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Robert Blakely (1742 - 1828)

Robert Blakely
Born in Cumberland, Pennsylvaniamap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 86 in Tennessee, USAmap
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Biography

Name and Birth

Robert Blakely, son of [William] John Blakely and Rachel Orr, was born about 1842. His place of birth was most probably Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, but some genealogists have suggested that he was born in Laurens county, South Carolina.

Residence

Robert lived in South Carolina for much of his youth - his father served in the South Carolina 3rd Regiment during the Revolution. Details concerning when and whence he and his parents arrived in South Carolina are uncertain. Assuming that he was born in Cumberland, it is likely that his family migrated to South Carolina after the Cherokee War of 1760, as did thousands of other Scots-Irish settlers from western Pennsylvania. Later in life, Robert moved to Tennessee, where he is recorded in 1814 and 1819 censuses in Washington County.[1]In the 1819 census Robert was in Washington County, TN.[2]

Death and Burial

Robert died on 14 May 1828 and was buried in Providence Presbyterian Churchyard, Greene County, Tennessee, United States.[3] Robert's estate was in the probate process on 9 May 1828 in Washington, Tennessee, United States.[4]

Research Notes

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Rejected Matches

  • (#1)Corpl. Robert Blakely (1786-1815, b. Ireland, enlisted in NY) This person was a corporal in the 10(?) US Infantry under Capt. John Sproull and Col. P.P. Schuyler. His is described in the enlistment register as a 26-year-old Shoemaker, 5'9 1/2" tall, with blue eyes, light hair and complexion. born in unspecified Town in "Ireland/England". His enlistment, in New York by Captain Lawrence for 5 years of service, is dated "May 13 or 30 / 12" [1812]. Comments specifiy "He was present at French Mills, Dec 8/13 as Wagoner to [Or Mr Gen'l JR MR?] Feby 28/14, Absent at Sackett's Harbor, - Capt J.K. Paige + Col. Book 1814+1815, Present June, Sept, Nov 1814 + Jany 1815, Pro corpl Nov 26/14 - D.R. Feby 16, + J.R. March 1/15, Present - Present in April 1815 - S.A.J.R. Capt. Morril Marston's Co. 5 U.S. Infy June 30/15, Present J.R. Detroit, Aug 31, D.R. Oct 31, + S.A.M.R. Detroit,Dec 31/15, Died at Lewistown, N.Y. July 8/15 in a fit - 1st U.S. Infy was made 5(?) after May 17/15."[5] The Robert Blakely in this military record was born about 1786 in Ireland, not 1794 in Laurens, South Carolina. He enlisted in New York and died July 8th, 1815.
  • (#2)Robert Blakely (b. ca 1824 Ireland, arr. New Haven 1850) This Robert was in a naturalization record on 28 March 1850 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.[6]
  • (#3)Robert Blakely married to Rachael Robert and Rachael had a son who died on 4 October 1860 in Philadelphia.[7]
  • (#4)Robert Blakely father of Eleanor This Robert Blakely's daughter Eleanor Blakely married William B Shirley on 7 October 1837 in Marshall, Indiana, United States.[8]
  • (#5)Robert Blakely in Revolutionary War Land Warrant A Robert Blakely has a record in U.S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application files, which mentions the name Margaret - but very little else.[9] However, in answer to this G2G question, Sjana Lee Bauer looked into the DAR records and determined that the Revolutionary Soldier in that application is another Robert Blakely. "His wife is Margaret Kincaid Maloney. He was born 12 Jan 1756 in Caroline Co., Virginia and died 18 March 1833 in Wayne Co., Kentucky." [10]

