On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 23:59:52 EST Winack27@aol.com writes: > Which Blankenship had an Indian family? Are you saying he had two > families? It has been widely speculated, and rumored, that the Blankenships who lived on Indian lands in N.C., GA and TN had two families. Some researchers even think perhaps one father could have been responsible for more than one family group having Indian mothers. Bob Blankenship is head of the Eastern band of Cherokees in N.C. He has written several publications pertaining to their records. He writes about the Cherokees who hid out in North Carolina and escaped being sent West with the Trail of Tears. There must have been a father named Blankenship there somewhere! Polygamy was commonly practiced until about 1820 when it was outlawed. Sue B. Altice posted a message on the Ross family. The daughter of Alexander Ross and Mourning Woody (A Cherokee woman) married Presley Blankenship (Frances Ross - 1/2 Cherokee) 24 Dec 1791 in VA. I have not seen any other documented marriages between Cherokee and Blankenship, but perhaps these alliances were never recorded. Pat T.

I remember reading somewhere that Mourning Blankenship was adopted by John B. and Milley Blankenship in Coosa County, AL from her Indian parents. This probably happened more than once. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia A Torrance" <editor-patter@juno.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Cherokee > On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 23:59:52 EST Winack27@aol.com writes: > > > Which Blankenship had an Indian family? Are you saying he had two > > families? > > It has been widely speculated, and rumored, that the Blankenships who > lived on Indian lands in N.C., GA and TN had two families. Some > researchers even think perhaps one father could have been responsible for > more than one family group having Indian mothers. Bob Blankenship is > head of the Eastern band of Cherokees in N.C. He has written several > publications pertaining to their records. He writes about the Cherokees > who hid out in North Carolina and escaped being sent West with the Trail > of Tears. There must have been a father named Blankenship there > somewhere! Polygamy was commonly practiced until about 1820 when it was > outlawed. > > Sue B. Altice posted a message on the Ross family. The daughter of > Alexander Ross and Mourning Woody (A Cherokee woman) married Presley > Blankenship (Frances Ross - 1/2 Cherokee) 24 Dec 1791 in VA. > > I have not seen any other documented marriages between Cherokee and > Blankenship, but perhaps these alliances were never recorded. > > Pat T. > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > If you have copies of BLANKENSHIP documents - birth, marriage, military, baptism, death records, etc., please consider sharing a copy with Listowner for the compilation of a central source of BLANKENSHIP documents to be offered to list members in the near future. Contact BKAYMEL@aol.com for more information. >

That says it in a nutshell....hence the Melungeon Links and Lists...check out the archives at Rootsweb. Our listowner started that list...and sometimes conversation, but some good tips too. TT ----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia A Torrance <editor-patter@juno.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Cherokee > On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 23:59:52 EST Winack27@aol.com writes: > > > Which Blankenship had an Indian family? Are you saying he had two > > families? > > It has been widely speculated, and rumored, that the Blankenships who > lived on Indian lands in N.C., GA and TN had two families. Some > researchers even think perhaps one father could have been responsible for > more than one family group having Indian mothers. Bob Blankenship is > head of the Eastern band of Cherokees in N.C. He has written several > publications pertaining to their records. He writes about the Cherokees > who hid out in North Carolina and escaped being sent West with the Trail > of Tears. There must have been a father named Blankenship there > somewhere! Polygamy was commonly practiced until about 1820 when it was > outlawed. > > Sue B. Altice posted a message on the Ross family. The daughter of > Alexander Ross and Mourning Woody (A Cherokee woman) married Presley > Blankenship (Frances Ross - 1/2 Cherokee) 24 Dec 1791 in VA. > > I have not seen any other documented marriages between Cherokee and > Blankenship, but perhaps these alliances were never recorded. > > Pat T. > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > If you have copies of BLANKENSHIP documents - birth, marriage, military, baptism, death records, etc., please consider sharing a copy with Listowner for the compilation of a central source of BLANKENSHIP documents to be offered to list members in the near future. Contact BKAYMEL@aol.com for more information. >