In a message dated 9/18/00 10:59:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jlamar@net1inc.net writes: > > I am Jesse Blankenship, ggg grandson of Fore Blankenship who died in Iredell > Co. NC in 1826. I have a copy of his will where he named his children; Arthur > ( my gg grandfather); John Fore; Catherine (Caty); Lucy; and Ann (Anna). It > appears that the children were born in VA abt 1790-1799. Unfortunately he did > not specifically name his wife in the will, merely ("I give to my loving wife. > ..). He did name a grandson, Pleasant Arthur Oens Hankins. I am hoping that > you may have found this particular "Fore" in your research. I don't have him, did you try the blankenship list? Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida [Sandra Sommerville Wells Griffith] <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/sandrag">All My Mama's</A> Maybe I will catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010, <grin>