Col.
James
Blair
Born in Augusta, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Colbert Blair Sr.
and Sarah (Morgan) Blair
Brother of
Unknown Blair [half], Enos Blair, James Blair, Sara Blair [half], Mary Jane (Blair) Guest, Isabel Tabitha (Blair) Grider, John Blair and Colbert Blair Jr.
Husband of
Mary Elisabeth (Powell) Blair
— married
1782 in Burke, North Carolina, USA
Husband of
Sal-Lie Sarah (Watie) Blair
— married
about 1785 (to about 1805) in Eastern Cherokee Indian Nation, NC
Descendants 
Father of
Geoge Blair, Cleveland Blair, Argin (Blair) Cleveland, Mahala (Blair) Holt, Margaret (Blair) Henson, Ann (Blair) Terrell, Elizabeth Blair, James Hays Blair, Jane (Blair) Driver, George Powell Blair, Powell Blair, Meeky Blair, Mary Blair and George Blair
Died
at age 78
in Pickens, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2014
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Biography
Ensign James Blair served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
James Blair is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A010845.
Col. James Blair performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.
James Blair served as an Ensign in the North Carolina Militia. The DAR lists that he was also a Private, Orderly Sergeant and Indian Spy serving with Captains Richardson, Ford, Barnett and Boman. [1]
He was buried at Old Mount Moriah Cemetery in Pickens County, Alabama, USA.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 Dec 2021), "Record of James Blair", Ancestor # A010845.
- FindAGrave
- SAR
- Name: Colonel James Blair
- Birth Date: 1761
- Birth Place: Augusta, Virginia
- Death Date: 1839
- Death Place: Habersham, Georgia
- SAR Membership: 86368
- Role: Ancestor
- Application Date: 14 Apr 1961
- Father: James Blair
- Mother: Kitty Eustice
- Spouse: Elizabeth Powell
- Children: Anna Blair
- Source Information: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
- DAR
- Name: James Blair
- Gender: Male
- Age: 78
- Birth Date: 1761
- Birth Place: Virginia
- Death Date: 1839
- Death Place: Habersham County, GA
- Spouse: Elizabeth Powell
- Child: Anna Blair
- Source Citation: Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 111 : 1914
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- David Blair
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-BY68593, FTDNA kit #570743 - William Blair :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-FTB40292, FTDNA kit #140666
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Sue Brown :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A126674 [compare], Ancestry member suefraley1
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Gloria (Adams) Bidinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member glorrya37
-
~1.56%
William Blair :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~1.56%
Bill Holt :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WJ7653035 [compare], FTDNA kit #B227559
-
~0.78%
Christina (Shields) Hebert :
23andMe, GEDmatch BH7480296 [compare], yourDNAportal CHR4c7d5805
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BA5035524 [compare], Ancestry member ladypriv8eye
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B551435
-
~0.78%
Elizabeth (Holder) Harris :
23andMe
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #211112
-
~0.78%
James Marsh :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jwm2010
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B163111
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
J (Williams) Beach :
23andMe
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch XQ9837612 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Wendell Waye :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Vicki Morgan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AF3460093 [compare], Ancestry member vpoor
-
~0.78%
Barbara Guess :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Connors57
-
~0.78%
Mick Addington :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Debbie (Hamilton) Waldrop :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ST4516155 [compare], yourDNAportal DEB95e7e8b1, Ancestry member waldrop76
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
John Stegall :
23andMe, GEDmatch HM5354660 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Emily (Giles) Strasser :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A040185 [compare], Ancestry member Emilygstrasser
-
~0.39%
Earnest Moss :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BX8960761 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Ashley Messner :
AncestryDNA
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Karen Lowe
Blair-4209 and Blair-1950 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth, place, same year of death in Alabama
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by Karen Lowe
Karen Lowe
Blair-4209 and Blair-1950 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth, place, same year of death in Alabama
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by Karen Lowe
John Elkin
Blair-1976 and Blair-1950 appear to represent the same person because: they have the same dates and places of birth & death
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by John Elkin
Rejected matches › James Blair (1762-1837)
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