Your are welcome, Happy Hunting. Leah Call2gh@aol.com wrote: > LEAH: > > Thanks a lot for that information. I know several of my ancestors were miners > also, and several were born at home, including some of my aunts and uncles > that still live there. I'll try checking in Washington. > > Carol > > ==== 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.

I am new to this list. My name is Robert Lavern Blankenship bn. 11-01-1955, Three Rivers Mi. My father was Benny Lavern Blankenship bn. 09-28?-1935 Otsego, Mi. d.12-01-1983 My grandfather was Benjamin Harrison Blankenship b. 04-??-1883, I believe somewhere in Kentucky. d. 01-??-1971 Beyond that, I don't know anything about my father's side. ----- Original Message ----- From: Leah Perez <leahp@cfw.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Lydia > Your are welcome, Happy Hunting. Leah > > Call2gh@aol.com wrote: > > > LEAH: > > > > Thanks a lot for that information. I know several of my ancestors were miners > > also, and several were born at home, including some of my aunts and uncles > > that still live there. I'll try checking in Washington. > > > > Carol > > > > ==== 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. > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/i/c/Elva-M-Picklesimer/ Here you can find descendants of Rachel BLANKENSHIP. >

Hello Blankenship cousins everywhere! Tammy Blankenship (TT) referred me to this list, so I am hoping to learn about the family and also help others who are "stuck". I have to admit, though, I am one of those stuck! I am tracing the parentage of one Barsheba Blankenship (b. 1753 Bedford Co., VA) who married Rev. War soldier John Jones about 1775. This family migrated, along with many other families, from Bedford/Franklin Co., VA to the area of Smith Co., TN by 1800. I know Barsheba was a Blankenship, and several families with this name also came to Smith Co., TN and some moved on to Southern Illinois. The only clues I have are that her husband, John Jones, was deeded land from Peter Blankenship in Franklin Co., VA in 1787, and also that this couple had a grandson named William Blankenship Paysinger. Right now, I am leaning toward Barsheba as being a child of Isham Blankenship, Sr. and Sarah Wallace. Two of his sons, Robert Hezekiah and Barnett Blankenship moved to Smith Co., TN. It would be logical that these men were either Barsheba's brothers or perhaps very close cousins. I look forward to seeing everyone's posts in this list. Thanks to TT for steering me in this direction! Jeff Lensman Salt Lake City, Utah