Son of Edward Blakemore and Hannah Rogers.
He married (1) Ann Tomlin on October 27, 1750, in Lancaster, Virginia, the daughter of Stephen Tomlin and Martha Steal. John Blakemore married (2) Lucy Morgan Carter (widow of Charles Carter, Sr.) on October 15, 1768, in Amherst County, Virginia. She moved October 1794 to Station Camp Creek in Sumner County, Tennessee to be with her son Charles Carter, Jr. and his family, prior to her husbands death. She died there in 1797.
Joseph Blakemore (1st), his brother Capt. John Blackmore and his son, John Blakemore, Jr., John Carter and Andrew Davis settled at the site of Fort Blackmore in the year 1773.
Joseph Blackmore Sr. and his older brother Capt. John Blackmore were pioneers to southwest Virginia long before there were counties. At that time all of western Virginia including all of what is now West Virginia was known as Fincastle County. They are credited with establishing and building Fort Blackmore on the Clinch River around 1773-74 for defense against the Indians. It being upon Blackmore land, it was named Fort Blackmore in their honor. This settlement was proven in court and certified according to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed in 1779.
When John Blakemore Sr. migrated to the Virginia frontier in abt. 1772/73, he was married to his second wife, Lucy Morgan-Carter. They settled in a valley where Stony Creek joined the Clinch River. This area was once part of Russell County, Virginia; but is now in Scott County, Virginia.
The Blackmore's owned most of the land adjacent to the fort. Captain John's farm, comprising 518 acres, and was situated at the mouth of Stony Creek. It extended some distance up the creek in such way as to include the most desirable, level land. The lines widened as they approached the river and thus were made to include the delta at the mouth of the creek. They extended down the river to a point almost opposite the mouth of the Rocky Branch.
The exact location is a rather more elevated portion of this plain, about seventy-five paces from the river's edge at low water. From the highest point, the slope is by gentle undulation both toward the river and toward the low range of hills north of the fort. South of the fort, in the bank of the river and almost buried in its sands, is the spring. The door of the fort opened toward the spring, thus affording a pleasant southern exposure. On the south bank, across the river from the fort, two limestone cliffs arise to great height almost from the water's edge. They are separated by the narrow channel of Rocky Branch. On the north, a series of hummocky river hills sloped down to the rear of the fort. An extension of one of these hills cuts the narrow flood plain almost to the bank of the river, a short distance to the east of the fort. On the points of this extension, the burial ground of the old fort is located. Here the final resting places of the pioneers...are marked by a few rough, uncarved stones.
Daniel Boone's trail came by Blackmore's fort and he stopped there in 1773-75. Daniel Boone was placed in general command of the three lower forts on the Clinch River, of which was Fort Blackmore.
Capt. John Blakemore emigrated from Fort Blakemore to Nashboro, Tennessee in December of 1779. Capt. John Blakemore, with his son John Jr., and others left Fort Blakemore on flat boats, going down the Clinch River, joining Col. John Donelson near the mouth of the Clinch River into the Tennessee River, then a long journey down the Tennessee River to the Ohio River, a short distance up the Ohio River to the Cumberland River, and up the Cumberland River to Nashville, Tennessee.
The flotilla now consisted of about 40 boats made up of dugouts, scows, canoes, and pirogues. Nearly all the boats had two or more families aboard. In the combined party there were a hundred and thirty women and children, and about fifty men.
The adventurous river voyage ended, after a total of 33 deaths, on Monday 24 April 1780 after a perilous trip of about 900 miles through hostile Indian territory, a truly remarkable feat for that date in the frontier wilderness. Capt. John Blakemore and his son, John Blakemore, Jr., both signed the Cumberland Compact or Nashborough Treaty on May 13, 1780. The Compact is the earliest known government document from Tennessee; it predates the Tennessee Constitution by 16 years.
John was given land for distinguished services against the Indians.
