQUEEN May 11th 1878
NORA HULL May 27, 1869 was born May 27th 1875
JASPER PLUMMER WIGGINS December 27, 1878
DEATHS
Rev. WILLIAM BLACK D.D. Nov. 23, 1927
JOHN MARCY BLACK January 17, 1947 Shelby N.C. 11:45 AM.
MAGGIE S. FREESLAND BLACK Oct, 1940
FLORA BUNTING BLACK Sept 5th 1888 1PM
NORA HULL BLACK died June 6, 1928 1929
JASPER PLUMMER WIGGINS died Nov. 18, 1947
Credit: Calvin Black Family Bible Record, circa 1858
1858 Robeson Co., NC Calvin Black family bible
Blackfork originally shared this to Public Ancestry on 03 Mar 2017
Posted 24 Feb 2011 by kwkgat
Obtained from Liz Frano: Letter from R. R. MacMillan to Rev. William Black: originally obtained from Florah Black Belknap of Sun City, Arizona
To the Rev. Wm. Black
Dundarrock, N.C. Jan 18, 1908
Angus Black, your Grandfather, was not related by consanquinity to Alex Black, Arch Black and James Black mentioned in my former sketch.
but your Grandmother, Margaret Black, was related as follows: Her father was Alex's Black's Brother, but we are not sure whether her father was Arch Black or Neill Black, probably Neill Black. (We know Margaret Black, wife of Angus Black, was the daughter of Archibald Black from his 1839, Gadsden County, Florida Estate papers.)
Mrs. Sallie McPherson who lived on Stewart's Creek on Camden Road eleven miles west of Fayetteville was twin sister of Margaret Black, your grandmother and moved to the State of Mississippi then a territory now you have the connecting link. Your grandmother's father was a whole brother of my great-grandfather Alex Black who was killed by Col Thomas Wade in revenge for the attack by Mccrainey at Piney Bottom.
The Margaret Black mentioned in my first sketch who married a Monroe was a daughter of Alex Black. She did marry Malcolm Monroe and lived and owned Jackson Springs (Inn) in Moore County but left and went west.
Your grandmother Margaret and our grandmother Isabel Black (McCrimmon) were first cousins.
The information I have from my sister Kate MacMillan, and is correct as she got it from our grandmother Isabel Black who married Roderick McCrimmon as stated before. She (Isabel McCrimmon lived to see the end of the War Between the States and died February 21, 1866, aged 88. Our grandmother MacMillan died two days before February 19, 1866 aged 88 and both died in the same house. (R R McMillan's grandmother)
Hope I have this history correct and am confident the connection is true. The widow of Alex Black (Mary Patterson) always said the man who killed her husband was a Lucas from Anson County. I have often heard our grandmother speak of Lucas and I think he was a mulatto or not white.
P.S. Mrs. Sallie Macpherson was the grandmother of Alex Macpherson late of C.S.A. of Cumberland county.
Calvin Black, your father, often told me that Alex Black was his granduncle, There were four brothers instead of three mentioned first. I never heard of Neill Black till my sister corrected me. I would be glad for you to get this information in shape and publish it. These men and women were good people and church people. I have always wished to see it in print and now we have the opportunity.
Remember me in your devotions.
R.R. MacMillan
Comment in 2016 by Blackfork:
The Sallie McPherson who's mentioned in the letter above was Sarah Black before her marriage to John McPherson, Jr. This John McPherson died in late summer of 1829 in Cumberland County. Sallie moved to Lauderdale Co., Mississippi in 1833 with James McNeill and others who were moving there. Sallie had a son out of wedlock there named Thomas D. McPherson. Thomas's guardian was Thomas Davis of Cumberland county who had moved to Lauderdale with Sallie. Thomas Davis had been a friend of her dead husband, John McPherson.
William and his siblings were born at the family plantation "Wakulla" which was located near the station of that name.
