Kenneth Royal Blackshear, born September 1853 in Alabama, died 1926. Residence in Pennington, Trinity County, Texas, 1870 and 1880; residence in Williamson County, 1900. Spouse Carrie Dunnavant, child Olive Blackshear Prater. Trinity County Attorney, bond 11/18/1878, oath 11/25/1878. Blackshear-Benson Family Tree; U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846–1920.
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Census of 1870 - Kenneth Blackshear, Pennington, Trinity County, age 16, born circa 1854 in Alabama, son in household of Alex Blackshear. Census of 1880 - K.R. Blackshior, Pennington, Trinity County, age 27, born circa 1853 in Alabama, attorney at law, wife Carrie. Census of 1900 - C.R. Blackshear, Williamson County, age 47, born September 1853 in Alabama, hotel keeper, wife Carrie D.
K.R. Blackshear maried Carrie Dunavant, 5/16/1877 in Montgomery Land District, Texas.
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Kenneth Royal Blackshear, born Pennington, Texas, September 1853, son of Jeannette Ann Allison and Alexander Blackshear, pp. 26-27, 270-271. Blacksheariana: genealogy, history, anecdotes; a compilation, by Perry Lynnfield Blackshear, 1954.
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Blackshear Cemetery in Trinity County, all graves unmarked. Trinity County attorney K.R. Blackshear, 1878; chief justice of Trinity County, 1880-1882. Trinity County,
TXGenWeb Project . Blackshear CemeteryEarly Trinity County Attorneys