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Grainger County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Son of Thomas Blackburn and Mary "Polly" Blackburn. Married to Rebecca Blackburn. Father of Rosana S. Blackburn and Jemima Blackburn. Farmer, with his father, Thomas Blackburn, and brother, James C. Blackburn, in Grainger County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farm laborer in Grainger County in 1860. Served in the 12th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal from July 8, 1863, to October 7, 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Grainger County, District 13, p. 114A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Grainger County, District 12, p. 511.

Eleventh Census of the United States (1890), Enumeration of Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Grainger County, District 13, p. 1.

Citation

Blackburn, John A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210183 (November 12, 2026).

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The State v. William B. Chapman, Bond
1861-05-06

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