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: 1837 | Place: Brooks County, Georgia 14 |
| Buried: | Place: Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Georgia 15, 16 |
| Father: David Blanton |
| Mother: Nancy Goff |
| Other Spouses: Elizabeth M. Lightsey
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| Wife: Dorcas Morgan 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| Born: NOV 1813 | Place: Sampson County, North Carolina 21, 22, 23 |
| Died: 5 MAY 1859 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 24, 25, 26 |
| Buried: | Place: Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Georgia 27, 28 |
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| Child 1 (?): Barty C Blanton 29 |
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| Child 2 (M): David Franklin Blanton 30, 31, 32, 33 |
| Born: 7 JAN 1838 | Place: Lowndes/Brooks County, Georgia 34, 35 |
| Died: 22 JUL 1914 | Place: Shady Grove, Madison County, Florida 36 |
| Buried: | Place: Friendship Cemetery, Madison County, Florida 37 |
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Spouses: Missouri A. Poppell |
| Child 3 (F): Nancy C. Blanton 38, 39, 40 |
| Born: 9 SEP 1839 | Place: Lowndes/Brooks County, Georgia 41, 42, 43 |
| Died: 29 JAN 1923 | Place: 44, 45 |
| Buried: | Place: Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Georgia 46 |
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Spouses: Samuel Houston Lightsey |
| Child 4 (M): James Jared Blanton 47, 48, 49, 50 |
| Born: 8 NOV 1841 | Place: Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia 51, 52 |
| Died: 27 JUL 1917 | Place: Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida 53 |
| Buried: | Place: Mount Enon, Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida 54 |
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Spouses: Mary Frances "Fannie" Wilder |
| Child 5 (F): Margaret A. Blanton 55, 56 |
| Born: 8 JAN 1843 | Place: Lowndes/Brooks County, Georgia 57, 58 |
| Died: 27 DEC 1895 | Place: 59 |
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Spouses: John R. Sellers |
| Child 6 (M): William Lacey Blanton 60, 61 |
| Born: 11 JAN 1846 | Place: Lowndes/Brooks County, Georgia 62, 63 |
| Died: 19 OCT 1915 | Place: 64 |
| Buried: | Place: Pisgah Baptist, Taylor County, Florida 65 |
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Spouses: Obedience "Biddie" A. Carter, Indiana Williams |
| Child 7 (M): Levi Thomas "Johinas" Blanton 66, 67 |
| Born: 22 JAN 1847 | Place: Lowndes/Brooks County, Georgia 68, 69 |
| Died: 28 MAY 1939 | Place: probably Lowndes County, Georgia 70 |
| Buried: | Place: Sunset Hills, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 71 |
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Spouses: Rachel Sellers |
| Child 8 (M): Francis Marion Blanton 72, 73 |
| Born: 5 JAN 1851 | Place: Lowndes/Brooks County, Georgia 74, 75 |
| Died: 4 MAY 1909 | Place: 76 |
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Spouses: Mary Hatchett |
| Child 9 (F): Mary D. Blanton 77, 78 |
| Born: 5 JAN 1851 | Place: Lowndes/Brooks County, Georgia 79, 80 |
| Died: 10 NOV 1933 | Place: 81 |
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Spouses: John Hatchett |
| Child 10 (M): Berry Green Blanton 82 |
| Born: 16 JUN 1852 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 83, 84, 85 |
| Died: 1 JAN 1904 | Place: probably Lowndes County, Georgia 86, 87 |
| Buried: | Place: Cat Creek Cemetery, Lowndes County, Georgia 88 |
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Spouses: Amanda Y. Moore |
| Child 11 (F): Emily Elizabeth "Betty" Blanton 89 |
| Born: 18 JAN 1854 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 90, 91 |
| Died: 26 JAN 1892 | Place: 92 |
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Spouses: Sidney S Sellers |
| Child 12 (F): Flora Melvina Blanton 93, 94, 95 |
| Born: JUL 1856 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 96 |
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Spouses: Joel Brogdon |
| Child 13 (M): Samuel S. Blanton 97, 98 |
| Born: NOV 1858 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 99 |
| Died: 1933 | Place: 100 |
| Buried: | Place: Cat Creek Cemetery, Lowndes County, Georgia 101 |
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Spouses: Amanda 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 102 Census: 1840 Lowndes County, Georgia Census: 1850 Lowndes County, Georgia 103 Census: 1860 Lowndes County, Georgia 104 Census: 1870 Lowndes County, Georgia 105 Religion: 12 SEP 1841 Bethlehem Church, Brooks County, Georgia 106 Religion: 24 JAN 1852 Unity Church, Lowndes County, Georgia 107 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. 14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 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. 171850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, page 401. 18William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 59. 19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 20Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 24-25. 21William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 22Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 23Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 24William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 25Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 26Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26, Death date listed as 5 May 1857.. 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. 29Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 30William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 31Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, 26-27. 32Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 33C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript. 34William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 35Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 36William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 37Joseph T. Eichelberger, Madison County Florida Cemeteries, Joseph T. Burval, Charleston, West Virginia, 1990, Book, page 567. 38Patricia Lightsey Davis, The Lightsey Family History, Manuscript, page 219. 39Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 40Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 169-170. 41William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 42Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 43Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 44William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 45Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 46Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, Burial in section A. 47Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27, 346. 48Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 49C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript. 50William Murtha Wilder, Wilder and Some Connecting Families in the Southeastern United States, A.L. Seely Company, Albany, Georgia 1951, Book, page 285-286. 51William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60-61. 52Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 53William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60-61. 54Florida Genealogical Society, Hillsborough County, Florida Cemeteries 1840-1985, Volume 7, Tampa, Florida, Book, page 254. 55Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 56Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 57William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 58Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 59William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 60Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 61Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 62William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 63Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 64William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 65Jesse H. Paulk, Survey of Taylor County, Florida Cemeteries, Tad Evans Publisher, Savannah, Georgia 1996, Book, page 137. 66Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 67Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 68William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 69Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 70William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 71Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 12, Section E2-8.. 72Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 73Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 74William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 75Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 76William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 77Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 78Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 79William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 80Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 81William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 82Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 83William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 84Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 280. 85Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26, Birth date stated as 16 Jun 1853.. 86William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 87Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 280. 88Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 280. 89Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 90William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 91Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 92William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 93Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 94Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 95William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60. 96Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. 97Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27. 98Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335. 99Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 280. 100Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 280. 101Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 280. 102Dorothy 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. 1031850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, page 401. 1041860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-56, Roll 29, Census, page 56/892, line 7. 1051870 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-90, Roll 163, Census, page 404. 106Folks 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.. 107Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26. |
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