As to Nancy, wife of Ferguson Perdue, I have never heard that her maiden name was Blankenship. By this, I don't mean that it definitely was not Blankenship. Nancy was born 1822 (census) & lived with Levi Comer, her son-in-law, in 1900 Mercer Co. WV. They lived at Concord Church, WV. Ferguson & Nancy Perdue had 11 children, one of which was Susannah J.Perdue b. 1848, m. 9-3-1872 Mercer Co. WV, Stephen J. Bird, s/o Thomas & M. A. Bird of Franklin Co. VA. If this Nancy turns out to be a Blankenship, she will surely be kin to my husband, whose Blankenships are all over Mercer Co. WV.