James BLAIR
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BIRTH: He believed that he had been born in 1787, or 12 Feb 1789 NOTE: the 1836 tax lists of Lauderdale County, Tennessee, revealed that James Blair was living there and owned 150 acres of land. (Lauderdale had been formed from part of Dyer County in 1835.) This same tax list also revealed that Benjamin Jordan's heirs were taxed in 1836.
He married Catherine Christiana Jordan Feb 1817 at Ralls, Missouri . Catherine Christiana Jordan was born at Maury, Tennessee 12 Aug 1801 daughter of Benjamin Franklin Jordan and Elizabeth Johnston .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Seth Millington Blair
born 4 Mar 1819.
William Augustus Blair
born 10 Nov 1821.
Edward Jordan Blair
born 19 Feb 1825.
James Francis Blair
born 1 Nov 1826.
Alonzo Sheridan Blair
born 19 Feb 1828.
James Blair died 3 Dec 1846 at Cameron, Dewitt, Texas .
Catherine Christiana Jordan died 29 Feb 1868 at Clinton, DeWitt, Texas .