On 22 Oct 1822, Nicholas married Sarah Baldwin in Montgomery, AL. According to their daughter Elizabeth's Obituary, the family moved from Montgomery, AL to Fayette, TN around 1826. The family appears in the 1830 Census in Fayette, TN, and in the 1840 Census for Macon, AL and in the 1845 Land Records for Pontotoc County, MS (Became Union County in 1870).
Nicholas was a General in the Territorial Militia.
In 1849, he reportedly died in a hunting accident after slipping on a log. His gun discharged when he slipped and he lingered for several days before passing away. Sarah and Nicholas had seven children.
His tombstone reads: "General Nicholas Blackwell, Born March 28, 1801, Died Jan 6, 1849. Go lovely one, yes, go to rest, Where the weeping willows wave, And leave the bosom thou hast pressed, For the pillows of the grave."
GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1847-1849
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003
General NICHOLAS BLACKWELL died Pontotoc Co., Miss., Jan. 6, 1849, aged 47 years; "professed religion" in Fayette Co., Tenn. several years ago.
Nicholas was a General in the Territorial Militia.
In 1849, he reportedly died in a hunting accident after slipping on a log. His gun discharged when he slipped and he lingered for several days before passing away. Sarah and Nicholas had seven children.
His tombstone reads: "General Nicholas Blackwell, Born March 28, 1801, Died Jan 6, 1849. Go lovely one, yes, go to rest, Where the weeping willows wave, And leave the bosom thou hast pressed, For the pillows of the grave."
GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1847-1849
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003
General NICHOLAS BLACKWELL died Pontotoc Co., Miss., Jan. 6, 1849, aged 47 years; "professed religion" in Fayette Co., Tenn. several years ago.
On 22 Oct 1822, Nicholas married Sarah Baldwin in Montgomery, AL. According to their daughter Elizabeth's Obituary, the family moved from Montgomery, AL to Fayette, TN around 1826. The family appears in the 1830 Census in Fayette, TN, and in the 1840 Census for Macon, AL and in the 1845 Land Records for Pontotoc County, MS (Became Union County in 1870).
Nicholas was a General in the Territorial Militia.
In 1849, he reportedly died in a hunting accident after slipping on a log. His gun discharged when he slipped and he lingered for several days before passing away. Sarah and Nicholas had seven children.
His tombstone reads: "General Nicholas Blackwell, Born March 28, 1801, Died Jan 6, 1849. Go lovely one, yes, go to rest, Where the weeping willows wave, And leave the bosom thou hast pressed, For the pillows of the grave."
GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1847-1849
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003
General NICHOLAS BLACKWELL died Pontotoc Co., Miss., Jan. 6, 1849, aged 47 years; "professed religion" in Fayette Co., Tenn. several years ago.
Nicholas was a General in the Territorial Militia.
In 1849, he reportedly died in a hunting accident after slipping on a log. His gun discharged when he slipped and he lingered for several days before passing away. Sarah and Nicholas had seven children.
His tombstone reads: "General Nicholas Blackwell, Born March 28, 1801, Died Jan 6, 1849. Go lovely one, yes, go to rest, Where the weeping willows wave, And leave the bosom thou hast pressed, For the pillows of the grave."
GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS
THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1847-1849
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003
General NICHOLAS BLACKWELL died Pontotoc Co., Miss., Jan. 6, 1849, aged 47 years; "professed religion" in Fayette Co., Tenn. several years ago.
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