Webb Family Tree - Person Sheet
Webb Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameMiranda Blackburn
Birth11 Jul 1818, NC, USA376,1705,1706
Deathaft 19001707
Census1850, District 10, White County, TN, USA1708
MemoLine 39: Maranda Deweese, age 33, born in Tennessee.
Census1860, Pekin, Putnam County, TN, USA1709
MemoLine 24: Marandy Rogers, age 42. Born in Tennessee.
Census1870, Buffalo Valley, Putnam County, TN, USA1710
MemoLine 14: Maranda Rogers, age 53, born in Tennessee. Cannot write.
Census1880, District 01, Putnam County, TN, USA1711
MemoLine 47: Maranda Rodgers, mother. Age 67 born in ??? with both parents born in North Carolina. Working at house keeping
Census1900, District 09, Robertson County, TN, USA1707
MemoLine 40: Miranda Dewees, mother. Age 81 born July, 1818 in ?? (can’t read). Widowed and living with son Samuel R DeWees and listed as mother--I’m guessing the last name was assumed to be the same as her sons.
FlagsDeceased
FatherJames Blackburn (~1790-)
MotherLeah Fund (~1793-)
Spouses
Birth1 Jun 1815, White County, TN, USA1712,1713,1714,1715,1706
MemoThe date from Jean McClendon Gibson doesn’t match age from census of 1850.
Death6 Apr 1862, Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, TN, USA1716,1717,1718
MemoDied in the Battle of Shiloh and is buried there.
BurialShiloh National Cemetery, Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, TN, USA1717,1718
FatherJames Deweese (1775->1850)
MotherElizabeth McCullough (~1768-)
Marriage5 Jun 1832376
Marr MemoThis wedding date would make Miranda Blackburn only 13 at the time.
Widowed6 Apr 1862
ChildrenAlfred V (1835-)
 Greenville H (1837-~1889)
 Lucinda L (~1839-)
 James H (1841-~1864)
 Martha J (1844-1934)
 William Burr (1847-1908)
 John Lewis (Twin) (1851-1941)
 Samuel R (Twin) (1851-1911)
 Nancy Tennessee (1854-1930)
 Jessie Goodpatrick (1856-1940)
Birthabt 1819, VA, USA
Deathbef 19001707
FatherWilliam Rodgers (1793-1881)
MotherLucrecia Eddins (1798-)
Marriagebef 1860
ChildrenAlexander (~1859-)
Notes for Miranda Blackburn
Laura Beard1723 writes, “Any information on John Deweese and wife Miranda Blackburn Deweese who were listed in 1850 census White Co. They were the parents of my great grandmother Nancy Tennessee Deweese Holman Sliger. John was not in the 1860 census and Miranda was married to Claiborne Rogers and living in Putnam Co. Any help would be appreciated.”

Laura also wrote:

I have found this family (her parents) in the 1850 Census of White Co. TN.
Nancy was born in 1854. Her parents were John Deweese and Miranda Blackburn.

1850 Census White Co. Tn. 1623-236

Deweese John 39
Miranda 33
Blackburn, Leah 57 (Miranda's Mother)
Deweese Alfred l6
Grenville H. 15
Lucinda 12
John H. 10
Martha J. 8
William B. 6

1860 census found Miranda married to Claiborne Rogers with the following
children included Lucinda 21, Martha 16, William 13, John L. 9, Samuel R.
9, Nancy T. 7, Jesse G. 4, Alexander l. Putnam Co. TN. 194-69.

1880 census has Miranda and Claiborne rogers living with S R DeWees in Putnam County, TN along with Samuel’s son Jessie and Samuel’s niece (Miranda’s grand child) Josie, age 9.1711 I have not yet determined who Josie is.

It would seem that John Deweese died sometime after Nancy Tennesse was born in 1854.

There is a general concensus that she died June 11, 1900 in Robertson County, TN, but I have not yet found any records to indicate that and I doubt it to be true because she appears in the Robertson County, TN census RECORDED on June 11, 1900. What are the odds that she died on the day the census was taken compared to the odds that someone saw the census record and mistook it for her death date?
Last Modified 16 Apr 2017Created 11 Feb 2026 using Reunion for Macintosh
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