Re: Blanton reunion,Cannon/Warren Co.TN
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Re: Blanton reunion,Cannon/Warren Co.TN
Robert Stafford 1/01/07
This is what I have on Francis based on official records and assumes that the wife of Matthew Pringle was his daughter. It is, of course, easy to misidentify people with similar names in official records, so it is hoped that others will post any corrections.
Descendants of Francis L. Blanton
Generation No. 1
1.Francis L. Blantonwas born Abt. 1821 in Alabama, and died Bef. 1870.He married (1) Mary McAnear 26 Jul 1843 in Red River County, Texas [1].She was born Abt. 1825.He married (2) Martha Jane Carrington 16 Aug 1857 in Collin County, Texas [2].She was born Abt. 1831 in Georgia.
More About Francis L. Blanton:
U. S. Census 1: 1850, Collin County, Texas, p. 13, dw. #156
U. S. Census 2: 1860, Precinct 9, Collin, Texas, p. 106
More About Martha Jane Carrington:
U. S. Census 1: 1870, Pct. 2, Falls County, Texas, p. 18a, dw. #74
U. S. Census 2: 1880, Falls County, Texas, ED 39, p. 217D, dw. #326
U. S. Census 3: 1900, Bosque County, Texas
Children of Francis Blanton and Mary McAnear are:
2 i. Mary E. Blanton, born 1844 in Texas.She married Benjamin F. Hull 31 Mar 1861 in Collin County, Texas [9]; born Abt. 1822 in Virginia.
3 ii. Alice D. Blanton, born 1847 in Texas.
+ 4 iii. Arrena C. Blanton, born 1850 in Texas.
Children of Francis Blanton and Martha Carrington are:
5 i. Margaret Tabitha Blanton, born 02 Jun 1858 in Texas [8]; died 23 Sep 1941 [8].She married Matthew James Pringle [8} Abt. 1874; born 25 Mar 1852 in Florida [8]; died 14 Jan 1944 [8].
More About Matthew James Pringle:
U. S. Census 1: 1900, Henderson County, Texas
U. S. Census 2: 1910, FisherCounty, Texas
6 ii. Benjamin Francis Blanton, born Abt. 1860 in Texas.
+ 7 iii. William J. Blanton, born Jun 1863 in Texas.
Generation No. 2
4.Arrena C. Blanton was born 1850 in Texas.She married Daniel W. Crier 30 Jun 1865 in Collin County, Texas [9].
Child of Arrena Blanton and Daniel Crier is:
i. Francis Crier, born 1869 in Collin County, Texas.
7.William J. Blanton was born Jun 1863 in Texas.He married Lizzie ? Abt. 1887.She was born Jan 1871 in Texas.
More About William J. Blanton:
Residence: 12 Sep 1915, Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas [3]
U. S. Census 1: 1900, Bosque County, Texas
U. S. Census 2: 1910, Jones County, Texas
U. S. Census 3: 1920, Stonewall County, Texas
U. S. Census 4: 1930, Stonewall County, Texas
Children of William Blanton and Lizzie ? are:
9 i. James Blanton, born Feb 1889.
10 ii. Sarah J. Blanton, born Mar 1891.
11 iii. Johnnie Blanton, born Sep 1893.
12 iv. Maggie Blanton, born Jan 1894.
13 v. Willie M. Blanton, born Jan 1896.
14 vi. Wesley Elisha Blanton, born 23 Mar 1897 in Hunt County, Texas [4]; died May 1982 in Aztec, San Juan, New Mexico.He married Ruby May [5].
15 vii. George Thomas Blanton, born 08 Aug 1889 [6].He married Eva Alma Tullos [7]; born Abt. 1902.
16 viii. Charlie L. Blanton, born Abt. 1903.
17 ix. Verah A. Blanton, born Abt. 1904.
18 x. Stella Blanton, born Abt. 1906.
Endnotes
1.Richard B. Marrin and Lorna Geer Sheppard, Abstracts from the Northern Standard and the Red River District [Texas] August 20, 1842 - August 19, 1848,(Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2006; original: The Northern Standard), 58.
2.Charlotte Brawner Allen, Collin County, Texas Earliest Marriages 1846 - 1848 Vol. 1,(Plano, Texas: Privately Published, 1977), 38.
3.Ancestry.com, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18,([database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002, National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.), George Thomas Blanton's card.
4.Ancestry.com, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18,([database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002, National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.), gives nearest relative as William Blanton of Aspermont, Texas. This is the county seat of Stonewall County.
5.Texas Birth Index.
6.Ancestry.com, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18,([database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002, National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.), date only.
7.Texas Birth Index.
8. Dan Pringle, http://genforum.genealogy.com/pringle/messages/387.htmlhttp://genforum.genealogy.com/pringle/messages/387.html
9. http://www.collincotxhistdoc.info/MARRIAGE_RECORDS_II_pt_1.htmhttp://www.collincotxhistdoc.info/MARRIAGE_RECORDS_II_pt_1.htm, 12/2/2005.