Children (Ann Tomlin):
1. John Blakemore, Jr. b. 1750. Amherst Co., VA. Died 1781 Davidson Co., TN. m. Elizabeth Payne b. 1765.
2. Millie "Nellie" Blakemore b.1753 m1. John Watts Crunk (1757-1842), m2. Thomas Strong.
3. Nancy Blakemore, b. 1755, Amherst Co., VA. m. Andrew Davis.
4. LT. William Blakemore, b. abt. 1757, Amherst Co., VA. Died October 23, 1817 in Rutherford Co., TN. m. Sally Thompson.
5. Thomas Blakemore, b. July 26, 1759 in Amhurst Co., VA. Died May 21, 1832 in Sumner Co., TN. m. Sarah Douglass January 25, 1777 in Fincastle Co., VA.
6. Elizabeth Blakemore, b. January 08, 1761 in Amherst Co., VA. Died Aft. May 17, 1826 in Sumner Co., TN. m. Capt. Elmore Douglass Abt. 1776 in Washington Co., VA. Born January 16, 1753 in VA. Died October 08, 1819 in Smith Co. or Sumner Co., TN.
7. George Blakemore, b. May 14, 1763 in Fauquier Co., VA. Died August 24, 1837 in Lincoln Co., TN.
8. Mary "Molly" Blakemore Cantrell (1765-1849) m. Stephen Cantrell.
Children (Lucy Carter):
9. ____ Blakemore m. John Norris.
He married (1) Ann Tomlin on October 27, 1750, in Lancaster, Virginia, the daughter of Stephen Tomlin and Martha Steal. John Blakemore married (2) Lucy Morgan Carter (widow of Charles Carter, Sr.) on October 15, 1768, in Amherst County, Virginia. She moved October 1794 to Station Camp Creek in Sumner County, Tennessee to be with her son Charles Carter, Jr. and his family, prior to her husbands death. She died there in 1797.
Joseph Blakemore (1st), his brother Capt. John Blackmore and his son, John Blakemore, Jr., John Carter and Andrew Davis settled at the site of Fort Blackmore in the year 1773.
Joseph Blackmore Sr. and his older brother Capt. John Blackmore were pioneers to southwest Virginia long before there were counties. At that time all of western Virginia including all of what is now West Virginia was known as Fincastle County. They are credited with establishing and building Fort Blackmore on the Clinch River around 1773-74 for defense against the Indians. It being upon Blackmore land, it was named Fort Blackmore in their honor. This settlement was proven in court and certified according to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed in 1779.
When John Blakemore Sr. migrated to the Virginia frontier in abt. 1772/73, he was married to his second wife, Lucy Morgan-Carter. They settled in a valley where Stony Creek joined the Clinch River. This area was once part of Russell County, Virginia; but is now in Scott County, Virginia.
The Blackmore's owned most of the land adjacent to the fort. Captain John's farm, comprising 518 acres, and was situated at the mouth of Stony Creek. It extended some distance up the creek in such way as to include the most desirable, level land. The lines widened as they approached the river and thus were made to include the delta at the mouth of the creek. They extended down the river to a point almost opposite the mouth of the Rocky Branch.
The exact location is a rather more elevated portion of this plain, about seventy-five paces from the river's edge at low water. From the highest point, the slope is by gentle undulation both toward the river and toward the low range of hills north of the fort. South of the fort, in the bank of the river and almost buried in its sands, is the spring. The door of the fort opened toward the spring, thus affording a pleasant southern exposure. On the south bank, across the river from the fort, two limestone cliffs arise to great height almost from the water's edge. They are separated by the narrow channel of Rocky Branch. On the north, a series of hummocky river hills sloped down to the rear of the fort. An extension of one of these hills cuts the narrow flood plain almost to the bank of the river, a short distance to the east of the fort. On the points of this extension, the burial ground of the old fort is located. Here the final resting places of the pioneers...are marked by a few rough, uncarved stones.
Daniel Boone's trail came by Blackmore's fort and he stopped there in 1773-75. Daniel Boone was placed in general command of the three lower forts on the Clinch River, of which was Fort Blackmore.
Capt. John Blakemore emigrated from Fort Blakemore to Nashboro, Tennessee in December of 1779. Capt. John Blakemore, with his son John Jr., and others left Fort Blakemore on flat boats, going down the Clinch River, joining Col. John Donelson near the mouth of the Clinch River into the Tennessee River, then a long journey down the Tennessee River to the Ohio River, a short distance up the Ohio River to the Cumberland River, and up the Cumberland River to Nashville, Tennessee.
