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Personal data Major (C.S.A.) Thomas Henry "Henry" Blacknall [KB Sch56Reb781] 

• Also known as Henry Blacknall.
• Nickname is Henry.
• He was born about 1831 in Granville County, North Carolina acc.
• He died October 1918 in Chicago ac, Cook County, Illinois ac.
• A child of Thomas Blacknall and Caroline G. Boswell
• This information was last updated on September 29, 2013.

Household of Major (C.S.A.) Thomas Henry "Henry" Blacknall [KB Sch56Reb781]

He is married to Mary Catherine McClanahan.

Thomas H. Blacknall Mary Catherine McClanaha 26 Apr 1854

They got married on April 26, 1854 at Granville County, North Carolina.

Child(ren):

1. Edward G. Blacknall  ± 1855-????
2. Caroline Thomas Blacknall  1858-1918 
3. Susan A. Blacknall  ± 1859-????
4. Elizabeth Blacknall  ± 1861-????
5. Kate Blacknall  ± 1863-????
6. Henry S. Blacknall  ± 1866-????
7. Robert E. Blacknall  ± 1869-????
8. Benjamin O. Blacknall  ± 1871-????
9. Grace Blacknall  ± 1873-????
10. Charles C. Blacknall  ± 1876-???? 

Notes about Major (C.S.A.) Thomas Henry "Henry" Blacknall [KB Sch56Reb781]

north carolina highway historical marker program

North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program

Sunday, September 29, 2013


ID:
Marker Text: Health resort, social and recreational center in nineteenth century. Springs are 1/2 mi. W.

Essay:

Kittrell’s Springs, 34 miles north of Raleigh in Vance County, was the site of North Carolina’s first summer resort—a resort that became a makeshift Confederate hospital during the Civil War. All that remains of the site is a cemetery, the final resting place of 54 Confederate soldiers buried between 1864 and 1865.

The springs, about a quarter of a mile west of Kittrell, were discovered in the 1840s. The mineral water quickly developed a reputation for therapeutic healing powers and soon cabins and tents had grown up in the vicinity. “Some who drank it found their health improved,” said Oscar Blacknall, son of springs co-owner, Charles C. Blacknall. “It grew gradually into a rural summer retreat.”

Charles Blacknall, along with George Blacknall and Thomas Blacknall, purchased Kittrell’s Springs and the surrounding land in 1858. The cabins were demolished and replaced with a three-story hotel that included well-ventilated rooms, a dining hall, a spacious ballroom, and long building-length porches on every floor. Several adjacent buildings were erected that featured a bowling alley, billiard tables, and a barroom.

Kittrell Springs Hotel opened in 1860. Unlike the Glass House, the Blacknalls’s resort catered exclusively to a wealthy southern clientele. The Glass House was a haven for northerners looking for mild weather and good hunting during the colder months. Most of Kittrell Springs Hotel’s business derived from affluent neighbors in nearby counties making healthful pilgrimages. Often rooms would be crowded with four to eight guests at a time. It is believed that the hotel housed 500 guests at a time in 1860.

With the onset of the war in 1861, Charles Blacknall returned to Kittrell to organize troops and prepare for what he viewed as an “unholy war, in which we have been forced by our unnatural enemies of the North.” Blacknall trained his company, the Dixie Guards, who later became the Granville Rifles, in Kittrell’s Springs. After enlisting, Blacknall was appointed captain of the Granville Rifles, which then became Company G of the 23rd Regiment of North Carolina troops.

George Blacknall remained at home and managed the resort, which continued to be a profitable business until 1864. However, as the war moved closer to North Carolina with the Petersburg campaign in southern Virginia, Confederate casualties continued to shift towards the rear. Given that Kittrell’s Springs was on the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad line, the Confederate government pressured the Kittrell Springs Hotel into becoming a hospital.

The conversion of the resort to General Hospital Number One was first announced in the Raleigh Daily Confederate on June 18, 1864: “This popular place of summer resort is now open for the reception of our sick and wounded soldiers—as we have turned it over to the government for their benefit.” The hospital began admitting patients in June 1864. By the third week 223 soldiers had been admitted. Reverend Matthias M. Marshall, an Episcopal priest from the nearby St. James Episcopal Church, worked as the hospital chaplain and saw over religious services and the deaths of patients in the hospital.

Only 17 percent of patients at the hospital suffered from war wounds. The rest suffered from various fevers, diseases and illnesses. Estimates are that about 70 soldiers died there. From the known causes of death of the 54 buried nearby, almost half died of typhoid fever and pneumonia. Only seven percent of the buried died by gunshot wounds.

