James was the son of Josiah and Rachael Blackburn and brought his family to Arkansas in 1832 with his parents and brother Sylvanus. He married Sarah Crabaugh in Arkansas in 1837. They were the parents of 7 daughters and 3 sons.
When the Civil War was raging all through northern Arkansas most of the Blackburns took refuge in Texas with the exception of the sons who enlisted in the Confederate Army. In 1863 when he heard the Union soldiers were advancing on Benton County, James returned to protect his wife. The Yankees found him in his home and shot him. When his wife realized that he was only wounded, she stopped her hysterical sobbing. The Yankees noticed this and returned to make sure James was dead and they tied his wife up next to him.
When the Civil War was raging all through northern Arkansas most of the Blackburns took refuge in Texas with the exception of the sons who enlisted in the Confederate Army. In 1863 when he heard the Union soldiers were advancing on Benton County, James returned to protect his wife. The Yankees found him in his home and shot him. When his wife realized that he was only wounded, she stopped her hysterical sobbing. The Yankees noticed this and returned to make sure James was dead and they tied his wife up next to him.
James was the son of Josiah and Rachael Blackburn and brought his family to Arkansas in 1832 with his parents and brother Sylvanus. He married Sarah Crabaugh in Arkansas in 1837. They were the parents of 7 daughters and 3 sons.
When the Civil War was raging all through northern Arkansas most of the Blackburns took refuge in Texas with the exception of the sons who enlisted in the Confederate Army. In 1863 when he heard the Union soldiers were advancing on Benton County, James returned to protect his wife. The Yankees found him in his home and shot him. When his wife realized that he was only wounded, she stopped her hysterical sobbing. The Yankees noticed this and returned to make sure James was dead and they tied his wife up next to him.
When the Civil War was raging all through northern Arkansas most of the Blackburns took refuge in Texas with the exception of the sons who enlisted in the Confederate Army. In 1863 when he heard the Union soldiers were advancing on Benton County, James returned to protect his wife. The Yankees found him in his home and shot him. When his wife realized that he was only wounded, she stopped her hysterical sobbing. The Yankees noticed this and returned to make sure James was dead and they tied his wife up next to him.
Inscription
J.G.S. Blackburn
Was murdered Feb. 26, 1863
"Green be the turf above thee,
Friend of my better days.
Non knew thee but to love thee,
Nor named thee but to praise."
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