The flotilla now consisted of about 40 boats made up of dugouts, scows, canoes, and pirogues. Nearly all the boats had two or more families aboard. In the combined party there were a hundred and thirty women and children, and about fifty men.
The adventurous river voyage ended, after a total of 33 deaths, on Monday 24 April 1780 after a perilous trip of about 900 miles through hostile Indian territory, a truly remarkable feat for that date in the frontier wilderness. Capt. John Blakemore and his son, John Blakemore, Jr., both signed the Cumberland Compact or Nashborough Treaty on May 13, 1780. The Compact is the earliest known government document from Tennessee; it predates the Tennessee Constitution by 16 years.
John was given land for distinguished services against the Indians.
Children (Ann Tomlin):
1. John Blakemore, Jr. b. 1750. Amherst Co., VA. Died 1781 Davidson Co., TN. m. Elizabeth Payne b. 1765.
2. Millie "Nellie" Blakemore b.1753 m1. John Watts Crunk (1757-1842), m2. Thomas Strong.
3. Nancy Blakemore, b. 1755, Amherst Co., VA. m. Andrew Davis.
4. LT. William Blakemore, b. abt. 1757, Amherst Co., VA. Died October 23, 1817 in Rutherford Co., TN. m. Sally Thompson.
5. Thomas Blakemore, b. July 26, 1759 in Amhurst Co., VA. Died May 21, 1832 in Sumner Co., TN. m. Sarah Douglass January 25, 1777 in Fincastle Co., VA.
6. Elizabeth Blakemore, b. January 08, 1761 in Amherst Co., VA. Died Aft. May 17, 1826 in Sumner Co., TN. m. Capt. Elmore Douglass Abt. 1776 in Washington Co., VA. Born January 16, 1753 in VA. Died October 08, 1819 in Smith Co. or Sumner Co., TN.
7. George Blakemore, b. May 14, 1763 in Fauquier Co., VA. Died August 24, 1837 in Lincoln Co., TN.
8. Mary "Molly" Blakemore Cantrell (1765-1849) m. Stephen Cantrell.
Children (Lucy Carter):
9. ____ Blakemore m. John Norris.
Son of Edward Blakemore and Hannah Rogers.
He married (1) Ann Tomlin on October 27, 1750, in Lancaster, Virginia, the daughter of Stephen Tomlin and Martha Steal. John Blakemore married (2) Lucy Morgan Carter (widow of Charles Carter, Sr.) on October 15, 1768, in Amherst County, Virginia. She moved October 1794 to Station Camp Creek in Sumner County, Tennessee to be with her son Charles Carter, Jr. and his family, prior to her husbands death. She died there in 1797.
Joseph Blakemore (1st), his brother Capt. John Blackmore and his son, John Blakemore, Jr., John Carter and Andrew Davis settled at the site of Fort Blackmore in the year 1773.
Joseph Blackmore Sr. and his older brother Capt. John Blackmore were pioneers to southwest Virginia long before there were counties. At that time all of western Virginia including all of what is now West Virginia was known as Fincastle County. They are credited with establishing and building Fort Blackmore on the Clinch River around 1773-74 for defense against the Indians. It being upon Blackmore land, it was named Fort Blackmore in their honor. This settlement was proven in court and certified according to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed in 1779.
When John Blakemore Sr. migrated to the Virginia frontier in abt. 1772/73, he was married to his second wife, Lucy Morgan-Carter. They settled in a valley where Stony Creek joined the Clinch River. This area was once part of Russell County, Virginia; but is now in Scott County, Virginia.
The Blackmore's owned most of the land adjacent to the fort. Captain John's farm, comprising 518 acres, and was situated at the mouth of Stony Creek. It extended some distance up the creek in such way as to include the most desirable, level land. The lines widened as they approached the river and thus were made to include the delta at the mouth of the creek. They extended down the river to a point almost opposite the mouth of the Rocky Branch.
