Update On Article : Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion on August 28, 1971

The Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Reunion was held on Saturday, August 28, 1971 at Riverside Park in Sioux City, Iowa. And  The article : "Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion:" appeared in the Sioux City Journal on  the day of the reunion. On the following day, August 29, 1971, another article entitled Slavery Descendents Gather." appeared in the paper. It included a photo.

Article: Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion 

I re read this article:
I have made more discoveries since I posted the blog series in 2013.
I have more questions.
When did Julia (Finney) White arrive in Missouri? Was the year 1843?
Did Julia have other children born in the 1830's before she came to Missouri?
When did she leave and return to Forest Green, Missouri?
How long did she (and her children) live in Natchez, Mississippi?
Did she have children born in Mississippi!

Julia had children born in Missouri in during the 1840's and to about 1866.

Part 1: Thoughts: Slavery Descendants to Have First Reunion

Some more thoughts:
With DNA matches, this lineage is connecting with relatives. There are some we don't know wher they connect on the family tree. There is a Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections group on facebook. We hope to connected with  more long lost relatives.

Part 2: Blakey - White Families: The Year 1843

Haven' located info on who the mother and her children who were on the ship from Africa. The ship may have came from Africa. It could have shipped slaves to parts of the South in America from the Northern parts of America. 

We can assume that Julia and her children came the route of a slave ship from VA to New Orleans. The year 1843 was the year on the article. The slave owner John BLAKEY. He passed in November of 1844. His wife was Frances (WHITE) BLAKEY.

There was an Isaac White, with a son, Andrew White listed on the 1880 census. They lived next door to Julia White and her children etc. I believe that Isaac White was related. There were others who carried the White surname living near Julia in 1880.

The Arrival And Names Taken ~ Article Part 3

The article states that there was a slave auction was in New Orleans, Louisiana. There was one in  Howard County Missouri.According to a 1858, slave ad, the slaves of John Blakey, deceased were to be sold in Roanoke, Missouri in March of 1858. 

According to Isaac Blakey's pension records,
Isaac and his mother were sold near the breaking out of the Civil War 1861. They went south. Haven't found records on who purchased  the enslaved family members.

The ages of Isaac, 12 and John, 10, don't match with Julia's sons in the article. Isaac Blakey would have been born in 1831 and John Blakey in 1833. Julia's sons, Isaac was born in Missouri about 1845 and John was born in Missouri about 1859.

Question: Could there have been an Isaac White born in 1831 and John Blakey born in 1833?

John  and Isaac Blakey: Civil War ~ Part 4

This John blakey was confused to be the John Blakley who moved to St. Joseph, Missouri.
 John Blakey's nephew was John Blakey Blakley, son of Isaac and Martha (Scott) Blakey who was born in 1871.

The article states that John Blakey was living in Forest Green, Missouri. Did John take the surname Blakey while he was enslaved? John went by John  White on the 1880 census and when he married Kate Estill in 1887. They had about 11 children and lived in Chariton County Missouri.

Can't locate the Blakey WHITE families on the 1870 census in Missouri or in Mississippi.Could they have lived in New Orleans area?

Isaac Blakey Reunites With Family ~ Part 5

 According to oral history, the mother, sons, Spencer, Dick, and a daughter, Matt were shipped to  Natchez, MS from New Orleans. Was Richard "Dick" born in  MS? Or was there another Dick? According to records Richard "Dick" White was born in Missouri? Or was Dick born before the Civil War ended? The other siblings were born in Missouri.

Isaac Blakey was in Mississippi. during the Civil War. as a soldier 1863 - 1866 and early 1870's. Don't know the year when Isaac arrived in MS. He started searching for his family... and had to return to MS, where he found them easily.

Isaac had to have connections to know where his family was. It could be that the family were sold to the slave owners relatives in Missouri and in Mississippi area.

Empolyment , Homeland And Surnames ~ Part 6

The early Blakey WHITE Families decided to live in Forest Green, Missouri area.
They were farmers, farmhands some owned homes and business.
According to Isaac Blakey's pension records.
He moved his family to Chariton County Missouri in March of 1880.
He was listed on the 1880 census dated, June 6, 1880.