unconfirmed son Robert P. Blakely

Sources

  1. ↑ 1814 Census: "Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891"
    Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Tennessee Census, 1810-91. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes
    Ancestry Record 3574 #30551632 (accessed 5 November 2023)
    Robert Blakely in Washington County, TN.
  2. ↑ 1819 Census: "Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891"
    Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Tennessee Census, 1810-91. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes
    Ancestry Record 3574 #30551635 (accessed 5 November 2023)
    Robert Blakely in Washington County, TN.
  3. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
    Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #63284500
    Ancestry Record 60525 #31142229 (accessed 5 November 2023)
    Robert Blakely burial (died on 14 May 1828) in Providence Presbyterian Churchyard, Greene County, Tennessee, United States of America. Born on 24 Aug 1742.
  4. ↑ Probate: "Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008"
    Wills 1779-1889; Index, 1779-1889; Author: Tennessee County Court (Washington County); Probate Place: Washington, Tennessee
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9176 #2268436 (accessed 5 November 2023)
    Robert Blakely probate on 9 May 1828 in Washington, Tennessee, USA. Residence Washington County, Tennessee.
    selected details:
    ..."I Robert Blakely of the county of washinton and State of tennessee"... son Daniel... Daughter Martha [later: "Martha Crawford"]...Daughter Lydia...son John... son William...son Thomas." 9th ninth day of May in the Year of one Thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Signed Robert Blakely. Witnesses ("Test") James Blakely + Nathaiel Sands + Samuel Blakely, Daniel Blakely, John Blakely Sr and James Blakely appointed executors"
  5. ↑ (#1) US Army Register of Enlistments 1798 May 17 - 1815: "U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1198 #9581 (accessed 5 November 2023)
    Name: Robert Blakely. (record #6053)
  6. ↑ (#2) Immigration "Connecticut, Naturalization Records, 1795-1945"
    citing Affiliate Publication Title: Records of Declarations of Intention and Naturalization Petitions Filed; Affiliate Publication Number: 4532648; Digital film/folder number: 105409736; Image number: 175
    FamilySearch Record: ZXSK-4SZM (accessed 5 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3MR-692R-8
    Name: Robert Blakely; Birth Place: Ireland; Naturalization Date: 28 Mar 1850; Naturalization Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Record Nbr: 0; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Source Certificate Nbr: 146; System Of Record: SLS.
  7. ↑ (#3) Death of son Blakely: "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"
    citing v 1 p 91, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,003,690
    FamilySearch Record: VKZX-8WT (accessed 5 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-D1V9-MB1
    Robert Blakely in death record for son Blakely 4 Oct 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  8. ↑ (#4) Marriage of daughter Eleanor Blakely: "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
    citing Page: 14; Digital film/folder number: 004476607_001_M9ND-9MQ; FHL microfilm: 001651768; Image number: 16; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: M02957-7
    FamilySearch Record: XXG2-L2V (accessed 5 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6LR9-L3T
    Robert Blakely's daughter Eleanor Blakely marriage to William B Shirley on 7 Oct 1837 in Marshall, Indiana, United States.
  9. ↑ Military: "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900"
    Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1995 #5608 (accessed 5 November 2023)
    Name: Robert Blakely; Application State: Virginia; Second Applicant Name: Margaret; Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 261; Total Pages in Packet: 1.
  10. ↑ Background on Washington county / Tennessee
    See Tennessee website accessed Nov 2023. Relevant quotes: "When North Carolina took control of her lands from the Crown in 1777, she established land entry offices in each of her counties. At that time, all of the occupied land in what is now Tennessee was Washington County, North Carolina. Settlement was primarily confined to northeast Tennessee. For forty shillings per hundred acres, each head of a family could buy six hundred and forty acres for himself and one hundred acres for his wife and each child. Any amount of land above that cost five pounds per one hundred acres. By 1779, the population had increased and an entry takers office was opened in Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee). These offices closed in 1781. ... North Carolina's promise of land to her soldiers for their service in the Continental Line (the amount determined by rank) delayed the transfer of the right to issue land grants to Tennessee. It was many years before North Carolina could verify that all her soldiers had received a warrant for their service, and that grants had been issued for those warrants. ... There were six different types of land grants issued. ...Military grants were issued to North Carolina soldiers of the Continental Line, based on their rank and length of service. ...."

See also:

  • WikiTree profile Blakely-130 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sam and others.
  • Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
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