The exact location is a rather more elevated portion of this plain, about seventy-five paces from the river's edge at low water. From the highest point, the slope is by gentle undulation both toward the river and toward the low range of hills north of the fort. South of the fort, in the bank of the river and almost buried in its sands, is the spring. The door of the fort opened toward the spring, thus affording a pleasant southern exposure. On the south bank, across the river from the fort, two limestone cliffs arise to great height almost from the water's edge. They are separated by the narrow channel of Rocky Branch. On the north, a series of hummocky river hills sloped down to the rear of the fort. An extension of one of these hills cuts the narrow flood plain almost to the bank of the river, a short distance to the east of the fort. On the points of this extension, the burial ground of the old fort is located. Here the final resting places of the pioneers...are marked by a few rough, uncarved stones.
Daniel Boone's trail came by Blackmore's fort and he stopped there in 1773-75. Daniel Boone was placed in general command of the three lower forts on the Clinch River, of which was Fort Blackmore.
Capt. John Blakemore emigrated from Fort Blakemore to Nashboro, Tennessee in December of 1779. Capt. John Blakemore, with his son John Jr., and others left Fort Blakemore on flat boats, going down the Clinch River, joining Col. John Donelson near the mouth of the Clinch River into the Tennessee River, then a long journey down the Tennessee River to the Ohio River, a short distance up the Ohio River to the Cumberland River, and up the Cumberland River to Nashville, Tennessee.
The flotilla now consisted of about 40 boats made up of dugouts, scows, canoes, and pirogues. Nearly all the boats had two or more families aboard. In the combined party there were a hundred and thirty women and children, and about fifty men.
The adventurous river voyage ended, after a total of 33 deaths, on Monday 24 April 1780 after a perilous trip of about 900 miles through hostile Indian territory, a truly remarkable feat for that date in the frontier wilderness. Capt. John Blakemore and his son, John Blakemore, Jr., both signed the Cumberland Compact or Nashborough Treaty on May 13, 1780. The Compact is the earliest known government document from Tennessee; it predates the Tennessee Constitution by 16 years.
John was given land for distinguished services against the Indians.
Children (Ann Tomlin):
1. John Blakemore, Jr. b. 1750. Amherst Co., VA. Died 1781 Davidson Co., TN. m. Elizabeth Payne b. 1765.
2. Millie "Nellie" Blakemore b.1753 m1. John Watts Crunk (1757-1842), m2. Thomas Strong.
3. Nancy Blakemore, b. 1755, Amherst Co., VA. m. Andrew Davis.
4. LT. William Blakemore, b. abt. 1757, Amherst Co., VA. Died October 23, 1817 in Rutherford Co., TN. m. Sally Thompson.
5. Thomas Blakemore, b. July 26, 1759 in Amhurst Co., VA. Died May 21, 1832 in Sumner Co., TN. m. Sarah Douglass January 25, 1777 in Fincastle Co., VA.
6. Elizabeth Blakemore, b. January 08, 1761 in Amherst Co., VA. Died Aft. May 17, 1826 in Sumner Co., TN. m. Capt. Elmore Douglass Abt. 1776 in Washington Co., VA. Born January 16, 1753 in VA. Died October 08, 1819 in Smith Co. or Sumner Co., TN.
7. George Blakemore, b. May 14, 1763 in Fauquier Co., VA. Died August 24, 1837 in Lincoln Co., TN.
8. Mary "Molly" Blakemore Cantrell (1765-1849) m. Stephen Cantrell.
Children (Lucy Carter):
9. ____ Blakemore m. John Norris.
He married (1) Ann Tomlin on October 27, 1750, in Lancaster, Virginia, the daughter of Stephen Tomlin and Martha Steal. John Blakemore married (2) Lucy Morgan Carter (widow of Charles Carter, Sr.) on October 15, 1768, in Amherst County, Virginia. She moved October 1794 to Station Camp Creek in Sumner County, Tennessee to be with her son Charles Carter, Jr. and his family, prior to her husbands death. She died there in 1797.
Joseph Blakemore (1st), his brother Capt. John Blackmore and his son, John Blakemore, Jr., John Carter and Andrew Davis settled at the site of Fort Blackmore in the year 1773.
Joseph Blackmore Sr. and his older brother Capt. John Blackmore were pioneers to southwest Virginia long before there were counties. At that time all of western Virginia including all of what is now West Virginia was known as Fincastle County. They are credited with establishing and building Fort Blackmore on the Clinch River around 1773-74 for defense against the Indians. It being upon Blackmore land, it was named Fort Blackmore in their honor. This settlement was proven in court and certified according to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed in 1779.