Charles Blacknall died after being wounded and captured at the Battle of Winchester in September 1864 and having his leg amputated. As the war ended, the chief surgeon of the hospital, Holt F. Butt surrendered with Joseph Johnston to Maj. Gen. William Sherman in 1865.

Thomas Blacknall eventually reopened the hotel in 1872 (it had been a female academy in the intervening years). However, after several years, the spa was closed again and Blacknall left North Carolina.

The hotel burned in 1885. Only the Confederate cemetery still stands at Kittrell’s Springs. It is owned and maintained by the Vance County Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The members annually hold memorial services honoring the 54 soldiers buried there, four of who are simply listed as “unknown.”

References:
Samuel Thomas Peace, Zeb’s Black Baby, Vance County, North Carolina: A Short History (1955)
William S. Powell, ed., Encyclopedia of North Carolina (2006)
Bill Sharpe, A New Geography of North Carolina, I (1954)
Mark J. Crawford, “Resort of the Dead,” America’s Civil War (March 1995): 50-57

GRANVILLE COUNTY, NC - CENSUS - Epping Forest School Census
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Transcribed By Harold A. Lloyd

The following information is taken from an undated school census in the NC
Archives in Raleigh for the Epping Forest District (Southern Division).
Although undated, the census is apparently from the 1840s. The handwriting
is not always easy to read and I have done my best using the actual spelling
as best I could read it. Due to the difficulty of transcription and the
original spelling used, I caution the reader that these transcriptions are
imperfect. I would appreciate hearing from anyone having corrections.

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Simon B. Everitt (three) John Everitt, Jacob Everitt, Eppinetus? Everitt
James Overton (six) Henry Overton, William Overton, James Overton,
Joseph Overton, Francis Overton, Abbigail Overton
Graton Overton (one) Robert Overton
Ransom Purkinson (three) Francis Purkinson, Cinthy Purkinson, Henry Purkinson
Mrs. Abbigill Kittrell (four)Simon Kittrell, Thomas Kittrell, Sally Kittrell,
David Kittrell
George Kittrell (five) Ann Kittrell, George Kittrell, John Kittrell, Benjamin
Kittrell, Sally Kittrell
Mrs. Caroline Blacknall (three)George Blacknall, Charles Blacknall, Henry Blacknall
James Sims (three) Sally Sims, Martha Sims, Mary Sims
Samuel Hayes (two) David Hayes, Martha Hayes
Mrs. Tempy Woodlief (three)Thomas Woodlief, Mani? Woodlief, Harriet Woodlief
Nat Huff (three) Benjamin Huff, Henry Huff, Gaston Huff
Thomas Hunt (six) Henry Hunt, William Hunt, Allbrite Hunt, Mary Hunt,
John Hunt, Lizer (should be Eliza?) Hunt
Morris Merritt (one) Catherine Merritt
John Woodlief (two) William Woodlief, James Woodlief
Edwin O’Brien (one) Weldington O’Brien
Zackariah Dickenson (one) Mary Dickenson
James Bryant (five) Mary Bryant, John Bryant, Rabaker? Bryant,
Virginia Bryant, Louisa Bryant
William Finch (four) Saphrona Finch, William Finch, Lucy Finch, Mellia Finch
Mrs. Mary Harriss (four) Prissilla Harriss, Jeham Harriss, Josephus Harriss,
Ruffin Harriss
Green Staunton (one) Robert Staunton
Patsy Moore (two) Henry Moore, George Moore
Elisha Overton (seven) Martha Overton, Sally Overton, Hammit Overton,
Robert Overton, Thomas Overton, Barkliff Overton,
Washington Overton
Cornelius Woodlief (one) John Woodlief
Clivice Duke (two) Tabbitha Duke, Salinar Duke
Charles Nuttall (four) John Nuttall, Mary Nuttall, Grabellar Nuttall,
Francis Nuttall
Wesly Young (one) William Young
Mrs. Martha Kitrell (five) Mariah Kittrell, Loretter Kittrell, Tabby Kittrell,
Virginia Kittrell, John Kitrell
William Blacknall (one) Sophia? Blacknall
Mrs. Nacy Garrett (three) John Garrett, Emily Garrett, Harriet Garrett
Mrs. Sally Parish (one) Charles Parrish
Lewy Moss (five) July (should be Julia?) Moss, Martha Moss,
Elizabeth Moss, Edwin Moss, Charles Moss
William Mitchell (four) George Mitchell, Robert Mitchell, Parker Mitchell,
Mary Mitchell
Dick Hedgepeth (one) John Hedgepeth

