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Sarah Blair (Blythe)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: North Carolina, Cherokee Nation East
Death: between 1838 and 1839 ( on Trail of Tears Cherokee Indian Removal enroute to Indian Territory, OK)
Place of Burial: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jonathan Blythe and Quatie ‘Betty’ Blythe
Wife of George Blair
Mother of Lucy Benge
Sister of James Blythe; Nancy Blair and Tos-gi-si-ni Tsu-la ‘Jackson’ Blythe
Half sister of Mary Jane Blythe; Robert W Blythe; John M Blythe; Stacy Blythe; Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Welch and 6 others

Managed by: Wilbur Elliott Gravley
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About Sarah Blair


Biography

Sarah Blythe was the Cherokee daughter of Jonathan Blythe. She married George Blair (abt 1800 - 1887).

She died in route to Indian Territory during the forced removal of the Cherokees in 1838-39. After her death, George Blair married her sister, Nancy.

George Blair and Sarah Blythe were the parents of James, Betsy, Katie, Lewis, Amy, Jonathan, Charles, Sallie.

Nancy Blythe (1805-1892) was the Cherokee daughter of Jonathan Blythe, and sister of Sarah Blythe (d. 1839). Sarah was the 1st wife, Nancy was the 2nd wife of George Blair. Nancy and George were the parents of Lucy (S.H.Benge); Elizabeth (J.Lowrey); and Margaret (O.M.Benge,Sr); & Thomas Blair, who inherited the old Sequoyah property.


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References

  1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blair-1039
    1. 1835 Cherokee Census. Transcript, Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill Oklahoma, 2002. p. 21.
    2. Benge, Barbara, The 1880 Cherokee Nation Census Indian Territory, Heritage Books, 2006, book two, p. 394. Sequoyah Dist. 59 and 60 George 85 and Nancy 74 .
    3. Star, Emmet, History of the Cherokee Indians, 1921, p. 458.
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blythe-766
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9470085/sarah-blair
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Sarah Blair's Timeline

1805
1805
North Carolina, Cherokee Nation East
1824
1824
1838
1838
Age 33
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Trail of Tears National Park, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States