David Blackshear (January 30, 1764 - 1837) was an American general.

Lake Blackshear Lake Blackshear is a man-made lake on the Flint River in Georgia created by a dam that was constructed from 1925 to 1930. The lake was named after General David Blackshear. The Crisp County Power Dam, also known as the Warwick Dam, was the fir ...

, Blackshear Road and the city of

Blackshear, Georgia The city of Blackshear is the county seat of Pierce County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 3,506. Blackshear is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Blackshear is located ...

, were named in honor him. He authorized road and bridge construction in the area and some 11 forts for defense. He fought in the

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, possibly in the Craven County Regiment of the North Carolina militia. He was reported to have been engaged at the

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on February 27, 1776 and the

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in April 1782. He served as a militia general during the

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. He also served in the

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as a senator from Laurens County. His brother Edward Blackshear was associated with

Susina Plantation Susina Plantation is an antebellum Greek Revival house and several dependencies on 140 acres (57 ha) near Beachton, Georgia, approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the city of Thomasville, Georgia. It was originally called Cedar Grove ...

. General Blackshear was in charge of the troops who constructed Blackshear Road between

Hartford, Georgia Hartford (also Old Hartford) is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Georgia, United States. It lies a short distance east of the city of Hawkinsville, the county seat of Pulaski County. Hartford sits at the intersection of Alternate ...

, and the

Flint River The Flint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from th ...

during his defense of the threatened invasion of the southern border of Georgia in the

. Blackshear is the county seat of

Pierce County, Georgia Pierce County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,716. The county seat is Blackshear. Pierce County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statisti ...

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historical marker {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackshear, General David 1764 births 1837 deaths American militia generals American militiamen in the War of 1812 North Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution

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