I see where one researcher has the Cumby family coming from Lee County, Virginia. But the Blankenship family was in Halifax County. Did you see this site? http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcgee/b/b_b799/b_b799.html >From: "Dickie Warren" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [KYMONROE] Blankenship, Putnam Co., Tn. >Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:28:14 -0500 > >Yes, that is what my copy of the 1880 census shows. I wondered if the >letter after the name of >Blankenship could have been Mr. As I look very close, there seems to be a >period after the M. >The one good lead was the William Blankenship b. 1801 who lived near the >Cumby family. >Richard and Nancy Cumby did have a child they named William and I have >wondered if he was named after one of their fathers. The age of 75 doesn't >quit match the 1801 birth time, but it is very close and they did make a >lot >of mistakes on those census. >Thanks, >Paula >----- Original Message ----- >From: "M Carter" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 3:17 PM >Subject: Re: [KYMONROE] Blankenship, Putnam Co., Tn. > > > > > > I'm sorry. I do not know where I got that census information. I went >to > > the LDS 1880 census, and it does look like it says "father-in-law," >Also, > > the 75 year old is shown as male. This must have been my mistake. > > > > Melody > > > > >From: "Dickie Warren" <[email protected]> > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [KYMONROE] Blankenship, Putnam Co., Tn. > > >Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:51:01 -0500 > > > > > >Thank you for the information. I too have the 1880, 1870 and 1860 >census > > >of my 2nd Great Grandparents in Putnam Co. TN. On my copy of the 1880 > > >census, it looks like M. Blankenship was listed as the father-in-law >and > > >that is why I could never figure out why people thought Nancy's father >was > > >named Bennett since this census showed the name as M. Blankenship. Do >you > > >have a copy of the census that says, Mother-in-law? I also have Nancy > > >Blankenship's death certificate and her son, William Cumby gave the > > >information. He must have known who her parents were, but he said >unknown. > > >I have been in touch with one of my distant cousins who descended from > > >William Cumby and he hasn't been able to confirm Nancy's parents >either. > > >My great grandfather, Hardy Dee Cumby, the youngest of the children, > > >claimed we had Indian heritage and after checking with the Indian >Nation >in > > >Oklahoma, they did confirm that some Blankenships were Choctaw. Maybe >one > > >day I will find more. > > >Paula Warren > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "M Carter" <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 10:00 AM > > >Subject: [KYMONROE] Blankenship, Putnam Co., Tn. > > > > > > > > > > I see from the 1880 Putnam County, Tennessee census that M. >Blankenship, > > >b. > > > > 1805 Vir. was the mother-in-law to Richard Cumby. All the Cumby > > >children > > > > in the family at that time were born in Tennessee, starting with >John, > > >age > > > > 20. > > > > > > > > In 1870, the family was in Putnam County, the oldest was 17 year old > > > > Quilla/Quiller M (Male), also born in Tennessee. I found no > > >Blankenships in > > > > 1870 Putnam County. There were a number of other Cumbys. > > > > > > > > In 1860 Richard was listed as Richard Cumbia. Seventeen year old >James, > > >and > > > > 15 year old William were born in Virginia; 14 year old Mary was born >in > > > > Tennessee. Quilla, evidently, was actually named Aquilla. This >gives > > > > their passage into Tennessee around 1845, so they should be found in > > > > Virginia 1840. > > > > > > > > I found one Blankenship family in 1860 Putnam County. William > > >Blankenship > > > > was born about 1801 in Virginia; his wife, "S," around 1811. They >lived > > >in > > > > Winfield; Richard and family lived at Falling Water. > > > > > > > > In 1850, the "Cumbey" family was in White County, Tennessee. > > > > Interestinghly, there were Stones living nearby. I also found a >several > > > > Stones by the family in 1870 Putnam Co. Of course, White is next to > > >Putnam > > > > Co. Next door to the Cumbey's lived a Joshua R. Stone, having a >John > > > > Blankenship living with him. John was 22, Joshua Stone 33, and they > > >both > > > > were born in Virginia. > > > > > > > > Searching for Blankenships in 1850 White County, Tennessee who were >born > > >in > > > > Virginia, I found several, but could identify none who would fit >Richard > > > > Cumby's mother-in-law. > > > > > > > >........................................................................... >....................................................... > > > > Certificate: #183 > > > > Deceased: William Cumby > > > > Birth: 1844 > > > > Birth Place: VA > > > > Death: 21 Oct 1915 > > > > Father: Dick Cumby > > > > Birth Place: VA > > > > Mother: Nancy Blankenship > > > > Birth Place: VA > > > > Cemetery: Salem Cemetery > > > > > > > >........................................................................... >................................................................ > > > > Certificate: #566 > > > > Deceased: Mrs. Nancy Cumby > > > > Birth: 8 Aug 1821 > > > > Birth Place: TN > > > > Death: 20 Aug 1918 > > > > Father: Unknown > > > > Birth Place: Unknown > > > > Mother: Unknown > > > > Birth Place: Unknown > > > > > > > >........................................................................... >............................................................ > > > > John Blankenship may possibly be a lead to the parents of Nancy. In > > >1860, > > > > there was a Bennet Blankenship, born in Virginia about 1800, in >White > > > > County. His wife, however, was Catherine. > > > > Unhappily, I could not find William Blankinship a second time. > > > > > > > > > > > > There was a Bennett Blankenship found in 1840 Halifax Virgina. He >was > > >40-50 > > > > years of age. There were also a couple of Cumbys. > > > > > > > > I personally have no information on these people. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Dickie Warren" <[email protected]> > > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > >To: [email protected] > > > > >Subject: Re: [KYMONROE] Surnames > > > > >Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:26:35 -0500 > > > > > > > > > >I have a Nancy Blankenship in Cookeville, Tennessee which is Putnam >Co. > > > Do > > > > >not know much more than the fact that she married Richard H. Cumby >and > > >had > > > > >several children. She and Richard were both born in VA. The >oldest > > >was a > > > > >William Cumby and the youngest was Hardy Dee Cumby. Rumor has it >that > > >her > > > > >dad may have been Bennett Blankenship, but I can't find anything >more. > > > > >Paula Warren > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > >From: "M Carter" <[email protected]> > > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > > >Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 5:31 PM > > > > >Subject: [KYMONROE] Surnames > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Blankenship, Brandon, Butrum, Carter, Gregory, Poe, Roark, >Ryherd, > > >Shaw > > > > > > (Mushaw),Steenbergen, Swindle, others...Monroe, Barren and Allen > > > > >Counties > > > > >in > > > > > > Kentucky, Macon County in Tennessee. > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Is your PC infected? 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