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T.H. Blacknall (First_Last) Regiment Name 37 Arkansas Infantry Side Confederate Company EFS Soldier's Rank_In 1 Lieutenant Soldier's Rank_Out Major Alternate Name Notes Film Number M376 roll 3
Thomas H. Blacknall (First_Last) Regiment Name 37 Arkansas Infantry Side Confederate Company EFS Soldier's Rank_In 1 Lieutenant Soldier's Rank_Out Major Alternate Name T.H./Blacknall Notes Film Number M376 roll 3

37th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
37th Infantry Regiment, successor to Pleasant's 29th Regiment, was formed in January, 1863. It served in Fagan's and A. T. Hawthorne's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. The regiment lost fifty-one percent of the 432 engaged at Helena <http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/ar008.htm>, then skirmished in some minro actions in Arkansas and Louisiana. It was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865. Colonel Samuel S. Beal, Lieutenant Colonel Jeptha C. Johnson, and Major T. H. Blacknall were in command.

and

Helena
Other Names: None
Location: Phillips County
Campaign: Grant’s Operations against Vicksburg (1863)
Date(s): July 4, 1863
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss [US]; Lt. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes [CS]
Forces Engaged: District of Eastern Arkansas [US]; District of Arkansas [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 1,842 total (US 206; CS 1,636)
Description: Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes’s troops attacked Helena in an attempt to relieve pressure on Vicksburg. Although the Rebels had more troops and did initially capture some of the fortifications, the Union forces repelled them. Thus, Helena continued as an important Union enclave in the Trans-Mississippi theater and served as a base for the expedition that captured Little Rock.
Result(s): Union victory
CWSAC Reference #: AR008
Preservation Priority: IV.1 (Class B)

FROM: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm
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1860
BLACKNALL, THOS H (1860 U.S. Census) ARKANSAS , DALLAS, MANCHESTER TWPAge: 24, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: NCSeries: M653 Roll: 40 Page: 953

1870
BLACKNALL, T H (1870 U.S. Census) FarmerNORTH CAROLINA , GRANVILLE, KITTRELLS TWPAge: 37, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: NCSeries: M593 Roll: 1139 Page: 244

1880
Household Record 1880 United States Census
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Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas H. BLACKALL Self M Male W 47 NC Farmer NC NC
Mary C. BLACKALL Wife M Female W 42 NC Keeps House NC NC
Eddie G. BLACKALL Son S Male W 23 NC At Home NC NC
Susan A. BLACKALL Dau S Female W 19 NC At Home NC NC
Lizzie BLACKALL Dau S Female W 17 NC At Home NC NC
Henry S. BLACKALL Son S Male W 12 NC At School NC NC
Robt. E. BLACKALL Son S Male W 10 NC At School NC NC
Benj. O. BLACKALL Son S Male W 8 NC At School NC NC
Gracy BLACKALL Dau S Female W 6 NC At School NC NC
Charles C. BLACKALL Son S Male W 3 NC NC NC
Solon MCLELANAHAM BroL S Male W 51 NC Boarder NC VA
Keetin BLACKNALL Dau S Female W 14 NC At School NC VA
Millie BLACK Other S Female B 50 NC Cook NC VA
Jacob WILLIAM Other S Male B 18 NC Servant NC VA
Mary C. HOFFMAN Other S Female W 22 NH Teacher NH NH
Squire CASH Other S Male B 17 NC Servant/Labour NC NC
David OUTLAW Other Male W 28 NC Clerk In Store NC NC
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Source Information:
Census Place Kitrells, Granville, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254964
NA Film Number T9-0964
Page Number 322D
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1910
BLACKNALL, THOMAS H (1910 U.S. Census) ILLINOIS , COOK, 6-WD CHICAGOAge: 77, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: NCSeries: T624 Roll: 245 Page: 81

Unknown Cemetery, Chicago:
BLACKNALL, Thomas Henry, Maj., 37th AR Infantry (Bell’s Regiment, Fagan’s Brigade, CSA,
b. 1833 (NC), d. Oct 1918
(Maj. T. H. Blacknall, 209 East Forty Second Street, Chicago, Ill., was major of the 37th
Arkansas Regiment known as Bell's Infantry, Trans Mississippi Department

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