Thanks for the tip. > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:18:59 EST > From: KLWRAGEG@aol.com > To: ALPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALPICKEN] BLANTON > > Not sure, but this may be relevant to BLANTON researchers in Pickens Co., > AL. > I know that JAMES GUNTER came into Pickens Co., AL c1830-32 out of Warren > Co., TN. JAMES'S father, CLAIBORNE GUNTER ( I ) (b. 1760-70) was in Warren > Co., TN by/bef. 1812 Tax List of that county. JAMES'S brother, CLAIBORNE > (II > of the name), left his will in Warren Co., TN, 1835 as "Clabourn Gunter, > Sr." > - though his father, CLAIBORNE I - was still alive in the portion of Warren > Co. which had become Cannon Co., TN, on the 1840 census. CLAIBORNE I > outlived his son CLAIBORNE II. In his will "CLABOURN GUNTER, SR." (who was > actually Claiborne II) names his son-in-law as JOHN BLANTON. This JOHN > BLANTON would have been married to a dau. (__unnamed__) of Claiborne II, > who > was also niece of James Gunter later of Pickens Co. I should think it > rather > likely that James Gunter did not migrate into Pickens Co., AL alone out of > Warren County, so you might wish to look into Warren Co., TN at the Blantons > there, some of whom may have come into Pickens. >