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Rawley/Raleigh Pritchett Blair

Rawley/Raleigh Pritchett Blair[1, 2, 3]

Male 1890 - 1966  (75 years)

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  • Name Rawley/Raleigh Pritchett Blair 
    Born 16 Nov 1890  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 May 1966  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Blair Family Cemetery Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I72045  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2017 

    Father Luther Rice Blair,   b. 26 Jul 1842, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1918, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Nannie Elizabeth Pritchett,   b. 10 Jul 1857,   d. 8 Apr 1940, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married
    • Susan Hodges Hilliard crosstitchqueene@verizon.net via p3plcpnl0908.prod.phx3.secureserver.net

      to me
      Proposed Change: Family: Luther Rice Blair / Nannie Elizabeth Pritchett
      Tree: My Reynolds Line
      Link: http://reynoldspatova.org//familygroup.php?familyID=F518495717&tree=reynolds1

      Description: Luther and Nannie Blair had two more daughters, Mary Park Blair(Sept 1,1888-March 23, 1988) and Ruth Clement Blair
      (Dec 23, 1903-July 13, 1988). The source for this comes from the Pritchett/Blair family Bible published in 1847. I am the great-granddaughter of Luther and Nannie Blair.
    Family ID F518495717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Marriage Record-Rawley Blair to Lucky Lockett White
    Marriage Record-Rawley Blair to Lucky Lockett White
    blair-white.jpg
    Marriage Record-Rawley Blair to Mary Elizabeth Page
    Marriage Record-Rawley Blair to Mary Elizabeth Page
    blair-page.jpg
    Death Certificate-Rawley P. Blair
    Death Certificate-Rawley P. Blair
    drawleypblair.jpg
    Lucy Lockett Blair-Funeral Services
    Lucy Lockett Blair-Funeral Services
    The Danville Bee
    Feb 11, 1938
    Rawley P Blair-Funeral Services
    Rawley P Blair-Funeral Services
    The Danville Register
    May 4, 1966

    Headstones
    Headstone, Rawley P. Blair, s/o Luther Price Blair, Courtsey Sammy Blair
    Headstone, Rawley P. Blair, s/o Luther Price Blair, Courtsey Sammy Blair
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    Headstone Lucy Lockett, Wife of Rawley Blair, Courtsey of Sammy Blair
    Headstone Lucy Lockett, Wife of Rawley Blair, Courtsey of Sammy Blair
    72045Lucy Lockett w-o.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Rawley married Lucky White (nee Lockett) on April 11, 1936 in Shockoe, Virginia...Married Mary Elizabeth Page on December 9, 1939 Halifax, Virginia

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, E-mail from Sam Blair PhatV92@yahoo.com.
      Sam Blair PhatV92@yahoo.com via server402.webhostingpad.com
      3/2014
      to reynolds

      Comments: Hi again,looking thru Luther Rice Blair here,his son name is RAWLEY not Raleigh,my brother Rawley is named after "uncle Rawley" his headstone also says that.And I find everyone spells Luther's 1st wife's name wrong ,it's Macybeth,I keep seeing Macebeth. I have the headstone pics on my facebook page "Blair Ancesters of William Blair and Sarah Sutter" I've been doing lots of research lately and am 1 document away from SAR!!! Yeah! Have a great day,my Blair cousins! Sam Blair,Walkersville,Md.

    2. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=147-1857-001.
      Luther Rice Blair
      Birth: Jun. 26, 1842
      Pittsylvania County
      Virginia, USA
      Death: Jun. 12, 1918
      Pittsylvania County
      Virginia, USA

      From Official Records:
      BLAIR, LUTHER RICE: Born 26 June 1842. 1860 Census: North District, Pittsylvania County VA, age 18. Enlist in Halifax County VA 18 March 1862 in Capt. Samuel T. Wright's Virginia Halifax Light Artillery for 3 years or the duration of the war by Capt. Wright as a Private, Age 19. Present 22 Mar - 30 Apr 1862, Petersburg Hospital 5 Sept - 14 Nov 1862 with Debritas; Pleuritis 27 Oct 1862; Transfered to Confederate Hospital 27 Oct 1862. No further record found. 1900 Census: Chatham Magisterial District, Age 57 and a farmer. Died 12 June 1918, buried near Chatham VA.
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      Nannie applied for a Confederate Pension 7 June 1927, age 70 and a widow.
      ------------
      LUTHER RICE BLAIR - b 26 Jun 1842; d 12 Jun 1918;
      m 1) on 28 Mar 1869 Macebeth Harriet Arnn, b 5 Feb 1850 and d 7 Jun 1885, daughter of Horatio Arnn and Jane Mitchell,
      Children by Macebeth were:
      1. Walter Clay Blair, b 26 Aug 1873, d 1 July 1942
      2. Samuel Wilson Blair, d 25 Nov 1883 of diphtheria
      3. Mollie Jessie Blair, d 4 Dec 1883 of diphtheria
      4. James William Blair, b 3 Dec 1883
      5. Myrtle Blair, b 31 Oct 1876
      6. Elizabeth Tate Blair, d 14 Dec 1883 of diphtheria
      7. Benjamin Franklin Blair, b 21 Apr 1881
      8. Pink Grace Blair Thompson, b 20 Apr 1883
      9. Macybeth Harriet Blair Burch, b 7 Jun 1885

      Luther m 2) 8 Sep 1887 Nannie Elizabeth Prichett, b 10 Jul 1857 and d 8 Apr 1940.
      Children by Nannie were:
      10. Mary Parke Blair Hodges, b 10 Sep 1888
      11. Raleigh Pritchett Blair, b 16 Nov 1890
      12. Martha Rebecca Blair Hodges, b 18 Jun 1893
      13. Susie Blair, b & d 25 May 1896
      14. Robert Luther Blair, b 9 Sep 1898
      15. Elizabeth Clair Blair Hackley, b 20 Sep 1900
      16. Ruth Clement Blair Wisterman Stoacker, b 23 Dec 1903.



      Family links:
      Parents:
      Samuel Brittain Blair (1789 - 1870)
      Clarissa W Fuller Blair (1802 - 1890)

      Spouses:
      Macybeth Harriet Aaron Blair (1850 - 1885)
      Nannie Eliza Pritchett Blair (1857 - 1940)

      Children:
      Mollie Jessie Blair (1870 - 1883)*
      Samul W Blair (1871 - 1883)*
      James W Blair (1875 - 1883)*
      Elizabeth Tate Blair (1879 - 1883)*
      Rawley Pritchett Blair (1890 - 1966)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Blair Family Cemetery
      Sheva
      Pittsylvania County
      Virginia, USA

      Find A Grave Memorial# 120897446

    3. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate.

    4. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=blair&GSfn=rawley&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=120897779&df=all&.