Hi, I've listed some of my quiries and hope they might have some connections, Dorothy G. P.: There is a surname here I wondered if I had > miscopied when I recieved the information a few years back. Was the allied > family name ThorNton or Thorton (no "n")? > The family was also mentioned in Joseph's will and is of great importance in > this research! > > Found this in the North Carolina Marriages. > > Elizabeth Blankenship to Humphrey Garland 11 Feb 1780 Warren Co. > > bds. Mark Thornton; wit. Thomas Mackson bond # 160832 >>>---------------------------------------> > Seeking ancestors of Mary Anderson,born about 1730, married Joseph > Blankenship of Chesterfield Co.,VA. They were the parents of Elizabeth > Blankenship,b.abt.1763, who married (about1780) Humphrey Garland in Warren > Co.,NC with Mark Thorton as best man. I have looked , however did not locate > the Anderson-Blankenship connection I sought. Records of Joseph's will were > noted in Southside journal. >>>---------------------------------------->