I believe many of the dates are incorrect and at best a guess. I have some of Reuben's children as born in Green County GA or Cherokee Nation indicating he was there for a period of time, so there may have been another wife. I've seen Cherokee census records indicating hundreds of Cherokee's married to whites and whites married to Cherokee's. John Buck married Milly there and must have returned to settle the estate of her mother, by Cherokee law, John included Milly's sisters in his will thus the confusion occurred in the 1850 Hatchett Creek Census record note transcription by Wanda Craft. And many still list them as his children. I have this census as a .txt document and still have not identified all the Blankenship's there in. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <BKAYMEL@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Blankenship, Reuben Descendants > In a message dated 2/9/2003 8:02:15 PM Central Standard Time, > greyeagleorchis@earthlink.net writes: > > > If the birthdate given for Reuben's wife Elizabeth, which I > > have as 1760 is correct > > hmm ... I have their date of marriage as 1784 - she would have been an old > lady at 24 to be getting married LOL ... wonder if there isn't a 1st husband > in the picture somewhere we are missing? Or possibly a 2nd wife that these > kids belong to? The dates of birth for the children - from 1790 to 1807 - > would put her having children over a 20-year span, also a bit unusual ... and > for a woman that age back then? I think we're missing a piece here ... > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > Please remember to post your family information putting the SURNAME in all caps and using dates and places. The more information you provide, the easier it is for someone to make a connection. >