Those are probably the James River Blands, another line. I descend from Joseph Bland, son of William Bland of Duplin Co., NC. Joseph's son, Joseph Henry, was a preacher in the Disciples of Christ (the Christian Church) and migrated from Orange Co., NC to Perry Co., AL in the 1840s. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Blake" <dabbler@covad.net> To: <ALPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [ALPERRY] Churches in Alabama > > >Kim, Would you do a look-up for any Blands that may be in your publication? > >Carolyn Miller > > Sorry for the delay. I had returned the books to the library, but happened > to be going there for something else the other day. I checked the History > of Methodism and Alabama Baptists and found no Blands. > > Are your Blands from Virginia? My John Edmunds RUFFIN is descended from > BLANDs and Benjamin HARRISON, the Signer. He was in Perry Co. (Uniontown) > and Marengo Co. (Faunsdale) in the mid 1800's. > > Kim in AL > > > > ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== > Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >