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Robert Black 1817 – 1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1817

Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 25 December 1877

Death Location: Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States

Father: John Black

Mother: Haness Anderson

Spouse(s): Susannah Shaw, Eleanor Bond

Children(s): Nancy Black, Rebecca Black, John Black, Sarah Black, Robbert Black, Elizabeth Black, Lucinda Black, Samuel Black, Henry Black, George Black, Laura Clark, Hezekiah Black, Alice Clark, Jasper Black, "Anna" Black, Andrum Black, Andrew Black, "Molly" Black, Laura Clark, Alice Clark, Edward Clark

The story of Robert Black Sr began in 1817 in Virginia, United States of America. In 1840, Robert Black Sr resided in Pettis, Missouri, USA. In 1860, Robert Black Sr resided in Lebanon, Cold Neck, Cooper County, Missouri, USA. Robert Black Sr married Susannah (Susan) Elizabeth Shaw, Eleanor (McCarty) Bond, and had children including Nancy Jane Black, Rebecca Ann Black, John Black, Sarah Jane Black, Robbert Black, Elizabeth W Black, Lucinda J Black, Samuel Black, Henry Black, George W Black, Laura Clark, Hezekiah Lafayette Black, Alice Bond Clark, Jasper Marion Black, "Anna" Susanna Black, Andrum "Ammy" Black, Andrew M Black, "Molly" Mary A Black, Laura Clark, Alice Bond Clark, Edward Clark. Robert Black Sr passed away in 1877 in Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Black Sr began in 1817 in Virginia, United States of America.
  • In 1840, Robert Black Sr resided in Pettis, Missouri, USA.
  • In 1860, Robert Black Sr resided in Lebanon, Cold Neck, Cooper County, Missouri, USA.
  • Robert Black Sr married Susannah (Susan) Elizabeth Shaw, Eleanor (McCarty) Bond, and had children including Nancy Jane Black, Rebecca Ann Black, John Black, Sarah Jane Black, Robbert Black, Elizabeth W Black, Lucinda J Black, Samuel Black, Henry Black, George W Black, Laura Clark, Hezekiah Lafayette Black, Alice Bond Clark, Jasper Marion Black, "Anna" Susanna Black, Andrum "Ammy" Black, Andrew M Black, "Molly" Mary A Black, Laura Clark, Alice Bond Clark, Edward Clark.
  • Robert Black Sr passed away in 1877 in Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Black
1785 – 1865
Birth Location: Indian Village, Virginia, United States
JB
Haness Anderson
1785 – 1853
Birth Location: Virginia, Virginia, USA
HA

Spouses(s)

Susannah Shaw
1822 – 1906
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States of America
SS
Eleanor Bond
1820 – 1870
Birth Location: Floyd Co, KY
EB

Children(s)

Nancy Black
1839 – 1920
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
NB
Rebecca Black
1840 – 1903
Birth Location: Jasper County, Illinois, USA
RB
John Black
1844 –
Birth Location: Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
JB
Sarah Black
1844 – 1910
Birth Location: Missouri, USA
SB
Robbert Black
1845 – 1912
Birth Location: Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
RB
Elizabeth Black
1848 – 1926
Birth Location: Reynolds, Reynolds, Missouri, United States
EB
Lucinda Black
1850 – 1920
Birth Location: Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
LB
Samuel Black
1852 –
Birth Location: Missouri
SB
Henry Black
1852 – 1922
Birth Location: Missouri
HB
George Black
1856 – 1920
Birth Location: Missouri
GB
Laura Clark
1857 –
Birth Location: Mo
LC
Hezekiah Black
1858 – 1937
Birth Location: Barry County, Missouri, USA
HB
Alice Clark
1858 – 1937
Birth Location: Pettis, Missouri, United States
AC
Jasper Black
1860 – 1920
Birth Location: Barry County, Missouri, USA
JB
"Anna" Black
1862 – 1915
Birth Location: Missouri
"B
Andrum Black
1862 – 1915
Birth Location: Corsicana, Barry, MO, Missouri, USA
AB
Andrew Black
1863 –
Birth Location: Missouri, USA
AB
"Molly" Black
1867 – 1936
Birth Location: Missouri, USA
"B
Laura Clark
1857 –
Birth Location: Mo
LC
Alice Clark
1858 – 1937
Birth Location: Pettis, Missouri, United States
AC
Edward Clark
1863 –
Birth Location: Mo
EC

Robert Black's Ancestors

Self
Robert Black
1817 – 1877
Birth Place: Virginia, United States of America
Parents
John Spencer (Running Bear Enoleh) Black
1785 – 1865
Indian Village, Virginia, United States
Haness (Cherokee Name Running Deer) Anderson
1785 – 1853
Virginia, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Hunting Bear
1760 – 1830
Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
Flower (Face-Chocktow) ?
1760 – 1830
Six Towns, Choctaw, Mississippi, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Black's Descendants