On the 1880 MO census, there are Spencer White, John White and Dick White on a tobacco farm.
They were also listed on the 1880 census with their mother, Julia WHITE with son, Isaac White, Isaac's wife Rachel White and their children. Julia's children, John White, Spencer, White, Josh White, David White and Martha White and two of Julia's 2 other grandchildren with the surname WHITE.

There was a Dick / Richard White was listed with Daniel Boone White.
Note: Daniel was the brother of Frances White Blakey.
Daniel White lived near to Julia White.
Was Dick a servant to Daniel White while his family were in Mississippi?

Dick and Jane WHITE ~ Part 7

Where was the cafe that Richard "Dick" and Jane White operated in Forest Green, Missouri?
 Willie (White) Winfrey was the person who made the plans for the 1971 Reunion.
She had the desire to have the family to unite the family in reunions.

Blakey / Blakley Descendants ~ Article Part 8

This John Blakey Blakley was son of Isaac Blakey Sr. and Martha (Scott) Blakey.
John and his wife , Jennie changed their surname to Blakley sometime after they married in 1902.  They had 12 or 13 children. Some of the children surname were Blakey or Blakley on birth / death records to 1910.

Isaac and Rachel Blakey ~ Part 9

Rachel Jackson was Isaac's second wife. They married in Mississippi.
Oral history states that Rachel was the mother of 18 children.
Here' is Rachel Blakey's obituary with the list of her children.

Hope that Isaac Blakey had an obituary.

Isaac Blakey Jr. And Yankton, SD. Blakeys ~ Part 10

 About 13 of Isaac Blakey Sr's children came to Yankton, South Dakota.
They farmed the land and some made their homes there, while others moved onward.

Isaac Blakey Jr, worked as a farmer, dog catcher and a hunter.
He went hunting with Clark Gable.

Oldest Blakey Who Lived? ~ Part 11

The article was in the Sioux City Journal on Saturday, August 28, 1971.
Isaac Blakey was the 3rd oldest of Isaac Sr. and Rachel Blakey.
He passed in April of 1971 at the age of 98.
He would have been born about 1874.
Other records of his birth year was 1877.

On Find A Grave there are some memorials of the Blakey Blakley WHITE Family Connections.
Here is Lawhorn Blakey's grave site. His family connections are included.

Article Reflections: Slavery Descendants To Have First Reunion: Part 12

I believe that there is more information out there. Yes, I believe that it's there. The enslaved family members were separated between 1858 - to the breaking out of the Civil War. It's still a mystery where they were.... They could have been sold to relatives of the owners.

Thanks for those who are searching. One thing for sure, the Blakey / WHITE Families kept in touch through the years. I hope that more clues will come...And that the pieces to the puzzle will fall into place. May there be more family connections come forth in this lineage.

Thanks for reading.
God bless you.
S. A. Blakley

The Julia (Finney) White Family Connection: Isaac Blakey a.k.a. Private Isaac Blaker: Update




Isaac BLAKEY Sr.
1845 - 1917
a.k.a Private Isaac Blaker
Served on in the Mississippi Union Army
November 1, 1863 - May 16, 1866

The Isaac Blakey Family Connections:
Son Of  son of Andrew WHITE and Julia (FINNEY) WHITE.
His parents were from Virginia.
 Compiled info with the list of names of Isaac Blakey's children
Isaac's two wives and 20 + children.

This information came from Isaac Blakey Sr's pension records about 1890 - 1917
The U. S. Census records 1880 - 1940.
Compared the children's birth years to their death records.
Found some of Isaac's childrens' death records and obituaries.
Located some of Isaac's children's grave sites.
Found some newspaper articles on family connections.

 
 Isaac Blakey Sr.  made his journey to freedom, sometime after
he and  his mother were sold and they went south.

Isaac enlisted into the Mississippi Union Army on Nov  1 , 1863 in Natchez MS.
He was discharged on May 13, 1866.

Isaac's first wife
Martha (SCOTT) BLAKEY
(1847 - 1871)

There is a record stating Isaac and Martha were married in 1867.
Not for sure where this info came from
Isaac married Martha in Wilkerson County MS.
They were married as
Isaac BAKER and Martha SCOTT
on Feb 13, 1870.
Martha passed on Hew Davis Plantation in Woodville, MS. 
Isaac was had 2 children by his first wife, Martha.