"Of the children of these parents, William Black, the oldest, studied law, and was graduated in that profession from the Dick and Dillard Law School, at Greensboro, N. C, and was licensed by the Supreme Court of the State at the January term, 1881, and duly admitted to the Bar. He located at Maxton, N. C, and practiced in the Courts of the
surrounding counties for several years, standing high in the esteem of men as a conscientious, Christian lawyer of ability ; but his soul yearned for a higher and holier calling, and after twelve years of practice, he turned away from earthly courts and a large and lucrative practice, to
bear aloft the banner of the cross. He was living at Maxton, N. C, when on the thirteenth day of January, 1893, he was licensed by Fayetteville Presbytery to preach the Gospel. At this time, and for the last nineteen years, he has been general evangelist of the Presbyterian Synod
of North Carolina, and is widely known and universally beloved, and has been instrumental in winning many souls for Christ. Every year he has been unanimously elected to this high position, and though offered much larger salaries in many other places, so great is his love toward his
own State and people that he has persistently refused to leave this work.
Rev. William Black married Miss Maggie S. Freeland, a lovely Christian lady of Concord, N. C, and a graduate of Greensboro Female College. She is a woman of winning sweetness, and of many rare qualities. She prepared her sons for college at Davidson, N. C, teaching them not only the Math, but the Latin and the Greek."
Credit: Above from the The MacQueens of Oueensdale book.
Rev. Dr. William Black was the husband of Margaret Susan Friezland.
Their Children:
Willie Black 1883-1883
Frederick LeRoy Black 1884–1965
Clarence Linwood Black 1886–1945
William Ernest Black 1888–1959
Arthur Friezland Black 1891–1920
Little Willie Black, their first child, died at Red Springs, NC, in infancy, and is buried at Philadelphus Church, near that place.
Record from Bible of CALVIN BLACK. (C. BLACK A.D. 1858)
On flyleaf FAMILY RECORD MARRIAGES
ANGUS BLACK was married to MARGARET BLACK Jan. 10th 1811. A.D.
CATHERINE BLACK was married to HUGH BROWN Oct. 31st 1832
SARAH BLACK was married to DANIEL McNEILL Dec. 26th 1839
MARY A. BLACK was married to ALX. McPHERSON June 29th 1854
CALVIN BLACK was married to FLORA B. McQUEEN the 12th of April AD 1855
WILLIAM BLACK was married to MAGGIE S. FREELAND February 24, 1881.
JOHN MARCY BLACK was married to NORA HULL Oct 18th 1899 Noon
WILLIAM EUGENE BLACK to AGNES LEE (Burnette) DICKERSON August 30, 1941, Alexander Va.
LILLIAN McQUEEN was married to J. PLUMMER WIGGINS Oct 3rd 1900
MARY ELIZABETH BLACK to CARLISLE THURMAN HALL October 19, 1946 Shelby N.C. 4:00 P.M. Rev. WALTER L. BROWN
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page 2 Records from the Bible of CALVIN BLACK
BIRTHS
WILLIAM BLACK was born July 1st 1856
JOHN MARCY BLACK was born July 17th 1858
MARGARET BLACK was born November 10th 1860
MAGGIE S. FREELAND was born March 28, 1825
FLORA BUNTING McQUEEN was born March 28, 1825
LILLIAN McQUEEN May 11th 1878
NORA HULL May 27, 1869 was born May 27th 1875
JASPER PLUMMER WIGGINS December 27, 1878
DEATHS
Rev. WILLIAM BLACK D.D. Nov. 23, 1927
JOHN MARCY BLACK January 17, 1947 Shelby N.C. 11:45 AM.
MAGGIE S. FREESLAND BLACK Oct, 1940
FLORA BUNTING BLACK Sept 5th 1888 1PM
NORA HULL BLACK died June 6, 1928 1929
JASPER PLUMMER WIGGINS died Nov. 18, 1947
Credit: Calvin Black Family Bible Record, circa 1858
1858 Robeson Co., NC Calvin Black family bible
Blackfork originally shared this to Public Ancestry on 03 Mar 2017
Posted 24 Feb 2011 by kwkgat
Obtained from Liz Frano: Letter from R. R. MacMillan to Rev. William Black: originally obtained from Florah Black Belknap of Sun City, Arizona
To the Rev. Wm. Black
Dundarrock, N.C. Jan 18, 1908
Angus Black, your Grandfather, was not related by consanquinity to Alex Black, Arch Black and James Black mentioned in my former sketch.
but your Grandmother, Margaret Black, was related as follows: Her father was Alex's Black's Brother, but we are not sure whether her father was Arch Black or Neill Black, probably Neill Black. (We know Margaret Black, wife of Angus Black, was the daughter of Archibald Black from his 1839, Gadsden County, Florida Estate papers.)
