George Black 
George was born on July 5th, 1775.1 George's father was William Black and his mother was Sarah Hicklin. His paternal grandfather was Alexander Black; his maternal grandfather was Thomas Hicklin. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Alexander, William, Robert, Margaret, Ginney, Rachel and Nancy. He was the fourth oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 84 on September 24th, 1859.1 General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Major
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Hihn D Shane interview with Major Black, Montgomery co KY. Hunting with Mal Samuel Downey in 1806: origins of Spohr's & Oppossum creeks; Wolf hunting with George Allen; Black's father, William lived in Clark Co KY; His uncle Alexander Black, near Pisgah; came west in 1792; early settlers in the Cow Pasture & Calf Pasture of VA born July 8 1775
Maj. George Black, father of Andrew Black, was born in Virginia July 8th 1767. He removed with his wife from Virginia to Mt. Sterling KY some time before the war of 1812 with England. He became a soldier of this war, belonging to the regiment of mounted riflemen, which was commanded by Col. R. ?. Johnson and which performed a magnificent part in the Battle of the ??? ? Canada Johnson command ? the immediate orders of Gen. Harrison charged and broke through British infantry and thus secured that famous victory.
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Children
Andrew Black
Andrew was born in 1807 in Mt Sterling,Montgomery,KY. He died at the age of 78 in 1885 in ,Putnam,IN.
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