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Robert Black (1817 – 25 December 1877) m. Susannah ((Susan) Elizabeth) Shaw (November 1822 – 27 November 1906) m. Eleanor ((McCarty)) Bond (1820 – AFT 1870)
  1. 1. Nancy (Jane) Black (19 Apr 1839 – 5 Dec 1920)
  2. 2. Rebecca (Ann) Black (Jan 1840 – 21 Jun 1903) m. Adolphus (Ferdinand) Walker (April 6, 1838 – June 21, 1903)
    1. 1. Susan Walker (Abt 1861 – )
    2. 2. Cintha Walker (Abt 1863 – )
    3. 3. William Walker (Abt 1867 – )
    4. 4. Sarah (Jane) Walker (3 April 1869 – 13 October 1953)
    5. 5. Ann (M.) Walker (Abt 1871 – )
    6. 6. Alice Walker (Jun 1879 – 31 March 1946)
    7. 7. Adolphus (Lafayette) Walker (8 August 1880 – 10/1965)
    8. 8. Ora (Orie Myrtle) Walker (22 March 1887 – 4 September 1948)
  3. 3. John Black (Abt. 1844 – )
  4. 4. Sarah (Jane) Black (Dec 1844 – 1910) m. Loren (W) Dewitt (1852 – 18 Dec 1937)
    1. 1. Newton (Loren) DeWitt (Oct 1880 – )
      1. 1. James (Lawrence) Dewitt (8 Jan 1906 – 4 Dec 1970) m. Agnes (C De) Witt (abt 1906 – )
        1. 1. James (P.) DeWitt (4 Nov 1942 – 14 Jul 2008) m. Pat (Jaynesin) Davenport
        2. 2. John (R De) Witt (abt 1944 – )
  5. 5. Robbert Black (22 Nov 1845 – 4 Feb 1912)
  6. 6. Elizabeth (W) Black (Jan 1848 – 29 November 1926) m. Gilbert (Lafayette) DeWitt (22 Jan 1835 – 11 Apr 1909) m. Stephen (C) Gray (1838 – 12 Sep 1873)
    1. 1. Sarah (Missouri Ann) Dewitt (13 Aug 1859 – 18 May 1930)
    2. 2. Franklin (Bryant) DeWitt (abt 1862 – 29 Dec 1938)
    3. 3. Gilbert (Edward) DeWitt (16 June 1866 – 29 September 1905) m. Elida (Bell) Tabor (8 Apr 1870 – 31 March 1941)
      1. 1. Bessie (Maude) DeWitt (April 1891 – December 1967)
      2. 2. Ada (B) Gilbert (13 Feb 1900 – 20 Nov 1900)
    4. 4. Larkin (Thomas) DeWitt (Abt 1867 – Oct 1940)
    5. 5. Anna (Elizabeth "Amma") DeWitt (11 September 1869 – Bet 1901 and 1964) m. Samuel (Henry) Boatman (3 Oct 1865 – 10 Feb 1951)
      1. 1. Thomas (Lafayette) Boatman (18 October 1889 – 25 February 1928) m. Elsie (May) Like (1894 – )
      2. 2. Cammie (Rebecca) Boatman (2 May 1891 – 4 Nov 1974) m. Letcher (Kinkead) Marks (2 Apr 1890 – 29 Mar 1969)
        1. 1. Thelma (Iantha) Wells (31 Jul 1913 – 28 Oct 1984) m. Roy Wells (abt 1916 – )
        2. 2. Mary (Elizabrth) Marks (19 FEB 1915 – 20 FEB 1915)
        3. 3. Norma Marks (abt 1919 – 29 APR 1920)
      3. 3. Samuel (Arthur "Artie") Boatman (26 Jan 1893 – 15 May 1956) m. Cecil (Beatrice ( Bea)) Turner (3 Jan 1897 – 29 Dec 1984)
        1. 1. Harold (Bernard "Barney") Boatman (2 May 1916 – 24 Feb 1992) m. Florence (Gertrude) Brown (10 Nov 1911 – 11 Jul 1999) m. Linda (Jo) Adamson (1915 – )
        2. 2. Samuel (Arthur) Boatman (13 April 1917 – 18 November 1954) m. Nellie (Virginia) Miller (17 Nov 1920 – 2 Oct 2000)
        3. 3. Gerald (Clifford) Boatman (5 December 1919 – 12 May 1994) m. Anna (Lee) Robertson (19 Jun 1923 – 22 Sep 2008)
        4. 4. Col. (Beryl Leon) Boatman** (abt 1922 – 06 Oct 1983) m. Margaret (Louise) Miller (25 Dec 1922 – 2 Oct 2008)
        5. 5. Margaret (Elizabeth) Boatman (11 Jan 1924 – 9 Jan 1993) m. Robert Holbrook
        6. 6. Karl (Kenneth) Boatman (19 Mar 1925 – 4 Apr 2025) m. Bettie (Maurine) Flangan (17 Oct 1927 – 29 May 2001)
      4. 4. Lura (E.) Boatman (23 MAR 1895 – 5 NOV 1895)
      5. 5. May Boatman (17 MAR 1897 – 19 MAR 1997)
      6. 6. Ruth Boatman (02 Mar 1898 – 29 JAN 1901)
      7. 7. Nellie (Grace) Boatman (18 JUL 1900 – 31 JAN 1901)
      8. 8. Milton (Bernard) Boatman (14 NOV 1901 – 19 JAN 1906)
      9. 9. Infant Boatman (4 JAN 1904 – 4 JAN 1904)
      10. 10. Clyde Boatman (23 FEB 1905 – 23 FEB 1905)
      11. 11. Claude (Ernest) Boatman (23 February 1905 – September 1976) m. Helen (Inez) Thomas (1905 – 1996)
        1. 1. Marilyn (Gene) Boatman (abt 1930 – ) m. George (Stillman) Cates (abt 1928 – ) m. Guy (O) Duggin
        2. 2. Thomas (Ernest) Boatman (18 Apr 1931 – 31 Jan 2003) m. Bonnie (Lou) Tessmer (15 May 1936 – 16 Apr 1999) m. Donna Emhich m. Sharon (Dorrine) Dupler
        3. 3. James (Claude) Boatman (29 Jul 1935 – 22 Jun 1973) m. Carolyn Dubberley (29 December 1936 – 19 May 2003)
        4. 4. Charles (Eldon) Boatman (9 Aug 1936 – ) m. Janis (AL) Hayden
      12. 12. DeWitt Boatman (18 JAN 1909 – 18 JAN 1909)
    6. 6. Mary (Ellenor "Nellie") DeWitt (Abt 1872 – after 1880)
      1. 1. Anna King (abt 1892 – )
    7. 7. Rosetta (De) Witt (Abt 1877 – before 1900)
    8. 8. Lucy Dewitt (15 September 1886 – 23 September 1886)
  7. 7. Lucinda (J) Black (Nov 1850 – 25 Jan 1920)
  8. 8. Samuel Black (9 Oct 1852 – )
  9. 9. Henry Black (9 Oct 1852 – 10 Mar 1922)
  10. 10. George (W) Black (abt 1856 – 4 Dec 1920)
  11. 11. Laura Clark (1857 – ?)
  12. 12. Hezekiah (Lafayette) Black (16 May 1858 – 11 May 1937)
  13. 13. Alice (Bond) Clark (2 Dec 1858 – 29 Jan 1937)
  14. 14. Jasper (Marion) Black (1 May 1860 – 14 May 1920)
    1. 1. Charles (O Ewin "Charley") Black (6 Aug 1879 – 31 Mar 1964)
      1. 1. Rollen (Reed) Black (26 March 1921 – 27 August 1974)
  15. 15. "Anna" (Susanna) Black (abt 1862 – 1915)
  16. 16. Andrum ("Ammy") Black (1 April 1862 – 24 Jun 1915)
  17. 17. Andrew (M) Black (Abt. 1863 – )
  18. 18. "Molly" (Mary A) Black (29 Nov 1867 – 21 Mar 1936)
  19. 19. Edward Clark (1863 – ?)