Isaac's twin sons by Martha 

  1.) John (Blakey) BLAKLEY
(1871  -1918)
He was listed as John BLAKER / BLAKEY on his father's pension record.
John married Jennie BARTLE / BARTLETT  .
( 1883 - 1926)
They married on on July 28, 1902 in Clay County, Missouri.

       John and Jennie changed their surname to  BLAKLEY
some time after they married 1902 -1910.
Some records  written as Blakey and Blakley on birth and or death records.

Stillborn daughter BLAKEY,
Edna BLAKEY / Blakley  Rev John Blakley Jr.,
Isaac Blakley, Paul Blakley, daughter, Cecil Blakey, Juanita BLAKEY,
Mary Jane Blakley Richardson, Rev O. Pierson Blakley, David Blakley ,
Hazel BLAKLEY, and Baby Boy BLAKLEY.

  2.)  Andrew BLAKEY
( 1871 - 1871)
Andrew was the twin of John
Andrew died as an infant.


Isaac's second wife
Rachel Ann LEW / LEFTRIDGE / LEPHRIDGE / JACKSON
( 1859 - 1916)

Isaac and Rachel married on July 3, 1873 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.
Isaac surname was BLAKER. Rachel surname was LEW.
They married at Charles Marshall's house by Rev. Edward Kane.

Isaac was said to have had 18 by his second wife.
However, through research,  there were at least 5 other children.
The * by the children that were said to have been Isaac's children

 A list of  Blakeys  with some of the grandchildren of Isaac Blakey.
The findings of some family connection along the search. 

Isaac's 18+ Children By Rachel  

1.)  Mary BLAKEY WHITE
1874- 1949
She was listed as Mary BLAKER / BLAKEY on her father's pension record.

         Mary WHITE married Rev Ollie / Olive GREEN on July 28, 1889.
Mary's father Isaac WHITE gave content for Mary to get married.
It appears the Mary choose the White surname.
According to the 1900 census record, Mary had a child.
The child wasn't listed with them.
Mary was listed as having a child but was died before the 1910 census.
Unnamed GREEN

    *Andrew BLAKEY         
 On the 1880 census
 This Andrew was listed as grandson to Julia White.
Andrew's mother was listed as Rachel.
Andrew was born about 1874 in MO.
The other Andrew's mother was Martha, he was born in MS 1871.
Question: where there two Andrews?
Both born in MS.

   2.) Charity BLAKER
Born about 1875, MS
Charity BLAKER was listed on Isaac's pension record
Charity may have been named after Rachel's mother.
Charity passed before 1880.
She was not listed on any censuses.

   3. ) Isaac BLAKEY Jr.
(1877-1971)
 On Isaac's tombstone his birth year was 1873.
He was listed as Isaac BLAKER / BLAKEY on his father's pension record
Isaac married Maggie WILLIAMS
(1874 - 1960)
Isaac and Maggie were married on Sept 15, 1900.

Isaac and Maggie Blakey's Children
John Henry Blakey, Hunster Blakey , Kathryn Blakey Church,
 Hellen Blakey, Rachel Blakey Carter , Fred Blakey, Arler Blakey, Paul Blakey,
Daniel Blakey, an unnamed son Blakey , Annie Blakey, Isaac Ransom Blakey,
Carrie Janice Blakey Thomas,  James Blakey, Alyce Blakey Robinson, Zackrious "Buddy" Blakey.

   4.) Jordan  BLAKEY
(1878- 1964)
Jordan wasn't listed on the 1880 census with his parents.
His twin, Julia was listed.
He was listed as Jordan BLAKER / BLAKEY on his father's pension record.

Jordan was married to Lizzie ? (1882 - 1915)
They were married about 1906 in MO.

Jordan was a widow when he married widow, Mrs. Flora BENTLEY on Oct 20, 1915 in SD
Flora Elizabeth (LAWRENCE) BLAKEY
(1894 -1954)

Believe that Jordan had offsprings by Flora.

The list of  Flora Blakey's children.
Laura Belle Blakey
Clarence Ollie Blakey
Verna M. Blakey
Archie Thomas Blakey
Flora Stella Blakey Green
Baby ZZ Blakey

Jordan married Rubenia "Rudy" HOLT
(1886-1974)
Jordan and former Mrs. Rubenia RUCKER were married on Nov 14, 1934.

