Colbert Blair
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 1805
Burke County, North Carolina, USA
His ancestry is unknown, The Blair Family DNA Project has proven that he is not the son of James Blair and Mary (unknown maiden name, highly doubtful it was Colbert, based on these test results). Per History of North Carolina, Volume VI, by Robert Digges Wimberly Connor, 1919 and A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, by Oren Frederic Morten, 1920, he was a Quaker who hailed from Pennsylvania. On 15 Mar 1765 he purchased 154 acres in Amherst County, Virginia, which he sold 3 Aug 1767 (Amherst, Virginia Deed Book B:201, 216, 249 and Deed Book C:194, FHL #30285). On 11 Apr 1770 he witnessed a deed in Augusta County, (Virginia Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 database at ancestry.com). On 23 Apr 1770 he entered a land grant for 125 acres on Muddy fork of Lower Creek in Burke County, North Carolina per Stewart Baldwin, "The Family of Edward1 Morgan of Pennsylvania," The Genealogist, Volume 16 Number 1, Spring 2002. This same article said "From 10 to 13 November 1780, Colbert Blair, a Loyalist, hid British troops in his fodder house while they sought cover from the rain. Colbert Blair's will was proved in January 1807. Unfortunately the will was apparently destroyed along with most of the other Burke County records, and the contents of the will are unknown."
Caldwell County North Carolina was formed from portions of Burke and Wilkes Counties in 1841.
Colbert married Sarah Morgan, born in Gwynedd, Montgomery County, the daughter of John Morgan and Sarah Lloyd. Unfortunately, very little is known about her. She and Colbert had only one proven child Enos Blair, the others attributed to them are based on geographical proximity, naming patterns, etc.
1. Enos Blair, born 1750 (a), probably in Pennsylvania (the first record found for Colbert Blair in Virginia is in 1765), married Hannah Millikan 10 May 1775 in Centre, Guilford County, NC, died 13 Jul 1834 in Randolph County, NC (b).
2. Mary Blair, born about 1752 (c), probably in Pennsylvania, married Moses Guest about 1772 (c), died before 8 May 1829 in Franklin County, GA, when Moses married his second wife (c).
3. Isabel Blair, born 13 Dec 1761, probably in Pennsylvania, married John Grider in 1781 (d), probably in Burke County, NC (the first record of Colbert Blair in North Carolina was in 1778), died 23 Feb 1857 in Henderson County, TN (e).
4. James Blair, probably born in Pennsylvania, died before 22 Oct 1783 in Burke County, North Carolina, when his widow Anna was granted administration of his estate, estate inventory taken 10 Nov 1783 (i). According to John O. Hawkins in his article titled "Caldwell County Area," North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Volume 16 Number 2, May 1990, he was born before 1767 and his widow moved to Pendleton Co., TN with their eldest son George Blair, who was also mentioned in the estate records of his father. The estate records also noted that James and Anna married in Virginia (i).
5. Colbert Blair, born about 1771 (f), probably in Augusta County, Virginia, married Jane Murry (g) about 1794, probably in Burke County, NC, died between 28 Aug - 5 Sep 1846 (the dates of his will and probate) in Mongtomery County, IL (h).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228213750/colbert-blair
