ok a refresher....in the archives should be a will that states that Hezekiah and his wife were from Franklin County, and that he was dead, but his wife still lived in TN. Feel free to cut and paste it for your files.....I did so from the USGenweb.org archives. :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Gaston Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:32 PM To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Reuben Blankenship Al 1840 Earnie, Thanks for posting this info. We were always told in the family that a lot of cousins didn't make it to Ala and that they ended up in Tenn and Ky. I have never known which ones and how they connected. This is great info for me. Janet Blankenship Gaston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earnie Breeding" <firefighter635@ev1.net> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Reuben Blankenship Al 1840 > Andy: > My tie in to your family is thatReuben's brother Hezekiah was the > progenetor of a large group of Blankenships in the Tennessee Valley, mainly > Morgan, Limestone and Marshall Counties. Apparently these brothers came from > Campbell Co., Va thru Ga to Alabama. Since Hezekiah was born around > 1770-1780 he was too young for the Revolutionary War. Their Father Hudson > was a Tory so no SAR Connection there for me. > My Great Grandmother was a Blankenship so I am alittle more removed from > the family than are you. Since I am active in transcribing Censuses, > especially Alabama, I report on every Blankenship prior to 1850 that I find. > Earnie Breeding > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andy Lanier" <greyeagleorchis@earthlink.net> > To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:10 PM > Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Reuben Blankenship Al 1840 > > > Reuben Blankenship of Coosa County, Al was my 4 greats grandfather. He was > born in 1763 in Virginia and died October 27, 1850 and is buried in Poplar > Springs Cemetery in Coosa County. I have copies of his Probate Record and > his Revolutionary War Record taken when he applied for a pension which was > granted. A few years ago a Revolutionary War Monument was placed on his > grave. His wife Elizabeth was born in 1760 and died in 1853 in Coosa County, > being blind at her death. They had nine children whose descendants make up a > large part of the Blankenships in Central Alabama. His brother Daniel also > was a Revolutionary War veteran who was born in February, 1761 in Virginia > and died in Coosa County, Alabama June 29, 1849. I also have copies of his > Probate Record and war record taken when he applied for a pension which was > granted. Most of the other Blankenships in Central Alabama are descended > from him. I wouild be happy to share other information about these two early > settlers in Central Alabama. > > By the way, the log cabin built in 1847 by his Grandson and my gr gr > grandfather William Henry Blankenship is still standing and my gr > grandfather, my grandfather, and my mother were all born there. It's a grand > feeling to be in it and know that Reuben and Daniel had once been there. If > the walls could talk, what stories they could tell. > > Andy Lanier > > > > > > Found Reuben Blankenship in Coosa Co., Alabama. Reuben is listed as being > a > > Revolutionary War pensioner. As such his exact age of 77 is given as > > compared to the normal which is age groups. Thus Reuben was born 1n 1762 > or > > 1763. > > Earnie Breeding > > > > > > > > ==== 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. > > > > > ==== 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. > > > > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the BLANKENSHIP list archives at www.rootsweb.com! > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== If you have copies of BLANKENSHIP documents - birth, marriage, military, baptism, death records, etc., please consider sharing a copy with List Admin for the compilation of a central source of BLANKENSHIP documents to be offered to BLANKENSHIP Researchers in the near future. Contact BKAYMEL@aol.com for more information.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com