Mrs. Sallie McPherson who lived on Stewart's Creek on Camden Road eleven miles west of Fayetteville was twin sister of Margaret Black, your grandmother and moved to the State of Mississippi then a territory now you have the connecting link. Your grandmother's father was a whole brother of my great-grandfather Alex Black who was killed by Col Thomas Wade in revenge for the attack by Mccrainey at Piney Bottom.
The Margaret Black mentioned in my first sketch who married a Monroe was a daughter of Alex Black. She did marry Malcolm Monroe and lived and owned Jackson Springs (Inn) in Moore County but left and went west.
Your grandmother Margaret and our grandmother Isabel Black (McCrimmon) were first cousins.
The information I have from my sister Kate MacMillan, and is correct as she got it from our grandmother Isabel Black who married Roderick McCrimmon as stated before. She (Isabel McCrimmon lived to see the end of the War Between the States and died February 21, 1866, aged 88. Our grandmother MacMillan died two days before February 19, 1866 aged 88 and both died in the same house. (R R McMillan's grandmother)
Hope I have this history correct and am confident the connection is true. The widow of Alex Black (Mary Patterson) always said the man who killed her husband was a Lucas from Anson County. I have often heard our grandmother speak of Lucas and I think he was a mulatto or not white.
P.S. Mrs. Sallie Macpherson was the grandmother of Alex Macpherson late of C.S.A. of Cumberland county.
Calvin Black, your father, often told me that Alex Black was his granduncle, There were four brothers instead of three mentioned first. I never heard of Neill Black till my sister corrected me. I would be glad for you to get this information in shape and publish it. These men and women were good people and church people. I have always wished to see it in print and now we have the opportunity.
Remember me in your devotions.
R.R. MacMillan
Comment in 2016 by Blackfork:
The Sallie McPherson who's mentioned in the letter above was Sarah Black before her marriage to John McPherson, Jr. This John McPherson died in late summer of 1829 in Cumberland County. Sallie moved to Lauderdale Co., Mississippi in 1833 with James McNeill and others who were moving there. Sallie had a son out of wedlock there named Thomas D. McPherson. Thomas's guardian was Thomas Davis of Cumberland county who had moved to Lauderdale with Sallie. Thomas Davis had been a friend of her dead husband, John McPherson.
The son of Calvin Black and Flora Bunting MacQueen.
William and his siblings were born at the family plantation "Wakulla" which was located near the station of that name.
"Of the children of these parents, William Black, the oldest, studied law, and was graduated in that profession from the Dick and Dillard Law School, at Greensboro, N. C, and was licensed by the Supreme Court of the State at the January term, 1881, and duly admitted to the Bar. He located at Maxton, N. C, and practiced in the Courts of the
surrounding counties for several years, standing high in the esteem of men as a conscientious, Christian lawyer of ability ; but his soul yearned for a higher and holier calling, and after twelve years of practice, he turned away from earthly courts and a large and lucrative practice, to
bear aloft the banner of the cross. He was living at Maxton, N. C, when on the thirteenth day of January, 1893, he was licensed by Fayetteville Presbytery to preach the Gospel. At this time, and for the last nineteen years, he has been general evangelist of the Presbyterian Synod
of North Carolina, and is widely known and universally beloved, and has been instrumental in winning many souls for Christ. Every year he has been unanimously elected to this high position, and though offered much larger salaries in many other places, so great is his love toward his
own State and people that he has persistently refused to leave this work.
Rev. William Black married Miss Maggie S. Freeland, a lovely Christian lady of Concord, N. C, and a graduate of Greensboro Female College. She is a woman of winning sweetness, and of many rare qualities. She prepared her sons for college at Davidson, N. C, teaching them not only the Math, but the Latin and the Greek."
Credit: Above from the The MacQueens of Oueensdale book.
Rev. Dr. William Black was the husband of Margaret Susan Friezland.
