JOHN SAMUEL BLACKBURN KY1811>MO1850>CA1853
Seeking parents of John Samuel “Jack” Blackburn who was part of the Hagans-Cockrill Wagon Train that left Bates Co., MO, in 1853, headed for California.Blackburn, born Kentucky about 1811, appeared in 1850 Census in Bates Co., MO, with wife Nancy and her children from her first marriage, whose last names should have been recorded as “Lear”.Two sons were born to Nancy and Jack before they left for California – John J. and Robert B.—but these infants are not listed on the re-created list of wagon train travelers.Is John Sr. a brother of Elizabeth Blackburn who married James Anderson Cockrill? Nancy Blackburn and her children from both marriages appear in the 1860 Census in Contra Costa, CA.