Family Group Record

Husband: John Henry Blanton 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Born: 22 JUN 1867 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 7
Died: 21 MAY 1928 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 8
Married: 8 JAN 1890 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 9
Buried: Place: Sunset Hills, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 10, 11, 12
Father: Edmond Blanton
Mother: Elizabeth M. Lightsey
Other Spouses:
Wife: Alcia D. Peters 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Born: 2 OCT 1869 Place: Georgia 18
Died: 25 NOV 1928 Place: Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 19
Buried: 26 NOV 1928 Place: Sunset Hills, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 20, 21
Father: William J. Peters
Mother: Harriett Matilda Peters
Other Spouses:
Children
Child 1 (?): child Blanton
Born: BET. 1890 - 1899 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: BEF. 1900 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 2 (?): child Blanton
Born: BET. 1890 - 1899 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: BEF. 1900 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 3 (M): June Roy Blanton 22, 23, 24, 25
Born: 6 JAN 1900 Place: Blanton Station, Lowndes County, Georgia 26
Died: 3 APR 1976 Place: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida 27
Buried: 6 APR 1976 Place: Sunset Hills, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 28, 29, 30
Spouses: Lula Claudine Giddens, Aline J. Unknown
Child 4 (?): child Blanton
Born: BET. 1900 - 1910 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: BEF. 1910 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 5 (?): child Blanton
Born: BET. 1900 - 1910 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Died: BEF. 1910 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
HUSBAND NOTES:
We know that John Henry Blanton and Alcie Peters had five children, but only one lived. The 1900 census stated that Alcie was the mother of 3 children with 1 living (son Roy born Jan 1900), indicating that two children were born between 1890 and 1900. Alcie was listed in the 1910 census as the mother of 5 children with 1 living indicating that 2 children were born between 1900 and 1910.


HUSBAND FACTS:
Census: 1870 Lowndes County, Georgia 31
Census: 1880 Lowndes County, Georgia 32
Census: 1900 Colquitt County, Georgia 33
Census: 1910 Lowndes County, Georgia 34

WIFE NOTES:
Alcia Peters was listed as "Alcia" in the family bible, but Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia shows her name as Alice. She was the daughter of William J. Peters and Matilda Peters who were first cousins. Their grandfather was William Peters, Jr.

OBITUARY: THE VALDOSTA TIMES, Tuesday, November 27, 1928, page 3. Funeral services for Mrs. J.H. Blanton were held yesterday afternoon at the Sineath Chapel. Rev. A.C. Pyle conducted the services, assisted by Rev. Richard W. Wallace, and great throng of friends of Mrs. Blanton filled the chapel to pay their last tribute to her memory. Following a scripture reading and prayer by Mr. Wallace, Mr. Pyle paid a very fine tribute to the life and fine character of Mrs. Blanton and praised her christian life and devotion to her friends. A quartette composed of Mrs. A.C. Pyle, Mrs. George Stokes, Mr. Willaford, and Mr. Rickertson sand The Old Rugged Cross and When The Golden Bells Ring Out For You and Me at the services at the chapel. The pallbearers were: Messrs. H.H. Mcelvey, V. Blackburn, J.H. Touchton, Dan Smith, A.C. Veal, and H. F. Parrish.


WIFE FACTS:
Census: 1900 Colquitt County, Georgia 35
Census: 1910 Lowndes County, Georgia 36

SOURCES:
 1Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27.
2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 555, This source states that John H. Blanton and his wife had no issue, they actually had one son J.R. B.
3LDS Church, CD ROM, LDS Ancestral Files, Electronic, Batch 5019078, Sheet 28, Source Call #1553809.
4LDS Church, CD ROM, LDS Ancestral Files, Electronic, Batch 8419404, Sheet 72, Source Call # 1395824.
5Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335.
6Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 555.
7Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, There is a conflict on his birth date. The grave marker states 6/24/1867 and the family Bible state.
8Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book.
9Lowndes County Georgia Marriage Records, Book, Book B, page 584.
10Cemetery Marker, Tombstone, Inspection by Tommy & Diane Bargeron, 1995.
11Sunset Hill Cemetery Burial Records, Filed at South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia, Official Docum, Burial - Section E, Lot 107.
12Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book.
13Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27.
14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 555.
15The Valdosta Times, Valdosta, Georgia, Newspaper, 27 Nov 1928 issue, page 3, Cites obituary of Mrs. J.H. Blanton..
161900 Census of Colquitt County, Georgia, MF-164, Roll 189, Census, Roll 209, ED73, Dasher District, Sheet 26B, line 95-97.
171910 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-238, Roll 202, Census, Roll 202, GMD 658, ED117, page 16B, line 84-86.
18Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book.
19Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book.
20Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, buried in Section E, lot 107.
21Cemetery Marker, Tombstone, Inspection by Tommy & Diane Bargeron, 1995.
22Doris Blanton, interview, 1997, Interview.
23Mrs. Fred H. Hodges, Sr., History of Lowndes County Georgia 1825-1941, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978, Book, page 181, 247, Listed in 1940 as secretary of St. John the Baptist Masonic Lodge #184, and a summary of the Blanto.
24The Valdosta Times, Valdosta, Georgia, Newspaper, Obituary - Tuesday, April 6, 1976, page 2.
25Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 555.
26Broderbund Software, Social Security Death Index, 1996 Edition, Electronic.
27Broderbund Software, Social Security Death Index, 1996 Edition, Electronic, Social Security Number 260-09-5564.
28Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, buried in section E1-7.
29Sunset Hill Cemetery Burial Records, Filed at South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia, Official Docum.
30Tommy & Diane Bargeron, Inspection of Cemetery Marker, Tombstone, Tommy and Diane Bargeron, 1996.
311870 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-90, Roll 163, Census, page 404.
321880 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-135, Roll 156, Census, GMD 661, Naylor District, ED 73, page 24, line 32-38.
331900 Census of Colquitt County, Georgia, MF-164, Roll 189, Census, Dasher District, ED 73, sheet 26B, line 95-97.
341910 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-238, Roll 202, Census, GMD 658, ED 117, page 16B, line 84-86.
351900 Census of Colquitt County, Georgia, MF-164, Roll 189, Census, ED 73, Dasher District, Sheet 26B, line 95-97.
361910 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-238, Roll 202, Census, GMD 658, ED 117, page 16B, line 84-86.

Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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