Family Group Record |
| Husband: Edmond Blanton 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Born: 3 AUG 1815 | Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Died: 21 AUG 1878 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 12, 13 |
| Married: 15 NOV 1859 | Place: 14 |
| Buried: | Place: Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Georgia 15, 16 |
| Father: David Blanton |
| Mother: Nancy Goff |
| Other Spouses: Dorcas Morgan
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| Wife: Elizabeth M. Lightsey 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 |
| Born: 30 JUL 1830 | Place: Barnwell District, South Carolina 22, 23, 24 |
| Died: 17 SEP 1900 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 25, 26 |
| Buried: | Place: Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Georgia 27 |
| Father: Samuel Lightsey |
| Mother: Martha Mary Zeigler |
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| Child 1 (M): Aaron Blanton 28, 29 |
| Born: BET. 1859 - 1862 | Place: Georgia 30 |
| Died: 25 DEC 1905 | Place: probably Lowndes County, Georgia |
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Spouses: Lucinda Brogden |
| Child 2 (F): Martha I. Blanton 31, 32 |
| Born: BET. 1862 - 1864 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 33 |
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Spouses: John Bart McCleod |
| Child 3 (F): Julia F. Blanton 34, 35, 36 |
| Born: BET. 1864 - 1866 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 37 |
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Spouses: George C. McLeod |
| Child 4 (M): John Henry Blanton 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 |
| Born: 22 JUN 1867 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 44 |
| Died: 21 MAY 1928 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 45 |
| Buried: | Place: Sunset Hills, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 46, 47, 48 |
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Spouses: Alcia D. Peters |
| Child 5 (F): Bathsheba C Blanton 49, 50, 51 |
| Born: 1870 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 52 |
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Spouses: Aaron George |
| Child 6 (M): Hiram B. Blanton 53, 54 |
| Born: NOV 1872 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 55 |
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Spouses: Martha J. "Mandy" Deloach |
| Child 7 (M): Jesse C. Blanton 56, 57, 58 |
| Born: JAN 1874 | Place: Georgia 59 |
| Died: 1936 | Place: |
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Spouses: Linnie Wetherington |
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HUSBAND NOTES: Edmond moved to Lowndes County with his parents when he was 17 years old (1832). They settled in what is now the city of Quitman. He was a blacksmith and farmer. In 1836 or 1837 he married Miss Dorcas Morgan who was a native of Sampson County, North Carolina. Dorcas was born November of 1813. She was the granddaughter of Isaac Newton, R.S. They had 11 children. Dorcas died 5/5/1859 in Lowndes County. Dorcas is buried at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Lowndes County (section 8). Edmond and Dorcas were members of the Primitive Baptist Church. Dorcas joined Bethlehem Church in present Brooks County July 8, 1843 by letter from Moore's Creek Church, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Edmond joined the same church September 12, 1841 and was baptized. On May 7, 1847 he was ordained to the deaconship at this church. He served as a deacon until he and his wife were dismissed by letter January 1852. On January 24, 1852 Dorcas and Edmond were received by letter into Unity Church near their new home. Edmond served as a deacon for Unity until his death. Mr. Blanton lived in the portion of Lowndes County, cut into Brooks County in 1858, until 1852 when he moved to the 661st (Naylor) District of Lowndes County. He bought land here and had a very large plantation. He lived there until his death on 21 Aug 1878. Edmond's second wife was Elizabeth Lightsey born 7/27/1830 in Barnwell District, South Carolina. The grave marker reference shows her birth dated as 7/27/1831. She was the daughter of Samuel Lightsey and the sister of Samuel H. Lightsey who married Nancy C. Blanton, Edmond's child by his first wife. They had eight children. The will of Edmond Blanton dated 1/5/1878 was probated in 10/1878. He bequeathed to his wife, Elizabeth, his home place consisting of parts of lots 294 and 305 11th land district of Lowndes County and all his personal estate. His other lands went to his children. His brother John Newton Blanton was executor of the will. Edmond Blanton and Elizabeth are buried at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Lowndes County (section 8). HUSBAND FACTS: Military: Indian Wars 60 Census: 1840 Lowndes County, Georgia Census: 1850 Lowndes County, Georgia 61 Census: 1860 Lowndes County, Georgia 62 Census: 1870 Lowndes County, Georgia 63 Religion: 12 SEP 1841 Bethlehem Church, Brooks County, Georgia 64 Religion: 24 JAN 1852 Unity Church, Lowndes County, Georgia 65 WIFE FACTS: Census: 1860 Lowndes County, Georgia 66 Census: 1880 Lowndes County, Georgia 67 Census: 1900 Colquitt County, Georgia 68 CAST: 1870 Lowndes County, Georgia 69 SOURCES: 1William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 59. 2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 170. 3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 4Mrs. Fred H. Hodges, Sr., History of Lowndes County Georgia 1825-1941, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978, Book, page 384. 5Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 6LDS Church, CD ROM, LDS Ancestral Files, Electronic, Film # 446254, Ordinance # 32668, Batch # 8416506, sheet 95. 7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 8William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 9Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26, Birth date listed as 31 Aug 1815 in Sampson County, North Carolina.. 11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25. 12William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 13Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 14Patricia Lightsey Davis, The Lightsey Family History, Manuscript, page 214. 15Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 16Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 17William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 59. 18Patricia Lightsey Davis, The Lightsey Family History, Manuscript, page 219. 19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25. 20Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 22William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 23Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 24Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 25William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 26Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 27Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 28Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 29Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 30Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 31Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 32Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 33Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 34Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 35Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 36Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VII, Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1975, Book, page 120-121, Notes that Julia Blanton married George Rowan DeLoach on 21 Jan 1892. We are not certain whether t. 37Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 38Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 39Folks 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. 40LDS Church, CD ROM, LDS Ancestral Files, Electronic, Batch 5019078, Sheet 28, Source Call #1553809. 41LDS Church, CD ROM, LDS Ancestral Files, Electronic, Batch 8419404, Sheet 72, Source Call # 1395824. 42Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 43Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 555. 44Charles 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. 45Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 46Cemetery Marker, Tombstone, Inspection by Tommy & Diane Bargeron, 1995. 47Sunset Hill Cemetery Burial Records, Filed at South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia, Official Docum, Burial - Section E, Lot 107. 48Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 49Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 50Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 51Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 103. 52Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 53Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 54Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 55Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 56Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 57Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 58Robert H. McMillan, Jr., Record of Connell - Morris and Allied Families, 1985, Book, page 160. 59Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 60Dorothy E. Payne, Georgia Pensioners, Volume I, Sunbelt Publishing Company, 1985, Book, page 230, Cites Edmond Blanton, Indian War Pension Application dated 1895, widow applicant number 6018, servi. 611850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, page 401. 621860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-56, Roll 29, Census, page 56/892, line 7. 631870 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-90, Roll 163, Census, page 404. 64Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26, United with church and was baptised.. 65Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 661860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-56, Roll 29, Census, page 56/892, line 7. 671880 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-135, Roll 156, Census, Naylor District, GMD 661, ED 73, Page 24, Line 32-38. 681900 Census of Colquitt County, Georgia, MF-164, Roll 189, Census, Dasher District, SD 11, ED 73, Page 26B, line 98-100. 691870 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-90, Roll 163, Census, page 404. |
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