Having done a lot of research in Warren Co. NC, I have the marriages that list the following (from Marriages of Bute and Warren Counties, North Carolina 1764-1868 by Brent HowardHolcomb, Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore, 1991): p. 13 Andrews, Burwell G. & Mary Ann Ogburn, 24 Nov 1817; Armstead Blankinship, bm; W. A. K. Falkener, bm. p. 64 Garland, Humphry & Elizabeth Blankinship, 11 Feb 1780; Mark Thornton, bm; Thos. Machen, witn. p. 105 McKinny, Jordan & Elizabeth Blankenship, 9 Dec 1810; Darnel Glover, bm; Jno. C. Joohnson, witn. There are no Blankenships in the index of Bute County, NC Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1767-1779. Bute Co. was discontinued in 1779 and divided into Franklin and Warren Counties. There are no Blankenships in the indices of: Abstracts of Wills, Warren County, NC 1779-1844, Volume I, by David B. Gammon (1995) or Vol. II 1845-1902 (1995) Records of Estates, Warren County, NC, Estates Found in Court Records 1780-1805, Vol. I by David B. Gammon (1988), or Vol. II 1805-1833 (1989) or Vol. III (1993) or Vol. IV 1852-1868 (1994)..