Their Children:
Willie Black 1883-1883
Frederick LeRoy Black 1884–1965
Clarence Linwood Black 1886–1945
William Ernest Black 1888–1959
Arthur Friezland Black 1891–1920
Little Willie Black, their first child, died at Red Springs, NC, in infancy, and is buried at Philadelphus Church, near that place.
Record from Bible of CALVIN BLACK. (C. BLACK A.D. 1858)
On flyleaf FAMILY RECORD MARRIAGES
ANGUS BLACK was married to MARGARET BLACK Jan. 10th 1811. A.D.
CATHERINE BLACK was married to HUGH BROWN Oct. 31st 1832
SARAH BLACK was married to DANIEL McNEILL Dec. 26th 1839
MARY A. BLACK was married to ALX. McPHERSON June 29th 1854
CALVIN BLACK was married to FLORA B. McQUEEN the 12th of April AD 1855
WILLIAM BLACK was married to MAGGIE S. FREELAND February 24, 1881.
JOHN MARCY BLACK was married to NORA HULL Oct 18th 1899 Noon
WILLIAM EUGENE BLACK to AGNES LEE (Burnette) DICKERSON August 30, 1941, Alexander Va.
LILLIAN McQUEEN was married to J. PLUMMER WIGGINS Oct 3rd 1900
MARY ELIZABETH BLACK to CARLISLE THURMAN HALL October 19, 1946 Shelby N.C. 4:00 P.M. Rev. WALTER L. BROWN
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page 2 Records from the Bible of CALVIN BLACK
BIRTHS
WILLIAM BLACK was born July 1st 1856
JOHN MARCY BLACK was born July 17th 1858
MARGARET BLACK was born November 10th 1860
MAGGIE S. FREELAND was born March 28, 1825
FLORA BUNTING McQUEEN was born March 28, 1825
LILLIAN McQUEEN May 11th 1878
NORA HULL May 27, 1869 was born May 27th 1875
JASPER PLUMMER WIGGINS December 27, 1878
DEATHS
Rev. WILLIAM BLACK D.D. Nov. 23, 1927
JOHN MARCY BLACK January 17, 1947 Shelby N.C. 11:45 AM.
MAGGIE S. FREESLAND BLACK Oct, 1940
FLORA BUNTING BLACK Sept 5th 1888 1PM
NORA HULL BLACK died June 6, 1928 1929
JASPER PLUMMER WIGGINS died Nov. 18, 1947
Credit: Calvin Black Family Bible Record, circa 1858
1858 Robeson Co., NC Calvin Black family bible
Blackfork originally shared this to Public Ancestry on 03 Mar 2017
Posted 24 Feb 2011 by kwkgat
Obtained from Liz Frano: Letter from R. R. MacMillan to Rev. William Black: originally obtained from Florah Black Belknap of Sun City, Arizona
To the Rev. Wm. Black
Dundarrock, N.C. Jan 18, 1908
Angus Black, your Grandfather, was not related by consanquinity to Alex Black, Arch Black and James Black mentioned in my former sketch.
but your Grandmother, Margaret Black, was related as follows: Her father was Alex's Black's Brother, but we are not sure whether her father was Arch Black or Neill Black, probably Neill Black. (We know Margaret Black, wife of Angus Black, was the daughter of Archibald Black from his 1839, Gadsden County, Florida Estate papers.)
Mrs. Sallie McPherson who lived on Stewart's Creek on Camden Road eleven miles west of Fayetteville was twin sister of Margaret Black, your grandmother and moved to the State of Mississippi then a territory now you have the connecting link. Your grandmother's father was a whole brother of my great-grandfather Alex Black who was killed by Col Thomas Wade in revenge for the attack by Mccrainey at Piney Bottom.
The Margaret Black mentioned in my first sketch who married a Monroe was a daughter of Alex Black. She did marry Malcolm Monroe and lived and owned Jackson Springs (Inn) in Moore County but left and went west.
Your grandmother Margaret and our grandmother Isabel Black (McCrimmon) were first cousins.
The information I have from my sister Kate MacMillan, and is correct as she got it from our grandmother Isabel Black who married Roderick McCrimmon as stated before. She (Isabel McCrimmon lived to see the end of the War Between the States and died February 21, 1866, aged 88. Our grandmother MacMillan died two days before February 19, 1866 aged 88 and both died in the same house. (R R McMillan's grandmother)
Hope I have this history correct and am confident the connection is true. The widow of Alex Black (Mary Patterson) always said the man who killed her husband was a Lucas from Anson County. I have often heard our grandmother speak of Lucas and I think he was a mulatto or not white.
