Family Group Record


Husband: David Blanton 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Born: 9 MAR 1791 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 9
Died: 1 JAN 1837 Place: Quitman, Lowndes now Brooks County, Georgia 10, 11
Married: 20 NOV 1811 Place: Duplin County, North Carolina 12, 13
Buried: Place:
Father: Joshua Blanton
Mother: Mary Alderman
Other Spouses:
Wife: Nancy Goff 14, 15, 16
Born: 9 MAR 1792 Place: Duplin/Sampson County, North Carolina 17
Died: ABT. 1870 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 18
Buried: Place:
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:
Children

Child 1 (M): James Andrews Blanton 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Born: 7 AUG 1813 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 26, 27
Died: 12 SEP 1894 Place: Shady Grove, Madison County, Florida 28, 29
Buried: Place: Friendship Church, Shady Grove, Madison County, Florida 30
Spouses: Katherine McDonald
Child 2 (M): Edmond Blanton 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
Born: 3 AUG 1815 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 38, 39, 40, 41
Died: 21 AUG 1878 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 42, 43
Buried: Place: Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Georgia 44, 45
Spouses: Dorcas Morgan, Elizabeth M. Lightsey
Child 3 (M): Daniel Blanton 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
Born: 13 JAN 1817 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 54
Died: BET. 1888 - 1889 Place: Thomas County, Georgia
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Harriet Blount
Child 4 (F): Margaret "Peggy" Ann Blanton 55, 56
Born: 1 MAR 1819 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 57
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: James Burnett Gornto
Child 5 (M): Moses M. Blanton 58, 59
Born: 2 MAY 1823 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 60
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Jemima Unknown
Child 6 (M): David Timothy Blanton 61, 62, 63, 64
Born: 28 MAR 1825 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 65, 66
Died: 23 OCT 1909 Place: probably McAlpin, Suwannee County, Florida 67
Buried: Place: Crawford Lake Cemtery, McAlpin, Suwannee County, Florida 68
Spouses: Rebecca J. Unknown, Elizabeth Overstreet
Child 7 (F): Mary Jane Polly Blanton 69, 70, 71
Born: 1 JUN 1827 Place: Sampson/Swanson County, North Carolina 72
Died: 20 JUN 1910 Place: Lee, Madison County, Florida 73
Buried: Place:
Spouses: John Williams
Child 8 (M): Green Berry Blanton 74, 75, 76, 77, 78
Born: 25 MAY 1829 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 79
Died: ABT. 1863 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Sarah M. Wadsworth
Child 9 (M): Jesse Goodman Blanton 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86
Born: 9 SEP 1831 Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 87
Died: 22 APR 1891 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Martha E. Howell
Child 10 (M): John Newton Blanton 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
Born: 2 AUG 1833 Place: Lowndes now Brooks County, Georgia 96
Died: 28 OCT 1907 Place:
Buried: Place: Unity Prim Baptist near Delmar, Lowndes County, Georgia 97
Spouses: Elizabeth Carter, Cinderella Knight
HUSBAND NOTES:
David Blanton was born 3/9/1791 in Duplin County (now Sampson County), North Carolina. He married Nancy Goff on 12/10/1811 (maybe 12/20/1811). Nancy Goff was born on 3/9/1792 Duplin County, North Carolina, and died in 1870. He lived near Harrell's Store in Sampson County, North Carolina. (Harrell's Store was on the line between Sampson and Duplin Counties) He moved to Brooks County, Georgia in 1832. He settled where the city of Quitman is now and build a plantation a few blocks west of where Brooks County Courthouse is now located. He and Nancy were members of Bethany Primitive Baptist Church in Brooks County. He lived there until his death in 1/1/1837. The only child that was born in Georgia was John N. Blanton. David was a farmer. His oldest son James A. Blanton was administer of the estate. Nancy lived with her son John Newton Blanton in later years and died a member of Unity Church in Lowndes County around 1870.



