Hi researchers, I am sending this to the post just to show the connection between Edmund Blankenship in Campbell Co. and Edmund Hudson in Bedford Co. I am not the best at figuring out the counties and what counties was formed from which counties. That is too much like history 101 for me. hehehe. This one I do know and do not have to go look up. Campbell Co., Liberty, and Bedford Co., were all the same place. East of Roanoke City today and West of Lynchburg. I think this Edmund Hudson may have been the name sake for the Edmund Blankenship we were looking for before. Not so much for the Hudson name Edmund but for the marriage of Rebecca W.4 Hudson, born Bet. 1811 - 1812 in Bedford Co., Va; died 05 June 1892 in Floyd Co., Va. She married Solomon Kennett; born Abt. 1798 in Bedford Co., Va; died 01 August 1860 in Floyd Co., Va. I know from doing my line of Blankenship's that two Kennett brothers married two Blankenship girls. So for that reason alone, I would do more research on this line to find out the connection between the Kennett's, Hudson's, and the Blankenship's The two Blankenship girls that married Kennett's were: Ralph1, Ralph2, William3 Blankenship and Elizabeth Lnu, Unity4, and Milly4 Unity Blankenship daughter of William and Elizabeth married John Kennett Milly Blankenship daughter of William and Elizabeth married Peter Kennett Now for the connection Milly Blankenship and Peter Kennett had a son Solomon Kennett; born Abt. 1798 in Bedford Co., Va; died 01 August 1860 in Floyd Co., Va. that married Rebecca W Hudson. Edmund Hudson and Rebecca W were brother and sister. (Bear with me here I have to type these out for them to make sense to me) That would make Milly Blankenship Kennett (daughter of William and Elizabeth) be grandmother to the children of Rebecca W Hudson and Solomon Kennett. The Kennett children from this marriage would have a Hudson mother and a Blankenship grandmother. I have totally lost my train of thought on this line. I am sending it now and with add more if I come up with anything else. Descendants of Joshua Hudson Generation No. 1 1. Joshua1 Hudson was born Abt. 1730. Child of Joshua Hudson is: + 2 i. Robert2 Hudson, born Abt. 1759 in Virginia; died Abt. 1792 in Amherst Co., Va.. Generation No. 2 2. Robert2 Hudson (Joshua1) was born Abt. 1759 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1792 in Amherst Co., Va.. He married Lucy Gillespie 25 October 1779 in Amherst Co., Va. She was born Abt. 1763 in Virginia. Child of Robert Hudson and Lucy Gillespie is: + 3 i. Edmund3 Hudson, born Bet. 1784 - 1785 in Amherst Co., Va; died Abt. 1846 in Bedford Co., Va. Generation No. 3 3. Edmund3 Hudson (Robert2, Joshua1) was born Bet. 1784 - 1785 in Amherst Co., Va, and died Abt. 1846 in Bedford Co., Va. He married Susannah Bolling 21 January 1804 in Amherst Co., Va. Child of Edmund Hudson and Susannah Bolling is: 4 i. Rebecca W.4 Hudson, born Bet. 1811 - 1812 in Bedford Co., Va; died 05 June 1892 in Floyd Co., Va. She married Solomon Kennett; born Abt. 1798 in Bedford Co., Va; died 01 August 1860 in Floyd Co., Va.