When John Blakemore Sr. migrated to the Virginia frontier in abt. 1772/73, he was married to his second wife, Lucy Morgan-Carter. They settled in a valley where Stony Creek joined the Clinch River. This area was once part of Russell County, Virginia; but is now in Scott County, Virginia.
The Blackmore's owned most of the land adjacent to the fort. Captain John's farm, comprising 518 acres, and was situated at the mouth of Stony Creek. It extended some distance up the creek in such way as to include the most desirable, level land. The lines widened as they approached the river and thus were made to include the delta at the mouth of the creek. They extended down the river to a point almost opposite the mouth of the Rocky Branch.
The exact location is a rather more elevated portion of this plain, about seventy-five paces from the river's edge at low water. From the highest point, the slope is by gentle undulation both toward the river and toward the low range of hills north of the fort. South of the fort, in the bank of the river and almost buried in its sands, is the spring. The door of the fort opened toward the spring, thus affording a pleasant southern exposure. On the south bank, across the river from the fort, two limestone cliffs arise to great height almost from the water's edge. They are separated by the narrow channel of Rocky Branch. On the north, a series of hummocky river hills sloped down to the rear of the fort. An extension of one of these hills cuts the narrow flood plain almost to the bank of the river, a short distance to the east of the fort. On the points of this extension, the burial ground of the old fort is located. Here the final resting places of the pioneers...are marked by a few rough, uncarved stones.
Daniel Boone's trail came by Blackmore's fort and he stopped there in 1773-75. Daniel Boone was placed in general command of the three lower forts on the Clinch River, of which was Fort Blackmore.
Capt. John Blakemore emigrated from Fort Blakemore to Nashboro, Tennessee in December of 1779. Capt. John Blakemore, with his son John Jr., and others left Fort Blakemore on flat boats, going down the Clinch River, joining Col. John Donelson near the mouth of the Clinch River into the Tennessee River, then a long journey down the Tennessee River to the Ohio River, a short distance up the Ohio River to the Cumberland River, and up the Cumberland River to Nashville, Tennessee.
The flotilla now consisted of about 40 boats made up of dugouts, scows, canoes, and pirogues. Nearly all the boats had two or more families aboard. In the combined party there were a hundred and thirty women and children, and about fifty men.
The adventurous river voyage ended, after a total of 33 deaths, on Monday 24 April 1780 after a perilous trip of about 900 miles through hostile Indian territory, a truly remarkable feat for that date in the frontier wilderness. Capt. John Blakemore and his son, John Blakemore, Jr., both signed the Cumberland Compact or Nashborough Treaty on May 13, 1780. The Compact is the earliest known government document from Tennessee; it predates the Tennessee Constitution by 16 years.
John was given land for distinguished services against the Indians.
Children (Ann Tomlin):
1. John Blakemore, Jr. b. 1750. Amherst Co., VA. Died 1781 Davidson Co., TN. m. Elizabeth Payne b. 1765.
2. Millie "Nellie" Blakemore b.1753 m1. John Watts Crunk (1757-1842), m2. Thomas Strong.
3. Nancy Blakemore, b. 1755, Amherst Co., VA. m. Andrew Davis.
4. LT. William Blakemore, b. abt. 1757, Amherst Co., VA. Died October 23, 1817 in Rutherford Co., TN. m. Sally Thompson.
5. Thomas Blakemore, b. July 26, 1759 in Amhurst Co., VA. Died May 21, 1832 in Sumner Co., TN. m. Sarah Douglass January 25, 1777 in Fincastle Co., VA.
6. Elizabeth Blakemore, b. January 08, 1761 in Amherst Co., VA. Died Aft. May 17, 1826 in Sumner Co., TN. m. Capt. Elmore Douglass Abt. 1776 in Washington Co., VA. Born January 16, 1753 in VA. Died October 08, 1819 in Smith Co. or Sumner Co., TN.
7. George Blakemore, b. May 14, 1763 in Fauquier Co., VA. Died August 24, 1837 in Lincoln Co., TN.
8. Mary "Molly" Blakemore Cantrell (1765-1849) m. Stephen Cantrell.
Children (Lucy Carter):
9. ____ Blakemore m. John Norris.
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