Patricia, Thanks for the link. I am in the process of putting all of my information on the computer and when I do I will be happy to share what I have. As I said before, I do not make any claims that it is all correct as I have not had time to research this line myself. The majority of what I have was given to me by others. You are welcome to it, though. I will send it to you when I have time to sit down and put it all into my FTM files. Richi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill, Patricia, and Cecilia Blankenship" <bsbpjb@seark.net> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Can you make a connection HERE > Dear Scott, > Thanks for the info. I found another site that lists Millie Thompson and > John Buck Blankenship, and this site says she was from the Cherokee Nation, > White Co., GA...the url is > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/Ronald-Eugene-Johnson/tree1.html, > if you are interested. I have not contacted the site owner yet to ask > where his info came from and if he has a gedcom file . By the way, do you > have a gedcome file on blankenships you care to share?? > Patricia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Reynolds" <sreynolds@mail1.scottsboro.org> > To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 9:29 PM > Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Can you make a connection HERE > > > > Hi, Patricia, > > I have not done much of my own Blankenship research. Most of what I > > have I have gotten from others. My information is that John Buck > > Blankenship's wife, Millie Thompson was Cherokee, from the Long Hair Clan. > > She was not "full-blooded", but she was mostly Cherokee. Her > ggggrandfather > > was a Scotsman named Ludovic K. Grant. He was married to Elizabeth > Tassel, > > a Cherokee. Millie had two sisters, Mourning and Jane, who lived with > > Millie and John B.Blankenship and took the Blankenship name. Millie's > > ggrandmother, Susannah Emory, was also the grandmother of Reverend Jesse > > Bushyhead. I read somewhere that Fields and Thompson were both common > > Melungeon names and I have wondered about a possible Melungeon connection > as > > well. Millie Thompson's mother was Martha Fields. If anyone knows any > more > > about this branch of the Blankenship tree, I would love to hear from you. > > > > Richi > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bill, Patricia, and Cecilia Blankenship" <bsbpjb@seark.net> > > To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 11:03 AM > > Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Can you make a connection HERE > > > > > > > Hi Scott, > > > My husbands Blankenships come from Alabama too. His grandfather is > Steven > > > Rueben Blankenship, son of James Thomas Blankenship, who is a son of > John > > B. > > > Blankenship. Glad to finally meet some more Alabama Blankenships. I > was > > > beginning to think they had all disappeared. We live in Arkansas, and > > there > > > are lots of Blankenship descendants here. > > > > > > Patricia Blankenship > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Scott Reynolds" <sreynolds@mail1.scottsboro.org> > > > To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:41 AM > > > Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Can you make a connection HERE > > > > > > > > > > My Blankenships came to Alabama. Here is my line. I, too, have a > > Reuben. > > > > Ralph, Ralph, John Buck, Hudson, Reuben (Revolutionary Soldier, buried > > in > > > > Coosa County, Alabama, DAR marker), John B., William Henry, Millie > > > Elizabeth > > > > (married Marcus Lafayatte Bailey), Marion Washington Bailey, Richard > > > Fayette > > > > Bailey. Sound familiar to anyone? > > > > > > > > Thanks, Richi > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <Winack27@aol.com> > > > > To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 8:55 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Can you make a connection HERE > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Blankenship b. c 1773 Prob. Chesterfield Co., Va. d. Jan 1815 > > in > > > > > Greene Co., Ga. m. 1. Susanna Stringer 12 Dec. 1798 in Chesterfield > > Co. > > > > She > > > > > b. c. 1778 and d. c. 1804. He m. 2. Jenny Ellis 1806 in Hancock Co., > > Ga. > > > > Ct. > > > > > record said David was in Hancock Co. with Daniel, Reuben and > Hezakiah > > > > > Blankenship. David and Daniel on 1812 tax list Hancock Co. ( who is > > > > > Daniel--and Hezakiah and Reuben?) After David`s death, Jenny Ellis > > > > > Blankenship m. Hardy Stone June 19 1815. (5mos later). > > > > > > > > > > David and Susanna had 3 children, Nancy, John Spencer, and James. > > After > > > > his > > > > > father`s death In 1815 " James Blankenship, orphan child of David > > > > Blankenship > > > > > now 11 years of age is bound to John Caldwell"--He was released by > > John > > > > > Caldwell in 1820 and bound to Enoch Ellington, his brother-in-law. > > > > > > > > > > "John Blankenship, orphan child of David was bound unto Joshua > > Caldwell > > > in > > > > > 1815 being 14 " He later married Joshua Caldwell`s daughter Mahala > > Anne. > > > > > > > > > > After Enoch Ellington`s death d 1827-30 Nancy Blankenship Ellington > > > > married > > > > > Wiley Minton Brooks. Most of these families moved to Tx 1850-1860. > > > > > The only thing I know about James is that he married Lisa ?. > > > > > I have some information (recently acquired) on Nancy. And a LOT > about > > > John > > > > > Spencer and family. Will gladly share with anyone who is interested. > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 11/5/00 1:22:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > > > > jeffyl@uswest.net writes: > > > > > > > > > > << Yes, this is the correct David, b. 1773 Chesterfield Co., VA, d. > in > > > > Green > > > > > Co., GA. His son, John Spencer Blankenship married Mahala Ann > > Caldwell > > > > > according to what I have. I onlyl show one sibling for John, an > > older > > > > > sister Nancy who married Enoch Ellington. There were probably more > > > > > siblings? Maybe you could share that info? >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > > > > > Do not forward virus hoaxes or chain letters to mailing lists. For > > more > > > > information, send email to the List Manager, BKAYMEL@aol.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > > > > Judith Manley has her BLANKENSHIP's online at > http://Yelnam.tripod.com/. > > > Take a look! > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > > > Check out Walter R. (Ralph) Pyle's Homepage at > > http://home.earthlink.net/~wrpyle - BE SURE TO NOTE THIS IS A NEW URL > > EFFECTIVE MARCH 2000. > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 ==== > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/i/c/Elva-M-Picklesimer/ Here you can find descendants of Rachel BLANKENSHIP. >