William was born in 1824 in Tennessee. In 1850 he is enumerated on the federal census in the Yalobusha County, Mississippi household of James W. Leach (1808-1870). [1] In 1850, William is a laborer.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LJ-1BH : 22 December 2020), William Blakely in household of Jas M Leach, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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