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Sarah Virginia Blake York

Birth: 6 Sep 1806
Tennessee, USA
Death: 19 Jan 1878 (aged 71)
Georgia, USA
Burial: Yorkville Methodist Church Cemetery

Yorkville, Paulding County, Georgia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 33.925968, Longitude: -84.9975428
Memorial ID: 82097716 View Source

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Parents

Thomas Early Blake

1776–1855
Elizabeth Owen Blake

1776–1833

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Josiah Cowan York Sr

1799–1879

Siblings

Dr Larkin Hornsby Blake

1807–1871

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John B Blake

1827–1900
Rufus Independence Green Blake

1829–1893
Leah E. Blake Nichols

1832–1914
Esther Blake Smith

1834–1918
Josephine C. Blake Brown

1836–1915
Margret Evelyn Blake Brown

1838–1899

Children

Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" York Hobbs

1825–1899
Frances York Crabb

1827–1867
CPT William Thomas York

1830–1864
Sgt Larkin Blake York

1834–1903
SGT Jasper Newton York Sr

1837–1867
Mary York Dean

1839–1893
Josiah Cowan York Jr

1841–1922
Abraham Huddleston "Hud" York

1843–1925

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Josiah Cowan York, Sr and his wife, Sarah Virginia Blake, daughter of Thomas Early Blake and Elizabeth Owen. (Sarah born 1806).
This picture was taken about 1862 when the traveling photographers came around taking photos of the young men going off to war.

Josiah, as a member of the Georgia Mounted Militia fought the Indians. Finally, in the winter of 1837, the Militia captured the last of the Cherokees and took them to Gunter's Landing on the Tennessee River, the site of present-day Guntersville, Alabama. Here the captives began the infamous Trail of Tears March to Oklahoma.

Josiah served as Constable of Carroll County, receiving appointment in 1827. His toughest job was to lead the posse to clean up the Poney Gang, a group of white trash hoodlums who robbed, raped and murdered the other white citizens. With peace established, Josiah became a successful farmer. Census records show that in 1850, his land was worth $3,000.00, and in 1860, his combined real estate and personal property were worth $5,600.00.

In 1851 he received 80 acres of land at Van Wert, the county seat, as payment for fighting in the Seminole Indian War. Gradually Van Wert was overtaken by Rockmart, a bustling town founded by Welsh miners.

Josiah owned land southeast of Rockmart and donated the land for a Methodist church and cemetery in the community that came to be know as Yorkville in his honor.

Between 1826 and 1848, Sarah bore eight children, according to census records: Delilah, William Thomas, Larkin B., Jasper Newton, Mary, Josiah Jr., Abraham Huddleston, and Sarah. Joel Goldin's records list four other children: Andrew, Elizabeth, Eleaner, and Frances.

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Thomas Early Blake

Elizabeth Owen Blake

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John B Blake

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