Does anyone know these two Blankenship women, thanks In a message dated 9/14/00 11:59:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Suttafran writes: > > John Allen Land Grant, 1879 - Wyoming Co. WV > > Henry M. Mathews, Esq. Govenor ot the State of West Virgina. To all to > whom > these Presents Shall Come Greeting: Know Ye: That in the consideration > of > the sum of one dollar and forty four cents heretofore paid by Anthony > Lawson > into the treasury of the Commonwealth of Virginia, these is granted by > the > State of West Virgina, unto Nehemiah Allen, Ann Collins late Ann Allen, > Carr > Allen, Jane Gunnoe late Jane Allen, Hannah Blankenship late Hannah > Allen, > Kesiah Tiller late Kesiah Allen, Harriet Burgess late Harriet Allen, > Juliet > Roach late Juliet Allen, Brittain Allen, Emeree Blankenship late Emeree > Allen, John Allen, heirs at law of John Allen Sen. deceased who was > assignee > of the said Anthony Lawson a certain tract parcel of land containing > seventy > two acres lying in the County of Wyoming in the land fork of the big > fork of > Guyandotte River, and bounded as follows vig: Beginning at a white oak > stump > near the hous of John Allen Sr corner of survey made for David Toler > thence > S50 E 32 poles to a willow in the creek bank thence up said fork M60 E32 > > poles to a stake due E76 poles to 2 beeches and lynn N27 E52 poles to a > large poplar on the top of a hill N11 E72 poles to a sycamore on the > creek > bank S52 E34 poles to a spruce pine cornor to a survey made for Edward J. > > Brickle N52 E34 poles to a poplar and bush on the bank of the Laurel > Fork > N32 W100 poles to a spruce pine and hickory on a ridge above a cliff of > rocks S27 W140 poles to a rock thence S16 W136 poles to the beginning. > By > virtue of survey dated December 26th 1857 with it appurtenances to the > said > Nehemiah Allen, Ann Collins late Ann Allen, Carr Allen, Jane Gunnoe late > > Jane Allen, Hannah Blankenship late Hannah Allen, Kesiah Tiller late > Kesiah > Allen, Harriet Burgess late Harriet Allen, Juliet Roach late Juliet > Allen, > Brittain Allen, Emeree Blankenship late Emeree Allen, John Allen and > their > heirs forever: > > In witness where of the said Henry M Mathews Esq: > Governor of Virginia has set his hand > and caused the seal of the said State > to be affixed hereunto at the City of Wheeling, > on the 30th day of January in the year of > our Lord Eighteen Hundred Seventy Nine > and the state of the Sixteenth. > Henry Mathews > > Submitted by Pam Blankenship Honaker (pam_honaker@hotmail.com) > 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>