   5.) Julia BLAKEY
She was born in MS about 1878, Jordan's twin.
She was listed on the 1880 census as Julia WHITE born in 1876.
She was listed Julia BLAKER on her father's pension record.
Julia most likely was named after Isaac's mother.

           6.) Frances  BLAKEY
   Born about 1879/80
Frances BLAKEY was listed on her father's pension record
Frances not listed on any census.

  7) Henry BLAKEY
(1880- 1967)
The year of his birth range from 1881 - 1883.
Henry was listed on the 1880 census at age 2 born in 1878 with his parents.
Question if there were two Henrys.
Or was Henry a middle name of one of Isaac's and Rachel's sons?
 He was listed as Henry BLAKER / BLAKEY on his father's pension record.

Henry eloped with Mary Elizabeth FRISTOE
(1889-1957)
They were married on Oct 16, 1905 at the court house in SD.

Henry and Mary Blakey's children
Annie Blakey, Henry Blakey , Arthur Blakey  , Pearline Blakey , Floyd Blakey, Nathaniel Blakey, a son Blakey born 1915, Maybelle Blakey Guyton, Francis Blakey, Irene Blakey Kemp,
Mary Blakey , Theodore "Ted" Blakey

       *Isaiah  BLAKER
    He was listed as Isaiah BLAKER on his father's pension record.
Born about 1884   
 Isaiah not listed on any census.
Wonder if Isaiah could have been Beecher's middle name?
See Child #8

                  *Turner  BLAKEY                   
Born about May of 1884
Turner BLAKER listed on 1900 census record
Turner was more likely to have been Spencer.
See Child # 9

  8.)  Beecher  BLAKEY
       MO Born about 1885
He was listed as Beecher BLAKER on his father's pension record
Not much known about Beecher.
He was listed only on the 1900 Census.
Oral history states that he passed in Yankton SD.

 9.)  Spencer  BLAKEY
 (1887 -  1967 )
Spencer Tunner/ Turner BLAKEY
He was listed as Spencer BLAKER / BLAKEY on his father's pension record.

Spencer married Lucinda Mary "Lovie" KINNEY
 (1893- 1985)
They were married on May 2, 1911.
Spencer and Mary Blakley's children.

Lucille Blakey Brown, George Blakey, infant son Blakey, Mary C Blakey ,
Virgil Blakey, Julia Blakey   Leroy Blakey and Spencer Jr.

 10.)  Lillie "Susie"  BLAKEY
 (1888- 1934)
Her name was listed as Lillie BLAKER / BLAKEY on her father's pension record.
Lille was listed as "Susie" on the 1900 census record.
Oral history states that Lillie's nickname was Susie.

Lillie  married Edward "Ed" HAYES
(1884-1958)
They were married in 1906.

Lillie and Edward Hayes' daughters
Edna Hayes Yancey
and Dorothy Hayes
Not for sure if Lille and Edward's daughters had offsprings.

                    * Kate BLAKEY                      
Born about 1889
Kate was only listed on the 1900 census record

*Maggie BLAKEY
 MO Born 1891
Maggie could have been Martha.

Source 1900 Census Record
See Child # 11

 11.)  Martha "Mot" BLAKEY
MO Born about (1889 - 1918)
Martha married Ernest "Jap" HAYES
(1886- 1968)
They were married in April of 1908.

Note: Martha and Lille (BLAKEY) Hayes were sisters.
Also they were sisters in law.
Edward Hayes and Ernest Hayes were brothers. 

Martha died for the flu epidemic in 1918.

Martha and Ernest Hayes' children
Levi "Boe" Hayes,  Earldean Hayes Hunter, Arthur HAYES,
Georgia Hayes Tolson, Robert Hayes, Ernest, Hayes  Dorothy Hayes Baker.

      12.) Joe BLAKEY
Born about 1891
 Not for sure of year of birth she was listed before Rosa on the list of children.
He was listed as Joe BLAKER on his father's pension records
Joe was not listed on census records

                           13.)  Rosa  BLAKEY                          
Born about 1892
Not for sure of year of birth she was listed after Joe on the list of children.

 She was listed as Rosa BLAKER on her father's pension records
Rosa was not listed on  any censuses.

14.) Ollie "Deke" BLAKEY
(1895 - 1972)
He was listed as Ollie BLAKER / BLAKEY on his father's pension record.
Ollie wasn't listed on the 1900 census. He could have been David.
Ollie had been a deacon since the age of 16.

