Re: Blantons on Petitions-Update
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In reply to:
Blantons on Religious Petitions
1/26/01
RE: Richard on the Ten-thousand Name Petition.
A comparison of petition names to 1782 tax lists in the 1790 VA "Census" and in Fothergill indicates that the page is from Lunenburg County.
This is the first time I have found a Richard there. However, I did find a John Blanton there in "The 1787 Census of Virginia." There is also a Jincey on the 1800 Personal Property Tax List in the Upper District.
They may be connected with the Prince Edward Blantons since Lun.is adjacent to P.E.
Note that copies of this petition may have been circulated among the troops, so that you cannot ascertain where it was signed without further info. It consists of many petitions bound together.
However, this page does contain a lot of Lun. names.