George Blakey, for whom the DAR Chapter of Bonham, Texas, was named,  was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, on November 22, 1749. He died in “Rural Choice,” Logan County, Virginia, on September 8, 1841. On January 20, 1787, he married Margaret Whitsett (daughter of William and Ellen Menees Whitsett) in Henry County, Virginia. George's parents were Thomas Blakey and Ann Haden, who were married in 1746; his grandparents were Churchill and Sarah Blakey. 

George Blakey was in numerous battles of the American Revolution and his tombstone in Russellville, Kentucky, Cemetery bears this inscription, “Just as the sun was seeing all the snowy hills of Trenton,  he with Washington entered the city." 

The brick home he built in Logan County, Kentucky,  in 1790 to 1795, still stands and his descendants are scattered to the four corners of the globe. 

Excerpts written by Mrs. Paul Keahey of Bonham, Texas, a great-great granddaughter, February, 1972. 

Mrs. Keahey was Organizing Regent for the George Blakey Chapter, NSDAR. The chapter name was chosen by the other organizing members.