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Note: shear, Athens, Ga. Thomas Co., Marriage Records Book A p. 200.
Dr. Thomas Hart Raines b. "Springwood" 22 June 1878 lived Savannah, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. on active duty during World War I in many stations d. at Fort Riley, Kansas 24 May 1918 while in the service of the U. S. Government. His Blackshear lineage was through his grandmother Ann Emily Blackshear who m. Lucien H. Raines. Edward Blackshear who m. Emily G. Mitchell. James Blackshear of Jones Co., N. C. who m. Katherine Franck Bush a widow with two sons. Alexander of Kent Co., Dela. and Craven Co., N.C. and his wife Agnes sur-name not known. Robert of Sussex and Kent Counties Delaware and his wife whose name is not known. He was a Genealogist as well as a public spirited citizen and Doctor. His other lineage was traced back through the Mitchell Family to the Saxon Kings of England, His immigrant ancestor was Christopher Branch of Arrowbattock and Kingsland, Henrico County Va. arriving March 1619/20. Item 3 of his Will "I bequeth to the Va. Historical Society all my books, pamphlets and manuscripts relating to Genealogy, Heraldry and Kindred Subjects." The two books he wrote in long hand covered No. 1 all that he could learn about James Blackshear and his descendants No. 2 all that he could learn about Elisha Stout Blackshear and his descendants, the No. 2 book also contains all that he could learn about the descendants of Abraham Blackshear. These three sons of Alexander and Agnes Blackshear headed up the three main branches of the Southern Blackshear Families. Including this too slight reference to Dr. Raines is in appreciation of the work he did and for the records he left, without which the collecting of the data included herewith would have been very much more difficult. In a letter dated May 24, 1902 (No. 252 Courtland Ave., an old residential Street in Atlanta, Ga.) Dr. Raines wrote to Mrs. R. B. Hollingsworth at Fresno, Calif. as follows:
My Dear Mrs. Hollingsworth, -- I thank you most heartily for your very kind and interesting letter. It is certainly a pleasure to know you, even if our acquaintance be through the post entirely, and I assure you, my branch of the house is noted for its love of kindred, no matter how distant the connection be...I believe I wrote you that I am engaged in writing a history of the family. You would be astonished to know the vast amount of information I have gathered about them, and am yet not half through. The name Blackshear is the synonym for honesty, integrity and uprightness, and I am proud to be descended from them...And Madam, believe me, I am sincerely your kinsman, Thomas Hart Raines.
....above information from "Blacksheariana" published in 1954 by Perry Lynnfield Blackshear
Note: 1. Cit. 1830 Census Thomas Co., Ga. Raines Vol. J p. 7. Family Records via A. Laura E. Black
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