Bob, I missed the Stone Church. I am sorry I did. I will go back some day. I was so overwhelmed by the whole thing. I knew that our boys had hardships, etc. but that place really brought it home to me. More than all of the other battlegrounds I have visited. According to stories that Reuben Buck handed down to his son, John Henry who told my grandfather, Wm. Arthur, they felt they must protect their way of life as they feared oppression so much. After all, Reuben's grandfather had fought in the Revolutionary War against oppression. That was the one thing they feared. They were all fearless of anything else. After the war, Reuben felt he had to leave Ala and came down into TX. I live abt 15 miles from where he settled with his son, John Henry and their families. It was in the family until 12 yrs ago when John Henry's youngest son died and it went to a cousin. Janet Blankenship Gaston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert & Janice Blankenship" <jblank@ihpc.net> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:36 AM Subject: RE: [BLANKENSHIP] Reuben Blankenship Al 1840 > Hi Bob Blankenship of Tacoma, I was there a year ago and the battle field > and Lookout Mt and went to Old Stone Church (Chickamauga Presbyterian > Church) where one of my Cotter kin was a minister and his father a founder > of that area and is buried with his family there. My great grandmothers > brother was a minister to Union and Confederates dying at the church that > had become a hospital. You can still see the stains of the blood on the > plank floors. The monument at the battle grounds is so over whelming to > think of men fighting in such a battle. Southern stop, Sherman there for > several Months and one of my Confederate Great grandfathers was in those > battles. as part of The Arkansas groups. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janet Gaston [mailto:Janet@eastex.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:22 AM > To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Reuben Blankenship Al 1840 > > > Andy, I forgot to tell you that while Reuben B. survived Rock Island, Ill > William H. did not survive Chicago and I am so sorry about that. He left a > lot of children and a wife who needed him. I have thought about that a lot > and to me this is proof that this war wasn't necessarily about slavery as > others want to believe, but about a way of life for the south and they > feared oppression by the north and as it turned out after in the years > immediately following, their fears were justified. I just finished reading, > Mountains on Fire, about Chattanooga/Chickamauga. This important battle > that allowed the north to gain access to the south was not won by any > military superiority, but rather by the ineptness or poor judgement of some > generals and shrewness of other generals. Read this book if you haven't. > It is interesting. Janet > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andy Lanier" <greyeagleorchis@earthlink.net> > To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:10 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 ==== > 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. >