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Marriage: Children:
  1. Joseph Warren Blair: Birth: 13 FEB 1845 in DeKalb County TN. Death: 19 APR 1872 in Searcy County AR

  2. Richard Lafayette Blair: Birth: 17 APR 1847 in Searcy County AR. Death: 28 APR 1939 in Marsena, Searcy County AR

  3. Mary Caroline Blair: Birth: 14 MAR 1849 in AR. Death: 31 DEC 1883 in Searcy County AR

  4. Sarah E. Blair: Birth: 1 NOV 1850 in Searcy County AR. Death: 27 AUG 1891 in Searcy County AR

  5. Henry T. Blair: Birth: SEP 1855 in Searcy County AR. Death: 4 APR 1947 in OK

  6. Elizabeth J. Blair: Birth: MAR 1860 in Searcy County AR.

  7. Francis M. Blair: Birth: ABT. 1862 in Searcy County AR.


Notes
a. Note:   1850 Census, Searcy County AR, Wiley's Cove Township, page 185B, household 313-322, enumerated November 23, 1850: William Blair 27 TN; Elisabeth 22 TN; Joseph W. 5 TN; Richard L. 3 TN; Mary Caroline 1 AR; Charity Wortman 20 TN.
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 1859: William Blair was involved in transactions concerning lands in sections 8 and 17-T14N-R17W in Searcy County AR. Bobbie June Cash Mays, INDEX TO THE TRACT BOOKS FOR SEARCY COUNTY ARKANSAS 1836 - 1900.
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 1860 Census, Searcy County AR, house 254-247: Wm. Blair 37 TN; Elizabeth 33 TN; Joseph W. 15 TN; Richard L. 13 AR; Mary 11 AR; Sarah 9 AR; Henry 5 AR; Elizabeth 6/12 AR.
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 May 1, 1860: William Blair received government patents on 200 acres of purchased land in sections 5, 7, 8 & 17-T14N-R17W in Searcy County AR. Desmond Walls Allen and Bobbie Jones McClane, ARKANSAS LAND PATENTS: SEARCY COUNTY. (Data available online at the BLM GLO Records site.) The actual purchase of the land would likely have occurred several years earlier, as there was a time lag between buying the land and receiving the patent.
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 William Blair enlisted in Comany K of the 14th Arkansas Confederate Infantry on August 5, 1861 at Yellville AR. He was wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862. He died in AR about January 18, 1863. Compiled Service Records, National Archives. [This microfilm is very hard to read. The date of death is somewhat uncertain.]



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