Ollie married Margaret CASON
(1896- 1972)
They were married in July of 1916.

Ollie and Margaret had no children.
They helped raised Martha Blakey Hayes' children.
Ollie was the guardian to his brother Archie when their father passed away in 1917.

 15.) Edna Mae "Edner" BLAKEY
     (1896- 1972)
Her name was listed as Edna BLAKER / BLAKEY on her father's  pension records

Edna married Edward / Dadney "Dad"  JACKSON

Edna and Edward Jackson's children
Edward, Jackson Jr.
Emerson Jackson, and
Archie Jackson

Edna and Edward were divorced.

Edna BLAKEY  married Jay C. MARION
(1876-1958)
They married on Nov 15, 1919.
They later divorced.

Edna BLAKEY married Richard T. "Dick" BENTLEY
(1893 - 1976)
Richard and Edna married on March 13, 1926 in Lyman, South Dakota.


                            16.) Lawhorn "Doc" BLAKEY                      
(1900 -1977)
SSC# States born in 1900 and WWI Record 1899.
He was listed as Lawhorn BLAKER / BLAKEY on his father's pension record

 Lawhorn was married to Mettie HOLLIDAY.
Lawhorn married Mettie with the surname of BLAKLEY.
Date of marriage: June 6, 1924 in Yankton, South Dakota.


Lawhorn married Evelyn WILSON on Dec 14, 1926 in CA.
Lawhorn was listed as married to Roberta ? in CA
Lawhorn was listed as married to Inez Evelyn CAMPBELL
(1907 - 1974)
Can't file marriage record
Don't know if Lawhorn had offsprings.

Lawhorn wasn't listed on the 1900 census.
He could have been David.

    *David BLAKEY
        Born about 1897
David listed on 1900 census records
David could have been a nickname or middle name.
He wasn't listed on his father's pension record.

  17.) Annie Rebecca BLAKEY
She was listed as Annie BLAKER on her father's pension record
Annie was born about Jan 1998.
 Annie Blakey was not listed on any census records.
She was listed in the article:
Slavery Descendants to Have First Reunion in Aug of 1971. 

  18.) Archie T. BLAKEY
 ( 1904 - 1943)
 He was listed as Archie BLAKEY on his father's pension record.
His brother Ollie was his guardiant after their father passed in 1917.

Archie was listed married Flora BLAKEY on city directories and the 1940 census.
The marriage year was 1926.

Note that Flora was married to Archie's brother Jordan Blakey in 1915.
Archie and / or Jordan did have children by Flora.
DNA matches connect with the Blakey Blakley WHITE lineage of Flora Blakey's children
who's father was Jordan Blakey or Archie Blakey.



Six of Isaac's and Rachel's children died before 1900.
Most likely they  were:
Charity Blaker  Julia Blakey , Frances Blakey, Joe Blakey,
 Rosa Blakey and ? Annie Blakey

The search continues on the Isaac' Blakey Family Connections
 Hope this was helpful to the descendants of Isaac Blakey Sr.

Isaac Blakey Sr.
1845 - 1917

a.k.a Private Isaac Blaker
Served on in the Mississippi Union Army
November 1, 1863 - May 16, 1866

Isaac was born in Fayette, Missouri.
The year of Isaac birth was not known.

He was given his birth date was June 30, 1847.

There are records stating the year of birth as 1845.
He passed on Dec 23, 1917 in Shannondale, Missouri.

Perhaps some of Isaac descendants can add more to the linage.
May you pass the info on down the line for the next generations. 
Thanks for reading. 
God bless you.
S. A. Blakley

 Project: The Julia (Finney) White Family Connections
 

 What a journey this is. I continue to search old newspapers. I'm making new discoveries. I'm compiling what I found and have been updating profiles, short biography on ancestry.com and on my Find A Grave Project.

I hope that I can come across more. I believe that there is more. I'm thankful for what I have stumbled across. The journey has been long. And it has been worth the exploration.

Thanks for reading.
God bless you.
S. A. Blakley

In Loving Memory of Branch of BLAKEY BLAKLEY WHITE 

On August 4 ~
In Loving Memory of Arthur Raymond BLAKEY Jr. He passed. He was the son of Arthur BLAKEY Sr. and Johnnie Mae (BULTER) BLAKEY.