Richard Scott Blackburn

Richard Scott Blackburn (circa 1764 – November 1803) was a Virginia planter and politician who became an officer in the U.S. Army. Early and family life The eldest son of Col. Thomas Blackburn and his wife Christian Scott was born to the patriotic gentry of Prince William County, Virginia. He was likely born between 1762 and 1764, since he is listed on the Prince William County tax rolls as under 21 years old in 1781 and had an individual listing in 1787. The family included a younger brother, Thomas Blackburn Jr. (d. 1813 in Fairfax County) and four sisters, of whom three survived to adulthood. Richard Blackburn married Judith Ball, the daughter of John and Mary Ball of nearby Fauquier County. Two of their daughters married the sons of Corbin Washington and Hannah Lee (daughter of Gen. Richard Henry Lee of "Chantilly" in Westmoreland County), who were raised by his sister Julia Ann Blackburn and her husband Justice Bushrod Washington. Bushrod Corbin Washington of "Claymont Court" in Jefferson County married Anna Maria Thomasina Blackburn (d. 1830) and had two children. Their daughter Hannah Lee Washington (b. 1811 would marry Dr. William P. Alexander) and their son Thomas Blackburn Washington (1813-1854) farmed in western Virginia. John Augustine Washington (1792-1832) married her sister Jane Charlotte Blackburn (d. 1856), who managed Mount Vernon for decades on behalf of their children. Both their sons became Confederate officers John Augustine Washington III (1820-1861) and Richard Blackburn Washington (1822-1910); their sister Anna Maria Washington Alexander (1834-1862), who had married Dr. Alexander also died during the conflict, presumably of natural causes.