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The Methodist society of Jacksonburgh was organized in July, 1831, by Rev. Henry Colclazer, and consisted of twelve members, and was the Pioneer Religious Society, none other being formed until some years after.
SARAH CHAPMAN.
The first white child native of Jacksonburgh was Sarah Chapman, born November 3d, 1830, daughter of Mr. Elizur B. Chapman, and granddaughter of that Mr. Lemuel Blackman who had evinced his confidence in the judgment of Horace Blackman, his son, by moving with his entire family, consisting of himself, his wife, five sons, three daughters and one son-in-law, on to the location made by Horace, which he himself had
never seen.
The event justified the confidence Mr. Blackman placed in the judgment of his son, and some of the most valuable of the city property on the Blackman location is now held by Mr. John T. Durand, who married Silence, the daughter of Lemuel Blackman. Mr. and Mrs. Durand are among the most worthy and respected of the citizens of Jackson, and in their declining years are enjoying the well earned fruits of the toils and privations of their younger days.
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