This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blankenship Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XBB.2ACE/1618.1.1.1.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Does it really say Cole Blankenship? Thanks for the info. I am finishing up something here and then I will look for any other John Blankenships living in the area at the time so I can try to rule in or out this John as the son of John W. and Rebecca Williams.