The Blackshear surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,995 people carried this name — #8,293 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,633 in 2000.

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In print

Blackshear in American newspapers,
1913–1929.

Newspaper page from The Denver Star carrying the name Blackshear
The Denver Star 1913-10-04
Newspaper page from California Eagle carrying the name Blackshear
California Eagle 1929-10-04
Newspaper page from The Gary American carrying the name Blackshear
The Gary American 1929-09-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,816 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Blackshear,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward L. Blackshear
    Edward L. Blackshear 1862–1919 · academic
  • Kathleen Blackshear 1897–1988 · painter
  • Jeff Blackshear 1969–2019 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Blackshear,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States172 records

172 records of the Blackshear name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred Blackshear

    Born 1915 in Georgia. Enlisted 1941 at Fort George G Meade, Maryland; stenographer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Forest Hills Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Guy Blackshear

    Born 1948; from Starke, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Eddie J. Blackshear

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 1984; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 172 records for Blackshear in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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