| Robert Blackwell - (is believed to be
a brother to Jeremiah Blackwell) b: d: Probate Record dated 1847: http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/mo/washington/court/blackwel14gwl.txt m: Luvina
Robert Blackwell also owned 3 slaves:
Jeremiah Blackwell m:
From Goodspeed's History of Washington Co., Mo.: Aquilla Blackwell, another successful farmer & stock-raiser of Valle T. (Jefferson Co.) was born in what is now St. Francois Co., but then Washington Co., below Blackwell's Station, in 1844. He was the 4th of 14 children born to William & Elizabeth (Cummins) Blackwell. The father was born in Kentucky, March 18, 1810, & when about eight years of age came with his parents to what is now St. Francois Co., when the country was a vast wilderness. His father, Jeremiah Blackwell, settled near where Blackwell's Station is now, & there passed the remainder of his days. Blackwell's Station was named in honor of him. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. William Blackwell was married at the age of 28, & afterward settled near the North Big River Bridge, where he spent the remainder of his life. He cleared a good farm, & was an industrious, enterprising citizen. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, & died in 1870. The mother was born in 1820, in Washington County, & died about 1881. She was the daughter of Samuel Cummins, an early settler of Washington Co., but a native of Ireland, & was a member of the Baptist Church. Aquilla was educated in the rustic log schoolhouses of early times, & during the latter part of the war spent about 6 months in Canada. December 24, 1866, Miss Dolly A., daughter of Austin & Matilda Coleman, became his wife, & to this union 12 children were born, 11 now living: Leander, Allie J., John, William E., Ephraim, Anna, Vevey, Emmars (deceased), Albert A., Rolla R., Jefferson & Charley. Aquilla remained with his father in St. Franois Co. until 1868, when he settled on his present farm, then a dense forest, & the fist stick of timber was cut to build his present house. He now has about 300 acres in Cultivation, & about 11 miles of fence, making one of the best farms in Jefferson Co. In all, he ahs about 960 acres, about 400 of which are in St. Francois Co. Besides this he has considerable property in Blackwell's Station. He lives 10 miles southwest of DeSoto, is an earnes worker for the cause of education, is a member of the Masonic fraternity & the A.O.U.W., & a Democrat in politics, casting his first presidential vote for H. Seymour in 1868. He & wife are devout members of the Baptist Church.
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri - page 253 - In the year 1800 Nathaniel Cook located in the southeast part of the county [St. Francois], in the neighborhood still known as the Cook Settlement. He was followed soon after by Jesse Blackwell & others...... page 350 - In August 1823 a grand jury presented........William a slave
of Jesse Blackwell, for the stabbing death of Shadrach a slave of James
Kerr. 1830 Census Washington County, Missouri - Union T.: Jessee Blackwell J. Blackwell
1840 Census Washington County, Missouri, Union T.: Jeremiah Blackwell: (living next door to William Blackwell)
1-1-0-1-0-1 William Blackwell: (living next door to Jeremiah Blackwell)
1850 Census Washington County, Missouri:
LAND PATENTS WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSOURI:
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