--part1_78.9c37a76.26e32b0a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/2/2000 10:21:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Etheln writes: << Sue - Lucky you! I have traced our Blankenship ancestor back to Bedford, Va. where it appaears he lived before he moved to Tn. Al. Tn. He was born 1786 in Va according to census (I'm not sure where). His name is Rowland and I can find nothing to link him to a parent. Do believe Edmund was his brother or maybe cousin but can find nothing on Ed,mund either. Wish I had something to share with you but as of now find no links to the names you listed. Abraham pops up quite frequently in my research but have no connection at this time. Nolene >> Nolene, I do show a Rowland in my database. This may not be the right one. I am going to stick my neck out on this one. I feel as if this is the right one because of the name and location. How many other Rowland Blankenship's were there???? Maybe NONE. How many of those Rowland's were in Bedford Co.???? The one I show in my database below. I am sending this to the post so that other researchers may correct me if I am wrong, or if any of the information below is wrong. Sue Descendants of Archibald Blankenship Generation No. 1 1. Archibald4 Blankenship (Hudson3, John B2, Ralph1 Blankship) was born Abt. 1763 in VA. He married Prudence Condoy 08 October 1794 in VA. She was born Abt. 1763. Children of Archibald Blankenship and Prudence Condoy are: 2 i. Katie5 Blankenship, born Abt. 1796. + 3 ii. Levi Blankenship, born Abt. 1796; died in Cass Co., MO. 4 iii. Mary Blankenship, born Abt. 1796. 5 iv. Sally Blankenship, born Abt. 1796. + 6 v. Rowland Blankenship, born Abt. 1803; died Abt. 1883 in near Winfall, Campbell Co., VA. Generation No. 2 3. Levi5 Blankenship (Archibald4, Hudson3, John B2, Ralph1 Blankship) was born Abt. 1796, and died in Cass Co., MO. Children of Levi Blankenship are: 7 i. Kate6 Blankenship. She married Edding. 8 ii. Ellen Blankenship, born Abt. 1829. 9 iii. Hezekiah Blankenship, born Abt. 1831. 10 iv. Elizabeth Blankenship, born Abt. 1832. She married (1) John Fulque. She married (2) John Fulque. She married (3) John Fulque. 11 v. Hightower Blankenship, born Abt. 1836. + 12 vi. William R Blankenship, born 24 June 1836; died 08 February 1927. 6. Rowland5 Blankenship (Archibald4, Hudson3, John B2, Ralph1 Blankship) was born Abt. 1803, and died Abt. 1883 in near Winfall, Campbell Co., VA. He married (1) Sarah Johnson. She was born Abt. 1803. He married (2) Harriett Collins. She was born Abt. 1803. He married (3) Martha Butler Abt. 1823. She was born Abt. 1803. Child of Rowland Blankenship and Sarah Johnson is: + 13 i. John Archer6 Blankenship, born 29 July 1827 in Chesterfield, Virginia; died Abt. 1901. Children of Rowland Blankenship and Martha Butler are: 14 i. Elvira6 Blankenship, born Abt. 1825. She married (1) Moore; born Abt. 1825. She married (2) Keen; born Abt. 1825. 15 ii. Mary P Blankenship, born 17 July 1829. She married Charles Pribble; born Abt. 1829. 16 iii. Anna Blankenship, born 25 October 1833. + 17 iv. Edward Levi Blankenship, born 07 July 1838. + 18 v. Leslie Combs Blankenship, born 11 November 1840; died 06 April 1916. 19 vi. Charles T Blankenship, born 01 January 1843. 20 vii. Sarah Elizabeth Blankenship, born 09 May 1845. She married Ansel Lynch. --part1_78.9c37a76.26e32b0a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Etheln@aol.com> From: Etheln@aol.com Full-name: Etheln Message-ID: <6b.94049fa.26e30fb0@aol.com> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:21:36 EDT Subject: Re: Blankenships from Bedford Co., VA To: MrsLady002@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 120 Sue - Lucky you! I have traced our Blankenship ancestor back to Bedford, Va. where it appaears he lived before he moved to Tn. Al. Tn. He was born 1786 in Va according to census (I'm not sure where). His name is Rowland and I can find nothing to link him to a parent. Do believe Edmund was his brother or maybe cousin but can find nothing on Ed,mund either. Wish I had something to share with you but as of now find no links to the names you listed. Abraham pops up quite frequently in my research but have no connection at this time. Nolene --part1_78.9c37a76.26e32b0a_boundary--