Family Group Record


Husband: David Franklin Blanton 1, 2, 3, 4
Born: 7 JAN 1838 Place: Lowndes/Brooks County, Georgia 5, 6
Died: 22 JUL 1914 Place: Shady Grove, Madison County, Florida 7
Married: 29 JAN 1866 Place: Madison County, Florida 8, 9
Buried: Place: Friendship Cemetery, Madison County, Florida 10
Father: Edmond Blanton
Mother: Dorcas Morgan
Other Spouses:
Wife: Missouri A. Poppell 11, 12, 13, 14
Born: 11 OCT 1844 Place: 15
Died: 9 MAY 1911 Place: Shady Grove, Madison County, Florida 16
Buried: Place: Friendship Cemetery, Madison County, Florida 17
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:
Children

Child 1 (F): Annie Blanton 18
Born: Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Bailey
Child 2 (F): Lula Blanton 19
Born: Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Hendry
Child 3 (F): Nora Blanton 20
Born: Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Parker, Agner
Child 4 (M): John David Blanton
Born: 22 SEP 1864 Place:
Died: 25 DEC 1882 Place:
Buried: Place: Friendship Cemetery, Madison County, Florida 21
Spouses:
Child 5 (F): Arie Blanton 22
Born: 30 APR 1868 Place:
Died: 4 JUL 1949 Place:
Buried: Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Perry, Taylor County, Florida 23
Spouses: J. Henry Brass
Child 6 (M): Boyette P. Bartow Blanton 24
Born: 4 MAR 1870 Place: Taylor County, Florida
Died: 21 JUN 1928 Place:
Buried: Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Perry, Taylor County, Florida 25
Spouses: Emma Stripling
Child 7 (F): Blannie Ann Blanton 26
Born: 12 MAR 1877 Place: Shady Grove, Taylor County, Florida
Died: 25 JUL 1922 Place: Taylor County, Florida
Buried: Place: Pisgah Baptist, Taylor County, Florida 27
Spouses: James Jackson "Demp" Blue
Child 8 (M): B. Churchwell Blanton 28
Born: 5 AUG 1878 Place:
Died: 7 AUG 1951 Place: probably Taylor County, Florida
Buried: Place: Fellowship Baptist, Madison County, Florida 29
Spouses: Anna J. Grover
HUSBAND NOTES:
David F. Blanton at an early age became a merchant at Shady Grove, Florida after purchasing a store founded by the Porters of Greenville. He and his son operated the store, named B.C. Blanton Store for 70 years. This was an early venture in Department Store operations and sold groceries, jewelry, clothing, and livestock feed. This store was a popular stop with the early settlers of the region as they traveled by wagon.



HUSBAND FACTS:
Military: CSA - 2nd Regiment Florida Infantry 30
Census: 1850 Lowndes County, Georgia 31
Census: 1860 Madison County, Florida 32


SOURCES:
1William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60.
2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, 26-27.
3Huxford Genealogical Magazine, Magazine, Volume XIV, Number IV, December 1987, page 335.
4C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
5William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60.
6Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26.
7William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60.
8William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60, Marriage date stated as 29 Jan 1860.
9Family Tree Maker CD #242, Marriage Index of Mississippi and Florida, Broderbund, Electronic, Marriage date stated as 29 Jan 1866 in Madison County, Florida..
10Joseph T. Eichelberger, Madison County Florida Cemeteries, Joseph T. Burval, Charleston, West Virginia, 1990, Book, page 567.
11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 26-27.
12William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 60.
13C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
141860 Census of Madison County, Florida, MF244, Roll 108, Census, Roll 108, MF 244, page 233.
15Joseph T. Eichelberger, Madison County Florida Cemeteries, Joseph T. Burval, Charleston, West Virginia, 1990, Book, page 567.
16Joseph T. Eichelberger, Madison County Florida Cemeteries, Joseph T. Burval, Charleston, West Virginia, 1990, Book, page 567.
17Joseph T. Eichelberger, Madison County Florida Cemeteries, Joseph T. Burval, Charleston, West Virginia, 1990, Book, page 567.
18C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
19C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
20C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
21Joseph T. Eichelberger, Madison County Florida Cemeteries, Joseph T. Burval, Charleston, West Virginia, 1990, Book, page 567.
22C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
23Jesse H. Paulk, Survey of Taylor County, Florida Cemeteries, Tad Evans Publisher, Savannah, Georgia 1996, Book, page 406.
24C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
25Jesse H. Paulk, Survey of Taylor County, Florida Cemeteries, Tad Evans Publisher, Savannah, Georgia 1996, Book, page 402.
26C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
27Jesse H. Paulk, Survey of Taylor County, Florida Cemeteries, Tad Evans Publisher, Savannah, Georgia 1996, Book, page 137.
28C. Carey Blanton, Blanton Family Lineage, Manuscript.
29Joseph T. Eichelberger, Madison County Florida Cemeteries, Joseph T. Burval, Charleston, West Virginia, 1990, Book, page 534.
30Virgil D. White, Register of Florida CSA Pension Applications, The National Historical Publishing Company, Waynesboro, TN, 1989, Book, page 79, Pension application #A05448.
311850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-31, Roll 75, Census, page 401, line 42.
321860 Census of Madison County, Florida, MF244, Roll 108, Census, page 233.


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

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