P.S. Mrs. Sallie Macpherson was the grandmother of Alex Macpherson late of C.S.A. of Cumberland county.
Calvin Black, your father, often told me that Alex Black was his granduncle, There were four brothers instead of three mentioned first. I never heard of Neill Black till my sister corrected me. I would be glad for you to get this information in shape and publish it. These men and women were good people and church people. I have always wished to see it in print and now we have the opportunity.
Remember me in your devotions.
R.R. MacMillan
Comment in 2016 by Blackfork:
The Sallie McPherson who's mentioned in the letter above was Sarah Black before her marriage to John McPherson, Jr. This John McPherson died in late summer of 1829 in Cumberland County. Sallie moved to Lauderdale Co., Mississippi in 1833 with James McNeill and others who were moving there. Sallie had a son out of wedlock there named Thomas D. McPherson. Thomas's guardian was Thomas Davis of Cumberland county who had moved to Lauderdale with Sallie. Thomas Davis had been a friend of her dead husband, John McPherson.
William and his siblings were born at the family plantation "Wakulla" which was located near the station of that name.
"Of the children of these parents, William Black, the oldest, studied law, and was graduated in that profession from the Dick and Dillard Law School, at Greensboro, N. C, and was licensed by the Supreme Court of the State at the January term, 1881, and duly admitted to the Bar. He located at Maxton, N. C, and practiced in the Courts of the
surrounding counties for several years, standing high in the esteem of men as a conscientious, Christian lawyer of ability ; but his soul yearned for a higher and holier calling, and after twelve years of practice, he turned away from earthly courts and a large and lucrative practice, to
bear aloft the banner of the cross. He was living at Maxton, N. C, when on the thirteenth day of January, 1893, he was licensed by Fayetteville Presbytery to preach the Gospel. At this time, and for the last nineteen years, he has been general evangelist of the Presbyterian Synod
of North Carolina, and is widely known and universally beloved, and has been instrumental in winning many souls for Christ. Every year he has been unanimously elected to this high position, and though offered much larger salaries in many other places, so great is his love toward his
own State and people that he has persistently refused to leave this work.
Rev. William Black married Miss Maggie S. Freeland, a lovely Christian lady of Concord, N. C, and a graduate of Greensboro Female College. She is a woman of winning sweetness, and of many rare qualities. She prepared her sons for college at Davidson, N. C, teaching them not only the Math, but the Latin and the Greek."
Credit: Above from the The MacQueens of Oueensdale book.
Rev. Dr. William Black was the husband of Margaret Susan Friezland.
Their Children:
Willie Black 1883-1883
Frederick LeRoy Black 1884–1965
Clarence Linwood Black 1886–1945
William Ernest Black 1888–1959
Arthur Friezland Black 1891–1920
Little Willie Black, their first child, died at Red Springs, NC, in infancy, and is buried at Philadelphus Church, near that place.
Record from Bible of CALVIN BLACK. (C. BLACK A.D. 1858)
On flyleaf FAMILY RECORD MARRIAGES
ANGUS BLACK was married to MARGARET BLACK Jan. 10th 1811. A.D.
CATHERINE BLACK was married to HUGH BROWN Oct. 31st 1832
SARAH BLACK was married to DANIEL McNEILL Dec. 26th 1839
MARY A. BLACK was married to ALX. McPHERSON June 29th 1854
CALVIN BLACK was married to FLORA B. McQUEEN the 12th of April AD 1855
WILLIAM BLACK was married to MAGGIE S. FREELAND February 24, 1881.
JOHN MARCY BLACK was married to NORA HULL Oct 18th 1899 Noon
WILLIAM EUGENE BLACK to AGNES LEE (Burnette) DICKERSON August 30, 1941, Alexander Va.