Robert Black's Timeline

7 Records

1817
1817
Birth of Robert Black Sr in Virginia, United States of America
Virginia, United States of America
1840
1840
Age 23
Robert Black Sr resided here in Pettis, Missouri, USA
Pettis, Missouri, USA
1860
1860
Age 43
Robert Black Sr resided here in Lebanon, Cold Neck, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
Lebanon, Cold Neck, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
1860
1860
Age 43
Robert Black Sr resided here in Shoal Creek, Gad Fly, Barry, Missouri, USA
Shoal Creek, Gad Fly, Barry, Missouri, USA
1870
1870
Age 53
Robert Black Sr resided here in Newtonia, Newtonia, Newton, Missouri, USA
Newtonia, Newtonia, Newton, Missouri, USA
1877
25 December 1877
Age 60
Death of Robert Black Sr in Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States
Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States
1879
25 December 1879
Age 62
Death of Robert Black Sr in Newton County, Missouri, United States of America
Newton County, Missouri, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1817
    Event Place: Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] 1870 United States Federal Census
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1613.103; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Pettis, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Pettis, Missouri; Roll: 228; Page: 40; Family History Library Film: 0014857

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Lebanon, Cold Neck, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Shoal Creek, Gad Fly, Barry, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Newtonia, Newtonia, Newton, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 December 1879
    Event Place: Newton County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1863-1878

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 December 1877
    Event Place: Diamond, Newton, Missouri, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Diamond, Newton County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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