The eldest son of Col. Thomas Blackburn and his wife Christian Scott was born to the patriotic gentry of Prince William County, Virginia.
Bushrod Corbin Washington of "Claymont Court" in Jefferson County married Anna Maria Thomasina Blackburn (d. 1830) and had two children.
John Augustine Washington (1792-1832) married her sister Jane Charlotte Blackburn (d. 1856), who managed Mount Vernon for decades on behalf of their children.
[1] Blackburn operated his father's plantations in Prince William County as his parents and sister Polly vainly traveled to Bermuda hoping that the sea climate could improve their health.
[2] He was succeeded by John Pope, who had previously served in the Virginia Senate, and would win re-election to the lower house (also a part time position) until 1799.