James Newton Blackshear Sr was the son of Elijah Blackshear and his wife Dicena "Dicy" McMahan who married April 10, 1822 in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Elijah Blackshear was the son of Jesse Blackshear who was born in NC about 1757, d. 26 Jul 1803 Williamson Co, Tenn., and his wife Hannah Huggins. Hannah married second Isasc Marrs; she died 1829 in Wayne Co Tenn, & is buried Brown Cemetery, see Find a Grave Memorial #19144464. After Elijah Blackshear died abt 1837 in Wayne Co Tenn, his widow Dicena "Dicy" McMahan Blackshear married William Davidson (1790-1847).

James Newton Blackshear [Sr] appears in numerous Wayne County Court minutes regarding Guardianship of his sister Hannah Permelia "Penny" Blackshear, who was born in 1833 & married Burton Dill Keaton. Hannah died 1921 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, age 87.

James Newton Blackshear Sr married Elizabeth Ann Grimes. They had 7 known children:

1. Charlotte Frances Blackshear, 1848-1899, buried Blackshar Cemetery, Find a Grave Memorial #124272435.

2. William Henderson Blackshear, born 23 Feb 1850 in Wayne County, Tenn, death date unknown.

3. John Morgan Blackshear, 1852-1929, buried Blackshear Cemetery, Find a Grave Memorial #124271762. Married Alice Ethel Wilson.

4. Jessie Elizabeth Blackshear, 1857-1882, buried Blackshar Cemetery, Find a Grave Memorial #124272593.

5. Mary M. Blackshear. On 1860 federal census for Wayne Co Tenn, enumerated in household with her parents & siblings as Mary M. Blacksher, age 5, born about 1855, Tennessee. On 1870 federal census for Wayne Co Tenn, enumerated in household with her mother, head of household, & her siblings as Mary M. Blackshear, age 13, born abt 1857, Tenn. Some researchers show her as a twin to Jessie Elizabeth, however, she was born abt 3 years earlier than her sister Jessie.

6. Permelia Catherine "Kittie" Blackshear, 1860-1891, Find A Grave Memorial #124272612.

7. James Newton Blackshear, Jr., 1862-1891, married Mattie J. Nichols. Find a Grave Memorial #124272374.
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1850 United States Federal Census:
Name: J N Blackshaw [J N Blackshire]
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1826 Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: District 5, Wayne, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Family Number: 643
Household Members: Name Age
J N Blackshaw 24
Elisabeth Blackshaw 21
C F Blackshaw 2
Wm H Blackshaw 0
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1860 United States Federal Census:
Name: J N Blacksher
Age in 1860: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826 Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: District 5, Wayne, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Post Office: Sorby
Household Members: Name Age
J N Blacksher 34
Elizabeth Blacksher 31
Wm H Blacksher 10
Charlotte F Blacksher 11
John M Blacksher 7
Mary M Blacksher 5
Elizabeth J Blacksher 3
Katharine Blacksher 1/12