LILLIAN McQUEEN was married to J. PLUMMER WIGGINS Oct 3rd 1900
MARY ELIZABETH BLACK to CARLISLE THURMAN HALL October 19, 1946 Shelby N.C. 4:00 P.M. Rev. WALTER L. BROWN
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page 2 Records from the Bible of CALVIN BLACK
BIRTHS
WILLIAM BLACK was born July 1st 1856
JOHN MARCY BLACK was born July 17th 1858
MARGARET BLACK was born November 10th 1860
MAGGIE S. FREELAND was born March 28, 1825
FLORA BUNTING McQUEEN was born March 28, 1825
LILLIAN McQUEEN May 11th 1878
NORA HULL May 27, 1869 was born May 27th 1875
JASPER PLUMMER WIGGINS December 27, 1878
DEATHS
Rev. WILLIAM BLACK D.D. Nov. 23, 1927
JOHN MARCY BLACK January 17, 1947 Shelby N.C. 11:45 AM.
MAGGIE S. FREESLAND BLACK Oct, 1940
FLORA BUNTING BLACK Sept 5th 1888 1PM
NORA HULL BLACK died June 6, 1928 1929
JASPER PLUMMER WIGGINS died Nov. 18, 1947
Credit: Calvin Black Family Bible Record, circa 1858
1858 Robeson Co., NC Calvin Black family bible
Blackfork originally shared this to Public Ancestry on 03 Mar 2017
Posted 24 Feb 2011 by kwkgat
Obtained from Liz Frano: Letter from R. R. MacMillan to Rev. William Black: originally obtained from Florah Black Belknap of Sun City, Arizona
To the Rev. Wm. Black
Dundarrock, N.C. Jan 18, 1908
Angus Black, your Grandfather, was not related by consanquinity to Alex Black, Arch Black and James Black mentioned in my former sketch.
but your Grandmother, Margaret Black, was related as follows: Her father was Alex's Black's Brother, but we are not sure whether her father was Arch Black or Neill Black, probably Neill Black. (We know Margaret Black, wife of Angus Black, was the daughter of Archibald Black from his 1839, Gadsden County, Florida Estate papers.)
Mrs. Sallie McPherson who lived on Stewart's Creek on Camden Road eleven miles west of Fayetteville was twin sister of Margaret Black, your grandmother and moved to the State of Mississippi then a territory now you have the connecting link. Your grandmother's father was a whole brother of my great-grandfather Alex Black who was killed by Col Thomas Wade in revenge for the attack by Mccrainey at Piney Bottom.
The Margaret Black mentioned in my first sketch who married a Monroe was a daughter of Alex Black. She did marry Malcolm Monroe and lived and owned Jackson Springs (Inn) in Moore County but left and went west.
Your grandmother Margaret and our grandmother Isabel Black (McCrimmon) were first cousins.
The information I have from my sister Kate MacMillan, and is correct as she got it from our grandmother Isabel Black who married Roderick McCrimmon as stated before. She (Isabel McCrimmon lived to see the end of the War Between the States and died February 21, 1866, aged 88. Our grandmother MacMillan died two days before February 19, 1866 aged 88 and both died in the same house. (R R McMillan's grandmother)
Hope I have this history correct and am confident the connection is true. The widow of Alex Black (Mary Patterson) always said the man who killed her husband was a Lucas from Anson County. I have often heard our grandmother speak of Lucas and I think he was a mulatto or not white.
P.S. Mrs. Sallie Macpherson was the grandmother of Alex Macpherson late of C.S.A. of Cumberland county.
Calvin Black, your father, often told me that Alex Black was his granduncle, There were four brothers instead of three mentioned first. I never heard of Neill Black till my sister corrected me. I would be glad for you to get this information in shape and publish it. These men and women were good people and church people. I have always wished to see it in print and now we have the opportunity.
Remember me in your devotions.
R.R. MacMillan
Comment in 2016 by Blackfork:
The Sallie McPherson who's mentioned in the letter above was Sarah Black before her marriage to John McPherson, Jr. This John McPherson died in late summer of 1829 in Cumberland County. Sallie moved to Lauderdale Co., Mississippi in 1833 with James McNeill and others who were moving there. Sallie had a son out of wedlock there named Thomas D. McPherson. Thomas's guardian was Thomas Davis of Cumberland county who had moved to Lauderdale with Sallie. Thomas Davis had been a friend of her dead husband, John McPherson.
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