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Bath County
Obituaries
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Blackburn, Samuel
March 2, 1835 – In Bath co., Va., aged about 77, Gen. Samuel Blackburn, a soldier of the revolution, an eminent lawyer, and for many years a conspicuous member of the legislature. At his death he liberated his slaves, forty-six in number, charging his estate with the expense of transporting them to Liberia.
["Historical Collections of Virginia" by Henry Lowe, Babcock & Company, Charleston, S.C., 1845. p. 406-407; submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
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