Blackman L. Ligon (1757 - 1831)

Born 1757 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Townes) Ligon — married 17 Jan 1782 in Halifax County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1831 at about age 74 in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina

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Biography

Lieutenant Blackman Ligon served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

Blackman Ligon is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-236487
Rank: Lieutenant

Patriotic Service Description: Served in the 2d, 3d, 5th, 7th and 11th VA Regiments rising from the rank of Sergeant to Lieutenant

According to his American Revolution pension record (SC - W. 9132), Blackmon Ligon enlisted in Halifax County, Virginia on 12 February 1776 and served as a private in the Companies of: Captain Nathaniel Cocke, Captain William Mosely, Colonel William Dangerfield & Colonel Alexander McClanahan's 7th Virginia Regt. He was in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown & at the "affair at Coote's Bridge". He was discharged on 12 February 1780.

In February of 1781, he volunteered and was at the Battle of Guilford where he received a musket ball wound in the thigh.

He was granted a pension on his application executed 14 November 1818, while living in Greenville District, SC, aged 61 years. He died May 1831. His wife Elizabeth, was granted his pension in 1841 until she died 15 October 1842.

The only family that were named in the pension application (dated 18 April 1821) were: his wife, Elizabeth Ligon, aged 64 yrs {b. 28 Apr 1753 d. 15 Oct 1842, no maiden name given}; Nancy T. Moon, age 37 yrs {wife of John Moon}; John Townes Ligon aged 29 yrs; Elizabeth Ligon aged 25 yrs, Blackmon Ligon aged 22 yrs and two granchildren, James Roseman age 9 yrs & Joseph Ligon age 4 yrs.

Blackman Ligon married on June 17, 1782, in Halifax County, Virginia, Elizabeth Townes (born, Amelia County Virginia, April 28, 1763; died October, 1842), daughter of William Townes, youngest son of James townes and his wife, first Townes to come from England to America, where they settled in Henrico County, Virginia. Elizabeth died in Greenville, South Carolina in October, 1842.

Father: Joseph LIGON b: BET 1725 AND 1730 in Henrico Co., Virginia Mother: Judith WATTS

Marriage 1 Elizabeth TOWNES b: 28 APR 1753 in Amelia Co., Virginia • Married: 17 JAN 1782 in Halifax Co., Virginia 2 • Married: in Rec # 21v196

Children

1. Joe LIGON b: in Greenville, SC
2. Mary LIGON b: in Greenville, SC
3. Batts LIGON b: in Greenville, SC
4. Elizabeth LIGON b: ABT 1795 in Greenville, SC
5. Nancy F. Moore LIGON b: NOV 1784 in Virginia
6. John Townes LIGON b: ABT 1791 in Greenville, SC
7. Blackman LIGON b: BET 1782 AND 1790 in Virginia
8. William Blackman LIGON b: ABT 1798 in Virginia

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 28 Jun 2022), "Record of Blackman Ligon", Ancestor # A070334.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59930265/blackman-l-ligon : accessed 28 June 2022), memorial page for SGT Blackman L. Ligon (1757–1831), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59930265, citing Ligon Family Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Kelly Jane O (contributor 46850092).

Acknowledgements

• Source: S70 Text: Clark-Townes genealogy compiled by Margaret Coffey Hanson
• http//wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dwarnerla&id=I7931