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Miss Beulah Linn, Pigeon Forge, found this small leather bound book in the Andy Householder barn after purchasing this property.
[Inscribed?] December 12th, 1806 Hugh Blair
Hugh Blair was married February 25th 1808
Removed to Sevierville January 17th 1810
Cost of a shop in Sevierville and smoke House counting all Expense about sixty six Dollars
on the 7th of August 1810 got a most Horrible Burn by, steping in to a Coal Kill walked not a step for twenty two days
Rachel Tipton was born November 26th 1788
Franklin Blair was born in the year of our Lord December 18th 1808. on sunday 10 o clock ? in the afternoon? (He may have meant 1 o'clock)
Brazil Blair was born in the year of our Lord May 11th 1810 on Friday 9 o'clock in the morning
Mary Adepline A. Blair Born August 25th 1816 about 5 oclock in the morning Sunday
Nathaniel Blair was born July 25th in the year 1818 about 12 o'clock in the morning Saturday
Andrew Jackson Blair was born September 24th on Saturday 6 o'clock in the morning in the year 1874
Franklin L Blair Born December 18th 1808 on Sunday
Saul B Blair Born May 11th 1810 on Friday
Albion T (L?) Blair Born September 12th 1811 on Thursday
Wm. H. Blair Born June 21st 1813 on Monday
Andrew J . Blair Born September 24th 1814 on Saturday
Mary A. Blair Born August 25th 1816 on Sunday Degnd ? August 17th 1867
Nath. Blair Born July 25th 1818 on Saturday
Hugh Blair Born February 14th 1820 on Monday - Died on Thursday 3 Sept 1835 of an ? of 16 Days
Elisabeth Blair Born October 1st 1821 on monday
Catharine Blair Born September 1st 1823 on Monday
Nancy Malvina Blair Born January 17th 1825 on Monday
Robt H. Blair born May 11th 1827 on Friday
Gilford C Blair born November 12 1828 on Wednesday
Monday December 12th 1814 Arose Early this morning & prepared to move from Sevierville, do about 10 o clock bid adieu to its vicinity for Ever & with out regret the same day arrive Safe at my present place of residence.
William F Blair died September the 12th 1877
Nancy M Blair died September the 13th 1878
Sary T Burrs died March the 21 1879
Charley Blair died May the 5th 1880
Anney Maples died July the 16th 1877
Camel Maples married August the 25th 1877
Hulda McMahan died July the 11th 1878
Nancy Andes died June the 15 1885
Arter Murphy Shot him self February the 7th 1879
Hill Tommes was killed the 11th of November 1883
Pleasant Stafford cut his throat November the 16th died the 18th was burried the 20th 1886
Doctor Jim Henderson was shot the 28 of November 1896
Ferry Atchly died July the 11th 1881
Loretta Stair died November 16th 1881
Ida a Andes died August 3 1882
Hugh S Blair died September 9 1882
a Son of Hugh Blairs Henry Lee Blair died february 10 1886
W. H. Blair died September 13th 1891
John B Blair died August 16th 1893
Elizabeth Blair died March 20th 1894
Della Maples died the 13th March 1889
Hattie Varnel married the 17th of March 1889
Cam Maples married Lila Stophol the 13th of July 1889
William Handles died the 10th of March 1891
Lira. Frasure died the 2 day of March 1894
James Mapoles died Oct 10 1895
Rote Blair married december the 7th 1882
H. M. Blair married the 25th of January 1883
John K Blair was married the 16th of May 1883
Bettis Blair married the 19th of January 1883
Burnie Randles married April the 27th 1890
Burnies baby was born the Second day of June 1891
Mary Jane Blair and Js Ilit [sic] was married the 5 of June 900 (probably 1900)