Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. However, I am interested in all Blackman/Blackmon families in South Carolina to some extent, especially those in Marion County, South Carolina. ;


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!NOTES:This is "old Tory John" as mentioned by Sellers.;


!REFERENCE:"History of the Old Cheraws", Right Rev. Alexander Gregg, D.D. , 1867. p. 354.

"Lower down, on the east side of the river, the Tories made frequent incursions from Little Pedee, finding ready co-operation on the part of some in that immediate region.

The Whigs were driven in some cases to acts of cruel retaliation. One instance of this kind is related of Col. Maurice Murphy. He was a man of ungovernable passion, which was often inflamed by strong drink. On the occasion alluded to he went to the house of a noted Tory, named Blackman, then somewhat advanced in years, and inoffensive. He had several sons, however, who were active against the Whigs. Murphy's real object, doubtless, was to discover where these and others of their companions were. Having tied Blackman, he asked him who he was for ; and upon his replying, "for King George," gave him fifty lashes. The question was repeated with the same reply, and the like punishment inflicted, until the fourth time, when, upon
finding the old man unyielding, Murphy was compelled to desist. Blackman lived on Cat Fish, and the place is yet called "Tory's Camp."

Gideon Gibson, the uncle of Murphy, blamed him for his conduct on this occasion.

Subsequently Murphy stopped with his company at Gibson's for breakfast, and while there the subject was resumed.

A quarrel ensued, and as Murphy mounted his horse to start off, Gibson followed him to the door and said something offensive, whereupon Murphy shot him dead. Three of Gibson's sons were present in Murphy's company, and were men of undoubted courage; but knowing his violent temper and desperate resolution, did not interfere. Nothing was done to Murphy afterwards."
* Note that Mr. Blackman's given name is not mentioned. Sellers quotes this story and also leaves out the given name, though later in another section of his book he says his name was John Blackman.;


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 386-395
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Of the daughters [of Osborne Lane], one, Elizabeth, married old John Blackman, a son of the old Tory John, that Colonel Murphy tied and whipped ;