HUSBAND FACTS:
Residence: BET. 1811 - 1832 Sampson County, North Carolina
Residence: BET. 1832 - 1837 Lowndes now Brooks County, Georgia
Religion: 1832 Bethany Primitive Baptist Church, Lowndes now Brooks County
Census: 1820 Sampson County, North Carolina
Census: 1830 Lowndes County, Georgia 98
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WIFE FACTS:
Census: 1840 Lowndes County, Georgia


SOURCES:
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2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 574.
3Ronald Vern Jackson, North Carolina 1820 Census Index, Accelerated Indexing Systems, Bountiful Utah, Book, page 312.
4Delwyn Associates, Index to Heads of Families 1830 Census of Georgia, Albany, Georgia, Book, page 24, Cites David Blanton with 7 males and 3 females in Lowndes County, Georgia..
5Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, March 1996, In 1830 David Blanton was reported in Captain Burnett's District 659 owning Lot 241 in 12th Distric.
6William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 45, 58-60.
7Georgia State Archives, Georgia Plat Book, Microfilm, Book HHHH, page 206 LDS film 0465009 - 500 acres Bulloch Co, Plat for David Blanton for 500 acres in Bulloch County, Georgia in 1823..
8Mrs. Fred H. Hodges, Sr., History of Lowndes County Georgia 1825-1941, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978, Book, page 343-344.
9Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
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11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
12Frances T. Ingmire, Duplin County North Carolina Marriage Records 1755-1868, Book, page 00003, Cites marriage of David Blanton and Nancy Goff in Duplin County, North Carolina on 20 Nov 1811..
13Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25, Marriage date stated as 10 Dec 1811..
141850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, Cites Nancy Blanton (56) as head of household, born in North Carolina, with Greenberry (21) born in.
151860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-56, Roll 29, Census, District 663, page 892, line 21..
16Mrs. Fred H. Hodges, Sr., History of Lowndes County Georgia 1825-1941, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978, Book, page 345-351, 352-356..
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18Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
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22Folks Huxford, History of Brooks County, Georgia 1858-1948, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978, Book, page 311.
231850 Census of Madison County, Florida, MF241, Roll 59, Census, page 95.
241860 Census of Taylor County, Florida, MF245, Roll 109, Census, page 831.
251870 Census of Taylor County, Florida, MF251, Roll 133, Census, Rose Hill District, page 724.
26Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
27Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 36.
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38William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60.
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40Folks 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..
41Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
42William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60.
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48Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
49Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VIII, Book, page 27.
50Folks Huxford, editor, Georgia Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Number 50, Fall 1973, page 367, Daniel Blanton listed as juror for June 1858 term of Court for Lowndes County, Georgia..
511850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, District 53, page 383.
52Folks Huxford, History of Brooks County, Georgia, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978, Book, page 81.
531870 Census of Brooks County, Georgia, MF-64, Roll 137, Census, page 4.
54Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
55Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
56C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
57Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
58Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
591860 Census of Sampson County, North Carolina, MF-372, Roll 913, Census, Taylor Bridge District, page 803, According to Folks Huxford Moses Blanton probably died single, however the 1860 census of Sampson C.
60Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
61Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
621850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, Living next door to Nancy Blanton and Daniel Blanton..
631860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-56, Roll 29, Census, District 662, page 878, Living next door to Berry Blanton..
641870 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF90, Roll 148, Census, page 93.
65Broderbund Software, Broderbund World Family Tree, Family Archive, Volume 18, File 0373.
66Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
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73Family Group Sheet by Elaine W. McCreary, P.O. Box 1328, Bunnell, Florida 32110 (15 Jul 1999), Manuscript.
74Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25, His name was listed as Perry Green Blanton in this source..
75William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 59-60.
761850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, 53rd Division, page 383.
771860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-56, Roll 29, Census, District 662, page 878.
78Janet B. Hewett, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865, Volume II, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1995, Book, page 143, Company H of Georgia 26th Infantry.
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80Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
811850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, 53rd Division, page 383.
821860 Census of Echols County, Georgia, MF-55, Roll 28, Census, MF55, Roll 28, page 661, Records Jesse G. Blanton (23) a laborer, born in Georgia with wife Martha E. (21), John J. (1), Dav.
83E.L. Ziegler, Zeigler Family History Papers, 1980, Manuscript, page 45.
84C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
85William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 59-60.
86Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 145.
87Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
88William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 59-60.
89Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
901850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, 53rd Division, page 383.
911860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-56, Roll 29, Census, District 663, page 892, line 21.
921870 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-90, Roll 163, Census, Roll 163, page 394.
931880 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-135, Roll 156, Census, Roll 156, GMD 661, Naylor District, ED73, page 26, line 33-.
941900 Census of Colquitt County, Georgia, MF-164, Roll 189, Census, Roll 209, GMD 661, Naylor District, SD 11, ED 66, page 32,.
95Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 62.
96Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25.
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98Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 574.


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